Child Care Statistics

The best overview of the child care sector is the Child Care Visions reports: You Bet I Care
http://action.web.ca/home/cfwwb/readingroom.shtml

Also see the Childcare Resource and Research Unit's Early Childhood care and education in Canada Report - 1998
http://www.childcarecanada.org/pt98/index.html

There are a number of other very useful reports at the above site. The main page is:
http://www.childcarecanada.org

The 1996 Census includes data on the number of hours of unpaid child care in the home. National & provincial data is available by Family Status, labour force activity, and sex: http://www.statcan.ca/english/census96/mar17/house/activ3.htm

Census Data will be updated to 2001 figures later in 2003.

Look at the Statistics Canada Report: From home to school - How do Canadian children cope

A news release together with a direct link to the full report in Adobe Acrobat format is located at the following address:
http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/991014/d991014a.htm

You may also be interested in the following reports:

The Cost of Raising Children, 2002
http://www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/homeec/cba28s02.html

Growing up with Mom and Dad? The intricate family life courses of Canadian children
http://www.statcan.ca:80/english/freepub/89-566-XIE/free.htm


UPDATED: 01/13/2003
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