The Quebec government has announced that Canadian citizens, permanent residents and those with closed work permits will get priority access to Quebec’s directly funded child care programs over parents with refugee claims in progress, temporary work permits, or international student visas. This policy announcement was made in response to the recent Supreme Court ruling that…
OTTAWA, 19 JUNE 2026 – Child Care Now, Canada’s national child care advocacy association, applauds the federal government’s decision to provide an additional $5.4 billion dollars to sustain the Canada-wide early learning and child care program over the next two years, but warns that a longer-term plan to support the child care sector and expand…
Child Care Now entered into a collaborative research agreement with the University of British Columbia to prepare this report, as part of the Growth by Design project. Authors: Khadija Anjum and Craig Jones, Housing Assessment Resource Tools Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-27-5) Executive Summary This report examines the structure, governance, and financing of Canada’s…
Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-16-9) Introduction Growth by Design, Child Care Now’s federally funded Innovation Project, is examining and promoting innovative strategies to support the sustainable expansion of public and not-for-profit Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) in Canada. As part of this work, seven provincial and territorial case studies have been undertaken—in Newfoundland…
Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-10-7) Introduction and methodology Child Care Now’s Innovation Project: Growth by Design explores, evaluates, and proposes innovative strategies to enhance the sustainability and expansion of public and not-for-profit early learning and child care (ELCC) in Canada. As part of this initiative, seven case studies – in Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince…
Read the PDF here (ISBN 978-1-997048-06-0) Introduction and methodology Child Care Now’s Innovation Project: Growth by Design is exploring, evaluating, and proposing innovative strategies to enhance the sustainability and expansion of public and not-for-profit Early Learning and Child Care (ELCC) in Canada. As part of this initiative, seven case studies – in Newfoundland and Labrador,…
Child Care Now is seeking a dynamic and experienced Executive Director (ED) to lead the organization in its next phase of growth and impact on the development of a publicly funded and managed universal and primarily not-for-profit system of child care in Canada. Reporting to and working closely with a volunteer Board of Directors elected…
In 2021, the federal government launched the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care program with the promise to build, over time, a primarily non-profit system of low-fee, high quality, inclusive licensed child care for all children under age 6. Work was carried out through Child Care Now’s Growth by Design project to identify the opportunities…
Child Care Now has released a new policy brief on the role of immigration in Canada’s ELCC sector written by Dr. Yolande Pottie-Sherman as part of the Educator’s Matter project. The brief explores the intersections between immigration policy and early learning and child care policy, a topic that was identified as a key workforce issue…
It takes more than housing to create a thriving community. Access to affordable child care can unlock education and employment opportunities. Child care is an essential aspect of the social infrastructure that should be located alongside homes.
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