Child Care Attendance Times for School-Aged Children in Canada

Statistics Canada provides data on the number and percentage of children aged 6 to 12 years by the times of day they attended child care arrangements. The dataset covers child care usage patterns for school-aged children. It is available in XML, HTML, and CSV formats and was last updated in March 2026.

Use Cases

• Analyze the distribution of child care attendance times to identify peak usage periods for resource planning.
• Model the relationship between child age and preferred times of day for care arrangements.
• Calculate percentages of children using care at specific times to inform policy on after-school program demand.

Strengths

• Data is produced by Statistics Canada, a national statistical agency.
• Last update was in March 2026, indicating recent maintenance.

Limitations

• The total number of rows and specific column definitions are unknown, limiting analytical scope.
• Data granularity is unclear, potentially lacking demographic or regional breakdowns.

Provenance

Source

Statistics Canada

Collection Method

National survey or administrative data collection.

Time Range

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Freshness

Updated in March 2026.

Geography

Canada