Job prospects Home Child Care Provider in Yukon

Explore current and future job prospects for people working as a "home child care provider" in Yukon or across Canada.

Job opportunities in Yukon

The recent trends from the past 3 years were updated on July 25, 2025. The job outlooks over the next 3 years were updated on December 10, 2025.

Good

The employment outlook will be Good for home child care providers (NOC 44100) in Yukon for the 2025-2027 period.

The following factors contributed to this outlook:

Employment growth will lead to several new positions.
Not many positions will become available due to retirements.
There are a small number of unemployed workers with recent experience in this occupation.

The Government of Yukon's 2024-25 fiscal budget included $42.5 million in funding for early learning and childcare programs and aimed to create 110 new child care spaces in the territory by 2026.
The federal government announced in March 2025 that Yukon will receive $74M in new child care funding to support the expansion of $10-a-day spaces through 2031. The funding includes annual 3% base increases starting in 2027–28 to help maintain affordability and address rising operational costs.
The Early Learning and Child Care Act (2025) officially recognizes early childhood educators in Yukon as professionals, establishing certification standards and mandating fair wages through regulated pay structures. This legislative shift is expected to enhance job stability and create more opportunities for child care workers in the growing sector (Government of Yukon, May 1, 2025).
Local training is available.
Home child care providers can complete early learning coursework at Yukon University or elsewhere. They can apply for certification through the Government of Yukon.
In the Yukon, a family day home may provide care to four infants or six preschoolers-where there are not more than three infants-or eight preschool children 18 months or older. A family day home providing care for four or more children must be licensed (Government of Yukon, 2024).

Here are some key facts about home child care providers in Yukon:

Approximately 50 people worked in this occupation in May 2021.
Home child care providers mainly work in the following sectors:
- Health care and social services (NAICS 62): more than 95%
The distribution of full-time and part-time workers in this occupation is:
- Full-time workers: 67% compared to 84% for all occupations
- Part-time workers: 33% compared to 16% for all occupations
33% of home child care providers work all year, while 67% work only part of the year, compared to 65% and 35% respectively among all occupations. Those who worked only part of the year did so for an average of 33 weeks compared to 44 weeks for all occupations.
56% of home child care providers are self-employed compared to an average of 14% for all occupations.
The gender distribution of people in this occupation is:
- Men: less than 5% compared to 49% for all occupations
- Women: more than 95% compared to 51% for all occupations
The educational attainment of workers in this occupation is:
- no high school diploma: 64% compared to 11% for all occupations
- high school diploma or equivalent: 18% compared to 25% for all occupations
- apprenticeship or trades certificate or diploma: n/a
- college certificate or diploma or university certificate below bachelor's: 18% compared to 20% for all occupations
- bachelor's degree: n/a
- university certificate, degree or diploma above bachelor level: n/a

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