Ontario seeks to add 50K child care spots, focusing on underserved areas
In eastern Ontario, that is what Russell Township is doing. The small, fast-growing municipality southeast of Ottawa — its population rose nearly 20 per cent from 2016 to 2021 — is taking over the 186 spaces from a private daycare that closed during the pandemic.“We’re just on the outskirts of Ottawa, homes tend to be a little bit more affordable,” said Mayor Pierre Leroux.
Meanwhile, the sector is already facing a staffing crunch. The number of RECEs in licensed child care decreased by seven per cent between 2019 and 2021, government documents say.Diane Daley, the CEO of Family Day, which has both centre- and home-based daycares in the Greater Toronto Area, said workforce is one of the most pressing issues.
“It can be scaled fairly quickly, as long as we have caregivers, and it doesn’t require the same level of capital investment as you would for a centre-based setting,” she said.
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