Brampton most costly for daycare, Kitchener on high end too
Posted Nov 10, 2014 05:54:41 AM.
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Brampton 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, 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, 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.
For Kitchener, it was 30% which is considered at the high end of the scale.
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.
Overall, the study looked at median childcare fees in 22 of Canada’s largest cities for infants, toddlers and preschoolers. In all of the categories, those who live in Toronto paid the highest amount to put their children in daycare, though not the most in relation to incomes.
