Support for individuals
Individuals and families
- Employment Insurance (EI) program
- Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)
- Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB)
- Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB)
- Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
- Mortgage payment deferral
Persons with disabilities
- Special one-time, tax-free, non-reportable payment
Post-secondary students and recent graduates
- Helping student loan borrowers
Seniors
- Temporarily extending the Guaranteed Income Supplement and Allowance payments
- Reduced minimum withdrawals for Registered Retirement Income Funds
Indigenous peoples
- Supporting Indigenous communities
- Boosting the On-Reserve Income Assistance Program
- Funding for additional health care resources for Indigenous communities
- Expanding and improving access to mental wellness services
- Making personal hygiene products and nutritious food more affordable
- Providing support to Indigenous post-secondary students
- Ensuring a safe return to school for First Nations
- New shelters to protect and support Indigenous women and children fleeing violence
Indigenous peoples can also access all other benefits.
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Support for businesses
Avoiding layoffs, rehiring employees and creating new jobs
- Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
- Extending the Work-Sharing program
- Creating new jobs and opportunities for youth
- Extension of lay-off periods
Taxes and tariffs
- Waiving tariffs on certain medical goods
Financial support, loans and access to credit
- Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) interest-free loans
- Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS)
- Loan Guarantee for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- Co-Lending Program for Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises
- Regional Relief and Recovery Fund (RRRF)
- Mid-Market Financing Program
- Mid-Market Guarantee and Financing Program
- Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility (LEEFF)
- Additional support by sector
Targeted support
- Supporting Black-led business organizations through the National Ecosystem Fund
- Supporting Black business owners and entrepreneurs through the Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
- Young entrepreneurs
Support for self-employed individuals
- Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)
- Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB)
- Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB)
- Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
Indigenous businesses
- Relief measures for Indigenous businesses
- Supporting business through the pandemic and into recovery
- Supporting the Indigenous tourism industry
Indigenous peoples can also access all other benefits.
Supporting financial stability
- Relief for federally regulated pension plan sponsors
- Launching an Insured Mortgage Purchase Program
- Bank of Canada’s actions
- Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions actions
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Support for sectors
Agriculture and agri-food
- Keeping workers in the food supply chain safe
- Increasing credit availability
- Protecting the health and safety of farm workers
- Helping producers faced with additional costs incurred by COVID-19
- Increasing the Canadian Dairy Commission borrowing limit
- Increasing interim payments from 50% to 75% through AgriStability
- Expanding AgriInsurance to include labour shortage
- Additional support for your business
Aquaculture and fisheries
- Keeping workers in the food supply chain safe
- Increasing credit availability
- Assisting the fish and seafood processing sector
- Changes to Employment Insurance (EI) fishing benefits
- Additional support for your business
Culture, heritage and sport
- Emergency Support Fund for Cultural, Heritage and Sport Organizations
- Support for Independent production companies
- Supporting Canada’s six national museums and the National Battlefields Commission
- Helping the National Arts Centre continue its operations
- Waiving payments for Part I licence fees
- Additional support for your business
Air transportation
- Supporting essential air access to remote communities
- Continuing the supply of essential goods and services to remote and fly-in communities
- Waiving ground lease rents
- Additional support for your business
Tourism
- Additional support for your business
Energy
- Cleaning up orphan and inactive oil and gas wells
- Launching the Emissions Reduction Fund
- Additional support for your business
Academic and research
- Providing wage support for universities and health research institutes
- Covering eligible costs to maintain research activities
Infrastructure
- Funding for communities
- Flexible funding for community resilience
- Supporting communities: new ways to adapt spaces and services
Mining
- Protecting jobs and safe operations of junior mining exploration and other flow-through share issuers
Construction
- Helping address urgent housing needs of vulnerable individuals
Support for organizations helping Canadians
People who need it most
- Helping address urgent housing needs of vulnerable individuals
- Supporting people experiencing homelessness
- Supporting women and children experiencing violence
- Providing youth with mental health support
- Supporting public health efforts through the Canadian Red Cross
- Additional support for your organization
Services to those in need
- Improving access to essential food support
Seniors
- Supporting the delivery of items and personal outreach
- Providing immediate and essential services to seniors
People with disabilities
- Providing resources to improve workplace accessibility and access to jobs
- Investing in projects through the Accessible Technology Program
Support for provinces and territories
People who needs it most
- Helping address urgent housing needs of vulnerable individuals
- Temporary wage top-up for low-income essential workers
Health
- Supporting critical health care system needs and mitigation efforts
Economy
- Helping provinces and territories safely restart their economies
- Support for Newfoundland and Labrador’s Offshore Energy Sector Workers
Education
- Ensuring a safe return to school
Related resources
Completed measures to respond to COVID-19Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan – Overview
- Information for individuals
- Information for businesses
- Information for sectors
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