This seems rather steep and definitely not the norm at Canadian universities. Take a look for example at UBC [1]. It's about 2-3 more than the actual number for most programs for domestic students. And also rather low for international students. It's similar for U of T [2] and McGill [3].
> $25000/year for daycare for two kids
Wow more than a 1000 dollars per kid? That's quite a bit. Is that typical?
I was referring to top engineering programs that are competitive with top US engineering and CS schools.
EDIT2> I doubt that the daycare rate is typical, in general, but it's typical for the area of Toronto that we live in. Overall, though, daycare is very expensive.
I'm pretty sure UBC is pretty competitive, at least from a rankings perspective. It's just one of the few schools that has a cheap engineering program.
Wow. Is the subsidy available to all or is it salary-based? The government here removed the subsidy here for higher incomes (~$100k+ year combined). What they didn't remove was the extra tax that both employer and employee have to pay to "cover" childcare for the first child. The second/third children are heavily subsidized (90%).
So in my situation, I'm just above the threshold and have 1 child; so am lucky enough to have almost no subsidy whilst still paying extra tax for the privilege. Double dipping.
Luckily for the government here I can't vote (British citizen), and I'm a compassionate capitalist so generally agree with the idea of spreading wealth around (we just do a horrible job at taxing capital gains and inheritance; I'd happily pay progressive 70-99% on the top of my net-worth if the tax was applied consistently, fairly and accounted for income over time in a fair way (so taxes are normalized over years; for sports people and the like))........
$200/month for 5 days/week daycare for one child... Here in South Africa.
I'd chalk it up to "cost of living" differences, but I'd say there is a whole lot more to it. Certifications, licenses, insurance, minimum wages. All these things affect the price, so we can't entirely compare the prices as apples to apples.
This seems rather steep and definitely not the norm at Canadian universities. Take a look for example at UBC [1]. It's about 2-3 more than the actual number for most programs for domestic students. And also rather low for international students. It's similar for U of T [2] and McGill [3].
> $25000/year for daycare for two kids
Wow more than a 1000 dollars per kid? That's quite a bit. Is that typical?
[1]: http://students.ubc.ca/enrolment/finances/tuition/undergradu... [2]: http://www.adm.utoronto.ca/cost-of-university/ [3]: http://www.mcgill.ca/student-accounts/tuition-charges/fallwi...