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How Much Is the Cost of Daycare in Ontario?
The federal government made a commitment to reduce child care fees by the end of 2022
Today, many parents are struggling to find a new normal. After two years of dealing with the pandemic, their childcare options are still being affected. With the growing need for many parents to return back to the workplace, many are looking to expand their childcare options.
Here is a look at what is happening in the Ontario daycare landscape, some historical information and the solutions proposed.
What is the current situation across Ontario daycares?
According to statscan, in early 2022, the number of parents who used child care centres went back to normal pre-pandemic rates, while the use of family child care homes (home-based child care) decreased. Similar to 2020, four in ten parents still have difficulty finding childcare. 57% of parents reported difficulty finding care in their community, while 46% had difficulty finding affordable care.
According to Gordon Clevland, a child-care policy expert and associate professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, to meet the growing needs of parents and to minimize the long waiting lists currently in place the province needs over 200,000 licensed childcare spaces to fulfill the demand.
Another key point is affordability, overall, childcare has increased since the start of the pandemic. The average daycare costs are around $1,600 in Ontario, ranging up to $70 a day. For a full-time spot for a toddler in Toronto, it is amongst the highest in the country.
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How much has daycare in Ontario cost historically?
In 2011, the average daycare cost of having a full-time child aged four and younger in Ontario was $677 per month. Today if you are a parent living in Toronto, it costs $1,000 more to have your infant or toddler in daycare.
This is an increase of 67%, which is astronomical. The rise in the cost of daycare in Ontario over the past number of years may be attributed to:
- Increasing cost of real estate- whether to buy or rent a property for daycare.
- Lack of support from the government to the private operators to help cost of building and opening daycares.
- Increased cost of living year after year, which leads to higher HR costs for daycares to be in ratios required by Licensing.
Private companies opening daycares actually operate at a much lower cost in relation to the government run daycares, yet they need to keep higher fees in order to afford the costs of running the daycare.
Is Support Coming to the Ontario Daycare Community?
Many parents continue to struggle as they wait for help. However, some fundamental changes are coming to the childcare system. Earlier this year, Ontario signed a deal with Ottawa to join a national child-care program to bring fees down to $10 per day by 2025.
The six-year, $13.2-billion federal-provincial deal was announced in March and promised parents in Ontario a rebate for 25% of their fees for this year retroactive to April 1 and a further reduction of 25% starting next year. According to CBC, only 17% of Toronto’s licensed for-profit daycares have signed onto the program. More than 80% of daycare operators can join the program as of today but just recently have just started their applications. If a majority of providers choose to opt out of the program, this will leave many parents without access to affordable childcare. The private operators are yet to receive details for CWELCC and have been asked to sign up for the program with little information.
Based on the preliminary details received, none of the guidelines issued help the above 3 challenges in providing accessible daycare for parents.
The deadline for operators to join the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care program is September 1, 2022.
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The Average Start-Up Cost for a Childcare Center | Small Business
By Marie Huntington Updated August 19, 2017
The increase in two-family household incomes has created a huge demand for childcare related services.
Starting a childcare center can be profitable; however, the average start-up cost for one can range from $10,000 to $50,000, according to Entrepreneur. Established childcare facilities generally attract parents of infants, preschool children and school-age children who are looking to place their children with daycare providers because of their need to work outside the home.
Operation Costs
The actual start-up costs for your childcare center will depend on how you choose to establish and operate your business. For instance, opting to start a childcare center in your home will be less costly than leasing or buying a building or office location. Home-based childcare centers have lower overhead costs, including rent and costs associated with building utilities and maintenance. Also, other factors to consider when ascertaining the start-up costs for a childcare center are the daycare hours; whether you choose to supply food for the children; the amount of children you plan to accommodate; how much you plan to charge; and staff considerations, such as salaries and employee benefits.
Running Expenses
Self-Help.org says that the costs to start a childcare center if you’re taking over an existing facility can run at least $55,000 in renovation costs. They also reveals that supplies and equipment can costs over $60 per child. According to Self-Help.org, educational supplies and equipment can total over $4,700. Other expenses include marketing costs, furniture and administrative expenses; Self-Help averaged the total costs for a start-up childcare center to be $95,485.
State Regulations
Every state has its own regulations regarding the requirements to become a licensed childcare provider and other requirements, such as the qualifications to legally operate a childcare facility, the teacher-to-child ratio and safety requirements for staff and children. Your state may charge fees to register as a licensed childcare center. States establish childcare regulations to protect the health and safety of children.
