Monthly seasonally adjusted data on families and children receiving the Affordable Child Care Benefit. The dataset is published by the Government of British Columbia and includes a data dictionary and examples for working with the data. It was last updated on April 17, 2026.
Use Cases
- Analyze monthly trends in child care benefit uptake based on seasonally adjusted recipient counts
- Model the relationship between economic indicators and benefit recipient numbers based on time-series data
- Forecast future demand for child care subsidies based on historical monthly family and child recipient data
Strengths
- Data is seasonally adjusted, which aids in trend analysis
- Includes a data dictionary and examples for working with the data
- Last updated on April 17, 2026
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
Provenance
- Source
- Government of British Columbia
- Freshness
- Monthly statistics, last updated 2026-04-17
- Geography
- British Columbia