On March 23, 2011 the Saskatchewan government tabled their provincial budget for 2011-2012.

Budget highlights: child care

-$2.1 million to develop 500 new child care spaces, to a total of 12,700 spaces;
- $4.0 million to support the development of
500 new child care spaces of which some will be designated to post-secondary institutions; and,
- $2.0 million to develop PreK programs in existing schools. This funding is in addition to $2.6 million in operating funding to support an additional 40 PreK programs.