An Examination of Regulatory and Other Measures to Support Quality Early Learning and Child Care in

Overview of Child Care in Alberta 6 A brief history of child care in Alberta 6 Recent developments 9 Current priorities for child care in Alberta 9 A snapshot of child care in Alberta, 2019 11 How does the supply of child care Alberta compare to other provinces and territories? 15 Spending on child care and cost to families 17 How does the cost of child care in Calgary and Edmonton compare to othe. [...] considered within the larger context of ideas about the purpose of child care and who it serves, The current child care act and regulation expire and about views of children and their current and in January 2021, and the plan for a regulation future roles in society. [...] In The objectives of the study are to: keeping with the Government of Alberta 2019-23 • Define and identify the key elements of Strategic Plan, the Children’s Services Business accessible, affordable and quality child care, Plans include a key objective of reviewing which are included in the Government of the Child Care Licensing Act, with the intent of Alberta’s objective of ensuring “the growth. [...] Similarly, there was no assessment of Childhood Educators of Alberta provided a the quality of government-funded professional timely and comprehensive resource development, or of preservice education and training; however, regulatory requirements for • The review of recent and current Alberta child education and the availability of professional care policies and funding and activities and developm. [...] Page 5 2 Overview of Child Care in Alberta This section provides a brief history of key milestones in the development and provision of child care in Alberta and a snapshot of the provision of child care today.