Characteristics of child care centres serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022

Description: A significant increase in the use of child care for children aged 0 to 5 has occurred over the past several decades, in particular the use of centre-based care. The current study describes findings from the Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services 2022 providing a snapshot of centre-based child care services in Canada. The results provide a description of the characteristics of child care centres in April 2022, prior to the implementation of most of the federal and provincial/territorial bilateral agreements, as well as the negative impacts of COVID-19 on the provision of centre-based child care.

Issue Number: 2023003

DOI: https://doi.org/10.25318/36280001202300300001-eng