<Ul> <Li> Louise Levonian </Li> </Ul> <Tr> <Th> Website </Th> <Td> www.hrsdc.gc.ca </Td> </Tr> <P> Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC; French: Emploi et Développement social Canada) is a department of the Government of Canada responsible for social programs and the labour market at the federal level . </P> <P> The Department of Human Resources and Skills Development Canada (HRSDC) was created in December 2003, when Human Resources Development Canada was split into two separate departments: HRSDC and Social Development Canada . Though they continued to share many common services and operations, HRSDC was to focus on workforce - related aspects of the former HRDC portfolio, while SDC was to focus on social support programs for children, families and seniors . The split was given formal legal effect when the Department of Humans Resources and Skills Development Act and the Department of Social Development Act were enacted in July 2005 . </P>

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