In 2024, there were 46,986 businesses across Canada providing child care services to nearly 1.1 million children aged 12 years and younger. In Canada, child care is often categorized by three types: centre-based child care, licensed home-based child care and unlicensed home-based child care (see Note to Readers). In 2024, there were 14,523 centre-based child care providers in Canada. These centres provided care to a total of 909,158 children, 670,730 of whom were enrolled on a full-time basis and 238,427 who were enrolled part time. In terms of home-based child care providers, there were 17,800 licensed home-based child care providers (115,506 children enrolled) and 14,663 unlicensed home-based child care providers (68,674 children enrolled).
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