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.
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.
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 |
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 |