About the Day Care in Ontario Market Research Report
What’s Included in the Day Care in Ontario Market Research Report
Definition of the Day Care in Ontario?
Day care centres are licensed facilities that provide care, supervision and early childhood education to children, typically from infancy to age five. These centres support working families by offering structured, safe environments where children can be cared for during their parents’ work day while learning, socializing and developing key skills under the supervision of caregivers.
What’s included in the Day Care in Ontario?
The Day Care in Ontario includes providing preschool-aged day care centres, providing school-aged day care centres and providing regulated family child care. Related terms covered in the Day Care in Ontario industry report includes the number of available spots in a given child-care centre that are filled by children requiring care. a rate of at least 70.0% is necessary for a centre to be profitable, a legal ratio mandated under provincial law for child-care centres for the maximum number of children per staff member and a tax-free monthly payment made to eligible families to help them with the cost of raising children under 18 years of age.
Industry Performance of the Day Care industry in Ontario
Benchmark the Day Care in Ontario industry performance with all ON Census Metropolitan Area and national performance.
Day Care in Ontario
#2 in Highest Revenue 25.2% of province's GDPRevenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
Day Care in Canada
Revenue (2025)
Annual Growth (2020-25)
Annual Growth (2025-30)
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Key Drivers of the Day Care industry in Ontario
See how key industry drivers, such as median houshold income, governmentt debt, per capita disposable income, government consumption and investment, national unemployment rate and per capita disposable income are impacting Day Care in Ontario
Ontario Economic Indicators
Median Houshold Income
Governmentt Debt
Per Capita Disposable Income
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Canada Key External Drivers
Government consumption and investment
National unemployment rate
Per capita disposable income
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Census Metropolitan Area Data of the Day Care industry in Ontario
Access proprietary data on Census Metropolitan Area in the Day Care in Ontario, such as Toronto, Ottawa - Gatineau and Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo. Data includes figures on revenue, establishments, employees and wages by Census Metropolitan Areas.
Key Statistics of the Day Care industry in Ontario
Download 18 years of historical data and 5 years of projected performance.


