Child Care Fee Subsidy – Subsidy Target Versus Enrolment

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 map and data tables show how close each ward is to their subsidy target.

A ward map of Toronto representing the fee subsidy target data. Details for the map are outlined in the table below.

The Data Behind the Map – June 30, 2024

Number of child care fee subsidies above/below target

Ward Number Ward All age groups Infant Toddler Preschool Kindergarten School Age
1 Etobicoke North -470 -85 -17 224 -243 -349
2 Etobicoke Centre -300 -32 -8 52 -73 -239
3 Etobicoke-Lakeshore -417 -92 -64 52 -132 -181
4 Parkdale-High Park -191 -54 -19 52 -44 -126
5 York South-Weston -187 -56 31 245 -116 -291
6 York Centre 151 -36 52 178 31 -74
7 Humber River-Black Creek -26 -37 50 275 -61 -253
8 Eglinton-Lawrence -275 -57 -4 103 -112 -205
9 Davenport -195 -27 -2 70 -68 -168
10 Spadina-Fort York -378 -76 -63 28 -90 -177
11 University-Rosedale -217 -34 -37 23 -79 -90
12 Toronto-St. Paul’s -158 -37 -11 53 -24 -139
13 Toronto Centre -193 -53 15 115 -110 -160
14 Toronto-Danforth -192 -20 -16 72 -29 -199
15 Don Valley West -904 -86 -85 -39 -163 -531
16 Don Valley East -281 -102 -51 139 -122 -145
17 Don Valley North -248 -74 -31 97 -39 -201
18 Willowdale -699 -87 -58 2 -185 -371
19 Beaches-East York -168 -53 -14 130 -31 -200
20 Scarborough Southwest -203 -49 -6 138 -52 -234
21 Scarborough Centre -100 -10 41 223 -90 -264
22 Scarborough-Agincourt -159 -71 7 160 -108 -147
23 Scarborough North 42 -33 19 184 -32 -96
24 Scarborough-Guildwood -281 -57 33 192 -105 -344
25 Scarborough-Rouge Park 115 5 40 210 1 -141

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 Number Ward All age groups Infant Toddler Preschool Kindergarten School Age
1 Etobicoke North below below at above below below
2 Etobicoke Centre below below at above below below
3 Etobicoke-Lakeshore below below below above below below
4 Parkdale-High Park below below below above below below
5 York South-Weston at below above above below below
6 York Centre above below above above above below
7 Humber River-Black Creek at below above above below below
8 Eglinton-Lawrence below below at above below below
9 Davenport below below at above below below
10 Spadina-Fort York below below below above below below
11 University-Rosedale below below below above below below
12 Toronto-St. Paul’s below below below above below below
13 Toronto Centre below below at above below below
14 Toronto-Danforth below below below above below below
15 Don Valley West below below below below below below
16 Don Valley East below below below above below below
17 Don Valley North below below below above below below
18 Willowdale below below below at below below
19 Beaches-East York below below below above below below
20 Scarborough Southwest below below at above below below
21 Scarborough Centre at at above above below below
22 Scarborough-Agincourt below below at above below below
23 Scarborough North at below above above below below
24 Scarborough-Guildwood below below above above below below
25 Scarborough-Rouge Park above at above above at below