A ward’s Child Care Fee Subsidy Target is calculated by dividing the total number of available subsidies (based on the City’s approved budget) by the ward’s proportion of Toronto’s low-income children (a child is considered low-income if their family is living below Statistics Canada’s Low-Income Measure, after tax).

For example, If a ward has 5% of Toronto’s low-income children, they are entitled to have 5% of the available subsidies. Within each ward, subsidies are then allocated to age groups (infant, toddler, preschool, kindergarten & school age) based on the proportion of children in each group.

Current Status of Ward Subsidy Targets

The following maps and data tables show how close each ward is to their subsidy target. On the maps, the red values indicate the number of subsidies above/below the target for the ward.

Map showing which wards are above, below or at their target number of subsidized children. The data for this map can be found under the header - The Data Behind the Maps.
All age groups
Map showing which wards are above, below or at their target number of subsidized infant children. The data for this map can be found under the header - The Data Behind the Maps.
Infants
Map showing which wards are above, below or at their target number of subsidized infant children. The data for this map can be found under the header - The Data Behind the Maps.
Toddlers
Map showing which wards are above, below or at their target number of subsidized preschool children. The data for this map can be found under the header - The Data Behind the Maps.
Preschool
Map showing which wards are above, below or at their target number of subsidized kindergarten children. The data for this map can be found under the header - The Data Behind the Maps.
Kindergarten
Map showing which wards are above, below or at their target number of subsidized school age children. The data for this map can be found under the header - The Data Behind the Maps.
School age

Number of child care fee subsidies above/below target

Ward All age groups Infant Toddler Preschool Kindergarten School age
Etobicoke North -804 -60 -6 50 -221 -567
Etobicoke Centre -221 -17 6 33 -64 -179
Etobicoke-Lakeshore -160 -30 20 24 -59 -115
Parkdale-High Park -253 -31 -1 -7 -82 -132
York South-Weston -224 -15 51 80 -104 -236
York Centre -49 -19 42 110 -52 -130
Humber River-Black Creek -313 -25 51 126 -104 -361
Eglinton-Lawrence -229 -19 18 64 -85 -207
Davenport -193 -30 1 25 -74 -115
Spadina-Fort York 23 -36 9 65 -41 26
University-Rosedale -106 -10 -4 25 -25 -92
Toronto-St. Paul’s -47 -7 23 48 -21 -90
Toronto Centre -3 -36 4 63 -32 -2
Toronto-Danforth -173 -23 -9 18 -71 -88
Don Valley West -883 -59 -54 -95 -176 -499
Don Valley East -271 -36 36 50 -105 -216
Don Valley North -328 -30 17 40 -108 -247
Willowdale -488 -53 -49 -19 -94 -273
Beaches-East York -423 -40 -15 16 -123 -261
Scarborough Southwest -409 -30 2 71 -149 -303
Scarborough Centre -409 -29 47 58 -167 -318
Scarborough-Agincourt -446 -43 -21 33 -131 -284
Scarborough North -319 -50 -13 11 -102 -165
Scarborough-Guildwood -613 -31 -6 53 -173 -456
Scarborough-Rouge Park -50 13 50 117 -56 -174

Current Levels

  • on target means a ward is within 10% above or below its target
  • below target means a ward is more than 10% below its target
  • above target means a ward is more than 10% above its target

Ward Overall Target Infant
Target
Toddler Target Preschool Target Kindergarten Target Schoolage Target
Etobicoke North below below at above below below
Etobicoke Centre below below at above below below
Etobicoke-Lakeshore below below above above below below
Parkdale-High Park below below at at below below
York South-Weston below below above above below below
York Centre at below above above below below
Humber River-Black Creek below below above above below below
Eglinton-Lawrence below below above above below below
Davenport below below at above below below
Spadina-Fort York at below at above below above
University-Rosedale below below at above below below
Toronto-St. Paul’s at below above above below below
Toronto Centre at below at above below at
Toronto-Danforth below below at above below below
Don Valley West below below below below below below
Don Valley East below below above above below below
Don Valley North below below above above below below
Willowdale below below below below below below
Beaches-East York below below below at below below
Scarborough Southwest below below at above below below
Scarborough Centre below below above above below below
Scarborough-Agincourt below below below above below below
Scarborough North below below below at below below
Scarborough-Guildwood below below at above below below
Scarborough-Rouge Park at above above above below below