$11,100
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Ontario in 2012. Compare that to the $7,180 average cost of university tuition fees in Ontario in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$10,884
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in British Columbia in 2012. That’s double the $5,015 average cost of university tuition fees in B.C. in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$9,900
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Alberta in 2012. The average cost of university tuition fees in Alberta in 2012/13 was $5,883. (Source and source)
$6,732
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Saskatchewan in 2012. That’s about the same as the $6,017 average cost of university tuition fees in Saskatchewan in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$8,328
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Nova Scotia in 2012. That’s more than the $5,934 average cost of university tuition fees in Nova Scotia in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$9,276
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Newfoundland in 2012. That’s considerably more than the $2,649 average cost of university tuition fees in Newfoundland in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$7,836
Average annual cost of child care for two kids in New Brunswick in 2012. That’s more than the $5,917 average cost of university tuition fees in New Brunswick in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$6,792
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Prince Edward Island in 2012. That’s more than the $5,470 average cost of university tuition fees in PEI in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$5,172
Average annual cost of child care for a toddler in Manitoba in 2012. That’s more than the $3,729 average cost of university tuition fees in Manitoba in 2012/13. (Source and source)
$1,824
The annual child-care bill for all parents in Quebec in 2012, thanks to that province’s $7-a-day flat rate child-care program. Tuition in Quebec is also more affordable: it was $2,774 in 2012/13 for average undergraduate tuition. (Source and source)
$100
Amount of the federal government’s monthly payment to families with children under the age of six instead of investing in a universally affordable Canadian child-care plan. (Source)
70,000
Number of newly employed Quebec moms in 2008, thanks to that province’s child-care program. Research shows that for every dollar Quebec invests in affordable child care, it brings back $1.05 into the economy. (Source)
The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative’s Trish Hennessy has long been a fan of Harper Magazine’s one-page list of eye-popping statistics, Harper’s Index. Instead of wishing for a Canadian version to magically appear, she’s created her own index — a monthly listing of numbers about Canada and its place in the world. Hennessy’s Index — A number is never just a number — comes out at the beginning of each month.
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