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  • 1. Child care for young children with disabilities
    Articles and reports: 82-003-X202401000003
    Description: More than half (56%) of Canadian children aged 0 to 5 years are in non-parental child care, but data on child care attendance among children with disabilities is limited. This study examines child care participation among young children with disabilities in Canada, with a focus on different disability types.
    Release date: 2024-10-16
  • 2. How do parents share child care?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024041
    Description: Using data from the 2022 Time Use Survey, this infographic explores how parents in different-gender couples share the unpaid work of caring for their own children. It examines how much time parents spend caring for children, how parents report sharing child care in their households, when equal sharing is more or less common, and how sharing child care is linked to time pressure.
    Release date: 2024-10-07
  • 3. Regular child care use and reasons for not using child care, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years
    Table: 41-10-0064-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Regular child care use and reasons for not using child care, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2024-08-14
  • 4. Main child care arrangement encourages learning Indigenous values and customs, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years
    Table: 41-10-0065-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Main child care arrangement encourages learning Indigenous values and customs, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2024-08-14
  • 5. Child’s main care provider understands needs of families from an Indigenous background, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years
    Table: 41-10-0066-01
    Geography: Canada, Geographical region of Canada, Province or territory
    Frequency: Occasional
    Description: Child’s main care provider understands needs of families from an Indigenous background, First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged 1 to 5 years, by gender, Canada, provinces and territories.
    Release date: 2024-08-14
  • 6. Proportion of annual family income spent on child care, by economic family type
    Table: 11-10-0080-01
    Geography: Canada
    Frequency: Annual
    Description: Proportion of annual after-tax family income spent on child care, by economic family type and age of youngest child, Canada.
    Release date: 2024-04-26
  • 7. Child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 5 with long-term conditions or disabilities, 2023
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024022
    Description: This infographic examines the early child care experiences of children with long-term conditions or disabilities using data from the 2023 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities (SELCCA – CLCD). It explores the types of extra support needed while in child care, the common difficulties they experienced as well as the impacts on the parent or guardian having difficulty finding a child care arrangement.
    Release date: 2024-04-22
  • 8. Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care: Public Use Microdata File
    Public use microdata: 37-25-0002
    Description: This public use microdata file (PUMF) contains non-aggregated data for a wide variety of variables collected from the Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care (CSELCC).

    CSELCC addresses child care in Canada for children younger than 6 years old and asks about the different types of child care arrangements that families use, the difficulties some families may face when looking for care, as well as reasons for not using child care. The survey also collects information on parents' labour market participation to better understand the interaction between work and the use of child care arrangements.
    Release date: 2024-04-04
  • 9. Who are the sandwich caregivers in Canada?
    Stats in brief: 11-627-M2024003
    Description: This infographic investigates sandwich caregiving in Canada in 2022, defined as providing care in the past 12 months to both children under 15 years old and care-dependent adults and youth over 15 years old with a long-term condition or disability. The infographic explores the prevalence of sandwich caregiving, the types of relationships involved, and the impacts of this type of caregiving.
    Release date: 2024-04-02
  • 10. Study: “Sandwiched” between multiple unpaid caregiving responsibilities
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202409337749
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2024-04-02
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  • 31. French-language early childhood and child care services in Canada outside Quebec, 2001 and 2016
    Articles and reports: 89-657-X2021006
    Description:

    This fact sheet presents the change from 2001 to 2016 in the number and proportion of young children likely to attend a French-language child care service, as well as the number and proportion of childcare workers using French at work in Canada outside Quebec, with data from the 2001 and 2016 censuses of population.

    Release date: 2021-11-18
  • 32. English-language early childhood and child care services in Quebec, 2001 and 2016
    Articles and reports: 89-657-X2021007
    Description:

    This fact sheet presents the change from 2001 to 2016 in the number and proportion of young children likely to attend an English-language child care service, as well as the number and proportion of child care workers using English at work in Quebec, with data from the 2001 and 2016 censuses of population.

    Release date: 2021-11-18
  • 33. Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100800001
    Description:

    To date, there exists little national information on the provision of child care services in Canada, despite investments in the creation of a national child care program. Statistics Canada, in collaboration with ESDC developed the Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services (CSPCCS) to identify the feasibility of a survey frame to survey child care providers, and to enable the reporting of descriptive information about those providers. This article describes the CSPCCS and its objectives.

    Release date: 2021-08-25
  • 34. Patterns of participation in early learning and child care among families with potential socioeconomic disadvantages in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100800002
    Description:

    Various studies have shown that children from socioeconomically disadvantaged families are more likely to have poorer outcomes than children from more advantaged families and that such gaps could be reduced by participating in early learning and child care (ELCC). Using the 2019 Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements, a nationally representative survey that provides the most updated and detailed information on child care for children aged 0 to 5 years, this study examines the patterns of ELCC participation among families with potential socioeconomic disadvantages in Canada.

