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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in Alberta
Planning and development Provincial context Legislation History Related services Planning and development Standards and regulations Space statistics Provincial context Child care services Provincial official responsible for child care Legislation Recent developments History Standards and regulations Children with special needs Child care services Key provincial organizations Recent developments Municipal role Administration Funding Standards and regulations Aboriginal child care Children with special needs
Provincial context (*1) AB


Number of children 0-12 yrs Children 0-12 yrs with mothers in the paid labour force
0-2 109,400 64,000
3-5 122,300 74,000
6-12 300,500 207,000
Total 532,200 358,000

(1998 rounded estimates)

Children 0-14 yrs identifying with an aboriginal group (1996)
  North American Indian Métis Inuit
0-4yrs 15,355 5,770 260
5-9yrs 15,205 5,415 260
10-14yrs 13,285 4,955 210

Children 0-14 yrs with disabilities residing at home
(1991, estimated) (*2)
  0-4yrs 5-9yrs 10-14yrs
Use of technical aid 2,431 2,605 4,097
Speech difficulty 3,219 5,766 2,080
Developmental handicap 1,685 2,230 1,325

Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child
Age of youngest child Number of mothers Participation rate
0-2 58,000 64%
3-5 44,000 71%
6-15 153,000 84%
(1998 rounded estimate)

FAMILY RELATED LEAVE (*3)

Maternity leave   18 weeks leave available to the natural mother only.

Parental leave   None.

Adoption leave   Either the mother or the father is entitled to 8 weeks leave.

Births and E I maternity claims (1997)

Number of initial maternity claims allowed 13,670
Number of births 36,905

FOOTNOTES
1  See EXPLANATORY NOTES for data sources and information important for interpretation of data.
2  Current data not available. See EXPLANATORY NOTES for more information.
3 Provincial leaves are unpaid; the federal gowvernment pays for some portions under Employment Insurance. (See FEDERAL ROLE)

 
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