How does Saint John compare when it comes to how much parents have to spend on child care? The Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives has released a study with 27 selected cities across the country.
The monthly child care fee in Saint John is 651 dollars which compares to over a thousand dollars in Toronto, the most expensive city and the lowest at just 174 dollars in Montreal and Quebec City.
The study claims this country could use a million more regulated child care spaces and since last year, child care fees have gone up by an average of 5 per cent but child care workers have some of of the lowest wages of any occupation.
