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Child Care Funding Update: Ontario—2022–23 and 2023–24
Implementation of the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreements
January 13, 2026
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Creating Equitable Child Care Policy for Ontario
Ontario parents rely on diverse care options for their children. Policy-makers should respect the needs and choices of parents by continuing to focus on child care policies that are equitable for all families, regardless of the type of care they choose. Recent Statistics Canada data show that parents depend on diverse forms of care to best meet the needs of their family. This includes the 46 percent of parents in Ontario with children under six who do not use non-parental care. However, funding is primarily directed to centre-based care. How can the Ontario government include all families in its child care policy?
September 5, 2019
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The Canadian Marriage Map
June 23, 2020
Peter Jon Mitchell
Program Director, Family
Peter Jon Mitchell is program director for Cardus Family. He has spent over a decade and a half researching and writing about Canadian families and public policy. Active in the media, his articles have appeared in the National Post, Toronto Sun, Financial Post, and Law Now among other publications. Peter Jon holds a ThM and MTS from Tyndale Seminary and a degree in history and political science from the University of Western Ontario.
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