This comprehensive report, the 8th edition since 1992, provides key data on child care and kindergarten across Canada. It tracks spaces, finances, quality issues and public policy developments at the provincial/ territorial and federal levels, includes demographic information such as mothers' labour force participation, and identifies trends over time.
Companion document
30 quick facts about Canadian ECEC: Trends & analysis 2008
Childcare Resource and Research Unit, September 2009 , 4pp.
This companion document to ECEC in Canada 2008 highlights 30 important facts about Canadian child care, kindergarten and family leave. Available in pdf for download below.
Download ECEC in Canada 2008
The full text of ECEC in Canada 2008 is available in pdf format from the links below. Although there is not one link for the entire book, the four downloads (SECTION 1 through 4 below) will give you the full text.
| Attachment | Size |
|---|---|
 SECTION 1: ALL FRONTMATTER [27pp] | 2.51 MB |
| Acknowledgements, Preface, Explanatory Notes | 1.22 MB |
| The state of early childhood education and care in 2009 | 988.98 KB |
| Federal Contributions to ECEC | 57.55 KB |
| Aboriginal ECEC / ECEC in Francophone Communities in a Minority Environment | 285.88 KB |
| SECTION 2: ALL PROVINCE AND TERRITORY FILES [174pp] | 8.92 MB |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 1.31 MB |
| Prince Edward Island | 270.76 KB |
| Nova Scotia | 962.97 KB |
| New Brunswick | 1014.03 KB |
| Quebec | 359.26 KB |
| Ontario | 366.61 KB |
| Manitoba | 1.05 MB |
| Saskatchewan | 1.21 MB |
| Alberta | 1003.17 KB |
| British Columbia | 426.71 KB |
| Northwest Territories | 1.06 MB |
| Nunavut | 887.44 KB |
| Yukon | 878.96 KB |
| SECTION 3: ALL TABLES IN "The Big Picture" [18pp] | 169.1 KB |
| SECTION 4: ALL TABLES IN "The Long View" [14pp] | 1.24 MB |
| COMPANION DOCUMENT: 30 quick facts about Canadian ECEC: Trends & analysis 2008 [4pp] | 912.68 KB |