The Province has released its first annual report under the Early Learning and Child Care Act, outlining how B.C. is tracking toward long-term ChildCareBC goals.

The report highlights actions taken during the 2024–25 fiscal year, including a major affordability change - funded child-care providers are no longer allowed to charge wait-list fees.

Officials say the move is meant to remove financial barriers for families still searching for a licensed space.

Another key milestone was a first-of-its-kind memorandum of understanding signed with the First Nations Leadership Council and the federal government.

The agreement commits all three partners to advancing a rights-based approach to early learning and child care for First Nations in British Columbia.

Other actions noted in the report include the rollout of B.C.’s Inclusive Child Care Strategy, streamlined applications for child care spaces on school grounds, and new certification grants for early childhood educators specializing in infants, toddlers, and children with special needs.

According to the Province, ChildCareBC affordability programs are now saving families an average of sixty-seven hundred dollars per year.

Those savings apply to more than one hundred seventy thousand licensed spaces, representing over three billion dollars remaining in the pockets of B.C. families.

Since the ChildCareBC plan launched in 2018, the government says more than 56-thousand additional children are now in licensed care across the province.

To see the full release, visit Government of British Columbia.