The child’s accessible care, a stronger economy

Every child deserves the best start in life. But for young families, the costs of child care can add up to a second rent or mortgage payment. As a result, parents – especially mothers – often face impossible choices between their careers and child care taxes.

As a government, we have introduced the first 10 -dollar 10 -dollar $ 10 dollars care program, so that families can save thousands of dollars each year and access affordable children. Due to our early and child care program, 900,000 children from Canada receive accessible, high quality care, and families save up to $ 16,200 per child, per year.

I have made significant progress, but there are always more to do.

Today, the prime minister, Justin Trudeau, along with the Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Jenna Sudds, announced that the federal government has reached early learning agreements and extending the child’s care with 11 out of 13 provinces and territories, ensuring families to obtain all the support that they need to work for what their children raise.

With these extensions, provinces and territories will receive $ 36.8 billion to go further progress to create new child care spaces, to reduce waiting lists and to engage more early childhood educators throughout the country. The child’s accessible care is good for children and parents and is good for the economy. With the growth and continuation of investments in early learning and child care, more parents – especially women – can enter the workforce and advance their career. This means more paid jobs, more opportunities for early childhood educators, greater economic growth in our communities and a stronger and more equitable Canada. It is estimated that for each dollar invested in child care, the economy receives $ 2.80 instead – a proof that the child’s accessible care is good for families and good for our country.

With the extension of these agreements, we also increase the financing it offers by 3 % per year, starting with 2027-28, to help ensure that federal funding maintains the costs of child care operations.

This means that more families can continue to access the child’s care, find savings and move on. This investment will also help us to achieve the goal of creating 250,000 children’s care spaces throughout the country until March 2026.

This funding will support 35,000 accessible spaces on almost 1,000 domestic early learning and child care sites, including over 10 new centers in Métis communities, with additional centers planned in the next two years. It will also help to improve access to child care for military families on the bases of Canada, so that members of Canadian armed forces get quality care during their movements and implementations.

Confident countries invest in them and their future. By expanding the child care agreements and expanding our investments, we make life better and easier for Canadians. In addition to the investments in the accessible child’s care, we build more houses, create more jobs and deal with Canadian interests.

CITED

“The child’s accessible care is good for children and parents and is good for the economy. Today’s announcement will ensure that several families will have access to the accessible, high quality child care, with lower costs and more savings and will help children get the best start in life. Confident countries invest in them and their future. “

“I didn’t get so far just to get so far away. We must continue to develop on our progress and make the child of $ 10 a day a reality for every parent who wants a place for their child. These are these extension agreements. Caring for the child at affordable prices offers parents, especially mothers, options. Options to return to work, build their career and save money, making sure their children get the best possible start in life. “

Fast facts

• The extensions announced today include the final year (2026-27) of the early learning and child care infrastructure, which supports infrastructure projects in underestimated communities to help increase inclusion in the early learning and child care system.
• In order to support the progress made from the existing early learning and child care agreements, including infrastructure financing, the support for early childhood educators and access to child care at affordable prices, the federal government invests $ 36.8 billion over five years, starting with 2026-27. This includes a 3 % increase in financing every year for four years, starting with 2027-28. With today’s announcement, Canada’s government offers:
  • 16.77 billion USD to Ontario
  • 9.83 billion USD to Quebec
  • $ 5.38 billion to British Colombia
  • $ 1.9 billion to Manitoba
  • $ 1.05 billion to Nova Scotia
  • 876 million USD to New Brunswick
  • $ 503 million to Newfoundland and Labrador
  • $ 199 million to Prince Edward Island
  • $ 109 million to Nunavut
  • 80 million dollars to the northern -Vest territories
  • $ 74 million to Yukon
• This financing will contribute to ensuring continuous access to $ 10 a day, in the average child’s care, beyond the current agreements, which were to expire on March 31, 2026.
• The Canada government is committed to continuously collaborate with indigenous partners and official language minorities and expects that provincial and territorial governments will do the same while developing action plans in support of these extensions.
• Eight provinces and territories currently provide regulated early learning and child care for an average of $ 10 per day or less, while the remaining jurisdictions have reduced taxes by 50 % or more than the levels of 2019.
• As part of the budget 2021, the Government of Canada did Transformer investment over $ 27 billion over five years to build an early early and child care system with provinces and territories. Combined with other investments, including in early indigenous learning and child care, up to $ 30 billion (2021-22-2025-26) is provided in support of early learning and child care.
• Investments will help to create more spaces in rural and distant regions, urban neighborhoods with high costs and low incomes and communities facing barriers for access. This includes the support of racialized groups, indigenous peoples, official minorities communities in the language of minorities, newcomers and families with parents, carers or children with disabilities.
• These investments are based on the significant progress we have already made to help children reach their maximum potential and level the playground for parents, including by:
  • Giving families more money through The benefit of the child CanadaTo help the costs of raising children and making a real difference in the lives of children in Canada. The benefit of children in Canada, which can offer up to $ 7,437 per child, is indexed annually to keep up with the cost of life.
  • Improve access to dental health care for children under 18 The Canadian dental care planBecause no one should choose between taking care of their children’s teeth and putting food on the table.

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