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          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
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          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
          • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
          • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
          • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
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    • ECE Report 2011 (Early Years Study 3)
      • Introduction: Foundations are Stepping up for Children
        • 1. Getting crazy for the kids
        • 2. Changing the conversation
        • 3. The resources can be found
        • 4. Turning Science into Action
      • Introduction: Mothers and others needed for healthy human development
        • 1. Childhood makes us human
        • 2. Closing the gap between rich and poor
        • Introduction: References
      • Chapter 1: A Smart Start for School and Life
        • 1. Good education cares
        • 2. The child care dilemma
        • 3. The loop in the public debate
        • 4. Starting from education's base
        • 5. One-in-four start out disadvantaged
        • 6. Democracy in trouble
        • 7. Making a difference
        • 8. Paying for inaction
        • 9. Turning chaos into systems
        • 10. Changing populations
        • 11. Changing families
        • Chapter 1: Figures
        • Chapter 1: References
      • Chapter 2: Early Life and Learning, Behaviour and Health
        • 1. Genes and environments
        • 2. Building the brain's architecture
        • 3. Sensory Pathways
        • 4. The limbic system pathways
        • 5. Prefrontal cortex pathways
        • 6. Language pathways
        • 7. Learning, behaviour and health
        • 8. Early adversity and later life
        • 9. Consilience: A new framework of understanding
        • Chapter 2: Figures
        • Chapter 2: References
      • Chapter 3: Creating Spaces and Places for Young Children and Families
        • 1. Celebrating childhood
        • 2. What early childhood education offers children and families
        • 3. Components of quality early childhood education
        • 4. Educators matter
        • 5. Early childhood options for all
        • 6. Challenges to early childhood service integration
        • 7. Benefits of early childhood program integration
        • 8. New thinking for new challenges
        • 9. Influencing policy change
        • Chapter 3: Figures
        • Chapter 3: References
      • Chapter 4: Early Childhood Education as Economic Development
        • 1. Decades of research reveal benefits
        • 2. Canadian cost-benefit analyses
        • 3. Developing community capacity to support children
        • 4. Child care as regional economic development
        • 5. Preschool as economic stimulus
        • 6. Early childhood programming: A no cost solution
        • 7. Wisely investing in early childhood
        • Chapter 4: Figures
        • Chapter 4: References
      • Chapter 5: Public Policy Shapes Early Childhood Programs
        • 1. Federal involvement in ECE policy and programs
        • 2. Direct federal funding to ECE programs
        • 3.1 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Governance
        • 3.2 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Funding
        • 3.3 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Access
        • 3.4 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Learning Environments
        • 4. Curriculum
        • 5. Next Steps
        • Chapter 5: Figures
        • Chapter 5: References
      • Chapter 6: Where are we? How Far do we have to go?
        • 1. Improving outcomes for children
        • 2. Three make passing grade
        • Chapter 6: Figures
        • Chapter 6: References
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        • Early Childhood Education Report 2011
        • Developing the Report
        • The influence of the OECD and other international measures
        • The ECDI categories
        • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
        • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
        • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
        • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
        • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for the Early Childhood Education Report 2011
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      • ECE Trends
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        • Methodology
        • Developing the Report
        • The Influence of The OECD and other International Measures
        • The ECE Report Categories
        • Attaining the Benchmarks
          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
          • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
          • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
          • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
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      • Charts and Graphs
    • ECE Report 2014
      • Executive Summary
        • The Policy Gap
        • Attention to Governance
        • More Funding
        • More Programming
        • Improved Quality
        • Challenges Remain
        • Access Matters but so Does Quality
        • Funding Methodology Matters
        • The Education/Care Gap
        • Results
      • Early Childhood Education - Full Report
        • Direct Federal Funding to ECE Programs
        • Policy Developments: The Provinces & Territories
          • 1. Governance
          • 2. Funding
          • 3. Access
          • 5. Accountability
          • 4. Learning Environments
          • 6. Trends
        • References
        • Terms used in the Early Childhood Education Report 2014
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      • Methodology
        • Developing the Report
        • The Influence of The OECD and other International Measures
        • The ECE Report 2014 Categories
        • Attaining the Benchmarks
          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
          • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
          • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
          • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for The Early Childhood Education Report 2014
        • References
      • About the Authors
      • Questions & Answers
