Safer at Home Programs Provide Relief to Ontario Families
Province Expands Support for Learners Program and Lowers Hydro Bills.
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Ontario Supports Non-Profits Delivering Vital Services
Funding helps organizations rebuild and recover from the impacts of COVID-19.
Ontario Building On Supports for Employers During COVID-19
New Ontario Small Business Support Grant to Provide up to $20,000 for Eligible Businesses.
Ontario Announces Provincewide Shutdown to Stop Spread of COVID-19 and Save Lives
Government Providing Grants of up to $20,000 to Small Businesses Impacted by New Public Health Measures.
Canada suspends flights from the United Kingdom for 72 hours
Canada’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is guided by the latest science and research. The Government of Canada is closely monitoring the genetic variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 identified in the United Kingdom and is working with international partners, including the World Health Organization, to better understand this variant and its impacts.
Ontario Taking Further Action to Limit Spread of COVID-19
Peel and Toronto Regions to Remain in Grey-Lockdown.
Government announces wage subsidy rate increase to 75 per cent
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, announced that the government has concluded the necessary regulatory changes to raise the maximum wage subsidy rate to 75 per cent for the period beginning Sunday, December 20, 2020, until March 13, 2021.
Ontario Investing in New Opportunities for Black Youth
Expanded funding for Black Youth Action Plan includes targeted COVID-19 supports.
Ontario Expands COVID-19 Vaccine Locations
Province prepared to administer additional vaccines in the coming weeks.
Government of Canada announces agreement with the Canadian Women’s Foundation and Women’s Shelters Canada to provide funding for gender-based violence supports
The Honourable Maryam Monsef, Minister for Women and Gender Equality and Rural Economic Development, announced that an agreement had been reached with Women’s Shelters Canada and the Canadian Women’s Foundation to disburse up to $36.3 million of the funding from October 2020, to women’s shelters, sexual assault centres and other organizations providing supports and services to women experiencing violence.