2023-2024 Before and After School Program registration begins on May 24
It’s hard to believe that it’s already time to plan for the 2023-2024 school year, but here we are to remind you that it is! By registering for the City’s…
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Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care System
As of Tuesday, November 1, 94 per cent of licensed childcare service provider sites in Ottawa have opted-in to the new Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care system in Ottawa.…
Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care agreement
On Monday, March 28th, the province and federal government reached an agreement on a National Child Care Plan for Ontario. This new Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care agreement establishes…
Prioritized Families looking for Emergency Child Care
The Ontario government announced this week, that elementary and secondary schools will move to remote learning effective Wednesday, January 5. As a result, starting Monday, January 10, the Province will…
Child Care Affordability Strategy One-Time Financial Assistance
Eligible families will be provided one-time child care fee assistance as part of an affordability strategy to support families in Ottawa. Children’s Services is reinvesting $4M in provincial funding in…
Councillor Kavanagh’s Message
Ottawa Parents Still Waiting for Affordable Quality Childcare This week the City of Ottawa’s Community and Protective Services Committee passed it’s budget which includes much needed increased investments on affordable…
Service de garde Le Cerf-Volant, Maison de la francophonie
Le service de garde Le Cerf-Volant, Maison de la francophonie est maintenant ouvert et nous sommes heureux d’avoir accueillis nos premiers enfants dans notre programme. Nous offrons deux programmes, soit…
Routine and catch-up immunizations
Ottawa – Ottawa Public Health is expanding immunization services offered at its four community vaccination clinics to include routine and catch-up immunizations for eligible children and youth. In addition to…
Need for Affordable Child Care
This week I had the opportunity to attend the province wide conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). During one of the AMO sessions I along with my…
COVID-19 Approach to keep schools safer and open
To support the return to school plan, the Ministry of Education intends to introduce a vaccination disclosure policy for all publicly-funded school board employees and staff in private schools as well as…