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Claims to date - Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) and Lockdown Support

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Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) and Lockdown Support claims statistics page, with data since launch as of September 3, 2023. It reports 2,080,200 total approved applications, 2,134,290 applications received, and 223,540 unique applicants with approved claims, of whom 94,030 benefited from lockdown support. It gives $7.66 Billion in approved subsidies, made up of $6.55 Billion for the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and $1.11 Billion for Lockdown Support. The page also breaks approved applications down by claim period, beginning September 27, 2020, and by value band, and notes that figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

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Claims to date - Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy (CERS) and Lockdown Support

CERS summary Footnote 1 Footnote 2 data since launch, as of September 3, 2023 Footnote 5

Expanded information about CERS claims

Detailed data about CERS claims is available. You may download the data in PDF or CSV format.

Total approved applications

2,080,200

Breakdown by claim period

Approved and processed applications by claim period

September 27, 2020 to October 24, 2020 (Period 1) | 158,190
October 25, 2020 to November 21, 2020 (Period 2) | 165,050
November 22, 2020 to December 19, 2020 (Period 3) | 168,190
December 20, 2020 to January 16, 2021 (Period 4) | 168,780
January 17, 2021 to February 13, 2021 (Period 5) | 170,400
February 14, 2021 to March 13, 2021 (Period 6) | 165,820
March 14, 2021 to April 10, 2021 (Period 7) | 159,730
April 11, 2021 to May 8, 2021 (Period 8) | 156,260
May 9, 2021 to June 5, 2021 (Period 9) | 156,800
June 6, 2021 to July 3, 2021 (Period 10) | 147,980
July 4, 2021 to July 31, 2021 (Period 11) | 131,600
August 1, 2021 to August 28, 2021 (Period 12) | 121,370
August 29, 2021 to September 25, 2021 (Period 13) | 112,440
September 26, 2021 to October 23, 2021 (Period 14) | 97,590

All approved applications by value

Under $500 | 364,180
$500 to $1 K | 349,560
$1 K to $1.5 K | 271,560
$1.5 K to $2 K | 205,000
$2 K to $4 K | 448,780
$4 K to $10 K | 299,770
Over $10 K | 141,350

Applications received Footnote 3

2,134,290

Unique applicants with approved claims

223,540

Overall number of unique applicants with approved claims that benefited from lockdown support

Unique applicants with approved claims that benefited from lockdown support | 94,030

Dollar value of subsidies approved Footnote 4

$7.66 Billion

Breakdown by support type

Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy: approved dollar value | $6.55 Billion
Lockdown Support: approved dollar value | $1.11 Billion

Footnotes

Footnote 1

All numbers have been rounded to the nearest 10 except for Subsidies approved. The sum of the data may not add to the total due to rounding. Return to footnote 1 referrer

Footnote 2

Numbers undergo a statistical review to ensure they represent the population of applicants. Numbers are also subject to change as claims are received, reviewed and adjusted. Return to footnote 2 referrer

Footnote 3

Applications received includes all submitted applications (processed and approved, processed and rejected, and yet to be processed). Return to footnote 3 referrer

Footnote 4

Dollar value of subsidies approved includes both the Canada Emergency Rent Subsidy and the Lockdown Support . Return to footnote 4 referrer

Footnote 5

These statistics are updated weekly. Return to footnote 5 referrer

Claim periods

Claim periods

Period number | Date to and from
Period 1 | March 15, 2020 to April 11, 2020
Period 2 | April 12, 2020 to May 9, 2020
Period 3 | May 10, 2020 to June 6, 2020
Period 4 | June 7, 2020 to July 4, 2020
Period 5 | July 5, 2020 to August 1, 2020
Period 6 | August 2, 2020 to August 29, 2020
Period 7 | August 30, 2020 to September 26, 2020
Period 8 | September 27, 2020 to October 24, 2020
Period 9 | October 25, 2020 to November 21, 2020

Page details

2024-01-03

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