Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) fee reduction
Système pancanadien d'apprentissage et de garde de jeunes enfants
Paid by Employment and Social Development Canada (delivered by provinces/territories) · 🇨🇦 Canada
What this pays
The published value, how it is calculated, and whether it is cash or a credit ceiling.
Email and a six-digit code, then €50 a year. No password to forget.
Who qualifies
UnlockThe 4 published rules this programme tests you against — age, income, residency, household and the rest.
The steps, documents and official link are part of the paid plan. Checking how much you're owed stays free.
1 document you'll need
UnlockExactly what to gather before you start, so nothing sends you back to the beginning.
Where this comes from
Light purple represents provinces/territories with average fee reductions of 50% or more for regulated child care: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta and British Columbia.
https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/campaigns/child-care.html
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Last checked against the official page on 5 October 2026
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Other family & children support in Canada
15 more programmes are on the paid plan, with the amount, the rules, the documents and the steps for each.
- Child Disability Benefit (CDB)
- Ontario Child Benefit (OCB)
- B.C. Family Benefit
- B.C. Affordable Child Care Benefit
- Quebec Family Allowance (Allocation famille)
- Quebec subsidized childcare (reduced contribution spaces)
- Quebec Parental Insurance Plan (QPIP/RQAP)
- Alberta Child and Family Benefit
- Nova Scotia Child Benefit
- New Brunswick Child Tax Benefit
- Newfoundland and Labrador Child Benefit
- Child Care Expense Deduction
- Ontario Autism Program (OAP)
- Special Services at Home (Ontario)
- Alberta Child Care Subsidy
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Alberta Child Care Subsidy
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Child Care Expense Deduction
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Child Disability Benefit (CDB)
Canada Revenue Agency (CRA)
Quebec Family Allowance (Allocation famille)
Retraite Québec