The Big Picture

Childcare Research and Resource Unit ECEC in Canada 2021 • thE big piCturE [ 324 ] TABLE 2 Number of regulated spaces (child care centres, before- and after-school child care and family child care) and percent of children 0 – 12 for whom a regulated space was available. [...] Types of regulated Curriculum P/T administration child care in centres Description Governance framework(s) NB Department of Early learning and child care Part-day and full-day Predominantly for-profit, with New Brunswick early Education centre Up to 60 children of mixed ages (additional one-third non-profit and a few learning and child care and Early Childhood age limitations apply) publicly opera. [...] NS Kindergarten for all 4-year-olds (pre-primary): In a before- and after-school program in a school In a before- and after-school program in a school full-school day (NS-BAP – not licensed): (not licensed): Kindergarten for 5-year-olds (Grade primary): • with kindergarten-age to 12 year olds; • with kindergarten-age to 12 year olds; full-school day In a child care centre: In a child care centre:. [...] Under education aegis, in schools: Under education aegis, in schools: It and kindergarten for 5-year-olds operate • with kindergarten-age and school-age children • with kindergarten-age and school-age children full-school day – K – Grade 6, operated by school authorities, – K – Grade 6, operated by school authorities, – unlicensed; and – unlicensed; and In regulated family child care. [...] SK Pre-K: part-day, under the aegis of education, in In a child care centre: In a child care centre: schools, and targeted to vulnerable 3- and 4-year-olds • with preschool-age children; • with preschool-age children; Kindergarten for 5-year-olds: part-day • with kindergarten and primary grade children • with kindergarten and primary grade children – Grades 1 – 3; – Grade 1 – 3; In an unlicensed p.