---
title: "Employment and Social Development Canada"
url: "https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/employment-and-social-development-canada"
description: "Employment and Social Development Canada is a Canadian federal government department. Official website: canada.ca. 4 bodies in its portfolio."
site: "Canada Service Map"
author: "Mahmoud Halat"
publisher: "Space & Story"
updated: "2026-10-14"
licence: "Built entirely from public data: open data and official government pages. Each record keeps the licence of its source, listed at https://canadaservicemap.ca/data."
---
# Employment and Social Development Canada

Government of Canada · Departments

Compiled by Mahmoud Halat, updated 14 October 2026. Not a government website. The official page always has the final word.

## About

Employment and Social Development Canada is a Canadian federal government department. It was established in 2003.

Source: [Wikidata (structured data only: description, instance of, inception, parent organization, population)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4294814). Licence: CC0 1.0.

## Facts

- Jurisdiction: Government of Canada
- Layer: Departments
- Class: Ministerial Departments
- Wikidata: [Q4294814](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4294814)

## Official websites

- [canada.ca/en/employment-social-development.html](https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development.html)
- [canada.ca/fr/emploi-developpement-social.html](https://www.canada.ca/fr/emploi-developpement-social.html)

## Services it delivers

- [Get a Social Insurance Number (SIN)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/sin)
- [Maternity and parental benefits](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/ei-parental)
- [Apply for Employment Insurance (EI)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/employment-insurance)
- [Canada Pension Plan disability benefits](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/cpp-disability)
- [Canada Disability Benefit](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/canada-disability-benefit)
- [Find a job (Job Bank)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/job-search)
- [Hire a temporary foreign worker (LMIA)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/hire-foreign-worker)
- [Unpaid wages after an employer's bankruptcy](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/wage-earner-protection)
- [Canada Student Loans and Grants](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/canada-student-loans)
- [Save for a child's education (RESP and Canada Learning Bond)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/education-savings)
- [Canada Pension Plan (CPP) retirement pension](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/cpp)
- [Old Age Security (OAS) pension](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/oas)
- [Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS)](https://canadaservicemap.ca/services/gis)

## Places on record

Operator on record for 272 places, from open data, by type. Operators are matched from the source records and may be approximate.

- Service Canada Centres: 272

## In its portfolio

The 4 federal bodies in its portfolio, as GC InfoBase lists them.

- [Accessibility Standards Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/accessibility-standards-canada)
- [Canada Employment Insurance Commission](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canada-employment-insurance-commission)
- [Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canada-mortgage-and-housing-corporation)
- [Canadian Centre for Occupational Health and Safety](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-centre-for-occupational-health-and-safety)

## Related bodies

More bodies of the same class (Ministerial Departments) in the Government of Canada.

- [Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/agriculture-and-agri-food-canada)
- [Canadian Heritage](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/canadian-heritage)
- [Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/crown-indigenous-relations-and-northern-affairs-canada)
- [Department of Finance Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/department-of-finance-canada)
- [Department of Indigenous Services](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/department-of-indigenous-services)
- [Department of Justice Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/department-of-justice-canada)
- [Environment and Climate Change Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/environment-and-climate-change-canada)
- [Fisheries and Oceans Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/fisheries-and-oceans-canada)
- [Global Affairs Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/global-affairs-canada)
- [Health Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/health-canada)
- [Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/immigration-refugees-and-citizenship-canada)
- [Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada](https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/innovation-science-and-economic-development-canada)

## Sources

- Description source: [Wikidata (structured data only: description, instance of, inception, parent organization, population)](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4294814). Licence: CC0 1.0.
- Record from: [GC InfoBase, Inventory of Federal Organizations and Interests](https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/a35cf382-690c-4221-a971-cf0fd189a46f). Licence: Open Government Licence - Canada.

## More

- [View it in the explorer](https://canadaservicemap.ca/explore?sel=ifoi:128), with the sources of its record.
- [Data and sources](https://canadaservicemap.ca/data): every record keeps the licence of its source.

## Cite this page

Canada Service Map, "Employment and Social Development Canada", updated 14 October 2026, https://canadaservicemap.ca/bodies/employment-and-social-development-canada