# Staging Building Canada's Child Care System

> Universal Child care through the $10 a day plan

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URL: https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/

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## Pages

- [Privacy Policy](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/privacy-policy/): Privacy policy Who we are The Childcare Resource and Research Unit created this website. Our main website address is https://childcarecanada.org, and this website's address is https://buildingchildcare.ca. How this website was built The website manager used an AI assistant (Claude, made
- [Universal child care](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/universal-child-care/): universal child care Universal child care means early learning and child care that is affordable, equitable, and inclusive for all families, with options to meet their varied needs. A main goal: universal child care, accessible to all The federal government’s
- [ELCC tables preview](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/elcc-tables-preview/): Canada-wide progress on ELCC Summary of progress by province/territory Progress by province and territory: Details and notes
- [Update the progress tables](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/update-progress-tables/)
- [What is the $10 a day plan?](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/what-is-the-10-dollar-a-day-plan/): what is the $10 a day plan? "$10 a day child care" has become the familiar catchphrase for Canada’s first Canada-wide child care policy, the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care plan (CWELCC). But what is $10 a day child
- [Tracking ELCC system progress](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/tracking-elcc-system-progress/): tracking progress Benchmarks As the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care $10 a day plan has moved into implementation, this section tracks progress using key early learning and child care (ELCC) system benchmarks. It will be updated as implementation progresses.
- [Contact us](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/contact-us/): Have a question for us? Ask away. Comments? We look forward to hearing from you.
- [10 critical components](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/ten-critical-components/): 10 critical components A roadmap for ELCC system building Based on Child Care Now’s Canada-wide Roadmap to Affordable Child Care for All, these 10 components are critical for early learning and child care (ELCC) system building. The critical components and
- [Roadmaps](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/roadmaps/): roadmaps Community roadmaps The Canada-wide child care community has developed a series of early learning and child care roadmaps, several before the announcement of the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care $10 a day plan in 2021, while others followed
- [Quality](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/quality/): quality Quality should be at the core Quality – one of the principles of the $10 a day plan affirmed and specified in the federal legislation – should be at the core of all early learning and child care (ELCC)
- [Quebec’s ELCC](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/elcc-in-quebec/): Quebec’s ELCC Quebec exceptionalism Quebec has been building its own publicly funded early learning and child care (ELCC) system since the late 1990s, even before the current asymmetrical ELCC policy arrangements were established with the Government of Canada. Quebec child
- [First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ELCC](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/first-nations-metis-and-inuit-early-learning-and-child-care/): First Nations, Métis, and Inuit ELCC Truth and Reconciliation  In 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) identified early learning and child care (ELCC) for First Nations, Métis, and Inuit people as part of redressing historic wrongs, as had the
- [A coherent system](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/a-coherent-system/): a coherent system Coherence is important The importance of coherence in early learning and child care (ELCC) policy and provision was first recognized by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). In their 2001 comparative report on early childhood
- [From a market to a system](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/from-a-market-to-a-system/): from a marketto a system From a patchwork market to a publicly funded system: how fifty years of advocacy, the $10 a day plan, and Canada’s first federal child care legislation laid the foundations, and what comes next in Phase
- [About this resource](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/about-this-resource/): About this resource As incremental changes shaping the future of ELCC in Canada are underway, this resource can inform and empower collective system-building. Its curated materials are organized to contribute to community knowledge at all levels. Use it as a
- [Building Canada’s Child Care System](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/): Building Canada's Child Care System Universal child care through the $10 a day plan This website is designed to explore the parts of Canada's $10 a day early learning and child care plan and the implementation of an affordable, equitable,
- [Accessibility statement](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/accessibility-statement/): Accessibility statement The Childcare Resource and Research Unit (CRRU) wants everyone to be able to use Building Canada’s Child Care System, including people who use screen readers, screen magnifiers, voice control, or a keyboard instead of a mouse. Our standard

## Blog Posts

- [Democratic participation](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/democratic-participation/) (2024-11-14): Democratic participation Democratic participation should inform and support the implementation and ongoing operation of a high quality early learning and child care (ELCC) system – from parent advisory groups to child care sector engagement to citizen engagement processes at all
- [Public accountability](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/public-accountability/) (2024-11-14): Public accountability Governments must develop and publish annual and multi-year early learning and child care (ELCC) plans, and report publicly on progress. The plans must be updated based on lessons learned and evolving ELCC needs and context. Effective public accountability is
- [Data and research](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/data-and-research/) (2024-11-14): Data and research Building a quality early learning and child care (ELCC) system is a long-term project requiring monitoring, continuous quality improvement, and system corrections based on experience, evidence, and evaluation. A comprehensive data and research strategy is a necessary
- [Workforce strategies](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/workforce-strategies/) (2024-11-14): Workforce strategies A well-qualified workforce is central to a high quality child care system and necessary for the expansion needed. Without it, services will not be high quality and expansion will be hampered. The early childhood education profession has been
- [Public and non-profit provision](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/public-and-non-profit-provision/) (2024-11-14): Public and non-profit provision To protect the transformed child care system and public resources, expansion of publicly funded early learning and child care (ELCC) must be limited to public and non-profit services. Expanding for-profit ELCC provision is a risky business
- [Expansion strategies](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/expansion-strategies/) (2024-11-14): Expansion strategies Each province’s/territory’s action plans must include a commitment to developing a comprehensive expansion plan. Expansion strategies must be publicly led and concrete  The development of new early learning and child care (ELCC) programs has largely been a private
- [Publicly led and funded expansion](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/publicly-led-and-funded-expansion/) (2024-11-14): Publicly led and funded expansion Publicly led and funded expansion is needed to close the gap between service supply and parental demand that has created service shortages and inequitable access. Sufficient capital funding to support the costs of expanded public
- [Public funding with conditions](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/public-funding-with-conditions/) (2024-11-14): Public funding must come with conditions All child care operators who are part of the new publicly funded child care system must accept the need for public accountability through conditions designed to ensure the best evidence-based and publicly accountable uses
- [Sufficient operational funding](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/sufficient-operational-funding/) (2024-11-14): Sufficient public cost-based funding of ELCC operational budgets Funding for child care programs must be determined by funding formulas based on the program's full operating costs. These cost-based funding formulas will be designed by each province/territory. The patchwork approach falls
- [Public management](https://staging.buildingchildcare.ca/public-management/) (2024-11-14): Public management Transforming child care to a well-functioning system must include a shift to public responsibility for leading, planning, managing, expanding, and maintaining regulated child care. This requires shifting responsibilities from private groups or individuals to provincial/territorial governments or other