Child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 5 years, 2020

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Child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 5 years, 2020

Proportion of children aged 0 to 5 in regulated or unregulated child care

  • National: 52%
  • Newfoundland and Labrador: 60%
  • Prince Edward Island: 61%
  • Nova Scotia: 55%
  • New Brunswick: 59%
  • Quebec: 75%
  • Ontario 44%
  • Manitoba: 46%
  • Saskatchewan: 47%
  • Alberta: 41%
  • British Columbia: 50%
  • Yukon: 54%
  • Northwest Territories: 50%
  • Nunavut: 35%

In Quebec and Newfoundland and Labrador, the proportion is higher than in the rest of Canada.

In Nova Scotia, Yukon and the Northwest Territories, the proportion is similar to the rest of Canada.

In the remaining provinces and in Nunavut, the proportion is lower than in the rest of Canada.

About half of all children 0 to 5 years in a child care arrangement were in a daycare centre

  • Daycare centre, preschool, or centre de la petite enfance (CPE): 49%
  • Care by a relative other than a parent: 28%
  • Family child care home: 19%
  • Before and after school program: 7%

Reason for choosing main child care arrangement

  • Location: 55%
  • Characteristics of the individual providing care: 47%
  • Affordable cost: 40%
  • Hours of operation: 36%
  • Program characteristics: 31%

Use of child care arrangements, by age group, children aged 0 to 5

  • 2 in 10 children less than 1 year of age
  • 6 in 10 children 1 to 3 years of age
  • 6 in 10 children 4 to 5 years of age not in school
  • 5.5 in 10 children 4 to 5 years of age in school

Did you know?

Of the parents/guardians who do not use any child care:             

  • 28% said they felt it was unsafe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

There was a great deal of variability across the provinces and territories. For example, approximately 1 in 3 parents in Ontario and British Columbia who did not use child care felt it was unsafe to return, compared with about 1 in 8 parents in Newfoundland and Labrador and in Nunavut.


For more information, please check out the Daily article: https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/daily-quotidien/210407/dq210407b-eng.htm

Also visit Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/early-learning-child-care/reports/2017-multilateral-framework.html

Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements, 2020.

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