The City of Cornwall manages child care for Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry. The Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014, governs our work.  We have to establish a service system plan under the Act.

Service managers play a critical role:

• they maintain in-depth knowledge about the community's needs,
• they plan and manage the system,
• they identify and address service gaps,
• they support service coordination

Our five-year service system plan serves Cornwall, Stormont, Dundas, and Glengarry.

This is a strategic plan that identifies local priorities. It was developed in partnership with members of the local Early Years Planning Table. You can find it by clicking below.

• Child care is foundational to supporting early childhood development, learning, well-being and student success. It is a key enabler of workforce participation, particularly for women, both as parents and providers.
• Ontario has developed an Action Plan with five key pillars to achieve this vision: 
  
  

1. Affordability: Reduce parent fees for children aged 0-5 to achieve $10/day average fees. 
2. Quality: Increase number of RECEs to 60% of workforce & implement wage minimums.
3. Access: 86,000 new child care spaces created in high need areas by December 2026. 
4. Inclusion: Ensure affordable spaces and access to child care for priority populations, including low income, vulnerable children, Francophone, Indigenous, and other diverse communities. 
5. Data and Reporting: Support successful implementation through data and reporting.

Child Care Directed Growth Plan 2022-2026

Cornwall CWELCC Start-Up Grant Application 

ELCC Infrastructure Fund Funding Application Form

Ontario Planning and Design Guidelines for Licensed Child Care Centres

Operators wanting to expand or create new licensed child care spaces in the City of Cornwall and/or the Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry are asked to submit an Expression of Interest (EOI) by clicking here.

·         Licensed Centre Based operators;

·         Licensed Home Child Care agencies;

·         CWELCC-participating and non-participating Operators; and/or

·         Operators planning a licensing revision in a site already enrolled in CWELCC.