Parent Reasons For Before And After School Care In Canada

Statistics Canada provides survey data on why parents and guardians use before or after school care for children aged 4 to 12. The dataset reports the number and percentage of children in these arrangements, categorized by the primary reasons for their use.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of primary reasons for using before or after school care to identify dominant parental needs.
• Compare the percentage of children in care across different reason categories to assess service demand drivers.
• Model the relationship between child age groups (4-12 years) and the cited reasons for care arrangement usage.

Strengths

• Data originates from Statistics Canada, the national statistical office.
• Includes both numerical counts and percentage breakdowns for analysis.
• Covers a specific demographic: school-aged children from 4 to 12 years.

Limitations

• The dataset is marked as inactive, indicating no planned future updates.
• Specific sample size (row count) and detailed column structure are unavailable.
• Lacks raw microdata, presenting only aggregated summaries.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Survey data, likely from the General Social Survey or similar.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026, but dataset is inactive.

Geography

Canada