As of Saturday, October 23rd, the CRB (Canada Recovery Benefit) will expire.
It will be replaced by the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit which will provide $300 a week to workers who have been affected by lockdowns due to COVID-19. The new benefit will also extend to those ineligible for Employment Insurance benefits.
Other benefit programs that will come to an end as of Saturday are the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) and the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS).
The Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) and the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) have been extended to May 2022.
So far, more than 27 billion dollars has been paid out in income support for Canadians during the COVID-19 pandemic.
