By Government of Canada

COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses

Mar 1, 2022 | 10:45 AM

Proposal to extend expanded access to lockdown program

The government has announced its intent to extend the wage and rent support eligibility criteria for businesses and other organizations in effect for claim periods 24 and 25 until March 12, 2022, to include claim period 26. Read the announcement to learn more about these changes.

As an employer in Canada who has seen a drop in revenue during the COVID-19 pandemic, you may be eligible for a subsidy to cover part of the wages you pay employees. This subsidy will enable you to re-hire workers, help prevent further job losses, and ease your business back into normal operations.

For each applicable claim period, eligible employers can claim one of the following, whichever gives the highest amount:

• Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program (THRP) – Wage
  Effective: October 24, 2021, to May 7, 2022
• Hardest-Hit Business Recovery Program (HHBRP) – Wage
  Effective: October 24, 2021, to May 7, 2022
• Canada Recovery Hiring Program (CRHP)
  Effective: June 6, 2021, to May 7, 2022
• Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS)
  Effective: March 15, 2020, to October 23, 2021

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Many of the eligibility and calculation rules for the wage subsidy under the THRP and the HHBRP are the same as they were for the CEWS.

Next deadline

• March 24, 2022: Last day to apply for period 20 of the CEWS and CRHP

Next period opens

• April 1, 2022: First day to apply for period 26 of the wage subsidies

Error in spreadsheet for claim period 22 for wage and hiring support may have affected your eligibility

A previous version of the spreadsheet for wage and hiring (version 2021-1, used or downloaded before Friday, December 24, 2021 at 12:00 pm ET) may have shown you were not eligible for the Tourism and Hospitality Recovery Program Wage subsidy (THRP – Wage), when in fact you may be eligible. Learn who this error may affect and what to do.

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• What the changes are: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  The latest changes to wage and hiring subsidies for businesses
• Who can apply: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  Find out if you are eligible to apply for a wage or hiring subsidy
• Periods you can apply for: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  Claim period dates and which periods you can apply for today
• Which of your employees qualify: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  Which employees you can include in your claim and payroll information you will need
• Calculate your amount: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  Use our calculator to find out how much your wage or hiring subsidy may be
• How to apply: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  How to submit an application for a wage or hiring subsidy
• After you apply: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  Getting your payment, changing a claim, reporting the subsidy on your tax return, and preparing for our review of claims
• Contact us about a wage subsidy: COVID-19 wage and hiring support for businesses
  How to contact us about COVID-19 wage and hiring subsidies