A new report suggests hundreds of thousands of Canadian children live in areas of the country devoid of available daycare spaces.
The study by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives says 776-thousand Canadian kids — 44 per cent of all school-aged children — live in these so-called “child-care deserts”
Researchers found cities in provinces more active in regulating child care were more likely to have broader coverage. As a result, fewer than five per cent of children in Charlottetown and Quebec cities were under-served.