- Ontario Small Business Relief Grant
- Guidance_proof_of_vaccination_for_businesses_and_organizations
- QA for Proof of Vaccinations
- Ontario Store Capacity Calculator – Retail Council of Canada
- Safe Travels Stamp
- Ontario implementing Additional Public Health and Testing Measures to Keep People Safe
- Canada United Small Business Relief Fund
- Government Funded Program to Support Southern Ontario Women-Led SMEs
- COVID-19 Business Reopening 101: Webinar
- Downtown Brampton BIA Business Preparedness Planning Overview
COVID-19 Information for DBBIA Businesses
Advocacy Letters for the Downtown Brampton Business Community
- Peel BIAs & OBIAA Letter_RE_Reopening of Locked Down Businesses on January 26, 2022_
- Peel BIAs & OBIAA Letter_Closing The Gaps In The Federal Rent and Wage Subsidies
- DBBIA Advocacy Letter January 7 2022
- DBBIA Letter to the City of Brampton
- Mayor supports small business and rent relief letter
- A Message from the Associate Minister of Small Business and Red Tape Reduction
- IDA Canada Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau
- Letter from Mayor Brown to Minister Clark On Commercial Rent
- BBOT letter to Hon Steve Clark Min of Municipal Affairs re Commercial Rent

COVID Business Support Programs
City of Brampton

Government of Ontario

Business Resources
- The POST Promise training & education platform is a voluntary declaration from a business to its customers and employees. Show your business is taking steps to help prevent the spread of COVID-19: postpromise.com
- Restaurants Canada – COVID-19 Best Practices for Reopening
- Frequently asked questions about essential businesses
- How to build a “buy online, pick up curbside” store – Shopify
- Coronavirus disease (COVID-19): Resources for Canadian businesses
- Coronavirus and small business: keeping you and your employees safe
- BDC Funding Support for entrepreneurs impacted by the coronavirus COVID-19
- Pandemic Preparedness Guide for Business
- Business continuity plan and templates for entrepreneurs
- Planning Checklist for Retailers – COVID-19
- How to find out if your business qualifies for the COVID-19 wage subsidy

OBIAA Business Resources
OBIAA Letters

Safety Checklist for Businesses
For businesses whose operations are closed during this time, Ottawa Police have created a safety checklist to ensure your shop or restaurant remains secure. Police recommend the following guidelines:
- Keep the lights on
- Remove ALL cash and receipts
- Do not leave any valuables clearly visible or accessible
- All safes and tills should be emptied and moved off-site for safe storage
- Keep all cash drawers open to show that nothing is in the drawers
- All ATM’s should be emptied and moved off-site for safe storage
- All alcohol products removed from bar and put in secured storage areas (no alcohol left visible from outside)
- Consider posting “NO CASH or Valuables on Premises” signage
- Deactivate all scheduled FOB door openings (ie. Cleaners, deliveries, etc)
- Disconnect all kitchen gas lines from their gas source
Make regular site visits to monitor your shop/business and to manage inventory and storage conditions (consider scattering the times this is done to not establish a pattern)