Managing your business during COVID-19
Resources for businesses, their employees and self‑employed individuals including financial support, loans and access to credit
Rapid tests for workplace screening
How to get rapid tests, benefits and implementation
Support for businesses
- CEBA (Canada Emergency Business Account)
Open Interest‑free loans for small businesses and not‑for‑profits - CERS (Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy)
Open Rent and mortgage support for qualifying organizations affected by COVID‑19 - BCAP (Business Credit Availability Program)
Open Credit to help cover operating costs due to COVID‑19 - CEWS (Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy)
Open Help for businesses to keep or rehire employees - HASCAP (Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program)
Open Low-interest loans to cover operational needs for hard‑hit businesses - Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund
Open The Black Entrepreneurship Loan Fund provides loans up to $250,000 - RRRF (Regional Relief and Recovery Funds)
Ending soon Help for businesses unable to access other support measures. Applications will be accepted until June 30, 2021
Apply through your Regional Development Agency
- ACOA (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
For businesses located in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - CED (Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions)
For businesses located in Quebec - CanNOR (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency)
For businesses located in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon - FedDev Ontario (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)
For businesses located in Southern Ontario - FedNor (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
For businesses located in Northern Ontario - WD (Western Economic Diversification Canada)
For businesses located in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
- Support for Indigenous businesses
Open Short‑term, interest‑free loans and non‑repayable contributions - RATI (Regional Air Transportation Initiative)
Open Support to regional businesses and airports that directly contribute to regional air transportation
Apply through your Regional Development Agency
- ACOA (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
For businesses located in New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island - CED (Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions)
For businesses located in Quebec - CanNOR (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency)
For businesses located in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut and Yukon - FedDev Ontario (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)
For businesses located in Southern Ontario - FedNor (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
For businesses located in Northern Ontario - WD (Western Economic Diversification Canada)
For businesses located in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba and Saskatchewan
- Large Employer Emergency Financing Facility
Open Bridge financing for Canada's largest employers facing financial challenges - Additional support
Other supports for your business may be available to you in your province or territoryFind your province or territory
Support for employees or self‑employed individuals
- CRB (Canada Recovery Benefit)
Open Income support for employed or self‑employed individuals who are not eligible for Employment Insurance (EI) - CRSB (Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit)
Open Income support for employed or self‑employed individuals who are sick or need to self‑isolate due to COVID‑19 - CRCB (Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit)
Open Income support to employed and self‑employed individuals who are unable to work because they must care for a dependant - Wage Earner Protection Program
Payment of eligible wages to workers whose employer has gone bankrupt or become subject to receivership
Support for communities
- CCRF (Canada Community Revitalization Fund)
Open A $500 million national infrastructure program to revitalize communities
Apply through your Regional Development Agency
- ACOA (Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency)
For communities in Atlantic Canada - CED (Canada Economic Development for Quebec Regions)
For communities in Quebec - CanNOR (Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency)
For communities in Canada's three territories - FedDev Ontario (Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario)
For communities in southern Ontario - FedNor (Federal Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario)
For communities in northern Ontario - WD (Western Economic Diversification Canada)
For communities in Western Canada
Past financial support
- Completed measures to respond to COVID‑19
Completed measures that the Government of Canada put in place to respond to COVID‑19 - CERB (Canada Emergency Response Benefit)
Return or repay a payment
Start or grow your business
- Canada Small Business Financing Program
Funding for eligible start‑ups and existing for-profit small business operating in Canada - Starting a business
Steps to consider before starting a business in Canada including registration, permits and financing - Business loans for entrepreneurs
Financing options from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for new and existing businesses - CanExport: funding to grow your company in global markets
Funding for small and medium-sized businesses to assist with international market development activities
Operating safely
- Guidance for workplaces and businesses
How to stay safe while operating; advice for employers, employees and specific types of workplace - Small business help centre
Resources and tools from the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) - When someone in your workplace has tested positive
Consult your local provincial or territorial public health authority for information specifically for you - Personal protective equipment (PPE) supply hub
Information for businesses requiring PPE for their employees - Rules for federally regulated workplace
How to prepare for, manage and address issues caused by the spread of the COVID‑19 virus
Government of Canada resources
- Record of employment
Issue records of employment to your employees for them to apply for Employment Insurance (EI) benefits - Work‑sharing program
Helps employers avoid layoffs when there is a temporary decrease in business activity beyond the control of the employer
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Features
Canada's Economic Response Plan
Support for Canadians and businesses facing hardship as a result of COVID‑19
Canada Business App
A simplified all-access point for businesses to find essential information, available for Android
and iOS
Mobilizing industry to provide medical supplies
Help Canada meet the need for medical supplies
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