The Childcare Resource and Research Unit has periodically assembled Canadian data to produce a national snapshot of early childhood care and education. The seventh edition of Early childhood education and care in Canada presents 2005 and 2006 data. These data – together with data compiled for earlier editions – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001 and 2004 reveal trends in ECEC over a decade and a half. See the publications list for earlier versions of ECEC in Canada.

Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2006 provides cross-Canada data and information on regulated child care and kindergarten by province/ territory, 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 longitudinal cross-Canada tables of information on child care since the early 1990s. Looking Beyond Our Borders is a new section added in this edition; it uses international data and information to put Canada’s ECEC in international context. The report also includes a history of Canadian ECEC, an examination of the current state of ECEC, federal ECEC programs including federal transfer payments to provinces/territories, Aboriginal ECEC, further readings and key websites.

Trends & Analysis 2007: Early childhood education and care in Canada 2006 December 2007, 12pp.

This publication presents a summary and analysis of the data and identifies key trends. Includes illustrative charts and graphs.

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	Acknowledgements, Preface, Explanatory Notes
	What is the state of ECEC in Canada in 2007?
	Federal ECEC programs and funds
	Aboriginal ECEC
	Looking beyond our borders
	Further readings
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. [26pp, 1072KB]
	TABLE 4  Varieties of ECEC services in all jurisdictions, Canada, 2005/06
	TABLE 5  Number of children 0-12 years by province/territory – 2005 (rounded estimate)
	TABLE 6  Children 0-12 years with mothers in the paid labour force by province/territory – 2005 (rounded estimate)
	TABLE 7  Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child – 2005 (rounded estimate)
	TABLE 8  Family-related leave by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 9  Selected characteristics of kindergarten programs by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 10  Coverage: Regulated child care spaces by province/ territory and percentage of children (0–12 and (0–5) for whom there is a regulated child care space – 2006
	TABLE 11 Sponsorship of regulated centre-based programs by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 12 On-reserve child care centres by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 13 Total provincial/territorial allocation for each regulated child care space by province/territory – 2005/06 (rounded)
	TABLE 14 Total provincial/territorial allocation for each regulated child care space by province/territory – 2005/06 (rounded)
	TABLE 15 Net income eligibility levels for full and partial child care fee subsidies by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 16 Minimum early childhood training requirements for staff in centres for preschool-age children by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 17 Maximum staff:child ratios in full-day centre-based child care by age and province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 18 Maximum group sizes in full-day centre-based child care by age and province/territory1 – 2006
	TABLE 19 Minimum requirements for regulated family child care providers by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 20  Maximum number of children permitted in unregulated family child care by province/territory – 2006
	TABLE 21 Openings and closings of child care centres and family child care by province/territory
	TABLE 22 Minimum space requirements per child in full-day regulated programs (in square meters) by province and territory (2006)
THE LONG VIEW
	All tables in The Long View [13pp, 1077KB]
	TABLE 23 Number of children 0-12 years by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005 (rounded estimates in 1000s)
	TABLE 24 Number of children 0-12 years with mothers in the paid labour force by province/ territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005 (rounded estimates in 1000s)
	TABLE 25 Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child by province/territory – 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005 (rounded to the nearest percentage point)
	TABLE 26 Total regulated child care spaces by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006
	TABLE 27 Coverage: Percent of children 0-12 years1 for whom there is a regulated child care space by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2006
	TABLE 28 Federal transfers designated for early learning and child care. Total and breakdown by federal program by province/territory by fiscal year 2003/04–2007/08 ($ millions)
	TABLE 29 Percent of full-time regulated centre-based spaces that are not-for-profit by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2004, 2006
	TABLE 30  Total allocations in actual dollars (rounded) for regulated child care by province/territory– 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003/04, 2005/061 (In 1000s of $)
	TABLE 31 Allocation in actual dollars for each regulated child care space by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003/04, 2005/06 (rounded)
	TABLE 32 Allocation in actual dollars for each child 0–12 by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003/04, 2005/06 (rounded)
	TABLE 33 Net income eligibility levels for full child care subsidy for one parent, one child family by province/territory – 1992, 1995, 1998, 2001, 2003/04, 2006

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