The social welfare programs in Canada are built in a way to provide Canadian and permanent residents the support utilities and services needed to insure that they remain productive, supportive all the time. Such welfare programs are meant to help people in different circumstances, such as, raising a child, retirements, job-related injuries, the loss of a job, long term unemployment.

Under the social welfare programs of Canada. Canadians and permanent residents are supported in different ways and circumstances. Therefore, a Social Insurance Number (SIN) is issued to each person for the purposes of such programs, namely, Income tax, Employment Insurance, Health Insurance, Old Age Pension, Workers’ Compensation, Child Tax Benefits, Old Age Security… etc.