Applications now open for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit

OTTAWA, O.N. – Canadian’s can now apply for the Canada Emergency Response Benefit.

Applications opened Monday morning at www.canada.ca/coronavirus. To help manage the volume of applications through the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Service Canada, applicants will be asked to apply over four days depending on their month of birth.

The schedule is as follows;

In addition, Shared Services Canada has also increased the bandwidth capacity of the network infrastructure supporting the CRA, including the My Account secure online portal.

There is no waiting period and direct deposit payments will be delivered into accounts within three business days of applicants being eligible to receive it, and cheques within 10 days. The government says that most Canadian’s that are eligible will receive $2,000 before the end of next week.

Applicants will have to reapply every 4 weeks for this benefit to prove they are still in need.

Some examples of workers the CERB will support include:

Canadians looking to get more information about the CERB or, who are unable to apply online, can call the toll-free telephone line at 1-833-966-2099.

Canadians who have already applied for EI do not need to reapply. To date, over 1.2 million of the EI applications received since March 15, 2020, have been processed through the new CERB.