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HRDC Programs and Services

Human Resources Development Canada (HRDC) was created in 1993 to provide an integrated approach to Canada's national investment in people. It administers programs supporting the income of Canadians and human resources programs linked to the requirements of the national economy and labour market. HRDC's programs and services are delivered through a network of Human Resource Centres of Canada, which are located in hundreds of communities across Canada.

HRDC has three fundamental and complementary objectives:

To help Canadians prepare for, find and keep work, thereby promoting economic growth and adjustment.
To assist Canadians in their efforts to provide security forthemselves and their families, thereby preventing or reducingpoverty among Canadians.
To promote a fair, safe, healthy, stable, cooperative and productive work environment that contributes to the social and economic well-being of all Canadians.

HRDC achieves these objectives through the following programs and activities:

Employment Insurance Benefits (EI)
Helps unemployed Canadians get back to work by providing temporary financial assistance while they upgrade their skills or look for jobs and by delivering, in co-operation with the provinces and territories, active re-employment benefits and support measures.
Human Resources Investment
Helps the Government of Canada promote its Employment, Youth, Learning and Literacy agendas by enhancing Canadians’ employability, helping unemployed people find and keep jobs, combatting child poverty and assisting those most in need. It also brings together, through sector councils, employersand workers, educators and governments to address, on a national basis, the human resource challenges facing a sector or industry.
- Human Resources Partnerships
- Labour Exchange and Information Service
- Learning and Literacy
Income Security Programs (Canada Pension, OAS, etc.)
Strengthens the income security of targeted groups of Canadians by developing, administering and delivering programs for seniors, persons with disabilities, survivors and migrants.
The Labour Program
Promotes a cooperative work environment that fosters constructive labour-management relations and encourages innovation, investment and worker well-being. It provides an array of programs and activities to equip Canadian workers and their employers with the tools they need to respond to emerging trends in the workplace and to adapt to the changing nature of work itself.