Canada Recovery Benefits Act — C-10.10 10
Eligibility 10 (1) A person is eligible for a Canada recovery sickness benefit for any week falling within the period beginning on September 27, 2020 and ending on May 7, 2022 if (a) they have a valid social insurance number; (b) they were at least 15 years of age on the first day of the week; (c) they were resident and present in Canada during the week; (d) in the case of an application made under section 11 in respect of a week beginning in 2020, they had, for 2019 or in the 12-month period preceding the day on which they make the application, a total income of at least $5,000 from the following sources: (i) employment, (ii) self-employment, (iii) benefits paid to the person under any of subsections 22(1), 23(1), 152.04(1) and 152.05(1) of the Employment Insurance Act , (iv) allowances, money or other benefits paid to the person under a provincial plan because of pregnancy or in respect of the care by the person of one or more of their new-born children or one or more children placed with them for the purpose of adoption, and (v) any other source of income that is prescribed by regulation; (e) in the case of an application made under section 11 in respect of a week beginning in 2021, they had, for 2019 or for 2020 or in the 12-month period preceding the day on which they make the application, a total income of at least $5,000 from the sources referred to in subparagraphs (d)(i) to (v); (e.1) in the case of an application made under section 11 in respect of a week beginning in 2022, they had, for 2019, 2020 or 2021 or in the 12-month period preceding the day on which they make the application, a total income of at least $5,000 from the sources referred to in subparagraphs (d)(i) to (v); (f) they have as an employee been unable to work for at least 50% of the time they would have otherwise worked in the week, or they have as a self-employed person reduced the time devoted to their work by at least 50% of the time they would have otherwise worked in the week, because (i) they contracted or might have contracted COVID-19, (ii) they have underlying conditions, are undergoing treatments or have contracted other sicknesses that, in the opinion of a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, person in authority, government or public health authority, would make them more susceptible to COVID-19, or (iii) they isolated themselves on the advice of their employer, a medical practitioner, nurse practitioner, person in authority, government or public health authority for reasons related to COVID-19; (g) no income referred to in any of the following subparagraphs was paid or was payable to the person in respect of the week: (i) benefits , as defined in subsection 2(1) of the Employment Insurance Act , (ii) allowances, money or other benefits paid to the person under a provincial plan because of pregnancy or in respect of the care by the person of one or more of their new-born children or one or more children placed with them for the purpose of adoption, (iii) a Canada recovery benefit or a Canada recovery caregiving benefit, (iii.1) a lockdown benefit , as defined in section 2 of the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit Act , and (iv) any other income that is prescribed by regulation; (h) they have not, in respect of the week, been granted paid leave or been paid under a sickness benefit plan; and (i) they were not, at any time during the week, required to quarantine or isolate themselves under any order made under the Quarantine Act as a result of entering into Canada or (i) if they were required to do so at any time during the week, the only reason for their having been outside Canada was to (A) receive a medical treatment that has been certified by a medical practitioner to be necessary, or (B) accompany a person who has been certified by a medical practitioner to be incapable of travelling without the assistance of an attendant and whose only reason for having been outside Canada was to receive a medical treatment that has been certified by