Manitoba increases ECE wages and child‑care funding through federal and provincial funding [1]
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Early Childhood Educator II Wages Increase More Than $7 an Hour in Last Two Years: Schmidt, Gainey
The governments of Canada and Manitoba continue to support early childhood educators (ECEs) by increasing wages and operating funding for child-care facilities, Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning Minister Tracy Schmidt and federal Secretary of State for Children and Youth Anna Gainey announced today.
The wage grid is a key pillar of Higher Wages, Good Jobs, More Child Care – Manitoba’s Early Learning and Child Care Workforce Strategy . This wage grid increase builds on previous rounds of wage enhancements aimed at addressing longstanding compensation gaps in the early learning and child-care sector, the minister noted. The base operating increase provides facilities with additional resources to support day-to-day operations alongside staff compensation.
The wage increase applies to ECEs, child-care assistants (CCAs) and home-based providers working in licensed and funded child-care facilities and homes. With Manitoba’s largest historic wage increase last spring, the minister added that ECEs could see a wage increase of up to $7.00 an hour retroactive to April 2024, depending on their certification level and the size of the child-care facility.
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Funding for these initiatives is jointly supported through provincial and federal investments under the Canada-Manitoba Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.
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