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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in Saskatchewan
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) SK


Number of children 0-12 yrs Children 0-12 yrs with mothers in the paid labour force
0-2 36,600 22,000
3-5 39,700 25,000
6-12 105,900 77,000
Total 0-12 182,200 124,000

(1998 rounded estimates)


Children 0-14 yrs identifying with an aboriginal group (1996)

  North American Indian Métis Inuit
0-4yrs 14,325 4,365 90
5-9yrs 13,710 3,985 40
10-14yrs 11,585 3,715 30

Children 0-14 yrs with disabilities residing at home
(1991
, estimated) (*2)

  0-4yrs 5-9yrs 10-14yrs
Use of technical aid 1,033 858 812
Speech difficulty 823 1,441 762
Developmental handicap 375 455 460

Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child
Age of youngest child Number of mothers Participation rate
0-2 20,000 65%
3-5 16,000 73%
6-15 52,000 84%
(1998 rounded estimate)

FAMILY RELATED LEAVE (*3)

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

Adoption leave   18 weeks leave. Available to primary caregiver only.

Parental leave    The mother and the father are each entitled to 12 weeks leave.

Births and E I maternity claims (1997)

Number of initial maternity claims allowed 4,130
Number of births 12,860

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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