{"id":86471,"date":"2026-05-28T16:48:58","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/?post_type=engagement&#038;p=86471"},"modified":"2026-05-28T16:55:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T23:55:14","slug":"child-care-in-bc","status":"publish","type":"engagement","link":"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/child-care-in-bc\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of Child Care in B.C."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group engage-banner has-background\" style=\"background-color:#fbda80\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"top\">Engagement is open until July 9, 2026<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover\"><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#6a595c\"><\/span><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"782\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-86577\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/05\/CCBC-webbanner-h-RGB_Our-Plan_arm-sling--scaled.jpg\" style=\"object-position:0% 100%\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" data-object-position=\"0% 100%\" srcset=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/05\/CCBC-webbanner-h-RGB_Our-Plan_arm-sling--scaled.jpg 2560w, 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class=\"wp-block-engagement-container\"><div class=\"engagement-page\"><div class=\"engagement-content-wrapper\"><h1 class=\"engagement-title-banner \" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/themes\/bcgov-engagement\/dist\/images\/blue-curve-bg.svg)\">The Future of Child Care in B.C.<\/h1>\n<div class=\"wp-block-engagement-content\"><bcgov-breadcrumb>\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\">Home<\/a>\n                      <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/\">Engagement Opportunities<\/a> \n                  <span>\n        The Future of Child Care in B.C.\n  <\/span>\n  <div style=\"display: flex\" slot=\"breadcrumb-extra\">\n      <\/div>\n  <\/bcgov-breadcrumb>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">On this page:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"#summary\" title=\"\">Engagement summary<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"#contribution\" title=\"\">Organization submissions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-govtogether-call-to-action\"><div class=\"cta-header\"><p class=\"cta-status status-open\" aria-label=\"Status: open\">open<\/p><p class=\"days-left-message\"><\/p><\/div><div class=\"cta-body\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-bcgov-primary-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/feedback.engage.gov.bc.ca\/829274?lang=en\">Take the survey<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Survey is open until July 9 at 4 pm PT<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-govtogether-engagement-header\"><div class=\"text-column\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Dates:<\/strong> May 28 to July 9, 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Who: <\/strong>The Ministry of Education and Child Care<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What: <\/strong>The future of child care in B.C.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong> Province-wide<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why:<\/strong> We want to know how the child care social program is working and where improvements are still needed<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How: <\/strong>Online<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"taxonomy-engagement_category wp-block-post-terms\"><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__prefix\"><strong>Category: <\/strong><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/education-and-training\/\" rel=\"tag\">Education and Training<\/a><span class=\"wp-block-post-terms__separator\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement_category\/families-and-residents\/\" rel=\"tag\">Families and Residents<\/a><\/div><\/div><div class=\"image-column\"><span role=\"img\" aria-label=\"\" class=\"engagement-image\" style=\"background-image:url(https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2026\/05\/CCBC-webbanner-h-RGB_ECE-scaled.jpg);background-position:57.99999999999999% 35%\"><\/span><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"summary\">Engagement summary<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>\u200b\u200bChild care in B.C. has come a long way. Lower fees, more spaces, and a bigger workforce with the newest social program in a generation. Now, the Province is building on this progress to guide the future of child care in B.C. We are&nbsp;asking for public input to better understand how&nbsp;child care is&nbsp;working for families and&nbsp;determine&nbsp;priorities going forward.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With this survey, we want to hear directly from:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Parents and guardians<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Early childhood educators and the early childhood workforce<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Child care operators and communities throughout B.C.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tell us about what\u2019s working and where improvements are needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This engagement will help inform how we can continue to strengthen child care in B.C. for families, educators, and most importantly, children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"org-submissions\">Organization submissions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>This public survey is meant to capture individual perspectives. If you represent an organization or association, you are welcome to give your input with a written submission to <a href=\"mailto:ChildCareBC.Engagement@gov.bc.ca\">ChildCareBC.Engagement@gov.bc.ca<\/a> by July 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Submissions must meet the following criteria:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Does not contain profanity or content that is defamatory, threatening, hateful, personally disparaging, harassing, indecent, vulgar, obscene, illegal, immoral or sexually explicit (partially masking profanity or other unacceptable language by substituting asterisks or other symbols into a word is not acceptable if the word remains recognizable)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not appear to, or actually, infringe the copyright, trademark, right of privacy, right of publicity or any other intellectual property or other proprietary right of any third party<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not contain information about, or images (e.g., photographs, videos or illustrations) of, any person other than the person submitting the content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not advertise any product, person or organization, or direct attention to another website for personal gain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not provide links to, or information about, other sites that contain unlawful, objectionable or inappropriate content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not make unproven or unsupported accusations against individuals, groups or organizations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does not appear to be spam-like messaging, a repeat posting or a template letter writing campaign<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Is not far off topic<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Collection Notice:&nbsp;<\/strong>Your personal information will be collected for the purposes of informing the&nbsp;Child Care in B.C.&nbsp;engagement. If you have any questions about the collection of this personal information, please contact: Director, Citizen Engagement,&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:citizenengagement@gov.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">citizenengagement@gov.bc.ca<\/a>. This information is being collected by the Ministry of&nbsp;Education and Child Care&nbsp;under the authority of section 26(c) and 26(e) of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act (\u201cFOIPPA\u201d).&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Related engagements<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"related-engagements\">\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: The Future of WorkBC. Categories: Economy and Jobs, Education and Training, Families and Residents. Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/the-future-of-workbc\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        The Future of WorkBC                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">Economy and Jobs<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Education and Training<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Families and Residents<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/the-future-of-workbc\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2025\/05\/Employment-Services-Banner-sm-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: International Credential Recognition. Categories: Economy and Jobs, Education and Training, Multi-language. Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/foreign-credential-recognition\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        International Credential Recognition                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">Economy and Jobs<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Education and Training<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Multi-language<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/foreign-credential-recognition\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/04\/FCR-professionals-no-text-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: Asbestos Abatement Licensing and Training. Categories: Education and Training. Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/asbestos-abatement-licensing-and-training\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        Asbestos Abatement Licensing and Training                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">Education and Training<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/asbestos-abatement-licensing-and-training\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/01\/51105365207_c539251f50_o-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: Rodenticide Regulation Changes. Categories: Education and Training, Law and Public Safety. Status: Closed with results.\">\n            <div class=\"card-header\">\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-status status-closed with results\">\n                                            Closed with results                                     <\/div>\n\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/rodenticide-regulation-changes\/\" class=\"engagement-title\">\n                        Rodenticide Regulation Changes                <\/a>\n\n                <div class=\"engagement-categories\">\n                                                                        <span class=\"category-pill\">Education and Training<\/span>\n                                                    <span class=\"category-pill\">Law and Public Safety<\/span>\n                                                            <\/div>\n                \n            <\/div>\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/govtogetherbc\/engagement\/rodenticide-regulation-changes\/\" class=\"card-image-container\">\n                <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"engagement-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/engage.gov.bc.ca\/app\/uploads\/sites\/121\/2023\/01\/51268561543_65dfd23ae6_o-scaled.jpg\" \/>\n            <\/a>\n\n        <\/div>\n                                    <div class=\"govtogether-engagement-card\" aria-label=\"Engagement title: Reporting on Student Learning in the Classroom. 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