These childcare requirements are set by the childcare licensing agency in your state.
Other Resources
The National Childcare Information and Technical Assistance Center provides licensing information for each state. Other organizations that may provide resourceful information are the National Association for the Education of Young Children, National Association for Family Child Care and the National Child Care Association.
References
- Entrepreneur: Day Care Center
- Entrepreneur: 8 Tips for Anyone Starting a Child-Care Service
- Entrepreneur: Child Care Service
- self-help.org: Example: Child Care Center Start-Up Costs
- ICF.com: National Child Care Information Center (NCCIC)
Resources
- National Childcare Information and Technical Assistance Center
- National Resource Center for Health and Safety in Childcare and Early Education
Writer Bio
Marie Huntington has been a legal and business writer since 2002 with articles appearing on various websites.
She also provides travel-related content online and holds a Juris Doctor from Thomas Cooley Law School.
A kindergarten for 200 children will open in the village of Sukharevo on December 1 – Society
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RIAMO (MYTISHI) – 25 Nov. On December 1, a new kindergarten will open its doors in the residential complex “Katuar” in the village of Sukharevo, Mytishchi city district, the press service of the Ministry of Education of the region reports.
The institution will be able to accept 200 children.
“The garden is beautiful and modern. Equipped with everything you need. The building has comfortable group, play and sleeping rooms, there are spaces for music and physical education. And on the street there are convenient playgrounds. The object is long-awaited, now the parents of the residential complex will be able to take their children to the kindergarten right next to the house, ”said Ilya Bronstein, Minister of Education of the Moscow Region.
He noted that this is already the 27th kindergarten that has been opened in the region since the beginning of the year, according to the plan – 3 more.
The number of students in the region is constantly growing.
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hectares, they promise to provide everything necessary for a comfortable life: a kindergarten, a school, shops and so on.
But, as with the Far Eastern Quarter, the LCD was treated ambiguously.
The expert council, which was held at the Center for the Development of Territories of the Amur Region, became indicative. A number of comments on the Zeya Park project were voiced there. And if you take a closer look, the problems of the new microdistrict concern not so much the North as the whole of Blagoveshchensk.
We will try to figure out what is wrong with the project, why local residents do not believe in the ideal implementation, and how Amur residents see Blagoveshchensk in the future.
Neither reach nor reach
At the meeting of the council, the experts discussed the transport accessibility of the Northern and drew attention to the fact that the project does not include a transport scheme for the microdistrict and its relationship with the city. Residents of Blagoveshchensk are also worried about this. Moreover, the question: “How to get there?” – the most popular among the population.
The northern microdistrict is located in such a distance that it is scary to imagine how a working person will go there and from there through traffic jams. Well, what kind of buses are there? The 22nd route runs on schedule, five minutes late – that’s it. Route 28 is also on schedule. There is also the 38th bus, but you try to wait for it! He walks – a teaspoon per hour, and even small mikriks, people stuff there like herring in a jar, – says Nikolai, a resident of the Solnechny microdistrict. – Who has a car – it’s more convenient, but no one canceled traffic jams. If there is a huge microdistrict there, this is how many cars will go to the city center every morning, and back every evening. Look at mikrahu how the Kalinin ring gets up at rush hour!
People also add that no developer can guarantee the availability of shops near the house.
I have been living in Taiwan for two years now.
And I like it here, a lot of greenery, new houses, but I have half an hour walk to the nearest large supermarket. And it seems to be not far, but this is for me, and my mother, at her 75 years old, cannot quickly overcome such distances, – says Maria, an Annunciation girl. – And where are the guarantees that there will be no such problems with the new microdistrict? Should people carry groceries from the city in crowded buses?
And I like it here, a lot of greenery, new houses, but I have half an hour walk to the nearest large supermarket. And it seems to be not far, but this is for me, and my mother, at her 75 years old, cannot quickly overcome such distances, – says Maria, an Annunciation girl. – And where are the guarantees that there will be no such problems with the new microdistrict? Should people carry groceries from the city in crowded buses?
The presence of supermarkets and entertainment depends on entrepreneurs, and whether they want to open something in a remote area is still unknown.
But transport accessibility is not a problem of only the North. Complaints are regularly received by the editorial office that it is difficult to get to “Match”, the checkpoint, to Astrakhanovka, the area of the fifth construction site and to the Fruit Nursery.
