Ontario signs a four-year child care extension, with fees held at $19 a day
Ottawa will send Ontario nearly $12 billion from 2027 to 2031. The province commits to hold average fees at $19 a day until June 30, 2027, with no new…
Métis Nation of Ontario sets dates for its 8th annual early learning conference
The Métis Nation of Ontario has set February 27–28, 2027 for its eighth annual Early Learning and Child Care Conference at White Oaks Resort in Nia…
Alberta names early learning. Then names one programme.
Alberta is putting $148 million into post-secondary expansion and lists early learning among the funded areas. Work through to the named allocations a…
Two provinces, opposite fixes, one set of hours
British Columbia is being asked to compel school districts to host care on school grounds. Manitoba is being asked to lengthen the school day so less …
The widest gap is in the care attached to school
Statistics Canada's study of who gets child care and who does not covers children aged one to five. Inside it, the care type where Indigenous and non-…
A room that was empty on Saturdays
Vancouver's first licensed weekend child care for school-aged children opened this month: ages five to twelve, Saturdays and Sundays, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.…
Saskatchewan caps fee grants at licensed capacity and sets a 10-hour standard day
Six changes took effect in Saskatchewan on July 1 under the extension agreement, capping Parent Fee Reduction Grants at licensed capacity and defining…
Twenty-two business leaders call early learning core economic infrastructure
An open letter signed by 22 Canadian business leaders asks the country to treat early childhood education as economic infrastructure, and names well-s…
A place at the table: Quebec tribunal rules severe allergies comparable to a disability
Quebec's Human Rights Tribunal ordered a Montreal day care to pay $5,000 for refusing a place to a child with severe allergies, rejecting the argument…
In Banff, a place at day care costs $1,350 because the province says the town has enough
A new Banff centre will open at $1,350 a month instead of the subsidized $326, after Alberta declined affordability funding on the grounds that the to…