Course description
This course is designed to provide an understanding of the types of government-sponsored health, welfare and retirement income benefits available in Canada, their basic objectives and the principles on which they operate. Subjects covered include Old Age Security, the Canada/Quebec Pension Plan, Workers' Compensation, Employment Insurance, health care benefits available from the government, as well as other benefits administered by Human Resources Development Canada, provincial and other agencies.
Course details
Credit transfer
Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.
Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Winter 2025 registration opens November 4, 2024. Spring 2025 registration opens March 17, 2025.Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery