Provides in-person information and access to a wide range of federal government services and benefits related to employment, financial assistance, and personal identification. Includes programs that assist seniors, families and children, individuals with disab...

Provides in-person information and access to a wide range of federal government services and benefits related to employment, financial assistance, and personal identification. Includes programs that assist seniors, families and children, individuals with disab...

Provides individualized support to help job seekers find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Clients must be unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC. Self-serve resource area provides career and job search re...

Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job sea...

Offers free support services to children and their families who have experienced the loss of a loved one. Services include one-on-one counselling, support groups, a lending library of books and resources, and referral to community resources. Also provides post...

Provides support to help job seekers who are unemployed or precariously employed and legally allowed to work in BC, find and maintain employment and improve employment readiness. Online services include career exploration and labour market information, job sea...

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 fo...

Helps eligible students with the cost of their post-secondary education through loans, grants, scholarships, and other programs. Also offers programs for borrowers who needs help repaying loans. Offers a variety of financial assistance services for students wi...

Assures a guaranteed minimum monthly income for BC residents aged 65 and over receiving the federal Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)/ Old Age Security (OAS) or federal Allowance (formerly Spouse's Allowance). If the income level of an eligible senior's total...

Provides BCEA recipients with a supplement to assist with extra costs associated with a dependent child's schooling. Generally included in a family's July payment for the August benefit month to help cover expenses for a child that is under 19 years of age and...

Waives tuition and eligible fees for BC students who are current or former youth in care studying full- or part-time at the undergraduate level at a BC public post-secondary institution, the Native Education College, or one of the approved union-based trades t...

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 benef...

Provides micro loans of up to $10,000 to internationally trained immigrants and refugees so they can obtain the Canadian licensing or training they need to work in their field. The loan can pay for exams, training, qualification assessments, professional assoc...

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 tra...

Provides financial assistance in times of need, and promotes the well-being of current and former members of the Naval Forces of Canada, the war-time Merchant Marine, and their dependents. Applications available at any Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC) office or R...