Once a leader in $10-a-day child care, B.C. now lags behind. After five years of Canada's federal child care program parents are paying less. But most families still pay more than $10 a day.

By David Macdonald and Martha Friendly

Five years into the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program, this report analyzes the shifting landscape of licensed child care fees across 35 major Canadian cities, comparing 2026 data against the 2019 pre-program baseline. Read the full report here.