Table 4 
Difficulties for parents/guardians in finding a child care arrangement, household population aged 0 to 5, Canada 

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Difficulties for parents/guardians in finding a child care arrangement, household population aged 0 to 5, Canada
Number – Children% – ChildrenLower limit (%) – 95% confidence interval1Upper limit (%) – 95% confidence interval1
Did you have difficulty finding child care?        
No 879,639 63.6 61.6 65.6
Yes 502,746 36.4 34.4 38.4
What difficulties did you have?        
Care available in your community 266,020 11.5 10.6 12.5
Affordable child care 242,636 10.5 9.5 11.6
Care that fits your work or study schedule 192,816 8.3 7.5 9.2
Finding the quality of care you desire 187,487 8.1 7.3 9.0
Finding licensed care 139,098 6.0 5.4 6.8
Qualified care provider 137,519 6.0 5.2 6.8
Care that could accommodate more than one child in your family 82,476 3.6 3.0 4.3
Care that meets your child's special needs 18,396 0.8E 0.6 1.1
Other 101,800 4.4 3.8 5.1
Did the difficulty result in any of the following?        
Changing your work schedule 200,423 8.7 7.8 9.6
Using multiple care arrangements or a temporary arrangement 177,378 7.7 6.9 8.5
Working fewer hours 165,751 7.2 6.4 8.0
Postponing your return to work 137,972 6.0 5.2 6.8
Deciding to split care with your spouse or partner 99,720 4.3 3.7 5.1
Postponing or discontinuing school or training 55,338 2.4 1.9 3.0
Deciding to work at home 52,515 2.3 1.8 2.8
Other  48,823 2.1 1.7 2.7
None of the above 97,282 4.2 3.6 4.9
E
use with caution
Source(s):
Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (5287).

Table note 1

Confidence intervals are used to express the precision of the estimate.
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