Table 1 
Among those using child care, type of child care arrangement by age group, children aged 0 to 5, Canada, 2020 

Among those using child care, type of child care arrangement by age group, children aged 0 to 5, Canada, 2020
  Population estimate Estimate Lower confidence limit at 95% Upper confidence limit at 95%
  number %%%
Overall        
Daycare centre, preschool, or centre de la petite enfance (CPE) 594,052 49.2 47.4 51
Care by a relative other than parent 337,801 28.0 26.4 29.6
Care by non-relative in the child's home 59,945 5.0 4.2 5.8
Family child care home 228,975 19.0 17.6 20.4
Before- or after-school program 89,172 7.4 6.6 8.3
Other child care arrangement 39,851 3.3 2.8 3.9
Children younger than 1 year of age        
Daycare centre, preschool, or centre de la petite enfance (CPE) 23,064 29.7 21.2 39.9
Care by a relative other than parent 38,704 49.9 39.4 60.4
Care by non-relative in the child's home 7,069 9.1 4.3 18.4
Family child care home 14,034 18.1 10.8 28.8
Before- or after-school program ... ... ... ...
Other child care arrangement F F F F
Children 1 to 3 years of age        
Daycare centre, preschool, or centre de la petite enfance (CPE) 343,974 52.3 49.9 54.7
Care by a relative other than parent 181,971 27.7 25.7 29.8
Care by non-relative in the child's home 28,177 4.3 3.4 5.3
Family child care home 156,282 23.8 21.9 25.8
Before- or after-school program F F F F
Other child care arrangement 16,211 2.5 1.9 3.3
Children 4 or 5 years of age and not attending school        
Daycare centre, preschool, or centre de la petite enfance (CPE) 118,723 65.2 61.1 69.1
Care by a relative other than parent 38,612 21.2 17.9 24.9
Care by non-relative in the child's home 5,600 3.1 1.9 4.9
Family child care home 29,653 16.3 13.4 19.6
Before- or after-school program F F F F
Other child care arrangement 5,888 3.2 1.9 5.3
Children 4 or 5 years of age and attending school        
Daycare centre, preschool, or centre de la petite enfance (CPE) 96,999 35.9 32.6 39.3
Care by a relative other than parent 75,110 27.8 24.6 31.1
Care by non-relative in the child's home 18,681 6.9 5.3 8.9
Family child care home 25,833 9.6 7.6 12
Before- or after-school program 85,241 31.5 28.4 34.8
Other child care arrangement 16,290 6.0 4.6 7.8
...
not applicable
F
too unreliable to be published
Source(s):
Statistics Canada, Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements, 2020 (5287).
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