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This article uses administrative data from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program linked to the 2016 long-form Census to examine socio-economic characteristics of Indigenous workers who received the benefit between March and September 2020. Proportions of workers who received payment are presented by age group, sex, province or region, industry of employment, income and size of business as well as for First Nations, Métis and Inuit workers separately.

This paper uses longitudinal data combining information from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) with data from the Emergency and recovery benefits (ERB) to compare the proportion of 2010 to 2018 postsecondary graduates who received Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments in 2020, by various educational and socio-economic characteristics, to the proportion of “all workers” (who earned at least $5,000 in 2019) who received CERB payments.

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit program (CERB) was introduced to provide financial support to employees and self-employed workers in Canada who were directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article examines the proportion of 2019 workers who received CERB payments in 2020 by various characteristics. CERB take-up rates are presented by industry, earnings group in 2019, sex, age group and province, as well as for population groups designated as visible minorities, immigrants and Indigenous people. Some factors that help explain differences in take-up rates among these groups of workers are also examined.

This article uses administrative data from the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) program linked to the 2016 long-form Census to examine socio-economic characteristics of Indigenous workers who received the benefit between March and September 2020. Proportions of workers who received payment are presented by age group, sex, province or region, industry of employment, income and size of business as well as for First Nations, Métis and Inuit workers separately.

The Canada Emergency Response Benefit program (CERB) was introduced to provide financial support to employees and self-employed workers in Canada who were directly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This article examines the proportion of 2019 workers who received CERB payments in 2020 by various characteristics. CERB take-up rates are presented by industry, earnings group in 2019, sex, age group and province, as well as for population groups designated as visible minorities, immigrants and Indigenous people. Some factors that help explain differences in take-up rates among these groups of workers are also examined.

This paper uses longitudinal data combining information from the Postsecondary Student Information System (PSIS) with data from the Emergency and recovery benefits (ERB) to compare the proportion of 2010 to 2018 postsecondary graduates who received Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) payments in 2020, by various educational and socio-economic characteristics, to the proportion of “all workers” (who earned at least $5,000 in 2019) who received CERB payments.