Study identifies Canada's daycare cost extremes
Linda Nguyen , The Canadian Press
Published Monday, November 10, 2014 6:31AM EST
Last Updated Monday, November 10, 2014 6:36AM EST
A city west of Toronto has been named the least affordable place in Canada for regulated daycare.
The study, titled The Parent Trap and released by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, says childcare rates in Brampton, Ont., are the most disproportionate in the country.
Although other Canadian cities may have higher overall childcare costs, the study found that those who live in Brampton, 50 kilometres northwest of Toronto, had the highest daycare costs in comparison with wages.
Specifically, it found that median yearly daycare fees in Brampton were equivalent to 36 per cent of a woman's income, or some four months worth of work.
The most affordable city for childcare was Gatineau, Que., near Ottawa, with fees amounting to only four per cent of a women's income, or the equivalent of two weeks worth of salary to pay off a year's worth of daycare.
Read more: http://www.ctvnews.ca/canada/study-identifies-canada-s-daycare-cost-extremes-1.2094596#ixzz3Ig5dMhmW
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