Figure 1:

Proportion of Respondents Who Applied for CERB at the Time of the Survey, by Earnings Decile in 2019

Notes: We first order respondents by the decile of their individual work income (earnings) in 2019. We then compute the share of respondents within each decile who have applied for CERB. Those statistics are weighted using weights produced using the 2016 Census PUMF. CERB = Canada Emergency Response Benefit; PUMF = public use microdata files.

Source: Retirement and Savings Institute–Research Chair in Intergenerational Economics–Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des Organisations Web survey conducted from 8 to 20 May 2020 using the AskingCanadians panel.