Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022

Child care provided in home-based settings by non-relatives remains a prominent model of care in Canada. Home-based child care (sometimes called family child care) is provided in private residences where the provider lives and operates the service to typically mixed age groups of children and often...

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Main Authors: Thomas J. Charters, Leanne C. Findlay
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Language:English
Published: Statistics Canada 2025-07-01
Series:Economic and Social Reports
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Online Access:https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/36-28-0001/2025007/article/00002-eng.htm
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description Child care provided in home-based settings by non-relatives remains a prominent model of care in Canada. Home-based child care (sometimes called family child care) is provided in private residences where the provider lives and operates the service to typically mixed age groups of children and often the provider’s own children. This study provides a national overview of licensed and unlicensed home-based child care and providers caring for children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada in April 2022.
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Childcare
Childcare responsibilities
title Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
title_full Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
title_fullStr Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
title_full_unstemmed Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
title_short Characteristics of home-based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in Canada, 2021 to 2022
title_sort characteristics of home based child care serving children aged 0 to 5 years in canada 2021 to 2022
topic Childcare
Childcare responsibilities
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