{"id":"u110","name":"Lower Child Care Fees (Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care System)","type":"program","typeLabel":"Program","what":"Canada and Ontario pay part of the cost of licensed child care so families pay less. At child care programs enrolled in the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system, fees for children under 6 are capped at $22 a day. The provincial average is $19 a day. The Ontario page, updated September 2026, still lists the $22 a day cap.","forWhom":"Families with a child under 6 at a licensed child care centre or home child care agency that is enrolled in CWELCC. You do not have to apply for the lower fee. The reduction applies when the provider charges more than $12 a day. Families with low income can also apply separately for a City of Toronto Child Care Fee Subsidy.","cost":"Fees capped at $22 a day for a child under 6 at an enrolled program","tags":["CWELCC","$22 a day child care","child care fees","licensed child care","early learning","Toronto Children's Services"],"topics":["parents","benefits","money"],"place":{"country":"Canada","region":"Ontario","city":"Toronto","label":"Toronto","cc":"CA","scope":"city"},"website":"https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/community-partners/early-learning-child-care-partners/canada-wide-early-learning-child-care-agreement-cwelcc/","sources":["https://www.ontario.ca/page/canada-ontario-early-years-and-child-care-agreement","https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/community-partners/early-learning-child-care-partners/canada-wide-early-learning-child-care-agreement-cwelcc/","https://www.toronto.ca/data/children/dmc/a2z/a2za.html","https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/children-parenting/children-programs-activities/licensed-child-care/child-care-locator/","https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/children-parenting/children-programs-activities/licensed-child-care/","https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/news/2025/12/canada-and-ontario-agree-to-one-year-extension-of-the-canada-wide-early-learning-and-child-care-agreement.html","https://www.toronto.ca/home/311-toronto-at-your-service/","https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/children-parenting/children-programs-activities/licensed-child-care/home-child-care-agencies/"],"checked":"2026-10-04","added":"2026-10-04","verified":"checked","checkEvery":90,"deadline":null,"deadlineNote":"No application and no deadline for the lower fee. Many centres have wait lists, so get on them early. Canada and Ontario extended their child care agreement to March 31, 2027.","status":"listed","routes":[{"kind":"Search the A to Z list of Toronto child care centres (see the CWELCC participating column)","url":"https://www.toronto.ca/data/children/dmc/a2z/a2za.html","value":null,"seen":"2026-10-04","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Find a Child Care Near You (City of Toronto search)","url":"https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/children-parenting/children-programs-activities/licensed-child-care/child-care-locator/","value":null,"seen":"2026-10-04","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Office phone","url":"https://www.toronto.ca/home/311-toronto-at-your-service/","value":"311 (24 hours a day, 7 days a week, help in more than 180 languages)","seen":"2026-10-04","source":"their own site"},{"kind":"Office phone","url":null,"value":"311","seen":"2026-10-04","source":"their own site"}],"primaryRoute":{"kind":"Search the A to Z list of Toronto child care centres (see the CWELCC participating column)","url":"https://www.toronto.ca/data/children/dmc/a2z/a2za.html","value":null,"seen":"2026-10-04","source":"their own site"},"routeCount":4,"channels":[{"kind":"website","url":"https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/community-partners/early-learning-child-care-partners/canada-wide-early-learning-child-care-agreement-cwelcc/","label":"Website","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-04","source":"their own site"}],"spaceCount":1,"spacesSeen":"2026-10-04","phone":"311","contact":{"email":null,"url":"https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/community-partners/early-learning-child-care-partners/canada-wide-early-learning-child-care-agreement-cwelcc/","route":"Search the A to Z list of Toronto child care centres (see the CWELCC participating column)"},"steps":["Open the City of Toronto A to Z list of licensed child care centres and look for Yes in the CWELCC participating column, or search by location with Find a Child Care Near You. For home child care, see the City's Home Child Care Agencies page.","Contact the centres you like and ask to join their wait list. Get on wait lists early.","Ask the centre to confirm it is enrolled in CWELCC. Enrolled providers must say so in their parent handbook. You do not need to apply for the lower fee.","If your income is low, also apply for a City of Toronto Child Care Fee Subsidy (416-338-8888) to pay even less."],"languages":["English"],"welcomes":[],"reachNum":null,"reachUnit":null,"reachKind":"none","reachSource":null,"reachSeen":null,"intents":{"reach":false,"grow":null,"job":false,"volunteer":false,"specialist":null,"opps":false,"housing":false,"money":true,"info":false,"marriage":false},"stale":false,"staleDays":0,"checkedNote":"Facts read from the source pages on 2026-10-04; spaces read from their site on 2026-10-04; re-checked every 90 days.","spaces":[{"kind":"website","label":"Website","url":"https://www.toronto.ca/community-people/community-partners/early-learning-child-care-partners/canada-wide-early-learning-child-care-agreement-cwelcc/","reach":null,"unit":null,"seen":"2026-10-04","note":null}],"missing":["organization email (not published on their pages)","follower or subscriber counts (platform pages do not expose them to readers; ask the organization or check the platform)","what they welcome from outside parties (their pages do not say)","audience number for the organization as a whole (not public)"]}