Child care in Yukon: fees, finding a space and subsidies

What regulated child care costs in Yukon, how to find a space and which subsidies exist, from the official pages.

What child care costs

Canada and Yukon describe the $10 a day figure as an average of out-of-pocket parent fees for full-time regulated spaces for children under six, not a flat fee.

Official page: child care fees ↗ (our automatic checker could not open this site) (read on 2026-11-14)

Find a space

Ask your municipality or the provincial early learning office for the directory of licensed providers, and join waitlists early: many centres have long ones.

Help with the cost (subsidies)

Lower-income families can apply for a separate income-tested subsidy, online or on paper (pick up the form at the Early Learning and Child Care office in Whitehorse or at your centre). Apply ideally 6 to 8 weeks before you need it.

Official page: child care subsidy ↗ (our automatic checker could not open this site)

Also useful

• Child care fees by province (Statistics Canada, April 2024)
• Canada child benefit calculator
• Monthly household budget planner

Fees, income limits and programs change: the official page is the authority, and the statements above were read on the date shown. General information. Quebec has its own system: see AtlasQuébec.

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