Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) - Closed

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COVID-19 benefits from the CRA

Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB)

Status: Closed

The Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit (CRCB) gave income support to employed and self-employed individuals who were unable to work because they had to care for their child under 12 years old or a family member who needed supervised care. This applied if their school, regular program or facility was closed or unavailable to them due to COVID-19, or because they were sick, self-isolating, or at risk of serious health complications due to COVID-19. The CRCB was administered by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA).

Eligible applicants could have received $500 ($450 after taxes withheld) for each 1-week period, for up to a total of 44 weeks, between September 27, 2020 and May 7, 2022. The last day to apply was July 6, 2022.

Eligibility criteria

To be eligible for the CRCB payments, you must have met all of the following conditions:

You were unable to work at least 50% of your scheduled work week because you were caring for a family member
You were caring for your child under 12 years old or a family member who needed supervised care because they were at home for one of the following reasons:
- Their school, daycare, day program, or care facility was closed or unavailable to them due to COVID-19
- Their regular care services were unavailable due to COVID-19
- The person under your care was:
  - sick with COVID-19 or had symptoms of COVID-19
  - at risk of serious health complications if they got COVID-19, as was advised by a medical professional
  - self-isolating due to COVID-19
Who could 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)
- Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB)
- Employment Insurance (EI) benefits
- Québec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP) benefits
- short-term disability benefits
You resided in Canada Definition
You lived and had a home in Canada, but did not have to be a citizen or a permanent resident.
You were present in Canada
You were at least 15 years old
You had a valid Social Insurance Number (SIN)
You earned at least $5,000 in 2019, 2020, 2021, or in the 12 months before the date you applied from any of the following sources:
- employment income (total or gross pay)
- net self-employment income (after deducting expenses)
- maternity and parental benefits from EI or similar QPIP benefits
What counted towards the $5,000
- Counts as income:
  - 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
  - social assistance or family support payments
  - Canada Pension Plan (CPP), Québec Pension Plan (QPP), or other pension income
  - Old Age Security (OAS) payments
  - amounts from these 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)
    - Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit (CWLB)
You were the only person in your household who applied for the benefit for the week What is considered a household for this benefit
A group of people who lives together as a family unit at the same address
You were not receiving paid leave from your employer for the same period
You were not self-isolating or in quarantine due to international travel Exceptions
This did not apply to you if you were isolating because:
- you travelled for medical treatment certified by a medical practitioner
- you accompanied a person who was not able to travel without help from an attendant to get medical treatment certified by a medical practitioner
- you were an essential worker who travelled for reasons normally exempt from quarantine (such as health care workers or truck drivers who needed to cross the border for work) but were required to quarantine upon return to Canada

If you did not meet the above criteria, you were not eligible for the CRCB. Find out how to repay the CRCB.