1961  A preschool playgroup was included in the activities at the Skookum Jim Memorial Hall in Whitehorse.

1968  A kindergarten program and after-school tutorial session for school-age children was established in Whitehorse

1974  The Yukon Child Care Association was formed.

1979  The Day Care Ordinance, providing for licensing child care, was passed.

1986  Regulations were revised and operating grants introduced.

1987  A capital grant program was established.

1988  Working together: A child care strategy for the Yukon, a 4 year plan for expanding child care in the Yukon was presented by the government.

1989   The government released its strategy for the implementation of the Working Together document and the expansion of child care.

1990  Enactment of The Child Care Act.
The First Year Review reported on the first year of the 4 year plan.

1992  Federal grant to Yukon College for the provision of distance early childhood education courses.

1993  The consultation process on revised regulations and proposed new guidelines (which, for the first time, will cover school-aged child care) is completed.

1995  New child care, family day home care, subsidy and school-age regulations were implemented. Guidelines and policies for child care centres and family day home care programs were published and circulated by the Department of Health and Social Services.

In addition to new spaces in non-profit centres and family day care homes, the child care fee subsidy program recognized cost of living differences between remote and less remote communities.