Relief for Business Members

The Canada Emergency Business Account will provide qualifying business members with access to a loan of up to $40,000:

• At 0% interest until December 31, 2022
• Requires no minimum monthly principal payments until December 31, 2022
• A quarter of this loan (up to $10,000) is eligible for forgiveness provided outstanding balance is fully paid on or before December 31, 2022  
• If the loan is not repaid by December 31, 2022, it will be converted into a 3 year term bearing an interest rate of 5% per annum.
• Outstanding principal of the loan must be fully repaid by December 31, 2025

Interior Savings business members, that meet each of the following criteria will be eligible:

• Must have a Canadian-registered business (not a holding company) in operation on March 1, 2020 and you must have Federal Tax Registration.
• Must have paid between $20,000 to $1.5 million in total payroll in 2019.  You’ll need to provide:
  • Your Canada Revenue Agency Business Number (BN) (15 digits), as reported at the top of your 2019 T4 Summary of Remuneration Paid (T4SUM)
  • Total 2019 employment income paid as reported in Box 14 of your 2019 T4SUM 
• Must agree to use the funds from this loan to pay for operating costs that cannot be deferred, such as payroll, rent, utilities, insurance and property tax, as per the requirements of the program set out by the Government of Canada.
• Must be a current Interior Savings business member with an active business operating account.  Interior Savings must be your primary financial institution and your account must have been opened and in good standing on or prior to March 1, 2020
• Must have the ability and authority to bind the organization.
• Must apply for the Canada Emergency Business Account only from your primary financial institution.  Applying for this benefit at more than one financial institution may result in prosecution by the federal government.
• Per the requirements of the CEBA program as set out by the Government of Canada, you confirm that your business:
  • It is not a government organization or body, or an entity owned by a government organization or body;
  • It is not a union, charitable, religious or fraternal organization or entity owned by such an organization or if it is, it is a registered T2 or T3010 corporations that generate a portion of its revenue from the sales of goods or services;
  • It is not an entity owned by individual(s) holding political office; and
  • It does not promote violence, incite hatred or discriminate on the basis of sex, gender, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, religion, culture, region, education, age or mental or physical disability.

If you are approved for the CEBA, you’ll have access to a $40,000 loan that has a 0% interest rate with no fees and requires no principal repayments until December 31, 2022.

If the loan is not repaid by December 31, 2022, it will be converted into a 3 year term bearing an interest rate of 5% per annum.

No, as stipulated by the federal government, the total salaries paid in 2019 must be no less than $20,000 and equal no more than $1.5 million. 

No. The CEBA is available only to business members who have been a registered operation on or before March 1, 2020 with a business chequing account with Interior Savings. However, the government has announced additional relief measures to support sole proprietors. Further information is available on the Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan website.

Yes, you can still enroll if you are a current borrower.

Yes, you can still enroll in the CEBA if you meet the criteria. However, it’s important to note that you are only entitled to one Canada Emergency Business Account; applying for this benefit at more than one financial institution may result in prosecution by the federal government.

Yes. Each business entity that you have may enroll for the CEBA, however, each business must individually meet the eligibility criteria and operate as a separate active business. Holding companies are not eligible. 

Our application process is simple and easy. We will walk you through several attestation questions required through the program by the Government of Canada.

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Must agree to use the funds from this loan to pay for operating costs that cannot be deferred, such as payroll, rent, utilities, insurance and property tax, as per the requirements of the program set out by the Government of Canada.

Yes. To enroll, the business must have been active and open on March 1, 2020 and meet all necessary criteria including confirmation that the loan proceeds will be used to pay for operating expenses that cannot be deferred such as payroll, rent, utilities, insurance, debt payments or property tax.  

Export Development Canada will be the administrator of the government’s eligibility criteria. For additional information, please visit www.CEBA-CUEC.ca

Yes, please ensure that only the authorized signer of your Interior Savings business account applies. We cannot accept multiple applications from the same business account

Please speak with your Interior Savings Account Manager to explore additional solutions. There may be other government initiatives to support your business, including the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Co-Lending Facility and the Export Development Canada (EDC) Business Credit Availability Program.