General Manager's message

Welcome to Employment and Social Services’ website – an interactive and easy to use guide to the many services, programs, resources and information we offer to Toronto residents.

At Employment and Social Services our vision is to strengthen the social and economic well-being of Torontonians in their communities. This includes working in and with our communities, advocating for policies and programs that directly support these communities, and partnering with agencies, employers and other orders of government to build the best services in Toronto.

Heather MacVicar and a participant in the kids@computers Scholarship Project

Every day we meet residents who need our help, whether it is to find a job, financial help, or help with connecting to social supports such as child care. We provide a wide range of supports and services to meet the diverse and multifaceted needs of Toronto’s unemployed and underemployed.

We are committed to making our services easier to access, easier to understand and simply better for you. We want Toronto residents to be better informed, to know what benefits and services they can access and to know where and how to get them.

Through this website we hope to give Toronto residents just one more way of connecting with us, to learn about what we can offer and how we will work with residents to build a plan for their future.

I encourage you to use our feedback form to let us know what you think about this website and share your ideas about how we can make it better.

Heather MacVicar
General Manager
Employment and Social Services