Social programs in twentieth-century Canada
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Discover Canada links postwar prosperity with expanding social programs. Its timeline includes unemployment insurance in 1940 and the Canada and Quebec pension plans in 1965, alongside publicly funded health care and education.
Scope & context
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More context
The guide describes the Canada Health Act as establishing common elements and basic standards for coverage. The provinces and territories provide publicly funded education. Employment insurance is the later name for unemployment insurance.
These are historical and institutional study points, not a promise that every service is free or that every citizen or resident qualifies for every benefit. Program eligibility, coverage and administration have their own rules. Publicly funded health care is also not the same as all care being delivered by federal employees.
Sources behind this record
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Modern Canada; sections and tables identified in the research record