If your small business qualifies, the Canada Emergency Business Account provides access to a $40,000 loan that is interest free until December 31, 2022. Principal payments can be made voluntarily at any time without fees or penalties. If you pay 75% of the balance of the loan on or before December 31, 2022, the remaining balance of your loan will be forgiven (you can read the CEBA Guidelines to determine if you qualify here).

If any part of the balance is not paid by December 31, 2022, the remaining balance will be converted to a 3-year term loan at 5% annual interest, paid monthly, effective January 1, 2023. The full balance must be paid no later than December 31, 2025.

Qualifications for application:

• Total employment income paid in 2019 must be between $20,000 and $1,500,000
• You must have authority to attest on behalf of the business

If you wish to apply for a CEBA loan, e-mail your request to CEBA@visioncu.ca. Your e-mail must include the following information:

• Legal business name and "operating as" name, if applicable
• Signing authority name(s), phone number(s), and e-mail address(es)

Upon receipt of your e-mail request you will be contacted by a Vision Credit Union lending team member. Please have the following information ready:

• CRA Business Number (BN 15 characters - 9 digits, 2 alpha, 4 digits)
• 2019 T4 SUM (Box 14 of 2019 T4 SUM)

Once we have all of the required information, you will receive an e-mail from "DocuSign CA System" with a CEBA Schedule A - Attestation and CEBA Term Loan Agreement. You will sign the documents electronically.