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Hundreds of P.E.I. parents can't find child-care spaces, especially for infants. The provincial government says expanding those spots remains a top priority — and it recognizes the concern.
The provincial child care registry has about 1,800 names on its list, according to recent data from the Department of Education and Early Years.
More than 1,400 are waiting for infant care, with close to 800 families needing an infant spot immediately.
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The department said since 2023, those incentives have helped create 653 new child-care spaces across P.E.I., including 195 infant spots.
Another 353 spaces are currently in development, with 78 of those designated for infants. Croucher said those infant spaces should come online in the coming months.
He said that while the waitlist remains large, efforts to create more spaces have helped keep it from growing.
“Although our wait list is a little bit static right now and we haven't seen those big reductions that I want to see, we haven't seen it grow either. So that is a testament to the work that's been done,” he said.
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