Reports and publications - Federal Secretariat on Early Learning and Child Care

The following reports provide information about early childhood development:

• Reducing Inequalities in Early Childhood Education and Care (2025)
• Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) – Reports on Early Childhood Education and Care in the Digital Age (2023)
• National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care 2020 to 2021
• National progress report on Early Learning and Child Care 2019 to 2020
• Three-year summary report of the Early Learning and Child Care bilateral agreements 2017 to 2020
• Engagement on federal early learning and child care legislation: What We Heard Report (2022)
• Canada country background report – Quality in early childhood education and care (2021)
• National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care (2018 to 2019)
  • National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care (2018 to 2019) – Summary
• National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care (2017 to 2018)
• Defining and measuring the quality of Early Learning and Child Care: A literature review (2019)
• Indigenous Early Learning and Child Care Framework (2018)
• Multilateral Early Learning and Child Care Framework (2017)
• Public Investments in Early Childhood Education and Care in Canada (2013)

Archived publications

Our archived publications can be found by searching the collection of Government of Canada publications.