      • Results at a Glance
      • What Others are Saying
      • Presentations & Resources
        • Presentations
        • Videos
    • ECE Report 2011 (Early Years Study 3)
      • Introduction: Foundations are Stepping up for Children
        • 1. Getting crazy for the kids
        • 2. Changing the conversation
        • 3. The resources can be found
        • 4. Turning Science into Action
      • Introduction: Mothers and others needed for healthy human development
        • 1. Childhood makes us human
        • 2. Closing the gap between rich and poor
        • Introduction: References
      • Chapter 1: A Smart Start for School and Life
        • 1. Good education cares
        • 2. The child care dilemma
        • 3. The loop in the public debate
        • 4. Starting from education's base
        • 5. One-in-four start out disadvantaged
        • 6. Democracy in trouble
        • 7. Making a difference
        • 8. Paying for inaction
        • 9. Turning chaos into systems
        • 10. Changing populations
        • 11. Changing families
        • Chapter 1: Figures
        • Chapter 1: References
      • Chapter 2: Early Life and Learning, Behaviour and Health
        • 1. Genes and environments
        • 2. Building the brain's architecture
        • 3. Sensory Pathways
        • 4. The limbic system pathways
        • 5. Prefrontal cortex pathways
        • 6. Language pathways
        • 7. Learning, behaviour and health
        • 8. Early adversity and later life
        • 9. Consilience: A new framework of understanding
        • Chapter 2: Figures
        • Chapter 2: References
      • Chapter 3: Creating Spaces and Places for Young Children and Families
        • 1. Celebrating childhood
        • 2. What early childhood education offers children and families
        • 3. Components of quality early childhood education
        • 4. Educators matter
        • 5. Early childhood options for all
        • 6. Challenges to early childhood service integration
        • 7. Benefits of early childhood program integration
        • 8. New thinking for new challenges
        • 9. Influencing policy change
        • Chapter 3: Figures
        • Chapter 3: References
      • Chapter 4: Early Childhood Education as Economic Development
        • 1. Decades of research reveal benefits
        • 2. Canadian cost-benefit analyses
        • 3. Developing community capacity to support children
        • 4. Child care as regional economic development
        • 5. Preschool as economic stimulus
        • 6. Early childhood programming: A no cost solution
        • 7. Wisely investing in early childhood
        • Chapter 4: Figures
        • Chapter 4: References
      • Chapter 5: Public Policy Shapes Early Childhood Programs
        • 1. Federal involvement in ECE policy and programs
        • 2. Direct federal funding to ECE programs
        • 3.1 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Governance
        • 3.2 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Funding
        • 3.3 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Access
        • 3.4 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Learning Environments
        • 4. Curriculum
        • 5. Next Steps
        • Chapter 5: Figures
        • Chapter 5: References
      • Chapter 6: Where are we? How Far do we have to go?
        • 1. Improving outcomes for children
        • 2. Three make passing grade
        • Chapter 6: Figures
        • Chapter 6: References
        • Download the Study
      • ECE Report
        • Early Childhood Education Report 2011
        • Developing the Report
        • The influence of the OECD and other international measures
        • The ECDI categories
        • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
        • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
        • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
        • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
        • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for the Early Childhood Education Report 2011
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      • About the Authors
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      • Summary Report 2017
        • Summary Report
        • Attention to Governance
        • More Funding
        • Access
        • Quality
        • Accountability
        • Challenges
        • Acknowledgements
        • Terms Used
      • ECE Report 2017 Results
      • ECE Trends
      • Methodology
        • Methodology
        • Developing the Report
        • The Influence of The OECD and other International Measures
        • The ECE Report Categories
        • Attaining the Benchmarks
          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
          • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
          • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
          • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for The Early Childhood Education Report
        • References
      • Federal Profile
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        • Saskatchewan
        • Alberta
        • British Columbia
        • Northwest Territories
        • Nunavut
        • Yukon
      • Charts and Graphs
    • ECE Report 2014
      • Executive Summary
        • The Policy Gap
        • Attention to Governance
        • More Funding
        • More Programming
        • Improved Quality
        • Challenges Remain
        • Access Matters but so Does Quality
        • Funding Methodology Matters
        • The Education/Care Gap
        • Results
      • Early Childhood Education - Full Report
        • Direct Federal Funding to ECE Programs
        • Policy Developments: The Provinces & Territories
          • 1. Governance
          • 2. Funding
          • 3. Access
          • 5. Accountability
          • 4. Learning Environments
          • 6. Trends
        • References
        • Terms used in the Early Childhood Education Report 2014
        • Acknowledgements
      • Provincial/Territorial Profiles
        • Newfoundland and Labrador
        • Prince Edward Island
        • Nova Scotia
        • New Brunswick
        • Quebec
        • Ontario
        • Manitoba
        • Saskatchewan
        • Alberta
        • British Columbia
        • Northwest Territories
      • Methodology
        • Developing the Report
        • The Influence of The OECD and other International Measures
