Status of Day Care in Canada 1986: A Review of the Major Findings of the National Day Care Study, 1986 = Situation de la garde de jour au Canada, 1986: Revue des principales conclusions de l'etude nationale menee en 1986.

Reviewed are major findings of the National Day Care Study (1986), a study intended to present to Canadians a general overview of day care services in Canada. Brief descriptions of major findings concern the increase in day care spaces, age groups served by day care programs, sponsorship of day care centers, day care spaces by province, and full-time day care spaces in Canada in relation to the number of day care age children of parents in the labor market. Tables provide data on: (1) the distribution of center spaces, family day care spaces, and day care centers by year; (2) spaces in day care centers and family day care homes by age of children served (1986); (3) sponsorship of center spaces for 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1985, and 1986; (4) sponsorship of center spaces for 1985 and 1986; (5) interprovincial comparison of day care spaces; and (6) interprovincial comparison of day care spaces by auspices. Tables 7 through 10 give data on infant day care for children from birth through 17 months of age, and for children between 18 and 36 months; between 3 and 6 years; and between 6 and 13 years. The text is provided in both English and French. (RH)