British Columbia OVERVIEW

British Columbia has two parallel approaches to fee reduction: a gradual increase in the number of programs charging a flat parent fee of $10/day, and funding for the remainder of centres and family child care providers to reduce fees by up to $900 per child per month (approximately 50% reduction based on 2019 levels). [...] Certified early childhood educators working in eligible licensed child care can receive up to $6/hour of wage enhancement to a monthly maximum of 195 hours.1 British Columbia is testing a wage grid as part of the test of the ChildCareBC operating funding model (initiated in December 2023), in which a selection of child care sites are participating. [...] (centre spaces and family child care licensed capacity) 139,053 CHILD CARE SPACE STATISTICS Number of child care centres and family Number of regulated spaces child care homes (March 31, 2023) (March 31, 2023) Centre-based child care Full-day centre spaces Infant/toddler (<36 months) 18,553 Total number of centres 3,558 Preschool-age (30 months – 5 years, not yet in school) 43,989 Note: Some facil. [...] Childcare Resource and Research Unit ECEC in Canada 2023 • british Columbia [ 96 ] $10 a Day ChildCareBC Regulated family child care Number of individually licensed family child care homes (active) 1,694 $10 a Day ChildCareBC sites Participation in CWELCC as of March 31, 2023 Number of Number Number of child care centres 2,761 centres/homes of spaces Number of family child care homes 1,553 For-pro. [...] Childcare Resource and Research Unit ECEC in Canada 2023 • british Columbia [ 99 ] Federal transfers to British Columbia Federal transfer Amount Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework – Early Learning and Child Care Bilateral Agreements $70,093,000 Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care $538,651,000 Note: The federal transfers above represent the funds allocated to British Columbi.