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Ministry of Children and Family Development

Government Communications and Public Engagement
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Backgrounders

Expanded $10 a Day ChildCareBC sites in the northwest

This backgrounder contains additional information on sites that will introduce 348 $10 a Day ChildCareBC spaces in communities throughout the northwest.

KITIMAT –

Coast Mountain Children Society
Kitimat Coast Mountain Children Society; 33 spaces (eight infant-toddler, 25 three years old to kindergarten age), non-profit located on school grounds

KITIMAAT VILLAGE –

Haisla Nation Council
Cimo'ca Childcare; 34 spaces (eight infant-toddler, 16 three years old to kindergarten age, 10 school age), Indigenous-led

SMITHERS –

Kyah Wiget Education Society
Wit'suwit'en Child and Family Center; 29 spaces (10 infant-toddler, 19 three years old to kindergarten age), Indigenous-led non-profit located on school grounds

TERRACE –

Coast Mountain Children Society
Terrace Coast Mountain Children Society; 176 spaces (36 infant-toddler, 80 three years old to kindergarten age, 60 school age), non-profit located on school grounds

P.A.C.E.S Day Care Society

  • P.A.C.E.S. Day Care; 40 spaces (12 infant-toddler, 16 three years old to kindergarten age, 12 school age), non-profit located on school grounds
  • P.A.C.E.S. Day Care #2; 36 spaces (12 infant-toddler, 24 three years old to kindergarten age), non-profit

Some communities already have existing $10 a Day sites that were a part of the 2018 launch in addition to the expanded sites listed above. To see a comprehensive list of $10 a Day sites in the province, visit: www.gov.bc.ca/10aDayChildCareBC