Employment and Social Development Canada

Indigenous people are spending fewer nights in homeless shelters than non-Indigenous users, a finding from federal researchers who warn in internal documents that the result points to more problematic — or even insidious — issues in the country's housing system.

A newly released government document shows that federal officials feel stymied by data roadblocks in their bid to help policymakers tackle a growing political concern about the country's "gig" economy.

A growing number of newcomers to Canada are ending up in shelters or are finding themselves homeless, newly released government figures show.

The federal government is moving to trade, in bulk, information on expatriate seniors with other countries to save time and money when one of them dies.

An evaluation of a federal benefit to help parents take time off work to care for critically ill children says fewer people have used it than expected because they didn't know about it or didn't understand how it worked.

Despite billions of dollars in new spending over the last four years, the federal Liberals' social-development minister concedes that seniors and families seeking housing and child care are still facing serious cost crunches.

A digital overhaul to simplify how Canadians let governments know someone has died is moving at an incremental pace with no end date in sight.

The total amount of employment insurance fraud has hit a five-year high — a sign for federal officials that efforts to root out wrongful payments are working.

Federal officials have quietly probed possible new workplace rules for employees who show up to work high after cannabis is legalized next week, newly released documents show.

Canada's problematic social security tribunal is in for an overhaul, with a renewed focus on serving the people who challenge federal benefit decisions instead of making them jump through administrative hoops.

Nearly half the Canadians who seek to have decisions denying them access to Canada Pension Plan disability benefits are successfully appealing the rulings.

The federal government says it has paid out more than $1 billion in extra employment insurance benefits to out-of-work Canadians in the hardest-hit regions of the country, surpassing budget estimates.

The U.S. is imposing significant duties of up to 24 per cent on lumber imports — the latest flare-up in Canada's escalating trade skirmish with President Donald Trump's administration.

Statistics Canada's November employment survey showed yet another monthly decline in full-time work — a figure more than offset by a gain in part-time jobs.

While the government waits for proposals to fix the Temporary Foreign Worker Program, many migrant workers across the country are suffering from abuse and praying for a shot at permanent residency.