On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 pandemic. To address the consequences of the pandemic on the Canadian economy, the federal government of Canada announced and implemented various support and recovery measures for businesses, households, students, the vulnerable population and organizations helping individuals. The table Federal government expenditures on COVID-19 response measures presents the major federal measures announced and implemented, their treatment in the national accounts (in particular, in the Income and Expenditure Accounts), the table numbers where the pertinent series may be found and the amount of expenditure on a quarterly basis.
For a comprehensive explanations on the treatment of COVID-19 government support measures in the national accounts, please refer to the documents Recording COVID-19 measures in the national account and Recording new COVID measures in the national accounts.
Treatment in national accounts: Subsidies on production, by quarter at quarterly rates
| COVID-19 measure |
2020 |
2021 |
|---|
| First quarter |
Second quarter |
Third quarter |
Fourth quarter |
First quarter |
Second quarter |
|---|
| $ millions |
|---|
| Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) - business |
4,359 |
29,351 |
22,711 |
10,703 |
10,033 |
7,633 |
|---|
| Temporary Wage Subsidy (TWS) - business |
169 |
739 |
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) - business |
|
|
52 |
1,558 |
1,714 |
1,096 |
|---|
| Lockdown Support (LS) - business |
|
|
5 |
209 |
341 |
237 |
|---|
| Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0103, 36-10-0118, 36-10-0477. |
Treatment in national accounts: Current transfers to non-profit institutions serving households (NPISH), by quarter at quarterly rates
| COVID-19 measure |
2020 |
2021 |
|---|
| First quarter |
Second quarter |
Third quarter |
Fourth quarter |
First quarter |
Second quarter |
|---|
| $ millions |
|---|
| Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy (CEWS) - NPISH |
200 |
1,095 |
1,051 |
573 |
549 |
325 |
|---|
| Temporary Wage Subsidy (TWS) - NPISH |
13 |
46 |
|
|
|
|
|---|
| Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) - NPISH |
|
|
1 |
36 |
38 |
22 |
|---|
| Lockdown Support (LS) - NPISH |
|
|
0 |
4 |
7 |
4 |
|---|
| Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0118, 36-10-0477, 36-10-0115. |
Treatment in national accounts: Subsidies on products and imports, by quarter at quarterly rates
| COVID-19 measure |
2020 |
2021 |
|---|
| First quarter |
Second quarter |
Third quarter |
Fourth quarter |
First quarter |
|---|
| $ millions |
|---|
| Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance (CECRA) |
|
1,130 |
904 |
|
|
|---|
|
|
|
849 |
679 |
|
|
|---|
|
|
|
281 |
225 |
|
|
|---|
| Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0103, 36-10-0118, 36-10-0477. |
Treatment in national accounts: Current transfers to households - Employment Insurance benefits, by quarter at quarterly rates
| COVID-19 measure |
2020 |
2021 |
|---|
| First quarter |
Second quarter |
Third quarter |
Fourth quarter |
First quarter |
Second quarter |
|---|
| $ millions |
|---|
| Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) - EI stream |
|
19,127 |
9,239 |
864 |
|
|
|---|
| Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0118, 36-10-0477, 36-10-0112. |
Treatment in national accounts: Transfers to households -Other federal transfers to households, by quarter at quarterly rates
| COVID-19 measure |
2020 |
2021 |
|---|
| First quarter |
Second quarter |
Third quarter |
Fourth quarter |
First quarter |
Second quarter |
|---|
| $ millions |
|---|
| Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) - CRA stream |
|
29,002 |
15,597 |
704 |
|
|
|---|
| Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB) |
|
1,386 |
1,550 |
8 |
2 |
|
|---|
| Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB) |
|
|
|
6,073 |
7,280 |
6,516 |
|---|
| Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) |
|
|
|
900 |
960 |
933 |
|---|
| Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit (CRSB) |
|
|
|
246 |
144 |
188 |
|---|
| Source: Statistics Canada, tables 36-10-0118, 36-10-0477, 36-10-0112. |
