Licensed Educational Childcare Facilities in New Brunswick

Government of New Brunswick provides a dataset on licensed educational childcare establishments. It details region, district, license number, facility name, site name, type (full-time, part-time, family home), address, authorized capacity for infants, preschoolers, and school-age children, service language, operator details, designation status, and latitude/longitude coordinates.

Use Cases

• Map facility locations and density by region or district using latitude and longitude coordinates for spatial analysis.
• Analyze authorized capacity distribution across infant, preschooler, and school-age children categories to assess service gaps.
• Segment facilities by type (full-time, part-time, family home) and service language to understand market composition.
• Link operator name and identifier with facility details to track ownership patterns across the province.

Strengths

• Includes geographic coordinates (latitude/longitude) enabling spatial analysis and mapping.
• Contains detailed capacity breakdowns for specific age groups: infants, preschoolers, and school-age children.
• Lists multiple facility types: full-time, part-time, and family home establishments.

Limitations

• Unknown row count and dataset size limit assessment of statistical power.
• Data is specific to New Brunswick, Canada, limiting geographic generalizability.
• Relies on government administrative records which may have reporting lags or errors.

Provenance

Source

Government of New Brunswick

Collection Method

Government administrative records for licensed childcare establishments.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated March 2026.

Geography

New Brunswick, Canada