Canada Emergency Response Benefit

To be eligible, you must meet the following requirements:

• You reside in Canada

• You are 15 years old or more when you apply

• For your first CERB application:

• You have stopped or will stop working due to reasons related to COVID-19

• For at least 14 days in a row for the period you are applying for, you will not receive:

• employment income

• self-employment income

• provincial or federal benefits related to maternity or paternity leave

• For your subsequent CERB applications:

• You continue to not work due to reasons related to COVID-19

• For the 4 week period you are applying for, you will not receive:

• employment income;

• self-employment income; or

• provincial or federal benefits related to maternity or paternity leave.

• You have not quit your job voluntarily

• You did not apply for, nor receive, CERB or EI benefits from Service Canada for the same eligibility period

• You earned a minimum of $5,000 income in the last 12 months or in 2019 from one or more of the following sources:

• employment income

• self-employment income

• provincial or federal benefits related to maternity or paternity leave

Eligibility periods

Eligibility periods are fixed in 4-week periods.

If your situation continues, you can re-apply for CERB for multiple 4-week periods, to a maximum of 16 weeks (4 periods).

Source: Government of Canada