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FROM: All of Canada
Organization: Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals
The Office of the Commissioner of Review Tribunals is an administrative tribunal established by the Parliament of Canada. Our mission, on behalf of Canadians, is to resolve appeals under the Canada...
Keywords: CPP, CPP appeals, CPP reviews, Disability, oas, pension appeals, Seniors and Elders
FROM: Saskatchewan
Organization: Social Services
Programs are available to assist low-income working families and families who receive income assistance benefits. These programs provide extra resources to help parents remain in the workforce and to...
Keywords: social assistance, Welfare
FROM: Saskatchewan
Organization: Saskatchewan's Workers' Compensation Board
In cases of injury or death arising out of, and in the course of, employment, we provide financial protection, medical benefits and rehabilitation services to injured workers and their dependents.
Keywords: WCB, workers' compensation, Workers' Rights
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: Senior Services Society
The directory was created in response to older adults' direct requests about housing options. After speaking with thousands of older adults and defining their housing needs, the Seniors Services...
Keywords: Housing, Seniors and Elders
FROM: All of Canada
Organization: Service Canada
This site is an index of the programs and services offered and their associated forms.
Keywords: CPP, Disability, ei, Seniors and Elders, service canada
FROM: All of Canada
Organization: Service Canada
From the Service Canada website:
Skills Development (SD) is an employment program of Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) that provides financial assistance to...
Keywords: Education, ei, Employment Insurance, skills developement, training funding, Unemployment
FROM: Alberta
Organization: Calgary Housing Company (CHC)
Calgary Housing Company (CHC) is a City of Calgary owned corporation providing safe and affordable housing solutions to citizens of Calgary. CHC operates and manages over 10,000 subsidized and...
Keywords: affordable housing, Housing, social housing, subsidized housing
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: First Nations Social Development Society
Income Assistance forms and policy for people on reserves can be found on the First Nations Social Development Society website.
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, reserve, social assistance on reserve, Welfare, welfare on reserve
FROM: Québec
Organization: The Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale (MESS)
Under Solidarité sociale services, financial assistance is granted to individuals and families incapable of meeting their needs without help. Through active partnership, Solidarité sociale also...
Keywords: social assisance, Welfare
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: Ministry of Advanced Education and Labour Market Development
StudentAid BC helps eligible students with the cost of their post-secondary education through loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships and special programs. It also has programs for borrowers who need...
Keywords: Applying For..., Children and Youth, Education, student loans
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: BC Transit and TransLink
BC Transit and TransLink offer a Taxi Saver Program for HandyDART registrants living in Vancouver, Victoria, and other B.C. municipalities. This program provides a 50 per cent subsidy toward the cost...
Keywords: HandyDart, Seniors and Elders, Taxi Saver Program, transportation
FROM: All of Canada
Organization: Canadian Ministry of Human Resources and Skills Development
Temporary Career Transition Assistance is to help long-tenured workers renew or upgrade their skills while receiving regular EI benefits.
These initiatives came into force on May 31, 2009, and apply...
Keywords: Applying For..., Employment Insurance, job training, Unemployment, Workers' Rights
FROM: Yukon
Organization: Yukon Health and Social Services
If you are a Yukon resident and are receiving or are eligible to receive Social Assistance, you may also be eligible to receive the Territorial Supplementary Allowance, (TSA).
To be eligible:
*...
Keywords: Disability, disability benefit, Seniors and Elders, Welfare
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: BC Coalition for People with Disabilities (BCCPD)
The BC Coalition of People with Disabilities has prepared this online Help Sheet to help you complete the Ministry of Housing and Social Development’s (MHSD) designation application form for the...
Keywords: Disability, help sheet, Persons with Disabilities, Welfare
FROM: Ontario
Organization: City of Toronto
The Rent Bank Program provides limited, interest free loans to qualified tenants at risk of eviction. The maximum loan available to a household can be up to two months rent, or $2,500, whichever is...
Keywords: Applying For..., Housing, Tenants' Rights
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: TRAC
The Residential Tenancy Act requires your landlord to provide you with a written tenancy agreement, so that you have proof of what you and your landlord agreed to. Before signing make sure you can...
Keywords: chinese, Housing, Punjabi, tenancy agreements, Tenants' Rights
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: Vancouver Native Housing Society
According to their website, the Vancouver Native Housing Society (VNHS) provides safe affordable housing for low-income families, students, and single people, Aboriginal ancestry preferred.
They have...
Keywords: Aboriginal and First Nations, aboriginal housing, Applying For..., family housing, Housing, low income housing, social housing
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: The Capital Region Housing Corporation (CRHC)
The Capital Region Housing Corporation (CRHC) has 42 buildings which have been built or acquired over the past 25 years to provide housing for low income families, seniors and persons with special...
Keywords: Applying For..., Housing, public housing, subsidized housing
FROM: All of Canada
Organization: Elections Canada
To vote, you must prove your identity and address. You have three options. See the website for more information.
Keywords: elections, Government Policy, voting
FROM: British Columbia
Organization: BC Housing
Transition Houses provide:
Emotional support and crisis intervention
Safe, temporary shelter with 24/7 staffing
Help in accessing housing, child care, schooling, parenting support and financial,...
Keywords: emergency housing, Housing, safe homes, second stage housing, transition house, Violence, violence against women, Women, women fleeing violence, women's transition houses
