EXCERPTS:
A look at Toronto daycare by the numbers. Information supplied by Toronto Children's Services unless otherwise noted:
268,575: Number of children under 9 in Toronto (2011 census)
55,239: Number of licensed daycare spaces in Toronto
1: on-going investigation into daycare death in unlicensed home (Two others in GTA since July)
24,264: Number of child care fee subsidies
18,748: Number of children on waiting list for fee subsidy
18,600: Number of full-fee daycare spaces that could be created by building 186 new daycares with $40-million a year to finance subway to Scarborough, according to Councillor Janet Davis (Ward 31 Beaches-East York)
28: Percentage of low-income children with day care subsidies
$62-$95.56: Range for daily public fee for infant day care
$48-$85.06: Range daily public fee for toddler day care
$25.33-$45: Range for full-day kindergarten
$20,000: Amount of money remaining after taxes for someone making $50,000 yearly, after daycare for one child, according to financial planner Mike Morgan of TD Waterhouse
$500-$600: Rough net cost per week for nanny
-reprinted from the Toronto Star