Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Funding – Updates to 2024 Allocations: Emerging Issues

Ministry of Education
Early Years and Child Care Division
315 Front Street West, 11th Floor 
Toronto ON M5V 3A4

TO: Consolidated Municipal Service Managers and District Social Services Administration Boards (CMSMs and DSSABs)

FROM: Holly Moran, Assistant Deputy Minister Early Years and Child Care Division

DATE: September 13, 2024

SUBJECT:    Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Funding – Updates to 2024 Allocations: Emerging Issues

Thank you for your ongoing leadership and commitment to ensuring that more families across Ontario have access to safe, affordable and high-quality child care.

The ministry has previously announced 2024 early year and child care funding allocations totalling about $4.1B in investments from the Government of Ontario and Government of Canada for 2024. As we continue to work together to implement the Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) system, including the new, cost-based funding approach starting 2025, I am pleased to share the following updates to 2024 emerging issues funding allocations.

Emerging issues funding is a new and separate allocation under 2024 transfer payment agreements. On November 30, 2023, the ministry announced emerging issues allocations totaling $75 million. The ministry heard early concerns from the sector and CMSMs/DSSABs that such funding was not enough to support licensees with rising costs offset by reduced parent fees. In response, in March, the ministry increased 2024 emerging issues allocations by $23.25 million, bringing total emerging issues funding to $98.25 million for 2024. This additional funding was provided to help alleviate licensees’ non-discretionary cost pressures from January to March 31, 2024.

Through more recent information gathered from CMSMs/DSSABs in June, the ministry understands that licensees have identified further pressures on emerging issues allocations for 23 of 47 CMSMs/DSSABs. Based on this updated information, to provide additional stability through the remainder of 2024 before transitioning to the new, cost-based funding approach effective January 2025, the government has further increased emerging issues funding by another $45.3 million (for a total of $143.6 million for 2024), which continues to be subject to the requirements of Section 8 of the 2024 Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care Guidelines.

 
This additional funding will be provided shortly, according to the “Incremental Allocation (Sept. 2024)” set out in the Appendix. Affected CMSMs/DSSABs will receive updated transfer payment agreements (TPAs) reflecting increased 2024 emerging issues funding.

Thank you for your ongoing support and valuable feedback. We look forward to working together to support the sector, children and families. If you have any financial questions, please contact your ministry Financial Analyst.


Sincerely,

Original signed by

Holly Moran
Assistant Deputy Minister
Early Years and Child Care Division
Ministry of Education

[c:]    Matthew DesRosiers, Director, Funding Branch 
            Financial Analysts, Funding Branch


Appendix: Allocation by SSM

2024 CWELCC Emerging Issues Allocations
 

CMSM/DSSAB  

Initial                             
Allocation                   
(Nov. 2023)                  

Incremental
Allocation      
(Mar. 2024)     

Incremental
Allocation
(Sept. 2024)

Total Allocation      

City Of Brantford

514,729                                158,201

36,611

709,541

City Of Cornwall

237,251                                 72,919

-

310,170

City Of Greater Sudbury

961,066                                314,314

2,840,236

4,115,616

City Of Hamilton

2,815,585                             865,363

-

3,680,948

City Of Kawartha Lakes

212,609                                65,345

425,179

703,133

City Of Kingston

563,455                                173,176

-

736,631

City Of London

2,309,207                           709,729

-

3,018,936

City Of Ottawa

5,987,155                            1,840,138

12,342,831

20,170,124

City Of Peterborough

563,760                               173,270

-

737,030

City Of St. Thomas

322,349                               99,073

18,573

439,995

City Of Stratford

283,242                               87,054

112,946

483,242

City Of Toronto

18,261,242                          5,680,663

5,602,045

29,543,950

City Of Windsor

1,509,474                           463,933

922,695

2,896,102

County Of Bruce

289,135                                88,865

-

378,000

County Of Dufferin

315,806                               97,062

423,764

836,632

County Of Grey

294,351                              90,468

348,181

733,000

County Of Hastings

743,171                                244,802

-

987,973

County Of Huron

170,037                               52,261

97,933

320,231

County Of Lambton

519,116                                159,549

527,715

1,206,380

County Of Lanark

291,705                               89,655

-

381,360

County Of Lennox And Addington

181,282                               55,717

-

236,999

County Of Northumberland

241,747                              74,300

57,115

373,162

County Of Oxford

289,924                             89,108

-

379,032

County Of Renfrew

291,146                               89,483

-

380,629

County Of Simcoe

1,940,074                          596,277

-

2,536,351

County Of Wellington

1,095,750                          355,825

317,545

1,769,120

District Municipality Of Muskoka

148,214                               45,553

380,600

574,367

Municipality Of Chatham-Kent

455,589                             140,024

    -

595,613

Norfolk County

254,772                              78,304

     375,852

708,928

Regional Municipality Of Durham

3,526,763                          1,083,942

7,777,593

12,388,298

Regional Municipality Of Halton

4,895,665                         1,541,353

-

6,437,018

Regional Municipality Of Niagara

1,860,436                          584,658

2,226,968

4,672,062

Regional Municipality Of Peel

7,928,131                           2,436,692

8,518,201

18,883,024

Regional Municipality Of Waterloo

3,435,698                         1,055,954

-

4,491,652

Regional Municipality Of York

8,258,844                         2,538,336

-

10,797,180

United Counties Of Leeds & Grenville

302,309                             92,914

-

395,223

United Counties Of Prescott & Russell

392,561                              120,653

-

513,214

Algoma District Services Administration Board

118,711                                36,485

37,807

193,003

District Of Cochrane Social Services Administration Board

281,052                              86,381

-

367,433

District Of Nipissing Social Services Administration Board

608,499                            202,716

1,629,651

2,440,866

District Of Parry Sound Social Services Administration Board

119,413                              36,701

-

156,114

District Of Sault Ste Marie Services Administration Board

395,926                            132,893

-

528,819

District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board

99,200                              30,489

-

129,689

Kenora District Services Board

212,518                             65,317

-

277,835

Manitoulin-Sudbury District Services Board

70,542                              21,681

72,319

164,542

Rainy River District Social Services Admin Board

68,732                              21,125

-

89,857

The District Of Thunder Bay Social Services Administration Board

362,060                          111,278

249,862

723,200

                                                          PROVINCIAL TOTAL                                                                                                           75,000,000                      23,250,000                        45,342,221                       143,592,221