Income Security Advocacy Centre

ISAC works to address issues of income security and poverty in Ontario

Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB)

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NEW RESOURCE: Requesting Debt Relief for Pandemic Benefit Overpayments

Between 2020 and 2022, many people received COVID-19 income support benefits from the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). These income support benefits include the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canada Recovery Benefit (CRB), Canada Recovery Sickness…

Access to Justice, Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Federal Benefits - General, Poverty Reduction, Public Education, Social Assistance

Accessing Income Support in the wake of COVID-19 / L’accès au soutien du revenu en raison de la COVID-19 (Updated September 23, 2020)

This document lists several income support programs that may be available to Ontario residents during the COVID-19 pandemic. This information is changing rapidly and we recommend that you check with the relevant government’s website for…

Canada Child Benefit (CCB), Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB), Canada Emergency Student Benefit (CESB), Employment Insurance (EI), General, Ontario Disability Support Program (ODSP), Ontario Works (OW), Public Education, Social Assistance