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

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