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Each of our policies and programs is listed in alphabetical order. Select the policy or program that interests you for more information.
- Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy
- The Aboriginal Human Resources Development Strategy (AHRDS) is designed to expand the employment opportunities of Aboriginal people across Canada. Under this Strategy, Aboriginal organizations design and deliver employment programs and services best suited to meet the unique needs of their communities.
- Apprenticeship and Labour Mobility Initiatives
- The Government of Canada is working with key apprenticeship stakeholders, including provincial and territorial governments, to find solutions to ensure adequate supply of skilled trade workers and to allow qualified, skilled Canadian workers to practise their respective trades anywhere in Canada.
- Canada Education Savings Grant
- The Canada Education Savings Grant helps parents, grandparents and interested Canadians save over the long term for a child's post-secondary education.
- Canada Student Loans Program
- The Canada Student Loans Program helps post-secondary students who cannot afford to pay for post-secondary education without assistance. The program provides assistance to both full-time and part-time students.
- Community Learning Networks Initiative
- The Community Learning Networks is a contribution initiative that supports community-based pilot projects, which demonstrate innovative and sustainable uses of existing network technologies to upgrade skills and knowledge of adult learners in Canadian communities.
- Employment Insurance (EI)
- Employment Insurance (EI) provides temporary financial assistance for unemployed Canadians while they look for work or upgrade their skills, as well as Canadians who are sick, pregnant or caring for a newborn or adopted child, or need to care for a family member who is seriously ill with a significant risk of death.
- Finance and Administration
- The Finance and Administration office provides corporate financial and administrative services that are essential for our internal departmental operations, proper management and accountability.
- Foreign Worker Program
- The Foreign Worker Program seeks to improve the Canadian labour market by ensuring that qualified foreign workers are admitted to work in Canada for jobs or vacancies that cannot readily be filled by Canadians and only when reasonable efforts have been made by employers to hire or train Canadian residents or permanent residents.
- Grants and Contributions
- Our Grants and Contributions programs benefit Canadians individually, as well as organizations.
- International Academic Mobility (IAM)
- The International Academic Mobility (IAM) initiative enables Canadian students to access learning opportunities abroad and increase international skills, knowledge and understanding.
- Labour Market Information (LMI)
- LMI is a key service that assists job seekers, people choosing a career, workers, career practitioners, employment service providers, employers and community development organizations in making labour market related decisions. The information provided covers the Canadian, provincial and local labour markets and includes job descriptions, employment prospects, wages / salaries, potential employers, industries, economic outlooks, local events and community information.
- Labour Program
- The objective of the Labour Program is to promote a fair, safe, healthy, stable, cooperative and productive work environment, which contributes to the social and economic well-being of all Canadians.
- National Homelessness Initiative
- The National Homelessness Initiative works through partnerships with community organizations, the private sector and all levels of government to help people who are homeless in Canada.
- National Literacy Secretariat
- The National Literacy Secretariat was formed to work in partnership with provincial and territorial governments, the volunteer sector, business and labour, the literacy community and Government of Canada departments to help advance literacy issues and policy development on a national and international scale.
- Occupational and Skills Initiatives
- To help develop Canada's skilled workforce, the department produces a variety of occupational and career awareness products and activities, so Canadians may fully understand the evolving labour market.
- Office of Learning Technologies
- The Office of Learning Technologies (OLT) acts as a catalyst for innovation in learning and skills development through technology. The OLT works to raise awareness of the opportunities, challenges and benefits of technology-based learning.
- Policies, Planning and Reporting
- The Strategic Policy and Planning Branch of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada is the centre of the Department's policy development work. It plays a key role in integrating work in other areas of the Department and supporting the Minister in meeting policy challenges. It also provides corporate strategic support for the Minister and Deputy Minister in the area of Intergovernmental relations. The branch is also responsible for the production of rigorous, independent and objective audit and evaluation studies.
- Secretariat, Official Language Minority Communities
- The Secretariat, Official Language Minority Communities (SOLMC), coordinates efforts of the department in recognising the Francophone and Acadian communities outside Quebec and the Anglophone community in Quebec as target audiences in order to provide them with access to programs and services.
- Sector Council Program
- The Sector Council Program supports sector councils and the work they do in helping address human resource and skills issues in Canada's labour market.
- Social Insurance Number (SIN)
- The Social Insurance Number (SIN) is a nine-digit number used in the administration of various Canadian government programs. You will require a SIN to work in Canada or to receive government benefits.
- Training & Careers
- Training & Careers helps Canadians find work, decide on career directions, create a personal learning plan or deal with workplace issues. Get access to information, services, interactive tools and quizzes that make a difference.
- Youth Employment Strategy Programs
- Youth Employment Strategy Programs provide youth, employers, service providers, parents and educators access to career and labour market information resources and services.
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