Canadian Classification of Functions of Government (CCOFOG) 2014

• 7 - Total outlays
• 710 - Social protection
• 7105 - Unemployment

71059 - Unemployment

This class covers provision of social protection in the form of cash benefits and benefits in kind to persons who are capable of work and available for work but are unable to find suitable employment; administration, operation, or support of such social protection schemes; cash benefits, such as full and partial unemployment benefits, early retirement benefits paid to older workers who retire before reaching the standard retirement age due to unemployment or job reduction caused by economic measures, allowances to targeted groups in the labour force who take part in training schemes intended to develop their potential for employment, redundancy compensation, and other periodic or lump-sum payments to the unemployed, particularly the long-term unemployed; and benefits in kind, such as mobility and resettlement payments, vocational training provided to persons without a job or retraining provided to persons at risk of losing their job, and accommodation, food, or clothes provided to unemployed persons and their families.

• Exclusion(s)

  • cash benefits and benefits in kind paid to unemployed persons on reaching the standard retirement age (See 71029 Old age)
  • general programs or schemes directed toward increasing labour mobility, reducing the rate of unemployment or promoting the employment of disadvantaged or other groups characterized by high unemployment (See 70412 General labor affairs)