Canada Emergency Response Benefit Statistics

Description

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit Act passed on March 25, 2020 to provide income support for Canadian workers whose employment income has been disrupted by COVID-19. Through the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) the Government of Canada is providing a taxable benefit of $2,000 every 4 weeks for up to 16 weeks to eligible workers who have lost income or stopped working due to COVID-19. Applications for CERB are being made via Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) and Service Canada (SC). Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) has compiled data on various metrics related to applications submitted and distributed through both Departments.

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Name Format Description Link
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) Data Dictionary CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/1cc59d59-ea3b-4e5c-951c-ba8980a036ab/download/cerb_datadictionary.csv
Reference Data - Provinces/Territories CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/33a419ad-4d8a-4fe7-8373-6cda3c89c216/download/referencedata-canadianprovinceandterritories.csv
Reference Data - Age CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/3fa6706a-bb09-4eeb-84a6-9c17c2f913aa/download/referencedata-age.csv
CERB beneficiary counts by FSA and Age Group CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/422944aa-dc33-47c1-9612-e3e6cd706127/download/pcu_beneficiaire_compte_par_rta_et_groupe_age-cerb_beneficiary_counts_by_fsa_and_age_group.csv
Reference Data - Gender CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/48116dbb-b4bf-44c6-9b2b-67ff002bd1ec/download/referencedata-gender.csv
Total CERB Benefits (delivered by Service Canada and Canada Revenue agency, combined) CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/5d216294-546b-4b80-979e-0b4d6f467754/download/pcu_statistiques_hebdomadaires-cerb_weekly_statistics.csv
Total unique applicants by province/territory and age group CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/65c2066e-27d8-4883-8f64-8f9a0245ad0e/download/pcu_total_des_candidats_uniques_pt_groupe_age-cerb_total_unique_applicants_pt_age_group.csv
Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) Data Dictionary CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/66800ec5-7bfe-4e4c-bce1-eeef387545bf/download/pcu_dictionnaire_des_donnees.csv
Total unique applicants by province/territory and gender CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/a3378efb-2ee9-4ced-a944-9d0fa4b9340f/download/pcu_total_des_candidats_uniques_genre-cerb_total_unique_applicants_pt_gender.csv
CERB beneficiary counts by FSA CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/b54b5c91-86c6-48dd-ab9c-20aa3e9ea98c/download/pcu_beneficiaire_compte_par_rta-cerb_beneficiary_counts_by_fsa.csv
CERB beneficiary counts by FSA and Gender CSV https://open.canada.ca/data/dataset/94906755-1cb9-4c2d-aaa6-bf365f3d4de8/resource/c406eb81-113c-4982-876e-99da79a2bda4/download/pcu_beneficiaire_compte_par_rta_et_genre-cerb_beneficiary_counts_by_fsa_and_gender.csv

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