Canada’s Minister of Jobs and Families has announced additional investments in childcare funding to the tune of $5.4 billion over the next two years. 

 Patty Hajdu says this funding will help keep childcare affordable, inclusive, and high-quality for families, as well as support the early childhood educators who make the system possible.  

A release from the government of Canada says in 2025, the labour force participation rate of mothers aged 25 to 54 with young children reached 79.5 per cent, which is a near a record high. 

It adds that, parents are saving up to $11,255 per child each year, and governments have announced measures to create more than 250,000 new childcare spaces across the country.