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-…
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Lawson Foundation: An Environmental Scan of Outdoor and Land-Based Early Learning in Canada
The Lawson Foundation has released a comprehensive new environmental scan of outdoor and land-based early learning in Canada, and it names a gap the sector…
StatCan: job quality shapes when mothers return to work after parental leave
A new Statistics Canada study released July 22 revisits when and whether mothers return to work after parental leave, with particular attention to Employment Insurance…
A new Lawson Foundation scan finds outdoor and land-based early learning stalls at the regulations
A new environmental scan commissioned by the Lawson Foundation, led by researchers Dr. Beverlie Dietze, Dr. Kelsey Robson and Dr. Melanie Manitowabi, maps the research,…
New research pegs CWELCC’s economic impact at $2.7 billion a year
A new report from the Centre for the Study of Living Standards estimates that the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program increased maternal…
National Workforce Policy Table releases roadmap for raising educator qualifications
The National Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Policy Table — a group of early childhood education experts and practitioners convened through Child Care Now’s…
Statistics Canada releases 2025 data on child care arrangements and parental costs
Statistics Canada has released results from the 2025 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements, focusing on trends in parental expenses and the difficulties…
CCPA’s tenth annual fee report: six provinces and territories at or below $10 a day
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released its tenth annual child care fee survey, assessing progress toward the April 2026 $10-a-day target. Six of…
Statistics Canada launches national Canadian Child Care Worker Survey
Statistics Canada fielded the Canadian Child Care Worker Survey from February 2 to May 31, 2026, gathering information directly from centre-based child care workers about…
2026 national survey of child care providers now underway at Statistics Canada
The 2026 Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services collected data from February 11 to June 30, 2026, reaching licensed and unlicensed, home-based…