        • The ECE Report 2014 Categories
        • Attaining the Benchmarks
          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
          • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
          • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
          • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for The Early Childhood Education Report 2014
        • References
      • About the Authors
      • Questions & Answers
      • Results at a Glance
      • What Others are Saying
      • Presentations & Resources
        • Presentations
        • Videos
    • ECE Report 2011 (Early Years Study 3)
      • Introduction: Foundations are Stepping up for Children
        • 1. Getting crazy for the kids
        • 2. Changing the conversation
        • 3. The resources can be found
        • 4. Turning Science into Action
      • Introduction: Mothers and others needed for healthy human development
        • 1. Childhood makes us human
        • 2. Closing the gap between rich and poor
        • Introduction: References
      • Chapter 1: A Smart Start for School and Life
        • 1. Good education cares
        • 2. The child care dilemma
        • 3. The loop in the public debate
        • 4. Starting from education's base
        • 5. One-in-four start out disadvantaged
        • 6. Democracy in trouble
        • 7. Making a difference
        • 8. Paying for inaction
        • 9. Turning chaos into systems
        • 10. Changing populations
        • 11. Changing families
        • Chapter 1: Figures
        • Chapter 1: References
      • Chapter 2: Early Life and Learning, Behaviour and Health
        • 1. Genes and environments
        • 2. Building the brain's architecture
        • 3. Sensory Pathways
        • 4. The limbic system pathways
        • 5. Prefrontal cortex pathways
        • 6. Language pathways
        • 7. Learning, behaviour and health
        • 8. Early adversity and later life
        • 9. Consilience: A new framework of understanding
        • Chapter 2: Figures
        • Chapter 2: References
      • Chapter 3: Creating Spaces and Places for Young Children and Families
        • 1. Celebrating childhood
        • 2. What early childhood education offers children and families
        • 3. Components of quality early childhood education
        • 4. Educators matter
        • 5. Early childhood options for all
        • 6. Challenges to early childhood service integration
        • 7. Benefits of early childhood program integration
        • 8. New thinking for new challenges
        • 9. Influencing policy change
        • Chapter 3: Figures
        • Chapter 3: References
      • Chapter 4: Early Childhood Education as Economic Development
        • 1. Decades of research reveal benefits
        • 2. Canadian cost-benefit analyses
        • 3. Developing community capacity to support children
        • 4. Child care as regional economic development
        • 5. Preschool as economic stimulus
        • 6. Early childhood programming: A no cost solution
        • 7. Wisely investing in early childhood
        • Chapter 4: Figures
        • Chapter 4: References
      • Chapter 5: Public Policy Shapes Early Childhood Programs
        • 1. Federal involvement in ECE policy and programs
        • 2. Direct federal funding to ECE programs
        • 3.1 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Governance
        • 3.2 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Funding
        • 3.3 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Access
        • 3.4 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Learning Environments
        • 4. Curriculum
        • 5. Next Steps
        • Chapter 5: Figures
        • Chapter 5: References
      • Chapter 6: Where are we? How Far do we have to go?
        • 1. Improving outcomes for children
        • 2. Three make passing grade
        • Chapter 6: Figures
        • Chapter 6: References
        • Download the Study
      • ECE Report
        • Early Childhood Education Report 2011
        • Developing the Report
        • The influence of the OECD and other international measures
        • The ECDI categories
        • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
        • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
        • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
        • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
        • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for the Early Childhood Education Report 2011
        • Download Report
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    • Charts and Graphs 2023
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  • Overview
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    • Provincial/Territorial Profiles
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      • Prince Edward Island
      • Nova Scotia
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      • Quebec
      • Ontario
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Northwest Territories
      • Yukon
      • Nunavut
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      • Newfoundland and Labrador
      • Prince Edward Island
      • Nova Scotia
      • New Brunswick
      • Ontario
      • Manitoba
      • Saskatchewan
      • Alberta
      • British Columbia
      • Northwest Territories
      • Nunavut
      • Yukon
  • Results & Trends
  • Methodology
  • Previous Reports
    • ECE Report 2020
      • Overview 2020
      • Methodology
      • Acknowledgements
      • Terms & Definitions
      • Charts and Graphs
      • Q & A
      • Videos
      • Media
      • About the Authors
    • ECE Report 2017
      • Summary Report 2017
        • Summary Report
        • Attention to Governance
        • More Funding
        • Access
        • Quality
        • Accountability
        • Challenges
        • Acknowledgements
        • Terms Used
      • ECE Report 2017 Results
      • ECE Trends
      • Methodology
        • Methodology
        • Developing the Report
        • The Influence of The OECD and other International Measures
        • The ECE Report Categories
        • Attaining the Benchmarks
          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
          • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
          • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
          • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for The Early Childhood Education Report
        • References
      • Federal Profile
      • Provincial/Territorial Profiles
        • Federal
        • Newfoundland and Labrador
        • Prince Edward Island
        • Nova Scotia
        • New Brunswick
        • Quebec
        • Ontario
        • Manitoba
        • Saskatchewan
        • Alberta
        • British Columbia
        • Northwest Territories
        • Nunavut
        • Yukon
      • Charts and Graphs
    • ECE Report 2014
      • Executive Summary
        • The Policy Gap
        • Attention to Governance
        • More Funding
        • More Programming
        • Improved Quality
        • Challenges Remain
        • Access Matters but so Does Quality
        • Funding Methodology Matters
        • The Education/Care Gap
        • Results
      • Early Childhood Education - Full Report
        • Direct Federal Funding to ECE Programs
        • Policy Developments: The Provinces & Territories
          • 1. Governance
          • 2. Funding
          • 3. Access
          • 5. Accountability
          • 4. Learning Environments
          • 6. Trends
        • References
        • Terms used in the Early Childhood Education Report 2014
        • Acknowledgements
      • Provincial/Territorial Profiles
        • Newfoundland and Labrador
        • Prince Edward Island
        • Nova Scotia
        • New Brunswick
        • Quebec
        • Ontario
        • Manitoba
        • Saskatchewan
        • Alberta
        • British Columbia
        • Northwest Territories
      • Methodology
        • Developing the Report
        • The Influence of The OECD and other International Measures
        • The ECE Report 2014 Categories
        • Attaining the Benchmarks
          • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
          • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
          • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
          • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
          • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for The Early Childhood Education Report 2014
        • References
      • About the Authors
      • Questions & Answers
      • Results at a Glance
      • What Others are Saying
      • Presentations & Resources
        • Presentations
        • Videos
    • ECE Report 2011 (Early Years Study 3)
      • Introduction: Foundations are Stepping up for Children
        • 1. Getting crazy for the kids
        • 2. Changing the conversation
        • 3. The resources can be found
        • 4. Turning Science into Action
      • Introduction: Mothers and others needed for healthy human development
        • 1. Childhood makes us human
        • 2. Closing the gap between rich and poor
        • Introduction: References
      • Chapter 1: A Smart Start for School and Life
        • 1. Good education cares
        • 2. The child care dilemma
        • 3. The loop in the public debate
        • 4. Starting from education's base
        • 5. One-in-four start out disadvantaged
        • 6. Democracy in trouble
        • 7. Making a difference
        • 8. Paying for inaction
        • 9. Turning chaos into systems
        • 10. Changing populations
        • 11. Changing families
        • Chapter 1: Figures
        • Chapter 1: References
      • Chapter 2: Early Life and Learning, Behaviour and Health
        • 1. Genes and environments
        • 2. Building the brain's architecture
        • 3. Sensory Pathways
        • 4. The limbic system pathways
        • 5. Prefrontal cortex pathways
        • 6. Language pathways
        • 7. Learning, behaviour and health
        • 8. Early adversity and later life
        • 9. Consilience: A new framework of understanding
        • Chapter 2: Figures
        • Chapter 2: References
      • Chapter 3: Creating Spaces and Places for Young Children and Families
        • 1. Celebrating childhood
        • 2. What early childhood education offers children and families
        • 3. Components of quality early childhood education
        • 4. Educators matter
        • 5. Early childhood options for all
        • 6. Challenges to early childhood service integration
        • 7. Benefits of early childhood program integration
        • 8. New thinking for new challenges
        • 9. Influencing policy change
        • Chapter 3: Figures
        • Chapter 3: References
      • Chapter 4: Early Childhood Education as Economic Development
        • 1. Decades of research reveal benefits
        • 2. Canadian cost-benefit analyses
        • 3. Developing community capacity to support children
        • 4. Child care as regional economic development
        • 5. Preschool as economic stimulus
        • 6. Early childhood programming: A no cost solution
        • 7. Wisely investing in early childhood
        • Chapter 4: Figures
        • Chapter 4: References
      • Chapter 5: Public Policy Shapes Early Childhood Programs
        • 1. Federal involvement in ECE policy and programs
        • 2. Direct federal funding to ECE programs
        • 3.1 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Governance
        • 3.2 Policy developments: The provinces and territories - Funding
        • 3.3 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Access
        • 3.4 Policy developments: The Provinces and Territories - Learning Environments
        • 4. Curriculum
        • 5. Next Steps
        • Chapter 5: Figures
        • Chapter 5: References
      • Chapter 6: Where are we? How Far do we have to go?
        • 1. Improving outcomes for children
        • 2. Three make passing grade
        • Chapter 6: Figures
        • Chapter 6: References
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      • ECE Report
        • Early Childhood Education Report 2011
        • Developing the Report
        • The influence of the OECD and other international measures
        • The ECDI categories
        • I. Benchmarks focused on governance for integrated early childhood education
        • II. Benchmarks focused on funding to promote quality, access and equity
        • III. Benchmarks focused on equitable access
        • IV. Benchmarks focusing on quality in the early learning environment
        • V. Benchmarks focused on accountability
        • Next Steps for the Early Childhood Education Report 2011
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Acknowledgements

