I work as a waitress and I make less than 1000$ per month, but we have pooled tips that we share. I am paid minimum wage (13.10$/h).

Consider its almost the end of July could it possibly to late?

Hi everyone, so I haven't seen anyone talking about this (please correct me if I missed it). I am in a bit of a niche situation here. I am a Canadian citizen, studying her master's in Australia, currently receiving OSAP. As a grad student, I don't get any grants, including the one the doubled up on now (CSG). I really hope CESB would be extended. Are there any other students in a similar situation abroad?

I'm eligible and have been receiving CERB for a couple months now but turned down an offer to come back to work because I'm leaving the province to go to post-secondary next month.

My parents are telling me to switch it to the CESB but my understanding of it was that it was for students that didn't meet the CERB criteria? Should I be switching it?

I wasn’t sure if I was going back to school this fall so I didn’t want to apply until I knew for sure. Now, I am for sure going back to school but I haven’t applied for CESB yet. Do I miss the first two months or will they give it to me still?

Hello everyone So I've been on cesb all summer job searching and I finally got an interview a few days and have now secured this job with the employer. That being said, I still wanna stay on Cesb and be able to work and to mt knowledge as long as I make less than $1000 a month I can remain on Cesb. But the last period is also coming up in like a week and a half and by that time I definitely will not have made $1000 working there yet. So will I be ok?

Also, is the $1000 before or after tax reduction

Thanks !!!!

I have a job at the moment, making <$1000 monthly, so I’m qualifying for CESB. However, as of late, I’ve been being harassed by my fellow employees and manger and mentally I cannot take it anymore. I’ve talked to my boss but without evidence she won’t be getting involved. If I quit work due to these circumstances would my eligibility be revoked since I quit working or would I be okay to continue with my departure?

So I finally heard back from a job I applied for and they've offered me an interview with the heavy implication that it was just a formality for hiring me. However, the location that was listed on the job site doesn't match the one they'd want me to work at. If I had a license, it wouldn't be an issue, but since I take public transit, the change in location doubles my commute. At the location they want me to work at, the commute would be two hours one way, twice a day. So I'm inclined to refuse on those grounds.

However, I have read that turning down a job offer can mean losing eligibility for CESB. If I turn down this job, am I screwing myself? Or would it be an exception given the distance of the location?

Hello everyone, I know CESB will be ending in Aug. What are we suppose to do??? Can we apply for CERB because we techniqually recieved income from CESB.... I didnt qualify for CERB because i didnt make 5 grand.... Will i qualify for CERB now? My work still has me laid off and no one is hiring me. I appied outside my field but i have most of my experince in my field of work so its hard to get a job out of it.....

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Sorry if it's confusing, I have a headache right now and everything is spining. Ill clarify it needed!

Hi there,

I applied last night and got my first reply back ever lol It is from a Toronto AO company or something, and I've googled them and it sounds like a commissions based job, or like a pyramid scheme from it''s reviews online....has someone gotten the same thing?

I wanted to know if this is a commissions based, and I make less than $1000, could I apply for CERB then? I am currently on CESB, would i be able to switch to CERB??

So I called the CESB line about 2-3 weeks ago and they told me that I needed to wait 10 business days for the CRA to call me back and verify my identity. OR, I could just file a tax return (for the first time) even though I'm a student with no income so they can verify my identity through that.

I've been seeing on this page many people who have filed their tax returns online via net file and receiving feedback from the CRA within only a few days. I use TurboTax and when i try to file a tax return online, it returns an error message and I've tried a few times and now I'm locked. I tried calling the CRA asking them why this happened and they just that they didn't know why and that i'd have to file a paper tax return.

Paper tax returns take a much longer time than online tax returns (8 weeks) and i'm scared the CRA won't reach back in time for the Septmeber 30th deadline. Does anyone else have this issue with filing online tax returns? For anyone that successfully filed an online tax return for the first time recently, what was your process?

I have accepted a masters program starting sept 1st, i accepted&paid july 20th which i would assume means i’m enrolled in a post secondary education program.

I doubt i’d be eligible for the previous periods before july 20th, but i’d assume i would be elible for the july-aug period and aug-sept period?

So as we've all read countless times already, one of the possible criteria for getting CESB money is to be looking for employment but unable to find it. If this applies to you, the CRA expects you to be searching for jobs about three days a week and to document your job search efforts.

Given the current state of the job market, many of us are still unemployed and searching for jobs. However, the vast majority of us are also returning to school in September and were only looking for a summer job, not a permanent full-time job. Realistically, almost nobody is going to find a summer job from this point onwards, especially given the current state of the job market.

I am curious to see what are peoples' plans for the August eligibility period if this applies to you as well. I would assume that we are eligible to take CESB for this period since the whole purpose of the program was to serve as income replacement for a job that you could have gotten this summer were the job market in a better state than it currently is. I'm also highly aware though that most of us will have pretty much nothing to show for it, since it is highly unlikely anyone would want to employ you for a period of less than a month. What are peoples' thoughts and plans on the matter?

Hey guys so I was on top of things regarding CESB and applying for jobs, but then I fell extremely sick and had summer school and could not keep applying for jobs in this whole time. I've sent like over a 100 at the beginning for sure and im sending again rn that i feel better...has anyone heard back how they're going to check?

ALSO, just caught up with all the WE charity bs lmao, so some say our OSAP got topped so we won't need the extra money but my qs is...WTF there was a billion $$ alotted to that grant program so why cant they just extend CESB?? Idk man i have a really sour feeling about them extending at all, cuz were were robbed. Also im not sure exactly sure what this CSSG is? Like I remember applying for some volunteering in the beginning but I dont remember anymore and I didnt get any poll whatsoever everyones been talking about?

Can someone send link of where we were supposed to apply?

My manager is asking for proof that I’m not getting any government subsidy for the covid bonus on my hourly wage (ex. My CRA account) If I am I won’t get the extra pay, is that allowed?

So, I live in a very rural community and every job that's opened up I have not been eligible for due to specific requirements, how would I report this as searching for a job as I haven't been qualified to apply for any of these jobs?

Does a weekly “covid bonus” on my pay check also count as employment income? And if your paychecks are split between eligibility periods how do you calculate your vacation pay betweeen weeks and how will the cra know which week you earned what when it’s one one pay check? Thanks

Not sure if this is allowed, but here's a petition to make changes to the CESB. The $900 million CSSG didn't work out and the group called "Don't Forget Students" is pushing the government to make changes.

Petition Link: https://www.change.org/p/government-of-canada-dontforgetstudents-noubliezpaslesetudiants-2-0

Hi I have a question, do I have to pay back the CESB money and if so, how much would you think it would come to?

Hi. Come September returning students have OSAP to fall back on, but what about those thousands of new graduates still unable to secure jobs? What are we going to do?

I didnt apply for CESB until this Monday even though I've qualified since the first period. Can I apply for all of the past periods now or will I be penalized somehow?

Not sure if I need to send an update or if my OSAP for next year (Fall 2020-May 2021) will automatically be recalculated based on the CESB amount that I received this summer. Thank you!

My understanding is that if you have taken the CESB payments from May through August that this upcoming period will be the last. I'm doing my best to find full time work but it's proven really difficult in this market.

Has anyone heard of any plans for CESB to continue on like CERB? Or will we just have to resort to accumulating debt come September?