Child Care & Early Years Service System Plan
The City of Kingston plays a primary role in childcare and early years services in the City of Kingston and Frontenac County.
In accordance with the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, the City must develop a 5-Year Service Plan for licensed child care and early years programs and services for children 0-12 years and their families. The Service Plan will be reflective of the community’s identified needs and provide a system-wide response to established priorities.
Background
The Child Care and Early Years Services (CEYS) team at the City is leading the development of the 2025-2029 Child Care and Early Years Service System Plan to highlight local child care priorities and establish a roadmap to achieve local and system goals while supporting children, families and providers across the region in the City of Kingston and the County of Frontenac. This initiative is designed to align local needs and priorities, while meeting the priorities set forth by provincial frameworks.
A full summary of engagement and work to date can be found below.
Child Care in Kingston-Frontenac
In June 2025, there were 34 licensed Child Care operators that deliver a combined 86 programs! There are approximately 4,000 licensed spaces in licensed Centre-based, School-age programs and Home Child Care programs across Kingston-Frontenac
According to the College of Early Childhood Educators, as of March 2025 there were 655 Registered Early Childhood Educator (RECE) members in good standing working within Kingston-Frontenac
In 2024, there were 39,271 visits made by 4,321 unique children aged 0-6 to Kingston-Frontenac EarlyON Child and Family Programs
Child Care and Early Years Services’ Fee Subsidy program served an average of 467 children per month in 2024 with more than 30% of the children served enrolled in School-age programs
Get Involved
As we work to develop a final draft of the plan, we are seeking input from the community on 5 CEYS priority areas:
Workforce Strategy & Professional Development
Strategic Partnerships & Advocacy
System Access & Equity
Operator Support & Capacity
Data Monitoring, Reporting & Accountability
Take the survey below before September 30 at 11:59 p.m. Email GetInvolved@CityofKingston.ca or call 613-546-0000 for an alternate format of the survey.
La version français du sondage est disponible ici.