Many people contributed to the development of Early Childhood Education 2023. A special thank you to our partner the Abilio — Childhood Knowledge Dissemination Centre, formerly the Centre of Excellence for Early Childhood Development, at the Université Laval and Université de Montréal and Kristell Le Martret and Isabelle Vinet who oversaw the Quebec profile and all translations.

We would like to acknowledge the Atkinson Centre for Society and Child Development, a partnership between the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto and the School of Early Childhood at George Brown College. The valued support and encouragement of the Atkinson chair, Dr. Jennifer Jenkins, the director of the School of Early Childhood, Bernice Cipparrone, and the faculty and administration that makes our work possible.

We are endlessly grateful to our project coordinator Stacey Mudie, who oversees all elements of the report, including endless drafts, logistics, and communications. Without her tireless work, the report would not happen.

The vital contribution of Statistics Canada to this project must be noted. The quality information generated by the department is invaluable for evidence-based policy change.  Consistent and reliable data is central to the work that we do.

A special thank you to Jane Bertrand for her valuable input.

We are most obliged to officials working in provincial and territorial departments and ministries. Their willingness to gather the data, answer our many questions, and review drafts for accuracy were not only essential to the development of this report but provide accountability to Canadians for their investments in the early care and education of our children.

Departments contacted included:

Newfoundland and Labrador
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

New Brunswick
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Nova Scotia
Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

Prince Edward Island
Department of Education and Early Years

Québec
Ministère de la Famille
Ministère de l'Éducation
Ministère du Travail, de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité sociale

Ontario
Ministry of Education

Manitoba
Department of Education and Early Childhood Learning

Saskatchewan
Ministry of Education

Alberta
Alberta Children and Family Services
Alberta Education

British Columbia
Ministry of Education and Child Care

Nunavut
Department of Education

Northwest Territories
Department of Education, Culture, and Employment

Yukon
Department of Education

The production of this report was made possible thanks to the skill and patience of the following: our copy editor, Janice Dyer, translator Maryse Froment-Lebeau, and Kathleen McBride and Cranberryink for graphic design and website development.

The Atkinson Centre sincerely thanks its funding partners: The Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation, The Atkinson Foundation, and The Lawson Foundation; whose support is essential to the creation and dissemination of the Early Childhood Education Report 2023. A special thank you to the Honourable Margaret Norrie McCain and Jane Bertrand (The Margaret and Wallace McCain Family Foundation), Colette Murphy and Jenn Miller (The Atkinson Foundation), and Christine Alden (The Lawson Foundation).

While appreciating the input of many, the authors accept full responsibility for the content of the Early Childhood Education Report 2023.

Dr. Emis Akbari, Kerry McCuaig, and Shelly Mehta.

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