question: How does the cost of childcare vary across the country?

​The Federal Government of Canada has indicated the intent to “make a significant, long-term, sustained investment to create a Canada-wide early learning and child-care system”.  The details are vague, but it does raise the question on what we, as a country, are paying for childcare.

Childcare Fees in Canada's Major Cities (2018)

SOURCE: Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives (CCPA)
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As implied above, Quebec is unique in its' approach to childcare, offering low-fee, universal childcare in the province. 

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Approximately 60% of children in Canada, under the age of six, participated in some form of formal or informal childcare, in 2019.

Portion of Children, Aged 0 to 5, Participating in Childcare

SOURCE: ​Statistics Canada – Survey on Early Learning and Childcare Arrangements

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