    Release date: 2021-08-25
  • 35. Use of child care for children younger than six during COVID-19
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100800003
    Description:

    The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on many aspects of the lives of Canadians, including the ability to secure and provide child care. This article examines the use of child care among children under age 6 based on results from the Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (2020), collected between November 2020 and January 2021.

    Release date: 2021-08-25
  • 36. Use of child care before and after school in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100800004
    Description:

    Over the past several decades, there has been a growing demand for non-parental child care services, in part due to a rise in dual earner families and single parent households who may require care while working or studying. Previous work has described the use of child care for pre-school aged children in Canada and other high-income countries. However, much less information is available to describe the use of child care for school-aged children. Thus, the purpose of the current study is to describe the use of non-parental child care for kindergarten and elementary school children (age 4 to 11), including type of care and number of hours in care, as well as to identify predictors and correlates of child care use for this demographic.

    Release date: 2021-08-25
  • 37. Indigenous and non-Indigenous early learning and child care workers in Canada
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100800005
    Description:

    Educators who are part of Indigenous children’s own communities can play an important role in providing them with early learning experiences that reflect their cultural heritage and traditions. This study examines the sociodemographic and employment characteristics of early learning and child care (ELCC) workers who are First Nations people, Métis or Inuit. Using 2016 long-form Census data, two occupational groups were studied – early childhood educators and assistants (ECEA) and child care providers (CCP). Comparisons were also made with non-Indigenous ELCC workers in the same occupational groups.

    Release date: 2021-08-25
  • 38. The early learning and child care industry in Canada: Business characteristics and industry gross domestic product
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100800006
    Description:

    Childcare supports labour force participation for parents, and can support language, early learning, and the social development of children before they enter the school system. However, there has been little consistent, comparable information on early learning and childcare businesses across the provinces and territories. This paper examines the business and economic characteristics of childcare in Canada, which is provided by firms through markets, and early learning services funded by governments through junior kindergarten and kindergarten. The paper uses administrative datasets to identify firms providing childcare services in Canada for children up to and including the age of 5 for the period from 2008 to 2016. The childcare firms are then used as a basis to examine the revenue and Gross domestic product of the childcare industry based on the type of firm (incorporated vs. unincorporated) generating the income.

    Release date: 2021-08-25
  • 39. Parents' use of child care services and differences in use by mothers' employment status
    Articles and reports: 75-006-X202100100007
    Description:

    Using the 2017 General Social Survey on Families, this article provides a profile of non-parental child care among Canadian families. It examines parents' use of child care, including the types of child care arrangements used by parents, the cost of care, the reasons for selecting a type of child care, as well as reasons for not using child care. The article also looks at the characteristics of mothers' employment.

    Release date: 2021-07-22
  • 40. Study: Parents' use of child care services and differences in use by mothers' employment status Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202120330543
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-07-22
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  • 1. Survey of Child Care
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3807
    Description: The purpose of this survey was to gather information on child care in Canada.
  • 2. National Child Care Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3848
    Description: This survey provides valid comprehensive data on Canadian economic families' child care needs, use patterns and parental preferences and concerns.
  • 3. Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements (SELCCA)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5287
    Description: Statistics Canada gathers information on early learning and child care arrangements for children under the age of 6 in the 3 territories of Canada.
  • 4. Canadian Survey on the Provision of Child Care Services
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5338
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect information on the provision of child care services in Canada for children ages 12 and under at the national, provincial and territorial level. Data is collected from licensed and unlicensed home-based and centre-based child care providers. Questions will be asked about staff, services provided, enrollment and daily fees as well as the extent of challenges related to COVID-19. The data will be used by Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC) for policy research and development.
  • 5. Survey on Before and After School Care in Canada
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5343
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to address child care in Canada for children who are attending school (i.e. ages 4 to 12). The survey will ask about the different types of learning and child care arrangements used by families, difficulties some families may face when looking for care, as well as reasons for not using child care.
  • 6. Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care (CSELCC)
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5371
    Description: The survey asks parents and guardians about the arrangements they use for their child aged 0 to 5, including the associated costs, the difficulties they may have faced when looking for care, and what their preferences for child care are. This survey also collects information on parents' and guardian's labour market participation to better understand the interaction between work and the use of early learning and child care arrangements. Results from this survey will be used to help improve the Canada-wide early learning and child care system and provide Canadians with a strong baseline of data to measure progress and changes to the system.
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