To have been eligible, a Saskatchewan business or not-for-profit must:
- Have been carrying on business in Saskatchewan on February 29, 2020;
- Have been ordered to temporarily close or curtail operations through a COVID-19 public health order;
- Have less than 500 employees;
- Attest that they:
- have experienced a loss in sales revenue from business activities due to a COVID-19 public health order;
- plan to reopen operations following the cancellation of the COVID-19 public health order; and
- have not received any payments or amounts from any other sources, including insurance, to replace or compensate for the loss of sales revenue other than amounts from other government assistance programs; and
- Apply on or before July 31, 2020.
To have been eligible, a seasonal Saskatchewan business must:
- Have been eligible to carry on business in Saskatchewan on February, 29, 2020;
- Have been ordered to temporarily close or substantially curtail operations during the public emergency period;
- Have less than 500 employees;
- In the year before the COVID-19 public health order; or
- When averaged for the 3 years before the year in which the COVID-19 public health order;
- Attest that they:
- Have experienced a loss of sales revenue due to a COVID-19 public health order;
- Plan to reopen operations following the cancellation of the COVID-19 public health order;
- Have not received any payments or amounts from any other sources, including insurance, to replace or compensate for the loss of sales revenue other than amounts from other government assistance programs; and
- Apply on or before July 31, 2020.
A seasonal business is a small business that carries on business only for part of a year.
To have been eligible for a payment in the second eligibility period, a Saskatchewan business would have been required to meet all of the above eligibility requirements and continue to be ordered to temporarily close or substantially curtail operations through a public health order after May 19, 2020.