Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC)

Receives, reviews, and responds to suggestions, compliments, and complaints about Service Canada's delivery of services. Acts as a neutral organization without access to client files. Clients should first try to resolve their issue(s) with the responsible Service Canada program (www.canada.ca/en/con...

Offers taxable cash grants to registered apprentices in a designated Red Seal trade. Eligible applicants are a Canadian citizen, permanent resident, or protected person; not a high school student; a registered apprentice with an employer, trust fund, union trading centre, or joint apprenticeship tra...

A one-time $1,200 grant for eligible children to encourage parents to save early for post-secondary costs. To be eligible, the child must have been born in 2006 or later, parent and child must be residents of BC, and child must be beneficiary of a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) with a part...

Assists in paying the costs of a child's full- or part-time studies after high school through the addition of money into a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP) for children from low-income families. No personal contributions to an RESP are required to receive assistance. Eligibility is based on ...

Offers wage subsidies to employers from not-for-profit organizations, the public sector, and private sector organizations with 50 or fewer full-time employees, to create summer work experiences for young people ages 15 to 30. Provides young people with opportunities to develop their skills and impro...

Income support grant available to eligible parents who have suffered a loss of income from taking time away from work to cope with the death or disappearance of their child or children as a result of a probable Criminal Code offence; the child must have been missing for over a week and be under the ...

Provides financial assistance for eligible students with a permanent disability who are enrolled at a designated post-secondary institution, including part-time and full-time undergraduate and graduate programs. Programs include financial assistance for tuition, textbooks, accomodation costs, and eq...

Provides temporary financial assistance for unemployed Canadians who have paid into the EI account and lost their job through no fault of their own. Maternity and Parental Benefits assist individuals who are pregnant, have recently given birth, are adopting a child, or are caring for a newborn or ne...

The Canada Pension Plan (CPP) provides contributors and their families with retirement (age 60 and over), disability, survivor, death, and children's benefits. The Old Age Security (OAS) pension is available from age 65 to most Canadians who have lived here for at least 10 years, while the Allowance...

Funding program provides grants and contributions funding for projects that make a difference in the lives of seniors and in their communities. The community-based funding stream focuses on activity-based or capital assistance projects, while the pan-Canadian funding stream supports multi-year innov...

Works with key partners to promote the full inclusion and participation of Canadians with disabilities in all aspects of society and community life; strives to provide leadership and foster excellence for the Government of Canada in this area. The Registered Disability Savings Plan (RDSP) helps Cana...

Funds programs that encourage Canadians to explore and prepare for careers in the skilled trades. Funded activities could include career exploration opportunitie to support well-informed career decisions, skills training, and work experience opportunities.

The SIN is a nine-digit number used in the administration of various Canadian government programs; it is required to work in Canada and to receive government benefits. Available to Canadian citizens, newcomers to Canada, or temporary residents aged 12 and older. Application forms for a new or replac...

Provides resources and services to help individuals save, plan, and pay for post-secondary education. Loans and grants are available to help students with a demonstrated financial need access post-secondary education. Offered in partnership with provincial government.Repayment of loans is through th...

Voluntary program that helps Canada Pension Plan (CPP) disability benefit recipients return to work. Services include vocational counselling, financial support for training, and job search services. Participants continue to receive regular CPP disability benefit payments while searching for a job. T...

Provides for the payment of outstanding eligible wages to individuals whose employer is bankrupt or subject to a receivership. Eligible wages under the program include salaries, commissions, vacation, termination, and severance pay. Wages owed must have been earned in the six-month period before the...