Healthy Child Development

Early Learning and Child Care

• Only 12% of young children in Canada have access to regulated child care, even though close to 70% of their mothers are in the labour market.
• Research is clear that high quality child care has a strong positive effect on cognitive and language development and school achievement.
• In a recent survey, 90% of Canadians indicated that they expect governments to deliver accessible, affordable and national coordinated child care.