More women in Quebec's workforce, thanks to daycare policy: study

Women in Quebec are more likely to be in the workforce than women in Ontario and a new Statistics Canada study suggests that subsidized daycare may account for the gap.
The percentage of women 15 to 44 who participate in the labour force has been higher in Quebec than in Ontario since 2003, but while that percentage has continued to increase in Quebec — going from 78 per cent in 2003 to 81 per cent in 2016 — it has declined slightly in Ontario — from 77 per cent in 20