Community: Kingston
Number of spaces: 39
Number of staff: 7
Vacancies: 6
Waiting list: 10
Years serving community: 36
Risk factors: loss of 4 and 5 year-olds, lack of subsidies – vacancies, underfunding
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Community: North York
Number of spaces: 61
Number of staff: 9
Vacancies: none
Wait list: yes
Years serving community: 32
Risk factors: staffing shortages, staff retention (wages/benefits), increasing parent fees, lack of space (room for expansion).
Community: Toronto
Number of spaces: 96
Number of staff: 14
Vacancies: 15
Waiting list: “long!”
Years serving community: 32
Risk factors: Insufficient funding, Increasing parent fees, Space in schools, renovation costs Continue reading
Community: Norwood Only licensed centre in the community
Number of licensed spaces: 100
Number of jobs: 19
Risk factors: Staff retention, increased parent fees, loss of 4 and 5s
Years serving community: 16
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Community: Atikokan – only licensed child care in the community
Number of licensed spaces 69
Number of staff: 8
Years serving the community: 23 Continue reading
Communities: Ayton, Dundalk, Holstein, Durham, Markdale, Osprey, Paisley (only not-for-profit licensed child care option in the area)
Number of Licensed Spaces: 287
Number of Staff: 40
Years serving community: 28
Risk factors: staff retention (wages/benefits), decreased enrollment (vacancies), increasing parent fees, rural child care
Community: Scarborough
Number of spaces: 67
Number of jobs: 10
Waiting list: 40
Vacancies: 22
Years serving community: 24
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Community: Thorold
Number of Licensed spaces: 80
Number of Staff: 7
Vacancies: 30
Years serving community: 24
Risk factors: Rural child care, loss of staff, loss of children to FDK – vacancies, decreased enrollment, increasing parent fees, lack of capital for renovations Continue reading
Community: Orillia
Number of Licensed spaces: 76
Number of Staff: 15
Vacancies: 14
Waiting List: 30
Years serving community: 27
Risk factors: decrease in enrollment (vacancies), loss of staff, lack of subsidies, cost of renovations and caring for younger children
Community: Ottawa
Number of licensed spaces: 51
Number of staff: 10
Waiting list: we are registered with a centralized wait list (over 100)
Years serving community: 38
Risk factors: loss of staff, cost of running program for younger children, lack of subsidies, space in school,