Child Care

• Surging demand for child care in Toronto reduces low-income subsidies offered

  Annual budget documents show the city handed out 7,700 fewer child care subsidies than it had planned to, even as the waitlist for subsidies hit just over 16,000 children.

  Canada

  Jan 27
  
• B.C. government introduces new rules regarding child care hours

  Starting April 1, child care providers will be required to provide at least 9.5 hours of care before charging for extending hours.

  Politics

  Dec 16, 2025
  
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• Ottawa, Alberta agreed to extend $15-a-day child-care fees to 2027

  Alberta's early-learning and child-care fees will remain at $15-a-day through to 2027 as the province works with Ottawa to firm up a more permanent deal.

  Canada

  Dec 12, 2025
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• Ford government unveils $20M memorial fund to add barriers at child care centres

  Education Minister Paul Calandra unveiled the money on Monday morning, naming it the Liam Riazati Memorial Fund, after the child who died in September. 

  Education

  Dec 8, 2025
• Saskatchewan child-care agreement renewed for 5 more years, province says

  The federal government has extended its agreement with Saskatchewan for affordable early learning and child care, the province announced Friday.

  Politics

  Nov 28, 2025
• Ontario, feds agree to 1-year child-care extension; average fee to stay $19/day

  The program that lowers parents' child-care fees — now $19 a day on average in Ontario as an interim step toward $10 — had been set to expire March 31.

  Canada

  Nov 11, 2025
• Ontario advocates ask for child care certainty as federal deal nears expiration

  Ontario child-care advocates are urging the province to provide certainty as its deal with the federal government for $10-a-day-child care is set to expire in five months.

  Canada

  Oct 21, 2025
• Ontario unlikely to hit $10-a-day child care target next year, minister concedes

  The Ford government has been trying to implement a promise made by former prime minister Justin Trudeau to offer families across the country access to affordable childcare.

  Education

  Oct 1, 2025
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• Ontario plans to ban parking outside child care centres after tragic death of toddler

  Paul Calandra said in a statement released Thursday afternoon he wanted to stop people from parking immediately in front of or beside child care centres and playgrounds.

  Politics

  Sep 11, 2025
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• Average child care wait 17 months in Manitoba: survey

  Childcare is also increasingly affecting parental employment, with 37 per cent turning down a job and 52 per cent delaying returning to work due to trouble finding child care.

  Canada

  Sep 2, 2025