On October 26, 2020 the government announced that CEBA will be available to businesses that have been operating out of a non-business banking account.
To be eligible, businesses must:
have been operating as a business as of March 1, 2020;
successfully open a business account at a Canadian financial institution that is participating in CEBA; and
meet the other existing CEBA eligibility criteria.
The deadline to apply for CEBA is December 31, 2020.