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Early childhood care and education in Canada: Provinces and territories 1998
Early childhood care and education in Yukon Territory
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) YK

Number of children 0-12 yrs Children 0-12 yrs with mothers in the paid labour force
Information not available Information not available

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

  North American Indian Métis Inuit
0-4yrs 685 45 nil
5-9yrs 665 45 25
10-14yrs 565 45 10

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

Use of technical aid 78
Speech difficulty 91
Developmental handicap 35

Workforce participation of mothers by age of youngest child
Information not available

FAMILY RELATED LEAVE

Maternity leave   17 weeks leave available to the natural mother only.

Parental leave    12 weeks leave available to either parent. Available to natural and adoptive parents.

Births and E I maternity claims (1997)

Number of initial maternity claims allowed 180
Number of births 474

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.

 

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