More than 200 new child-care spaces to open in Annapolis Valley, South Shore

CBC News

· Posted: Mar 21, 2025 11:21 AM EDT | Last Updated: 15 minutes ago

The South Shore and Annapolis Valley are acceptable to person much than 200 caller child-care spaces.

The Education and Early Childhood Development Department announced Friday it is giving $5.3 cardinal to 3 child-care operators.

Small World Learning Centre successful Bridgewater, N.S., volition unfastened a 2nd determination that volition connection 86 caller spaces, Dare to Dream successful New Minas volition person 78 caller spaces and Coldbrook YMCA volition person 62 caller spaces.

The caller centres successful New Minas and Coldbrook are expected to unfastened this fall, portion the 1 successful Bridgewater, which volition beryllium a 2nd determination for an existing operator, is expected to unfastened successful 2026.

"Our authorities is helping much Nova Scotian families find affordable kid attraction successful their communities," said Education and Early Childhood Development Minister Brendan Maguire in a quality release. "Investments successful kid attraction are investments successful families to enactment successful the workforce and turn our economy."

The backing for the spaces comes from the Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement that was signed successful 2021 and has created much than 6,500 caller child-care spaces crossed the province.