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67% of parents of young children report using some form of child care on a regular basis.
Parents in Quebec are more likely to use child care and more likely to use day-care centres, in particular, than parents in other parts of the country.
Parents with higher incomes are more likely to use day-care centres, while parents with lower incomes are more likely to have their children cared for by other relatives.
Parents who do not use child-care services make more frequent use of public facilities (e.g., libraries, museums, parks). (See Figure 11.)
Figure 11: Proportion of parents (with and without children in child care) who engage in learning activities with their children
Source: Canadian Council on Learning. Survey of Canadian Attitudes toward Learning, 2008
Most parents limit their young children’s “screen time”—although they allow more time for watching television, videos or DVDs than for playing video or computer games. (See Figure 5.)
Figure 5: Proportion of parents who allow their young children (ages 2–5) “screen time”
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