Child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 5 with long-term conditions or disabilities, 2023
Description: Child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 5 with long-term conditions or disabilities, 2023
In 2023, 62% of children with long-term conditions or disabilitiesNote 1 were in child care.Note 2
72% of parentsNote 3 of children with long-term conditions or disabilities in child care reported that the child care arrangement used was the best fit for their child.
35% of children with long-term conditions or disabilities in child care who were using support services or therapiesNote 4 were receiving at least some of those services at their child care arrangement.
Areas where children with long-term conditions or disabilities in child care most commonly needed extra support
- Social interaction: 32%
- Managing behaviour: 30%
- Learning: 30%
52% of parents of children with long-term conditions or disabilities reported difficulty finding a child care arrangement.
Most common impacts on parents of difficulty finding a child care arrangement
- Changing their work or study schedule: 40%
- Working fewer hours: 36%
- Paying more than they wanted to: 33%
- Postponing their return to work: 33%
Most common difficulties experienced by children with long-term conditions or disabilities at their main child care arrangement
- Participating in activities: 35%
- Inadequate access or lack of access to therapeutic services within child care: 29%
- Negative attitudes toward them: 19%
Source: Statistics Canada, Survey on Early Learning and Child Care Arrangements – Children with Long-term Conditions and Disabilities, 2023.
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