The Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) gives income support to employed and self-employed individuals who are unable to work because they must care for their child under 12 years old or a family member who needs supervised care. This applies if their school, regular program or facility is closed or unavailable to them due to COVID-19, or because they’re sick, self-isolating, or at risk of serious health complications due to COVID-19.
If you’re eligible for the CRCB, your household can receive $500 ($450 after taxes withheld) for each 1-week period.
The CRCB does not renew automatically. If your situation continues past 1 week, you will need to apply again. Each household can apply up to a total of 26 weeks between September 27, 2020 and September 25, 2021.
You may apply for any eligible 1-week period for up to 60 days after that period has ended.
Eilgibility
- You are unable to work at least 50% of your scheduled work week because you are caring for a family member
- You are caring for your child under 12 years old or a family member who needs supervised care because they are at home for one of the following reasons:
- Their school, daycare, day program, or care facility is closed or unavailable to them due to COVID-19
- Their regular care services are unavailable due to COVID-19
- The person under your care is:
- sick with COVID-19 or has symptoms of COVID-19
- at risk of serious health complications if they get COVID-19, as advised by a medical professional
- self-isolating due to COVID-19
- Who can advise a person under your care to self-isolate
- a medical practitioner
- a nurse practitioner
- a person in authority
- the government
- your public health authority
- You did not apply for or receive any of the following for the same period:
- Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)
- Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB)
- short-term disability benefits
- workers’ compensation benefits
- Employment Insurance (EI) benefits
- Québec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) benefits
- You reside in Canada
- You were present in Canada
- You are at least 15 years old
- You have a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN)
- You are the only person in your household applying for the benefit for the week
- You are not receiving paid leave from your employer for the same period
- You earned at least $5,000 (before deductions) in 2019, 2020, or in the 12 months before the date you apply from any of the following sources:
- Counts as income:
- Maternity and parental benefits from EI or similar QPIP benefits
- All employment or self-employment income, including:
- tips
- non-eligible dividends
- honoraria (nominal amounts paid to volunteers)
- royalties (payments to artists)
- Does not count as income:
- disability benefits
- student loans, bursaries or scholarships
- pension income
- amounts from other COVID-19 benefits:
- Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB)
- Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB)
- Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB)
- Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB)
- Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB)
- Counts as income:
How to Apply
- Online: Click to apply
- Phone: 1-800-959-2019 or 1-800-959-2041
- Hours: Monday to Sunday, 6 am to 3 am (Eastern time)
- Instructions:
- Select your language preference: English or French
- Press ‘1’to apply for one of the new Canada recovery benefits
- Press ‘2’ to apply for the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB)
- Follow the prompts to enter your information, including:
- your SIN
- confirmation of your postal code
- date of birth
- the period you are applying for
- Certify that you qualify for the benefit
