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@atkinsoncentre.bsky.social

The Atkinson Centre is a policy centre that is committed to using the best available evidence on early childhood to inform public discourse, public policy, and the professional early learning workforce.

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Armine Yalnizyan@armineyalnizyan.bsky.social · last wk.

Important new StatCan study: Punchline- Expanded access to [high quality] childcare for low-income/"vulnerable" households is long overdue. They have the most trouble finding care. ROI on investments in THESE kids pay off most, as decades of HeadStart data show. www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28...

Child care use, types and difficulties among vulnerable Canadian subpopulations

This study examined disparities in early learning and child care (ELCC) use, types of care and barriers to access among vulnerable Canadian families using data from the 2023 Canadian Survey on Early L...

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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives@policyalternatives.ca · 2w ago

"How much am I going to have to pay for child care in places like British Columbia?" [Report co-author @davidmaccdn.bsky.social] says parents are asking this, but "The answer is very complicated." @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpoli #bcpoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Once a leader in advancing $10-a-day child care, B.C. now lags behind: report | CBC News

British Columbia is lagging behind other provinces when it comes to universal affordable child care, according to a new report from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Of the 35 cities studie...

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CCPA Nova Scotia@ccpanovascotia.bsky.social · 2w ago

It has been five years since the national child care program launched, yet parents in most Atlantic Canadian cities are paying more than $10-a-day for child care. Licensed child care has become much more affordable for families, but is still market-based and inaccessible for many. #nspoli

Recoloured child care centre, with children’s art supplies. Text reads: “New CCPA National report. The $10-a-day divide: Child care fees in Canada in 2026. After five years of Canada's federal child care program parents are paying less. But most families still pay more than $10 a day. By David Macdonald and Martha Friendly August 19th, 2026. Read the full report at www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-10-a-day-divide-child-care-fees-in-canada-in-2026/” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner. Text reads: Most of Atlantic Canada has not met the $10 a day target for child care. St. John’s and Charlottetown are the only cities in Atlantic Canada where parents pay $10 a day (median) for licensed infant or pre-school aged child care. Halifax has the sixth-highest median infant fees in Canada, at $23 a day. The only cities with higher fees for infant child care are in British Columbia. Read the full report at www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-10-a-day-divide-child-care-fees-in-canada-in-2026/” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner. Text reads: “Nova Scotia still has a market-based model for parent fees. Each individual child care facility has different fees that also differ by age. There are no set licensed child care fees in Nova Scotia. Instead, parents pay the market fee minus $23 a day for infants and the market fee minus $18.25 a day for toddlers and pre-school aged children. The result is that Nova Scotia has some of the most expensive fees in the country, and are also the most complicated for parents to navigate. Read the full report at www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-10-a-day-divide-child-care-fees-in-canada-in-2026/” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner. Text reads: “Families have seen substantial savings compared to 2019, but there is more to be done. Parents in Atlantic Canada would benefit even more if infant spaces were $10-a-day.” Graph showing the monthly savings for infant spaces since 2019 and the additional monthly savings if infant spaces were $10-a-day. City, monthly savings since 2019, additional savings, total savings. Charlottetown, $686, n/a, $686. Fredericton, $609, $195, $804. Moncton, $635, $195, $830. Halifax, $650, $282, $932. Saint John $650, $195, $845. St. John’s, $951, n/a, $951. Text reads: Read the full report at www.policyalternatives.ca/news-research/the-10-a-day-divide-child-care-fees-in-canada-in-2026/” CCPA-NS logo in bottom right corner.
Sharon Gregson@sharongregson.bsky.social · 2w ago

Canada's child care affordability improvements between 2021 and 2025 are substantive rather than symbolic, and are already visible in stronger parental labour-force participation and household financial security. zenodo.org/records/2188...

Beyond $10-a-Day: A Policy Audit of Canada-Wide Early Learning and Childcare

Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) is one of the most consequential social-policy achievements in recent Canadian history, delivering a rapid and measurable reduction in the cost of re...

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Sharon Gregson@sharongregson.bsky.social · 2w ago

U.S. National Bureau of Economic Research demonstrated access to childcare bolsters women’s lifetime earnings long after their children age out of daycare. And it helps fill public coffers so that the program more or less pays for itself. montrealgazette.com/opinion/colu...

Hanes: Quebec's subsidized daycare pays off for moms long after kids age out

Nearly three decades on, low-fee child care is a program that keeps on giving.

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CCPA — Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives@policyalternatives.ca · 2w ago

Five years after the national child care program launched, most fees still aren’t $10 a day: Progress on reducing fees has been made in most provinces, but some, like BC, have fallen behind. New report from @policyalternatives.ca #cdnpol www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

The $10-a-day divide: Child care fees in Canada in 2026 | CCPA

After five years of Canada's federal child care program parents are paying less. But most families still pay more than $10 a day

policyalternatives.ca

Generation Squeeze@gensqueeze.ca · 3w ago

📣 NEW REPORT: Child care expansion in Ontario has delivered billions of dollars in economic benefits! "...the enormous economic value of affordable child care are undisputed, but...these gains could be undermined without renewed political commitment."

Report reveals affordable child care added $13.6 billion to Ontario’s economy in 2024 – Child Care Now

A new economic report released recently found that the expansion of affordable child care in Ontario has delivered billions of dollars in economic benefits for the province. The report, The Economic Impact of Affordable Child Care in Ontario, authored by economist Dr. Jim Stanford of the Centre for Future Work, estimates that Ontario’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2024 was $13.6 billion higher than it would have been without the expansion of affordable child care beginning in 2019.

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