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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in Prince Edward Island
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) PE  
 

Number of children 0-12 yrs
(1998 rounded estimate)		 Children 0-12 yrs with mothers in the paid labour force
(1998 rounded estimate)
0-2 5,100 4,000
3-5 5,200 4,000
6-12 13,800 11,000
Total
0-12		 24,200 18,000

Children 0-14 yrs identifying with an aboriginal group (1996)
  North American Indian Métis Inuit
0-4yrs 280 10 nil
5-9yrs 255 50 nil
10-14yrs 260 35 10

Children 0-14 yrs with disabilities residing at home(*2)
(1991 estimate)
  0-4yrs 5-9yrs 10-14yrs
Use of technical aid 86 too small to estimate too small to estimate
Speech difficulty too small to estimate 126 too small to estimate
Developmental handicap 50 45 45

Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child (1998 rounded estimate)
Age of youngest child Number of mothers Participation rate (%)
0-3 17,000 81
3-5 14,000 83
6-15 42,000 83

FAMILY RELATED LEAVE(*3)

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 - 560.
Number of births - 1,591.

FOOTNOTES
1 See EXPLANATORY NOTES for data sources and information important for the interpretation of the 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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