Job prospects Child Care Provider - Private Home near Whitehorse (YT)

The employment outlook will be good for Home child care providers (NOC 44100) in Yukon for the 2024-2026 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

• Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
• There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

• Demand for child care workers is expected to grow from 2024 to 2026 due to increasing demand for child care spaces within the territory.
• The Government of Yukon's 2024-25 fiscal budget includes $42.5 million in funding for early learning and childcare programs and aims to create 110 new child care spaces in the territory by 2026.
• Home child care providers can complete early learning coursework at Yukon University or elsewhere. They can apply for certification through the Government of Yukon.
• In the Yukon, a family day home may provide care to four infants or six preschoolers-where not more than three are infants-or eight preschool children 18 months or older. A family day home providing care for four or more children must be licensed (Government of Yukon 2024).

Here are some key facts about Home child care providers in Yukon:

• Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
• Home child care providers mainly work in the following sectors:
  • Health care and social services (NAICS 62): more than 95%
• The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
  • Full-time workers: 67% compared to 84% for all occupations
  • Part-time workers: 33% compared to 16% for all occupations
• 33% of home child care providers work all year, while 67% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 33 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
• 56% of home child care providers are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
• The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
  • Men: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
  • Women: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
• The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
  • no high school diploma: 64% compared to 11% for all occupations
  • high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 25% for all occupations
  • apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
  • college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
  • bachelor's degree: n/a
  • university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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