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$10-a-day child care spaces will help parents in PQB

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Program will save parents $915 per child each month
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Forsyth, Kevin
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Publication Date: 
28 Mar 2025
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The Parksville Child and Family Centre is now home to 111 new $10-a-day child care spaces, as part of the province's ChildcareBC program.

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Spaces in the ChildCareBC program reduce the average cost of child care for children ages five and under from $1,115 a month for full-time, centre-based care to $200 a month for the same service, according to the provincial government.

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The investment into affordable childcare spaces has been funded by the provincial and federal governments. The Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement supports the ChildCareBC program, the New Spaces Fund and additional funding through the federal Child Care Infrastructure Fund.