Ontario Covid-19 Emergency Financial Help (CERB)
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Ontario Covid-19 Emergency Financial Help (CERB)
Are you being affected by loss of work due to covid-19?
Do you need financial help?
The Canadian Emergency Relief Benefit (CERB) supports Canadians by providing financial support to employed and self-employed Canadians who are directly affected by COVID-19.
It provides a payment of $2,000 for a 4-week period (the same as $500 a week) for up to 16 weeks.
After you apply, you should get your payment in 3 business days if you signed up for direct deposit. If you haven’t, you should get it in about 10 business days.
Who can apply for the Ontario Covid-19 Emergency Financial Help?
To be eligible, you must meet the following requirements:
- You did not apply for, nor receive, CERB or EI benefits from Service Canada for the same eligibility period
- You have not quit your job voluntarily
- You reside in Canada
- You are 15 years old or more when you apply
- 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
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, during 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:
- more than $1000 employment income;
- self-employment income; or
- 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).
If you start working again after you get a CERB payment, and then stop working, you need to re-apply for the CERB. When you re-apply, you must confirm that for at least 14 days in a row, during the period you are applying for, you won’t receive:
- employment income
- self-employment income
- provincial or federal benefits related to maternity or paternity leave
Apply for Ontario Covid-19 Financial Help by Phone:
- Please call 1-800-959-2019 or 1-800-959-2041 to apply.
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