Financial Support for Child Care

Verify if you qualify, and an estimate of the monthly cost of licensed child care.

Canada-Wide Early Learning & Child Care agreement

In March 2022, the federal and provincial governments signed the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) agreement aimed at making child care more affordable for families.

The City’s Children and Community Services division worked closely with all participating child care operators to process rebates of 25% of child care fees backdated to April 1, 2022 to all families with a child under 6 years of age.

Child care fees for CWELCC participating providers were reduced by 52.75% from March 2022 rates.

Families receiving financial assistance for child care (child care fee subsidy) had their fees decreased by 50% as of December 31, 2022.

Programs participating in CWELCC