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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in Nova Scotia
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) NS


Number of children 0-12 yrs Children 0-12 yrs with mothers in the paid labour force
0-2 30,500 18,000
3-5 33,000 20,000
6-12 88,500 59,000
Total 0-12 152,000 97,000

(1998 rounded estimates)

Children 0-14 yrs identifying with an aboriginal group (1996)
  North American Indian Métis Inuit
0-4yrs 2,930 170 115
5-9yrs 2,630 160 75
10-14yrs 2,550 95 60

Children 0-14 yrs with disabilities residing at home
(1991, estimated) (*2)
  0-4yrs 5-9yrs 10-14yrs
Use of technical aid 515 728 652
Speech difficulty 580 1,215 817
Developmental handicap 175 270 435

Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child
Age of youngest child Number of mothers Participation rate
0-2 17,000 63%
3-5 14,000 70%
6-15 42,000 73%
(1998 rounded estimate)

FAMILY RELATED LEAVE (*3)

Pregnancy leave (Maternity leave) 17 weeks leave available to the natural mother only.

Parental leave The mother and the father are each entitled to 17 weeks leave. Available to natural and adoptive parents.

Births and E I maternity claims (1997)

Number of initial maternity claims allowed 3,450
Number of births 9,952

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 government pays for some portions under Employment Insurance. (See FEDERAL ROLE)

 
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