Student Job Creation: Government intends to create 76,000 student jobs in those sectors needing help right now, and in sectors in the frontline of COVID-19. These jobs are in addition to jobs under the Canada Summer Jobs.

‍Canada Student Service Grant: A support between $1,000 and $5,000 for students who volunteer on COVID-19 related initiatives.

Canada Emergency Student Benefit: Benefit of $1,250 per month; those who have a disability or are taking care of a dependent to receive $1,750.

- Intended to help students who have not found employment, or whose hours have been affected.

- Benefit to be retroactive to May 1, 2020.

- Eligible to all student who don’t have jobs or are earning less than $1,000 a month.

- All students who are either currently in school, will be starting school in September, or have graduated since December 2019.

Indigenous and Metis Supports:  $75 million to specifically increase support for First Nations, Inuit, and Metis Nation students.

Student Grants & Scholarships: Investing more than $291 million to extend scholarships, fellowships, and grants for three or four months.

Doubling the student grants that the government gives out for the 2020-21 school year.

Department: Various.

Effective Date: Requires Legislative Approval.

Department: Canada Revenue Agency

Applicability:

●      workers who must stop working due to COVID19 and do not have access to paid leave or other income support.

●      workers who are sick, quarantined or taking care of someone who is sick with COVID-19.

●       working parents who must stay home without pay to care for children that are sick or need additional care because of school and daycare closures.

●      workers who still have their employment but are not being paid because there is currently not sufficient work and their employer has asked them not to come to work.

●      wage earners and self-employed individuals, including contract workers, who would not otherwise be eligible for Employment Insurance

Eligibility:

The CERB will be available to workers:

• residing in Canada, who are at least 15 years old;
• who have stopped working because of COVID-19;
• who had income of at least $5,000 in 2019 or in the 12 months prior to the date of their application; and
• who are or expect to be without employment or self-employment income for at least 14 consecutive days in the initial four-week period.  For subsequent benefit periods, they expect to have no employment income.

The Benefit is also available to workers who, after March 15, are eligible for Employment Insurance regular or sickness benefits.

‍Funding: A taxable benefit of $2,000 a month for up to 4 months.

Effective Date & Length: Accessible as of early April 6th. Canadians would begin to receive their CERB payments within 10 days of application. The CERB would be paid every four weeks and be available from March 15, 2020, until October 3, 2020.

Department: Canada Revenue Agency

Applicability: There is no need to apply for this payment. If you are eligible, you will get it automatically.

Funding: Close to $400 for single individuals and close to $600 for couples.

Effective Date & Length: Delivered in early May.

Department: Canada Revenue Agency

Applicability: Individuals who are primarily responsible for the care and upbringing of a child. Those who already receive the Canada Child Benefit do not need to re-apply.

Funding: An additional $300 per child.

Effective Date & Length: Will be delivered as part of the scheduled CCB payment in May.

Applicability: Eligible employees provide frontline clinical services and those that provide support services like cleaning and meal preparation. They work in long-term care homes, retirement homes, emergency shelters, supportive housing, social services congregate care settings, corrections institutions and youth justice facilities, those providing home and community care, some staff in hospitals and paramedics.

The full list can be found here.

Funding Available: Eligible employees working an average of 40 hours per week will receive $3,560 in additional compensation through this program.

Effective Date & Length: The program will be in effect for 16 weeks, from April 24, 2020 until August 13, 2020.

Applicability: Applies to all time-of-use customers, approximately five million residential consumers, farms and some small businesses. Seasonal customers and those paying tiered rates will not see their rates change.

The discount will be applied automatically to electricity bills without the need for customers to fill out an application form.

Effective Dates: March 24th until May 8th (45-day suspension). Depending on billing cycles, some customers will see these changes on their next electricity bill. TOU customers whose billing cycle ended before their local distribution company implemented this change will receive the reduced rate as a credit on a future bill.

Liquidity Relief: Based on this change the government estimates average households stand to save more than $20 per month.

While the eventual cost to the Treasury depends on actual energy consumption, the estimated cost is $171 million.

Applicability: All children up to 12 years of age and special needs children including those enrolled in private schools. Health care or front-line workers using an emergency, 24-hour child care centres are still eligible.

Funding Available: $200 per child up to 12 years of age; $250 for children with special needs (21 years and younger), only one parent can apply for each child. Total: 340 million.

Effective Date: One-time payment, available starting April 6, 2020.

Applicability: 194,000 low-income seniors who receive GAINS payment.

Funding Available: $75 million.

Effective Date: Starting in April 2020 for six months.

‍Applicability: Expanded eligibility.

‍Funding Available: $52 million.

Applicability: Expanded eligibility.

Funding Available: $9 million.