Programs and policy development

Employment and social development programs and policies and activities related to their development to support the Government of Canada. This includes consultations, frameworks, plans and research.

Programs

Skills and employment

• Employment Insurance
• Labour Market Development Agreements
• Canada Job Fund Agreements
• Labour Market Agreements for Persons with Disabilities
• Opportunities Fund for Persons with Disabilities
• Youth Employment and Skills Strategy
• Enabling Fund for Official Language Minority Communities
• Indigenous Skills and Employment Training program
• Skills and Partnership Fund
• Job Bank and Labour Market Information
• Sectoral Initiatives Program
• The Office of Literacy and Essential Skills
• Skilled Trades and Apprenticeship (Red Seal Program)
• Student Work Placement Program
• Apprenticeship Grants
• Foreign Credential Recognition Program
• Temporary Foreign Worker Program
• Union Training and Innovation Program
• Workforce Development Agreements

Volunteer Work for Youth

• Volunteering
• Volunteer at 4-H Canada
• Volunteer at Apathy is Boring
• Volunteer at Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
• Volunteer at Canadian Wildlife Federation
• Volunteer at Chantiers jeunesse
• Volunteer at The Duke of Edinburgh’s International Award
• Volunteer at Katimavik
• Volunteer at mindyourmind
• Volunteer at OceanWise
• Volunteer at YMCA

Learning

• Canada Student Loans and Grants
• Canada Education Savings Program
• Master Student Financial Assistance Agreement
• Certification of post-secondary educational institution
• List of designated educational institutions

Labour

• Labour Relations
• Workplace Health and Safety
• Labour Standards and Equity
• International Labour Affairs
• Wage Earner Protection Program

Income security

• Old Age Security
• Canada Pension Plan
• Canada Pension Plan Disability Benefits
• Canada Disability Savings Program
• National Child Benefit

Social development

• Reaching Home: Canada’s Homelessness Strategy
• Social Development Partnerships Program
• New Horizons for Seniors Program
• Canada Child Benefit
• Enabling Accessibility Fund
• Federal Income Support for Parents of Murdered or Missing Children

Service network supporting government departments

• Government of Canada Telephone General Enquiries Services
• Government of Canada Internet Presence
• In-Person Points of Service

Delivery of services for other government of Canada programs

• Passport
• Other government department programs

Policy initiatives

• Early Learning and Child Care
• Future Skills
• Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care
• Making an accessible Canada for people with disabilities
• Canadian Poverty Reduction Strategy
• Social Innovation and Social Finance
• Taking action on the 2030 Agenda for sustainable development