Canada-Wide Early Learning & Child Care

Equia Licensed Home Childcare is participating in the CanadaWide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) System. The Federal government committed to investing in a national child care system with all provinces and territories, as well as Indigenous organizations. Funding under the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCC) System will be used to build and leverage the success of Ontario’s existing early learning and child care system by increasing quality, accessibility, affordability and inclusivity in early learning and child care. As a first step, all Ontario families with children under the age of 6 participating in licensed child care programs will see a fee reduction of up to 25% (to a minimum of $12 per day), retroactive to April 1, 2022. An additional 37% to an overall 52.75% fee reduction (to a minimum of $12 per day), effective December 31, 2022, and $10-per-day average child care fees by 2026.

You may be eligible for reduced fees if: • you pay more than $12.00 per day for child care: and • your child is:

o under 6 years of age, or

o turns six years old between January 1 and June 30 in any calendar year, and is enrolled in a licensed home child care premises

Every child deserves are quality childcare. Choose a licensed home childcare.