By the end of 2024, the Town of Gananoque will see brand new licensed child care spaces.
This week the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville in partnership with the Town of Gananoque and the YMCA of Eastern Ontario will be allocating 44 new spaces as part of the broader Canada Wide Early Learning Child Care plan.
Under the CWELCC, the Province of Ontario approved the CWELCC Leeds and Grenville Directed Growth Strategy that will see 397 new affordable licensed infant, toddler and preschool spaces being created across Leeds and Grenville by the end of 2026.
The 397 CWELCC new child care spaces will be an addition to the current 881 infant, toddler and preschool and 1,271 kindergarten/school age centre-based spaces, and 62 licensed home provider spaces currently operating in Leeds and Grenville.
The new spaces will include a mix of not for profit and for profit settings, to provide families with choice and flexibility.
(By: Tim Baltz)