No place to park
Another significant drawback noted at the expert council is the insufficient number of parking spaces for such a large residential complex.
Not enough work was done in the project with another pain of motorists – parking lots. Perhaps the designers should have given them a little more space, – said Alexander Kashirin, a member of the public council of the Ministry of Construction and Architecture of the Amur Region. The specialist proposed not only to increase the number of parking spaces, but also to place them closer to the houses or build a multi-level parking lot.
We discussed this topic with Vadim Pukhov, chief engineer of the Amur Territorial Institute of Construction Surveys. He noted that the problem of parking in Blagoveshchensk is systemic and may arise even at the procurement stage.
It happens that specialists who have offered the lowest cost are involved in the creation of a project for budgetary money, but this, as practice shows, is not always justified. A professional knows how to value his work and will not offer his services at a low cost.
However, it is most likely that the contractors from the state customer are sometimes not specialists in the field of design and construction and cannot correctly formulate the terms of reference. But this is all poetry, so to speak, problems that have set the teeth on edge, the solutions to which have not yet been determined, – said Vadim Viktorovich.
When designing a microdistrict, the expert adds, it is necessary to take into account current trends, including the number of parking spaces.
Now almost every family has a car, plus at least 50% of car owners want to have their own garage. Well, every motorist wants to keep his car warm. It seems to me that it is necessary to take into account these circumstances and plan places for the placement of ordinary parking lots, warm parking lots and garages. If this issue is worked out in advance, then it is possible to create an object that fits into the overall architecture, and not provoke controversial precedents with illegal garages and an endless dump inside residential areas.
X looks more interesting
The appearance of the future microdistrict caused the most comments on the project. He seemed to the experts boring and devoid of individuality. Buildings, according to experts, can be made more diverse.
The presented solution looks better than the vast majority of residential areas already under construction in the city, but the project lacks originality – the area will not be recognizable, – Oleg Korneev, head of the architectural bureau, commented on the project.
Vitaliy Rebizant, head of the State Inspectorate for the Protection of Cultural Heritage Objects, also supported the opinion on the need to refine the exterior of the residential area. He believes that designers should think about spatial solutions, materials and colors for facades.
I agree with the expert commission that appearance is one of the most important components of a comfortable life, – added Vadim Pukhovoy.
– After all, comfort lies not only in convenience, but also in the mood that the environment creates. Gone are the days when people just needed a roof over their heads. Now it is necessary for any person to live in a beautiful environment and feel some proximity to luxury and progress. Therefore, the projects of microdistricts should be carefully worked out taking into account modern requirements and fashion trends. Facades should be reliable, bright and durable. And do not forget about our climate, in which most modern materials lose their performance.
And indeed, if you look at any city block in Blagoveshchensk, you often have a desire to make it brighter, more interesting, so that your eyes cling to something. As a good example, the expert cites ancient buildings built hundreds of years ago, which continue to delight with their appearance and excite the imagination.
The issue of creating the appearance should be dealt with by creative people, and the technical implementation should be left to the engineers, – Vadim Viktorovich is sure.
It turns out that although the idea of the Northern microdistrict looks attractive to many, the problems can be seen with the naked eye. But many of them refer not so much to a specific area as to the entire city of Blagoveshchensk. And, accordingly, it is necessary to approach their solution in a comprehensive manner.
We only hope that the developers of the “Far Eastern Quarters” will take into account the existing comments and correct what is in their power.
What should be the “ideal neighborhood”?
Engineer of the Amur Territorial Institute of Construction Surveys Vadim Pukhovoy:
It is difficult to answer this question unambiguously, each object is unique in its own way. If we take specifically the Severny microdistrict, then for its implementation we need not only a kindergarten and a school. The microdistrict is located far from the center and borders on large built-up areas, where there are practically no recreation and leisure areas.
I consider it necessary to plan the construction of cultural and recreation centers with a cinema hall, a children’s sports school and a polyclinic. Loop public transport routes, because the territory is very large.
It is also necessary to place a park area and provide space for the construction of commercial facilities: offices, shops, restaurants. This will make living conditions truly comfortable for future residents of the microdistrict. Another question is whether people’s wishes will be heard and taken into account. With an increasing social orientation, the area of \u200b\u200bresidential development decreases, and this is a loss of profit. Modern businessmen, especially from another region, may not care about the opinion of local residents, the main thing for them is profit. The authorities are dependent, because it is necessary to attract a large construction company to the region for the implementation of other, no less important objects.