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Table 5.6
Licensed day care spaces, by type, 1971 to 2003
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| Year | Regular day care |
Family day care |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| in thousands | |||
| 1971 | 16,791 | 600 | 17,391 |
| 1975 | 65,281 | 4,671 | 69,952 |
| 1980 | 98,238 | 10,903 | 109,141 |
| 1982 | 109,535 | 14,427 | 123,962 |
| 1983 | 123,292 | 15,778 | 139,070 |
| 1984 | 149,965 | 21,689 | 171,654 |
| 1985 | 169,751 | 22,623 | 192,374 |
| 1986 | 197,802 | 22,715 | 220,517 |
| 1987 | 216,685 | 26,860 | 243,545 |
| 1988 | 232,787 | 30,839 | 263,626 |
| 1989 | 259,891 | 38,192 | 298,083 |
| 1990 | 282,465 | 38,159 | 320,624 |
| 1991 | 292,338 | 40,744 | 333,082 |
| 1992 | 302,790 | 47,890 | 350,680 |
| 1993 | 308,424 | 54,394 | 362,818 |
| 1994 | 332,173 | 62,115 | 394,788 |
| 1995 | 346,810 | 65,933 | 412,743 |
| 1996 | 366,451 | 69,027 | 435,478 |
| 1997 | 374,040 | 69,070 | 443,110 |
| 1998 | 397,970 | 71,020 | 468,990 |
| 2001 | 505,743 | 86,816 | 592,559 |
| 2003 | 611,639 | 133,615 | 745,254 |
| Sources: Health and Welfare Canada, Status of Day Care in Canada; and Human Resources and Development Canada, and Child Care Resource and Research Unit, University of Toronto, Status of Child Care in Canada. |
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