Early childhood education and care in Canada 2004 Martha Friendly, Jane Beach 6th edition, May 2005, 232 pp, $32 ISBN 1-896051-28-6 This report was released June 16, 2005. Media Package [pdf, 4pp]

The Childcare Resource and Research Unit has periodically assembled pan Canadian data to produce a national snapshot of early childhood care and education. The sixth edition of Early childhood education and care in Canada presents 2003 and 2004 data. Together with 1992, 1995, 1998 and 2004 data compiled for earlier editions, these data reveal trends in ECEC over more than a decade.

Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2004 provides cross-Canada data and information on regulated child care, kindergarten, maternity and parental leave together with relevant demographic information. Provincial/territorial profiles on regulated child care include: varieties of ECEC services; number of spaces; standards and regulations; service monitoring and enforcement; funding; history; and recent developments. The Big Picture section presents cross-Canada table compilations of material topic-by-topic. The Long View presents cross-Canada tables of information on child care since the early 1990s. The report includes an examination of the state of ECEC in Canada, federal ECEC programs, Aboriginal ECEC, and further readings.

Trends & Analysis: Early childhood education and care in Canada 2004 May 2005, 12pp, free

This free publication presents a summary and analysis of the data and identifies key trends. Includes illustrative charts and graphs. Trends & Analysis is available in French and English.

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	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
	All tables in The Big Picture. [25pp, 509KB]
	TABLE 3 Varieties of ECEC services in all jurisdictions, Canada – 2003/04
	TABLE 4 Number of children 0-12 years by province/territory – 2003 (rounded estimate)
	TABLE 5 Children 0-12 years with mothers in the paid labour force by province/territory – 2003 (rounded estimate)
	TABLE 6 Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child – 2003 (rounded estimate)
	TABLE 7 Family-related leave1 by province/territory – 2004
	TABLE 8 Selected characteristics of kindergarten programs by province/territory – 2003/04
	TABLE 9 Regulated child care spaces by province/territory (estimates) – 2003/04
	TABLE 10 Sponsorship of regulated centre-based programs by province/territory1 – 2003/04
	TABLE 11 On-reserve child care centres by province/territory – 2004
	TABLE 12 Total provincial allocation and allocation for each regulated child care space by province/territory – 2003/04
	TABLE 13 Total provincial allocation and allocation to regulated child care for each child 0-12 years in the province – 2003/04
	TABLE 14 Net income eligibility levels for full and partial child care fee subsidies by province/territory – 2003/04
	TABLE 15 Minimum training requirements for centre-based staff by province/territory – 2003/04
	TABLE 16 Maximum staff:child ratios in full-day centre-based child care by age and province/territory1 – 2003/04
	TABLE 17 Maximum group sizes in full-day centre-based child care by age and province/territory1— 2003/04
	TABLE 18 Minimum requirements for regulated family child care providers by province/territory – 2004
	TABLE 19 Maximum number of children permitted in unregulated family child care by province/territory – 2003/04
	TABLE 20 Openings and closings of child care centres and family child care by province/territory – 2003/04
THE LONG VIEW
	All tables in The Long View [11pp, 492KB]
	TABLE 21 Number of children 0-12 years by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003 (rounded estimates of 1000s)
	TABLE 22 Number of children 0-12 years with mothers in the paid labour force by province/ territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003 (rounded estimates of 1000s)
	TABLE 23 Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child by province/ territory - 1993, 1998, 2001, 2003 (rounded estimates of 1000s)
	TABLE 24 Federal expenditure on maternity and parental leave benefits in 2000/01, 2001/02, 2002/03 TABLE 25 Regulated child care spaces by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004
	TABLE 26 Percent of children 0-12 years1 for whom there is a regulated child care space by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004
	TABLE 27 Percent of regulated centre-based spaces that are not-for-profit by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004
	TABLE 28 Allocation in actual dollars on regulated child care by province/territory– 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004
	TABLE 29 Allocation in actual dollars for each regulated child care space by province/territory1 – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003/04 (rounded)
	TABLE 30 Allocation in actual dollars for regulated child care for each child in the province aged 0-12 years by province/territory1 – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003/04 (rounded)
	TABLE 31 Net income eligibility levels for full child care subsidy for one parent, one child family1 by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003/04 (as of March 31, 2004)

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