{
  "query": {
    "country": "CA",
    "area": "Quebec",
    "age_group": "infant"
  },
  "status": "ok",
  "price": {
    "currency": "CAD",
    "unit": "per day",
    "value": 22.21,
    "measure": "average",
    "median": null,
    "typical_low": null,
    "typical_high": null,
    "min": null,
    "max": null
  },
  "sample_size": null,
  "period": {
    "from": "2024-04-01",
    "to": "2024-04-30"
  },
  "confidence": "high",
  "price_type": "official_statistic",
  "statistic": {
    "measure": "average",
    "reference_period": "2024-04",
    "note": "Posted average daily fee of centre-based providers in April 2024, before subsidies; fees have fallen since under the Canada-wide $10-a-day programme."
  },
  "as_of": "2026-10-24T11:05:04.417Z",
  "source": {
    "id": "ca-statcan-childcare",
    "name": "Centre-based child care providers by daily fees charged (Statistics Canada table 42-10-0071-01)",
    "publisher": "Statistics Canada",
    "licence": "Open Government Licence - Canada (commercial use allowed with acknowledgement of the source)",
    "licence_url": "https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada",
    "attribution": "Source: Statistics Canada, table 42-10-0071-01, Centre-based child care providers by daily fees charged, April 2024. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.",
    "url": "https://open.canada.ca/data/en/dataset/5e487047-ebd1-4146-92f7-3533ebbd1c01"
  },
  "method": "Canada childcare: Statistics Canada's average daily fee charged by centre-based child care providers in April 2024 (table 42-10-0071-01), by province or territory and the age group of the child. Each province cuts ages differently, so we match its groups to infant, toddler, preschool and school-age by their stated ages; where a province publishes several groups for one of ours we show their simple average (not weighted by children) and list every group. Posted fees before subsidies, not payments by sampled families; no range or sample size is published.",
  "method_url": "https://proofprice.com/method",
  "summary": "In April 2024, centre-based child care providers in Quebec charged on average 22.21 CAD per day for infant children. Official average published by Statistics Canada for 2024-04.",
  "notice": "Information, not a valuation or offer. Ranges describe past recorded prices.",
  "extra": {
    "province": "Quebec",
    "age_group": "infant",
    "groups_used": [
      {
        "group": "children aged less than 18 months",
        "fee": 22.21,
        "grade": "A"
      }
    ],
    "groups": [
      {
        "group": "children aged less than 18 months",
        "fee": 22.21,
        "grade": "A"
      }
    ],
    "fee_basis": "average daily fee charged by centre-based providers, April 2024, before subsidies",
    "attribution_notice": "Source: Statistics Canada, table 42-10-0071-01, Centre-based child care providers by daily fees charged, April 2024. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada."
  },
  "answer_id": "ans_c6d98cddf3b6f89654f9",
  "method_version": "1",
  "retrieved_at": "2026-10-24T11:05:04.416Z",
  "evidence": {
    "type": "official_statistic",
    "label": "Official published average",
    "meaning": "One average or median that a statistics office or regulator publishes for a reference period: it describes a group, not a distribution, and says nothing about any single price."
  },
  "reliability": "official_median_no_count",
  "data_as_of": "2024-04-30",
  "data_age_days": 907,
  "suggestions": [
    "This is one published figure (an average, median, index or listed price) with no record count: use it as a reference point, not as a range of what individuals paid.",
    "For a decision on a specific job or purchase, ask for an itemised quote.",
    "The newest data is over a year old: prices may have moved, so check for a more recent source."
  ]
}