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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 regulation Space statistics Provincial context Child care services Provincial official responsible for child care Legislation Recent developments History Standards and regulation Children with special needs Child care services Key provincial organization Recent developments Municipal role Administration Funding Standards and regulation Aboriginal child care Children with special needs
Provincial context (*1) PQ



Number of children 0-12 yrs Children 0-12 yrs with mothers in the paid labour force
0-2   243,400 150,000
3-5   283,500 175,000
6-12   645,500 424,000
Total 0-12 1,172,400 749,000

(1998 rounded estimates)


Children 0-14 yrs identifying with an aboriginal group (1996)
  North American Indian Métis Inuit
0-4yrs 11,420 2,070 1,545
5-9yrs 10,655 1,845 1,370
10-14yrs 10,020 1,865 1,040


Children 0-14 yrs with disabilities residing at home
(1991, estimated) (*2)
  0-4yrs 5-9yrs 10-14yrs
Use of technical aid 5,688 6,140 6,636
Speech difficulty 3,819 3,997 5,632
Developmental handicap too small to be estimated 3,435 4,655


Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child
Age of youngest child Number of mothers Participation rate
0-2 140,000 65%
3-5 112,000 67%
6-15 315,000 75%
(1998 rounded estimate)

FAMILY RELATED LEAVE (*3)

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

Birth leave   5 days leave of which 2 days are paid. Available to the natural father only.

Adoption leave   5 days available to each parent of which 2 days are paid.

Parental leave   The mother and the father are each entitled to 52 weeks leave. Available to natural or adoptive parents.

Family-related leave (child care leave)   The mother and the father are each entitled to 5 days/year leave. May only be taken for emergency child care purposes.

See RECENT DEVELOPMENTS for changes to family-related leave and benefits.

Births and E I maternity claims (1997)

Number of initial maternity claims allowed 33,570.
Number of births 79,774.

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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