COVID-19 Help for Small Business

Avoiding layoffs and rehiring employees

• Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
• Temporary 10% Wage Subsidy
• Extending the Work-Sharing program

Access to credit

• Business Credit Availability Program (BCAP)
• Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA)
• Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA)
• Rural businesses and communities
• Assisting innovative and early-stage businesses
• Young entrepreneurs
• Businesses in the territories
• Small and medium-sized businesses unable to access other support measures

Taxes and tariffs

• More time to pay income taxes
• Deferral of Sales Tax Remittance and Customs Duty Payments until June
• Waiving tariffs on certain medical goods

Support for self-employed individuals

• Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
• Deferral of Sales Tax Remittance and Customs Duty Payments until June
• More time to pay income taxes

Indigenous businesses

• Funding for small and medium-sized Indigenous businesses and support to Aboriginal Financial Institutions

In addition to the measure above, Indigenous peoples can also access benefits listed under Support for individuals and Support for businesses.

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