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.

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

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.

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

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

The Liberals have vowed to make child care affordable for those who need it and can't afford it.

The proposal is more than 10 times what the Liberals have promised to spend annually over the next decade on child care.

Do you know you might be able to get a subsidy to help cut the high costs of child care? Here's what Canadian parents need to know.

"Basically you need to put your name down [on the wait list] as soon as you see a little pink line on the pregnancy test," one mom warned.

Where are the most expensive and cheapest places in Canada for day care costs and university tuition fees? We take a look.