Appendix A: Labour Market Insights Based on Job Postings in the Child Care Eco System

Table A1: Labour Market Insights Based on Job Postings in the Child Care Industry and Key Occupations, City of Toronto, December 2022- November 2023

Source: https://workforceinnovation.ca/ Job Posting Data. This report presents information sourced from job ads posted by employers and agencies on over 50 publicly accessible websites.

Appendix A, Figure A1

Source: https://workforceinnovation.ca/ Job Posting Data. This report presents information sourced from job ads posted by employers and agencies on over 50 publicly accessible websites.

Appendix A, Figure A2

Source: https://workforceinnovation.ca/ Job Posting Data. This report presents information sourced from job ads posted by employers and agencies on over 50 publicly accessible websites.

Appendix A, Figure A3

Source: https://workforceinnovation.ca/ Job Posting Data. This report presents information sourced from job ads posted by employers and agencies on over 50 publicly accessible websites.

1. Financial Accountability Office of Ontario. (2023, May 16). Women in Ontario’s Labour Market: Progress, challenges, and potential impacts of $10 a day child care. https://www.fao-on.org/en/Blog/Publications/wilma#fig5-2-image
2. To identify child care programs and their employees, the report used the industry code for “Child Day-Care Services” from the North American Industry Classification System (NAICS), code 62441.
3. According to some latest news articles, the province does not track how many operators have left the $10-a-day program, but in Toronto, the city says seven have withdrawn. Jones, A. (2024, January 17). Why a Toronto daycare is exiting the $10-a-day program over funding uncertainty. The Globe and Mail. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/toronto/article-why-a-toronto-daycare-is-exiting-the-10-a-day-program-over-funding/
4. Government of Canada. (2023). Toward $10-a-day: Early Learning and Child Care. Retrieved from https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/campaigns/child-care.html
5. Please note that numerous figures in this paper omit statistics for the year 2020. This is attributed to the closure of all licensed child care programs between March and June 2020, in compliance with provincial orders amid the pandemic, except for Licensed Home Child Care. Additionally, before-and-after school programs experienced mandatory closures from January 2021 to mid-February and again from April to the end of the 2021 school year. By Fall 2020, 93% of centres had reopened following strict Health & Safety protocols, but families did not return as normal and most centres had low enrolment. The demand for fee subsidy also decreased due to changes in employment and virtual schooling. The following information is based on normal operations and does not take into account reduced operating capacities and temporary closures resulting from the pandemic. Hence 2020 numbers were not recorded.
6. Note that the 0-4 population has been adjusted to reflect the fact that, in any given year, one-third of 3-year-olds and two-thirds of 4-year-olds who could be in full-time (pre-school) child care will, as of September, be eligible for Junior Kindergarten. The calculations in the table were made based on the addition of one-fifth of the 0-4 age group added to the 5-9 age group.
7. Raising the Village. (n.d.). Child & Family Demographics. Retrieved from https://raisingthevillage.ca/child-family-demographics-3/
8. Data regarding the precise total number of spaces provided by licensed home child care providers in Toronto at a specific point in time is unavailable. This is due to the dynamic nature of these agencies, which can expand (by engaging more home child care providers) or contract at any given time. Additionally, individual home child care providers operate in varied physical spaces, and their capacity to accommodate more children may vary. Some providers may have the flexibility to expand the number of children cared for during specific periods, such as evenings and/or weekends.
9. Postsecondary education includes individuals whose highest level of educational attainment encompasses an apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma, a college, or other non-university certificate or diploma, a university certificate or diploma below the bachelor level, or a university degree.
10. It should be noted that the occupation of Home Child Care Providers (HCCPs) also includes live-in care givers and babysitter, which will likely pull the median hourly wage downwards because of different working arrangements.
11. The occupations are classified according to the National Occupational Classification (NOC) 2021, which serves as the widely recognized taxonomy and organizational framework for occupations in the Canadian labor market. The listed occupations are categorized based on levels of educational requirements determined by the Training, Education, Experience, and Responsibilities (TEER) Category. The TEER Category, represented by the second digit in the NOC, delineates the requisite training, education, experience, and responsibilities associated with each occupation. NOC 2021 Version 1.0 comprises six TEER categories. Each TEER category is characterized by the specific amount and type of training and education necessary to enter and fulfill the duties of a particular occupation. It also factors in the required experience and the complexity of responsibilities inherent in the work.