ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund – Funding Announcement · ChildCareBC 2025-04-03

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On March 24, the Province of B.C. and the Government of Canada announced a total of more than $62 million through the ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund and the 2025-26 Child Care Infrastructure Fund to create more than 750 new licensed child care spaces in regions throughout B.C. This is in addition to $3.5 million allocated earlier in the fiscal year supporting the development of 320 school age care spaces, for a total of almost 1,100 new school age care spaces. These include: 320 spaces across 13 school district applications 531 spaces across 12 ChildCareBC New Spaces Fund projects approved in March 2025 243 spaces funded through the 2025/26 Infrastructure Fund across 5 Indigenous-led projects Thanks to the dedication of B.C.’s child care sector, there are now over 159,000 spaces at 5,700 facilities receiving child care funding.