Parental Reasons for Child Care Arrangements Among School-Aged Children

Statistics Canada data enumerating reasons parents and guardians use their main child care arrangement for children aged 6 to 12. It includes categories such as location, affordable cost, and hours of operation. The dataset is updated regularly, with a last recorded update in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the frequency distribution of reasons like location and affordable cost to understand primary parental decision factors.
• Cross-tabulate reasons for using child care arrangements against demographic variables like child age if such data is joined.
• Model the relationship between cited reasons (e.g., hours of operation) and potential socioeconomic indicators from linked datasets.

Strengths

• Data originates from Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Includes specific reason categories such as location, affordable cost, and hours of operation.
• Maintained with a recent update timestamp of March 2026.

Limitations

• Unknown sample size (row count) limits assessment of statistical power.
• Column definitions and full data schema are not provided in the input.
• Data scope is limited to children aged 6 to 12 years in school.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

Survey data collection from parents and guardians.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03 12.

Geography

Canada