A Statistical Overview
A profile of the child care workforce
Approximately 300,000 people in Canada work in the broader child care sector.
In the regulated sector, there are 136,180 early childhood educators and assistants:
- Centre-based early childhood educators (ECEs) and assistants: 92,485
- Home-based ECEs and assistants: 43,695
- Percent of female child care workers: 96
Full-time or part-time
More home-based ECEs and assistants work full-time than their centre-based counterparts:
- Centre-based ECEs and assistants working full-time: 60,500 (65%)
- Home-based ECEs and assistants working full-time: 33,000 (75%)
Comparable occupations
The broader child care workforce also includes:
- Kindergarten teachers: 30,000
- Teaching assistants working with children younger than 12 years of age: 40,000
- Babysitters, nannies and parents' helpers: 92,700
Diversity counts
The workforce reflects the diversity of Canadian society:
- ECEs and assistants who are immigrants: 20%
- ECEs and assistants who are visible minorities: 12%
- Related occupations with a lower proportion of immigrants and visible minorities
than the general population: teaching assistants, elementary and kindergarten teachers
- Related occupations with a higher proportion of immigrants and visible minorities than
the general population: babysitters, nannies and parents' helpers
Workforce distribution by age
The average age of the child care workforce reveals that, compared with all occupations, the
sector is gaining older workers and losing younger ones:
- Occupation with the largest increase in the proportion of workers 40 years of age or older:
ECEs and assistants
- Occupation with the largest decrease in the proportion of workers 25 years of age or younger:
ECEs and assistants
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