Kids First Canada: Charts of Daycare Use

Charts of Daycare Use

Percentage of all Canadian Children Age 6 to 11 Years in Daycare Centres 1994-1995*

	A: % in all types of non-parental child care while parents 'work or study'	B: % of A in daycare centres	C: % in daycare centres(A X B)
Canada wide	26%	10%	2.6%

* Statistics Canada informed me (March 2007) that more recent data is not available and advised using this data; this is calculated from chart published by the Vanier Institute using Statistics Canada data

Children Age 6 Months to 5 Years in Non- Parental Child Care of All Types and in Daycare Centres 2002-2003

	A: % in all types of non-parental child care while parents 'work or study'	B: % of A in daycare centres	C: % in daycare centres(A X B)
BC	49.2	19.8	9.74
Alberta	42.6	18.6	7.92
Saskatchewan	54.7	13.3	7.28
Manitoba	52.9	27.1	14.34
Ontario	50.5	22.2	11.21
Quebec	66.9	51.9	34.72 (21%)*
New Brunswick	56.6	21.5	12.17
Nova Scotia	53.6	24.4	13.08
PEI	63.4	28.5	18.26
Newfoundland and Labrador	53	19.3	10.23
All Canada	53.6	27.9	14.9

A - data from Statistics Canada "Child Care in Canada" 2006 Table 1b p 45, Table 1 p 43

B - data from Statistics Canada "Child Care in Canada" 2006 Table 4e p. 62, Table 2 p51

*Merrigan & Lefebvre calculate 21% age 1-5 were in Quebec centres 2000-2001; Merrigan and Lefebvre, Low Fee Regulated Childcare p34

C - provincial data calculated by author; "Child Care in Canada" Table 25 p 97

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