Resources

Child Care Now Alberta webinar on what it means for Alberta to sign a federal child care agreement – Dec 2021 (YouTube link)

Still Unaffordable for Low-Income Families? In Alberta’s new child care system, out-of-pocket fee reductions are smaller for lower-income families (an ECELC brief, Dec 2021)

From the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta (AECEA): What Do We Know So Far? 

$10/Day Childcare Finally Coming to Alberta (Women’s Centre blog post)

$10-a-day child care for families in Alberta: Press release by the Government of Canada

Government of Alberta Outline of the Federal-Provincial Child Care Agreement 

Child Care advocates welcome Canada-Alberta child care agreement and call on Ontario and New Brunswick governments to join effort to build Canada-wide system of early learning and child care (Child Care Now press release) 

Media coverage

The $30B child-care challenge: building a new program from the ground up

Ottawa, Alberta reach deal for $10-a-day child care

‘Early Christmas gift’: Parents, child care groups relieved by Alberta, Ottawa child care deal

New Alberta child-care policy helping fill a gap in rural communities

NEW! Calculating the Cost of Child Care in Alberta, an interactive tool, is part of a larger collaborative body of work examining affordability in early learning and child care, including a detailed blog post and a podcast available on the Business Council of Alberta’s website as well as briefs on the recent changes to Alberta’s subsidies and child care fee trends in Edmonton and Calgary, produced by the Edmonton Council for Early Learning and Care (ECELC). 

childcarecanada.org is a comprehensive resource about everything you’d want to know about child care as a social issue – including most recent news updates about $10/day, child care system-building agreements between the federal government and provinces 

FAQ about Canada’s historic federal budget 2021 promise – building a Canada-wide, community-based early learning and child care system that will reduce parents’ fees to an average of $10/day and value the work of educators

Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada 2019 is the most recent comprehensive report on the state of child care in the country (published 2020)

• Chapter on Alberta

• Summary and analysis of key findings

Learn About Child Care is a resource developed by the Association of Early Childhood Educators of Alberta (AECEA) about the importance of quality child care and its value to whole of society

Sounding the Alarm: COVID-19’s impact on Canada’s precarious child care sector – a report on child care fees in large cities in Canada and the impact of COVID-19 on the sector

• Alberta lost one in five licensed early childhood educators during 1st year of pandemic, data shows (CBC)

Average hourly wages and annual salary of an early childhood educator in Alberta

“Canada must level up to make childcare more affordable for all” – In a new UNICEF report, Where do rich countries stand on childcare?, Canada ranks a disappointing 22nd out of 41 countries.

• NEW! Roadmap to a Quality Early Learning and Child Care System in Alberta has been developed through collaboration between the Canadian Child Care Federation, Child Care Now, the YMCA of Northern Alberta and the Muttart Foundation, along with lead researcher, Jane Beach. It outlines how the province can realize a comprehensive, high quality ELCC system for children, families and communities as a part of the Canada-wide ELCC system.
• Child Care Now – the national umbrella advocacy organization
• Alberta Chapter of Child Care Now
• The Association of Early Childhood Educators – Take Action page
• Public Interest Alberta (PIA) – $10-a-day child care now!
• The case for universally accessible, high-quality child care – Women’s Centre infographic

Overview of Government of Alberta pages with information and resources you need when looking for a quality child care option

Choosing Child Care in Alberta – a GoA guide

Information about funding and the child care subsidy