Government of New Brunswick, March 11, 2025
Excerpt: "The provincial government is investing $200 million over five years to extend three child-care agreements with the federal government.
One of them, the Canada-New Brunswick Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, has been extended to March 31, 2031.
“Extending this agreement with our partners in the federal government will allow us to continue providing access to the high-quality and affordable early learning and child-care system that New Brunswickers deserve,” said Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Claire Johnson. “This investment represents our continued commitment to support parents’ workforce participation while ensuring their children are in nurturing, responsive, high-quality learning environments.”
The federal government is investing $876.3 million over five years beginning in 2026-27 to extend that agreement and the Canada New-Brunswick Early Learning and Child Care Agreement. This will be used to subsidize more than 17,000 child-care spaces in the New Brunswick Early Learning Centre and New Brunswick Early Learning Home designation program, as well as spaces that have been allocated but are not yet open. Additionally, the Canada-New Brunswick Early Learning and Child Care Infrastructure Funding Agreement is being extended for one year."
