What's new this week

Research, policy & practice

Government of Canada child care agreement will bring $10 a day child care to Newfoundland and Labrador in 2023

Child Care Now, Child Care Now, 28 Jul 2021. Newfoundland

Federal-provincial action plan on early learning and child care released

Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, Government of Newfoundland and Labrador, 28 Jul 2021. Newfoundland

$10 a day child care for families in Prince Edward Island

Government of Prince Edward Island, 27 Jul 2021. Prince Edward Island

Child care in the news

Does Newfoundland and Labrador have enough educators and daycares to match the $10-per-day child care demand?

Saltwire, 28 Jul 2021. Newfoundland

Childcare provider optimistic New Brunswick will eventually sign onto cheaper daycare plan

Global News, 28 Jul 2021. New Brunswick

$10-a-day N.L. child care expected by 2023 with $347M federal-provincial agreement

CBC News, 29 Jul 2021. Newfoundland

This ISSUE file provides information about the federal Canada-wide developments and each province's/territory's agreement as announcements are made and policy and advocacy tools are developed. Resources include government materials, key announcements, responses and analysis from community and NGOs, media coverage and other relevant tools. Please check back; the Issue File will be updated as information becomes available.

View the ISSUE file

New CRRU publications

Risky business: Child care ownership in Canada past, present and future

This new comprehensive CRRU Occasional Paper is intended to inform public and policy debate around the issue of ownership and auspice in ELCC. (OP34, 30 Jun 2021)

View or download

ECEC in Canada 2019: Summary and analysis of key findings (EN and FR, 15 Feb 2021)
Early childhood education and care in Canada 2019 (12th Edition, 17 Dec 2020)
Moving from private to public processes to create child care in Canada ( 6 Dec 2020)
Federal funding supporting Canadian early learning and child care advocacy, research and capacity building 1988 – 2007 (Occasional paper 32, 17 Nov 2020)
Canadian child care: Preliminary results from a national survey during the COVID-19 pandemic ( 2 Jul 2020)

weekly e-news

ISSUE file: Building a Canada-wide early learning and child care system

This ISSUE file provides information about the federal Canada-wide developments and each province's/territory's agreement as announcements are made and policy and advocacy tools are developed.

image of file folders with title 'issue files'

ISSUE files are collections of links to resources about contemporary topics in ECEC and related social policy issues.

Cover of 'Early childhood education and care in Canada 2019'

Access CRRU's signature publication — a comprehensive collection of cross-Canada, provincial/territorial and national longitudinal data from 1992 to the present.