Trudeau announces $37B in child care deals with 11 provinces and territories

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government has signed agreements totalling almost $37 billion over five years with 11 provinces and territories that will extend the federal child care space program until 2031.

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Trudeau said that the five-year deals that start in 2026-27 will not only help fund child care in participating provinces until 2031, but they will also increase the base funding by three per cent, per year, for four years starting in 2027-28 in order to to make sure that the program can keep pace with rising costs. 

Ottawa has not managed to reach an agreement with Alberta and Saskatchewan. CBC is not aware of what these Western provinces were offered. 

This is how the $36.8 billion will be distributed: 

• Quebec: $9.83 billion.
• British Columbia: $5.38 billion.
• Manitoba: $1.9 billion.
• Nova Scotia: $1.05 billion.
• New Brunswick: $876 million.
• Newfoundland and Labrador: $503 million. 
• Prince Edward Island: $199 million.
• Nunavut: $109 million.
• Northwest Territories: $80 million.
• Yukon: $74 million.
• Ontario: $16.77 billion.

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