Child Care Costs

• Child care costs more of a concern in the U.S. than birth rates, poll shows

  A new poll in the U.S. shows Americans are more concerned about the financial cost of raising a child rather than declining birth rates overall.

  Consumer

  Jul 8, 2025
  
• Ontario’s lower child care fees could see 100,000 more women in workforce: report

  The FAO says $10-a-day child care has the potential to see nearly 100,000 more women enter the labour market, but only if the government creates more daycare spaces.

  Canada

  May 16, 2023
  
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• 25% discount for licenced home daycares by Waterloo Region

  Waterloo Regional Council approved the lowering of fees by 25 per cent for licenced home daycares as part of the federal government’s CWELCC program.

  Canada

  Aug 25, 2022
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• City of Calgary explores licensing private dayhomes citing safety, affordability

  Under a proposal brought forward last year, the City is considering a municipal business license for unlicensed home-based child care providers.

  Consumer

  Apr 26, 2022
• $25-a-day daycare pilot program introduced by Alberta NDP ends April 1

  "When we first told families that they were going to get this decrease on their fees, we had parents in tears," said YMCA GM Candace Stecyk.

  Money

  Mar 25, 2021
• Child care costs drop in some Canadian cities, but still remain high in others: study

  Daycare fees have dropped — or barely inched up — in some Canadian cities in what might be early signs of the influence of federal child-care money, a new survey says.

  Canada

  Feb 7, 2019
• Alberta parents to feel impact of Alberta YMCA budget crunch

  The YMCA of Northern Alberta said financial pressures have forced the charity to cancel free memberships for kids in child care.

  Economy

  Sep 27, 2018
• Feds set wages for nanny caring for Justin Trudeau’s kids

  The nanny caring for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's kids has been given a full-time salary and a slight pay increase compared with the reported hourly rate she was paid shortly after Trudeau took office in 2015.

  Canada

  Jul 22, 2018
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• Fraser Institute warns universal child care could be costly to B.C.

  The Fraser Institute is warning that British Columbia's goal of universal child care could be costly to tax payers.

  Politics

  Mar 22, 2018
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• 3 out of Canada’s 5 priciest cities for toddler child care are in B.C.: report

  "It shows that we do have a child care crisis here in B.C."

  Canada

  Dec 13, 2017