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Estimated 1994 population of children under 13 years of aga.
AGEGROUP POPULATION

(1994 estimates)
6 months to 3 years 6,340
3-5 years 7,609
6-12 years 16,200

Total 30,149

Estimated Work-Related Demand For Licensed Child Care

TYPE OF CARE CURRENT SPACES REQUIRED SPACES

Under 3 group child care full-time 344
part-time 350
Family daycare (all ages 1475
Group 3-5 child care full-time 844
part-time 600
Out-of-School care 1,446

TOTAL 4,809

Barriers

The community survey, key informant interviews, and focus groups identified the following
barriers:

© Resources (cost of care, operating costs, lack of trained and experienced child
care workers, lack of available public facilities)

Access (child care not available in all areas, limited services for children with
special needs, insufficient information about child care)
choi Attitudes (child care is still viewed as "women's work", as “babysitting”, not
yin viewed as an important educational/life experience, NIMBY towards child care
* facilities) : |

The "System" (Municipal bylaw, regulations seen as sometimes unrealistic, lack

of planning for child care, fragmented approach between different types of |

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