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Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2008
Josh Wingrove
Globe and Mail
Sep. 16, 2009
Driven by a jump in for-profit spots, the number of new child-care spaces continued to increase in Canada last year, although at a slower rate than earlier this decade ….
However, with the release of the biannual study - Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2008 -one the co-authors faced off against the government department that paid for the report itself, over what role Ottawa should play in child care and early childhood education.
…. The study also found the number of working mothers inched up about 1 per cent in 2008.
BY THE NUMBERS
| 4 |
Number of provinces and territories that don't require early childhood training for regulated child-care providers…. |
| 867,194 |
Total number of regulated child-care spaces in Canada last year. |
| 20.3 |
Percentage of children 5 or younger with one of those regulated spots. |
| $25,100 |
Median annual salary of full-time child-care workers in Canada. |
| + $3-billion |
Total federal and provincial funding for child-care spots, 2007-08. |
| $447 |
Maximum weekly income a person on parental leave receives. |
| 69 |
Percentage of mothers nationwide with a child aged 2 or younger who work (national average). |
Source: Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2008 study.
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