Ontario’s 2025 Early Years and Child Care Annual Report

Ministry of Education
Early Years and Child Care Division

315 Front Street West
11th Floor
Toronto ON M5V 3A4

Date:                                     December 11, 2025

Memorandum To:      Child Care and Early Years Partners

From:                                   Holly Moran
                                                  Assistant Deputy Minister
                                                  Early Years and Child Care Division

Subject:                             Ontario’s 2025 Early Years and Child Care Annual Report

Thank you for your ongoing support and collaboration as we continue to work together to ensure that child care and early years settings remain healthy and welcoming places for children to learn and grow. A strong and accessible child care and early years system is a critical support for Ontario families.

We are pleased to provide you with Ontario’s 2025 Early Years and Child Care Annual Report. You can find the report on the ministry's website. It contains valuable information about our child care and early years system, as well as Ontario’s progress in line with our commitments under the federal-provincial early learning and child care funding agreements.

I hope this report will help you to better understand the early years and child care system in which you play an important part. Much of the data in the report is captured through the Child Care Licensing System as well as through the Ministry of Education’s annual data collection from licensed child care centres and home child care agencies. Thank you to all licensees who completed this data collection in 2025 – your efforts are much appreciated and significantly contribute to more informed decision-making in the province.

Should you have any questions about Ontario’s 2025 Early Years and Child Care Annual Report, please feel free to contact the Early Years Branch at EarlyYears.Branch@ontario.ca. 

Sincerely,
 
 
Holly Moran

cc:    Whitney Wilson, Director, Early Years Branch
          Karen Puhlmann, Director, Child Care Branch
          Matthew Desrosiers, Director, Funding Branch