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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in Québec
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
Legislation PQ

Québec. An Act Respecting the Ministère de la Famille et de l'Enfance and amending the Act Respecting Child Day Care Centres. Bill 145, 1997.

Québec. Public Education Act. Regulation on school-age child care. L.R.Q., c. 1-133, a.454.1; 1997, c.58, a51; 1992, c.96, a.132.

Québec. An Act Respecting Child Care Centres and Child Care Services R.S.Q. chapter S-4.1, R.2., as amended April 1, 1998.

Québec. Regulation Respecting Day Care Centres, S-4.1, r.2., as amended September 1, 1997. Regulation Respecting Home Day Care Agencies and Home Day Care. S-4.1, r.0.001 as amended April 1, 1998.

Québec. Regulation Respecting Child Care Centres.

C-8.2, r.2, as amended April 1, 1998. Regulation Respecting Reduced Contributions. C-8.2, r.3, as amended April 1, 1998.

 
Provincial official responsible for child care PQ

Maurice Boisvert, sous ministre
Ministère de la famille et de l'enfance
600, rue Fullum, 8 ème étage
Montréal, Québec H2K 4S7
Telephone: (514) 873-6707
Facsimile: (514) 873-6468

 
Child care services PQ

UNREGULATED CHILD CARE
Maximum number of children permitted  6

Figure includes the caregiver's own children.

jardins d'enfant (nursery schools)   Programs for a minimum of seven children 2-5 years on a regular basis for up to 4 hours/day.

haltes-garderies (stop-over centres)   Programs for a minimum of seven children on a casual, drop-in basis for up to 24 consecutive hours.

REGULATED CHILD CARE

Centre de la petite enfance (early childhood agency)   Offers centre-based care through one or more centres and family child care. An agency can have up to 350 children; up to 240 with 80 in each individual facility; and up to 250 in family child care component.

  • en installation (centre-based care)   Group centres or 'facilities' for less than 24 hours a day for 7 to 80 children from birth to end of primary school that are part of a centre de la petite enfance.

  • milieu familial (family day care)   Care for up to six children, including the provider’s own, from birth to the end of primary school in a private home supervised by an early childhood agency. If there is another adult, there may be up to nine children.

garderie (child care centre)   Group care/less than 24 hours a day/up to 60 children /birth to the end of primary school that is a commercial operation or operated by a community group that has not yet become part of a centre de la petite enfance.

milieu scolaire (school-age child care)   Programs provided by a school board for children attending kindergarten or elementary grades. Under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education.

 
Children with special needs PQ

Québec has a policy encouraging inclusion of children with special needs in regular programs; grants are available to facilitate this.

 
Aboriginal child care PQ

Québec regulates on-reserve child care. In 1998, there were 11 child care centres and one family day care agency on-reserve, and several other centres under construction. On-reserve child care is funded through agreements between First Nations communities and federal and provincial governments. The Québec Native Women's Association, Band Councils, the Cree and the Katisk regional administrations play key roles in First Nations child care in Québec and Labrador.

 
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