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TABLE 10.
Estimated numbers of children under 6 years of
age receiving day care
services in Canada and the provinces (for
1973-74).
|
Estimated number |
Estimated |
Estimated percentage |
|
of children |
percentage |
receiving pre- |
| |
under 6 years 1 |
receiving |
elementary education |
| |
|
day care
|
in public schools
|
|
|
|
|
| Canada |
2,228,000 |
4.1% |
15.7% |
| |
|
|
|
| Newfoundland |
75,000 |
0.1 |
16.0 |
| Prince Edward Island |
12,000 |
5.8 |
-- |
| Nova Scotia |
85,000 |
4.0 |
17.6 |
| New Brunswick |
71,000 |
0.6 |
-- |
| Quebec |
596,000 |
1.2 |
15.9 |
| Ontario |
781,000 |
5.4 |
21.2 |
| Manitoba |
104,000 |
1.2 |
16.3 |
| Saskatchewan |
97,000 |
1.0 |
7.2 |
| Alberta |
184,000 |
5.7 |
0.5 |
| British Columbia |
213,000 |
11.7 |
16.4 |
| Yukon |
3,000 |
13.1 |
-- |
| Northwest Territories |
7,000 |
-- |
18.6 |
| Source: |
Canadian Council on Social Development, Women in need:
A sourcebook, Tables 18 and 19, (Ottawa: Canadian Council on Social
Development, 1976). |
Comment:
Table 10 indicates that the level to which each province
supports day care and pre-elementary education services varies considerably
across the country. .
1. These figures were calculated from 1971 census
data. |