Early childhood education and care in Canada 2001
	by Martha Friendly, Jane Beach and Michelle Turiano.  Childcare Resource and Research Unit, December 2002.

The Childcare Resource and Research Unit has periodically assembled pan-Canadian data to produce a national snapshot of child care and early childhood education. The fifth edition of Early childhood education and care in Canada presents 2001 data. Together with 1992, 1995 and 1998 data compiled for earlier editions, these data reveal several trends in ECEC over the decade.

In keeping with current conceptions and development of the early childhood education and care field, this edition adds cross-Canada information on public kindergarten to provincial/territorial information about regulated child care, maternity and parental leave and relevant demographic information. It also includes an examination of: the state of ECEC in Canada, federal ECEC programs, and Aboriginal ECEC.

This report was released February 10, 2003.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

	Acknowledgements, Preface, Explanatory Notes
	The state of ECEC in Canada: An overview Federal ECEC programs Aboriginal ECEC
PROVINCES AND TERRITORIES
	Newfoundland and Labrador
	Prince Edward Island
	Nova Scotia
	New Brunswick
	Québec
	Ontario
	Manitoba
	Saskatchewan
	Alberta
	British Columbia
	Northwest Territories
	Nunavut
	Yukon Territory
THE BIG PICTURE
	TABLE 3 Varieties of ECEC services in all jurisdictions, Canada - 2001
	TABLE 4 Number of children 0-12 years by province/ territory - 2001 (rounded)
	TABLE 5 Children 0-12 years with mothers in the paid labour force by province/ territory - 2001 (rounded)
	TABLE 6 Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child - 2001 (rounded estimate)
	TABLE 7 Family-related leave by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 8 Selected characteristics of kindergarten programs by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 9 Regulated child care spaces by province/ territory (estimates) - 2001
	TABLE 10 Sponsorship of regulated centre-based programs by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 11 On-reserve child care centres by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 12 Total provincial allocation and allocation for each regulated child care space by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 13 Total provincial allocation and allocation to regulated child care for each child 0-12 years in the province - 2001
	TABLE 14 Early Childhood Development Initiative funds spent on regulated child care by province/ territory, 2000-2001 (rounded)
	TABLE 15 National Child Benefit reinvestment strategy funds spent on regulated child care by province/ territory, 2000-2001 (rounded)
	TABLE 16 Net income eligibility levels for full and partial child care fee subsidies by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 17 Number and percent of children in regulated child care receiving subsidies by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 18 Median monthly parent fees for full-time centre-based child care - 1998
	TABLE 19 Minimum training requirements for centre-based staff by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 20 Years of early childhood care and education training of centre-based staff - 1998
	TABLE 21 Mean gross hourly wage for centre-based child care staff by province/territory - 1998
	TABLE 22 Maximum staff:child ratios in full-day centre-based child care by age and province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 23 Maximum group sizes in full-day centre-based child care by age and province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 24 Requirements for regulated family child care providers by province/ territory - 2001
	TABLE 25 Process quality ratings: Mean ECERS-R (1998), ITERS (1998) and FDCRS (1999) scores by province/ territory
	TABLE 26 Maximum number of children permitted in unregulated family child care by province/ territory - 2001
THE LONG VIEW
	TABLE 27 Number of children 0-12 years by province/territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 (rounded in 1000s)
	TABLE 28 Number of children 0-12 years with mothers in the paid labour force by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 (rounded in 1000s)
	TABLE 29 Regulated child care spaces by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 30 Percent of children 0-12 years for whom there is a regulated child care space by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 31 Percent of regulated centre-based spaces that are not-for-profit by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 32 Allocations in actual and constant 2001 dollars for regulated child care - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 33a & 33b Allocation for each regulated child care space by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 34a & 34b Allocation on regulated child care for each child in the province aged 0-12 years by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 35 Number and percent of children in regulated child care receiving subsidies by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 36 Net income eligibility levels for full child care subsidy for one parent, one child family by province/ territory - 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001
	TABLE 37 Mean gross hourly wage in actual dollars for centre-based child care staff - 1991, 1998

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			A BRIEFing NOTE summary of this paper is available. [4pp 237KB]
			Services éducatifs et de garde à l'enfance au Canada, 2001: Résumé.
			Media release. February 10, 2003. [1p 94KB]

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