Canada Emergency Response Benefit

2020

Subjects

Government Labour Revenue and expenditures

Overview

Summary

Included in this initial release are data on the amounts received under the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program. The dataset covers payments made for the weeks starting March 15 to September 20, 2020. The release of this data will allow for research and analysis on the participation in the program and the distribution of benefits according to different characteristics of the recipients. For more information on the emergency and recovery benefits, please consult the Emergency Benefits page. New analytical files featuring information on the Emergency and Recovery Benefits (ERB) recipients’ records combined with administrative, census and survey data. The available microdata contains de-identified client-level administrative information such as the amount of benefits received and the number of weeks of receiving benefits from the following ERB programs:

Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) – March 2020 to September 2020
Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) – September 2020 to October 2021
Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) – September 2020 to May 2022
Canada Recovery Caregiver Benefit (CRCB) – September 2020 to May 2022

The following tax-derived and geographical variables are also available for the recipient and non-recipient population:

Income class;
NAICS industry code, employer size class;
Age, sex, disability status, marital status, presence of children; and
Geographical location

If required for approved analytical projects, subsequent linkage keys would allow mapping of the Emergency and Recovery Benefits records as described above to only one other type of data source at a time among the following:

Census: 2016 Census of Population Long Form, which collects information on the demographic, social and economic situation of people across Canada, and the dwellings they live in;
Canadian Survey on Disability: A national survey that collects information about the lived experiences of youth and adults whose everyday activities may be limited due to a long-term condition or health-related problem;
Canadian Income Survey: A survey that provides information on the income and income sources of Canadians, along with their individual and household characteristics;
Labour Force Survey: A monthly survey which measures the current state of the Canadian labour market and is used, among other things, to calculate the national, provincial, territorial and regional employment and unemployment rates;
Longitudinal Immigration Database: A database that provides detailed and reliable information on socioeconomic outcomes of immigrants after their admission, such as employment income and mobility

Available Cycles

Years	Name
2020	Canada Emergency Response Benefit

Publication Note

All publications (e.g. scientific articles, reports, dissertations, theses) and presentations based on a dataset available in the RDCs should include an acknowledgement of the support provided by granting councils (SSHRC, CIHR, CFI), Statistics Canada and host university. See a sample