Reports and publications - Federal Secretariat on Early Learning and Child Care
The following reports provide information about early childhood development:
- National Progress Report on Early Learning and Child Care 2021 to 2022
- Children with disabilities and childcare (2025)
- 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 (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.