Funding support and resources
Provider updates
- Service providers can manage their funding applications and reporting requirements online. Learn about the GovGrants funding tool.
- Access the Early Years and Child Care Service provider handbook.
- View the 2026 funding calendar important dates for child care providers
Email us if you require any of the documents on this page in an accessible format.
The federal and provincial governments signed the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement (CWELCC) to make child care more affordable for families and increase the compensation for eligible child care staff.
We have streamlined our funding agreements to build an inclusive, accessible, and affordable child care system.
As a part of our CWELCC program, approved child care providers in Peel Region will enter an EYCC Funding Agreement. This agreement requires providers to:
- Accept and include children who receive child care subsidy.
- Accept and include children with special needs by actively participating in Peel Inclusion Resource Services.
Participate in continuous quality improvement initiatives like Raising the Bar in Peel and professional learning opportunities.
These resources are available to support child care providers to transition to the new CWELCC program. You can also email us your questions or contact your Early Years Specialist.
Licensed child care centres
- 2026 CWELCC funding guideline: centre-based licensed child care providers
- 2026 CWELCC operating budget template
- 2026 CWELCC operating budget video tutorial
- 2026 CWELCC allocation updates and important reminders
- 2025 CWELCC guideline
- CWELCC daily rates calculator tool
- 2025 staff wages planning tool - centres
Licensed home child care agencies
Licensed child care centres
CWELCC Reporting and Reconciliation Update – August 12, 2025
2025 Reconciliation and Reporting Update – November 25, 2025
2026 CWELCC Funding updates – Teleconference December 12, 2025
Rolling Top-up Overview Teleconference – May 14, 2026
CWELCC Rolling Top-up Teleconference – June 25, 2026
Licensed home child care agencies
CWELCC Reporting and Reconciliation Update – August 13, 2025
2025 Reconciliation and Reporting Update – December 2, 2025
2026 CWELCC Funding Updates Teleconference – December 17, 2025
Rolling Top-up Overview Teleconference – May 14, 2026
LHCC Rolling Top-up Teleconference – June 23, 2026
2025 program staff top-up funding
- Guideline
- Questions and answers
- Memo to staff (English)
- Memo to staff (French)
- 2025 program staff top-up funding planning and reconciliation template
2026 school-age funding - 6 to 12 years
2026 school-age funding guideline: centre-based licensed before and after school care providers
2025 school-age funding - 6 to 12 years
October 24 Child Care Closure Funding
2026 licensed home child care workforce and before and after school program – 6 to 12 years
2026 licensed home child care workforce and before and after school program funding guideline
2025 school-age funding - 6 to 12 years
October 24 Child Care Closure Funding
Accounting and note disclosure
Accounting and note disclosure guideline for accountants and auditors
2025 Reconciliation
- 2025 Reconciliation and Reporting Due Dates - January 22, 2026
- 2025 CWELCC Update Memo - Reconciliation and Reporting (Centres) - September 9, 2025
- 2025 CWELCC Update Memo - Reconciliation and Reporting (LHCC) - September 9, 2025
Reconciliation templates
- 2025 School Age Programs Reconciliation Template - Centre
- 2025 School Age Programs Reconciliation Template - LHCC
Financial Annual Information Return (FAIR)
Licensed child care centres
- 2025 FAIR CWELCC reconciliation video tutorial for single site and multi-site operators
- 2025 FAIR Guideline
- 2025 FAIR Template - Single Site
- 2025 FAIR Template - Multi-site
Licensed Home Child Care (LHCC) agencies
- Financial Annual Information Return (FAIR) guideline for licensed home child care agencies with head office in Peel
- 2025 FAIR LHCC Template (Peel Region is the overseeing service system manager)
- Financial Annual Information Return (FAIR) guideline for licensed home child care agencies with head office outside of Peel
- 2025 FAIR LHCC Template (Peel is the secondary service system manager)
Certificate of insurance
Review certificate of insurance
Share transfer and asset sales
Contact us for inquiries related to share transfer and asset sales.
The Inter-Agency Dispute Resolution Policy reflects the responsibilities and obligations of all workplace partners to develop and maintain a respectful, safe, and inclusive workplace.
Review the Early Years and Child Care Inter-Agency Dispute Resolution Policy
Reporting Attendance in OCCMS
Rate increase
General resources
- Memorandum of understanding
- Inclusion Policy Development Resource
- Overview of PIRS for centre-based child care programs
Before and after school program (BASP) resource consultation requests
- BASP resource consultation request form
- Preparation for resource consultation
To be completed by the program and used in discussion with a Resource Consultant.
2024 Funding Approach
- 2024 EYCC funding updates memo (March 1, 2024)
- 2024 funding summary (March 1, 2024)
- 2024 EYCC funding release timeline (March 1, 2024)
2024 Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) program
Licensed child care centres
- 2024 CWELCC Guideline
- Memo - Peel's 2024 EYCC funding approach (November 13, 2023)
- Memo - Update to Peel's 2024 EYCC funding approach (December 11, 2023)
- Planning tool (April 2, 2024)
2024 CWELCC Operating Budget
- Memo
- Blank template
- Video tutorial
- Technical session presentation
- Technical session recording (non-profit) - March 6, 2024
- Technical session recording (for-profit) - March 7, 2024
- Questions and answers
2024 Workforce Innovation Funding (WIF)
2024 General Operating Fund (GOF)
- Guideline (Updated October 2024)
- Staff letter - French version
- Question and answers
- GOF Top-Up funding teleconference presentation
- GOF Top-Up funding teleconference recording
- GOF Top-Up questions and answers
- GOF Top-Up funding calculator
- GOF Top-Up calculator demo
2024 Wage Enhancement Grant (WEG)
- Memo (2024)
- Guideline (2024)
- Questions and answers
2024 Transition Operating Grant (TOG)
Licensed home child care agencies
2024 CWELCC Operating budget
- Memo
- Blank template
- Video tutorial
- Technical session presentation
- Technical sessions recording - March 8, 2024
- Questions and answers
2024 Workforce Innovation Funding (WIF)
2024 Licensed Home Child Care Base Funding
2024 Wage Enhancement Grant (WEG)/Home Child Care Enhancement Grant (HCCEG)
- Memo (2024)
- Guideline (2024)
- Questions and answers
2024 Transition Operating Grant (TOG)
2023 - 2024 Before and After School Program (BASP) Pilot
- Memo
- Guideline (Sept 2, 2024 - Jan 3, 2025)
- Questions and answers (Sept 2, 2024 - Jan 3, 2025)
- Guideline (Sept 4, 2023 – June 28, 2024)
Provider resources
- Licensed centre-based child care onboarding checklist
- Licensed home child care onboarding checklist
- EarlyON onboarding checklist
- The early years and child care sector in Peel
- Journey Together: Child and family Indigenous-led outreach program
- Introduction to EarlyON Child and Family Centres
- EarlyON Child and Family Centres - Continuous Quality Improvement
For program or funding related inquiries email us at EarlyYearsSystemDivision@peelregion.ca.
For EarlyON child and family centres related inquiries email us at earlyon@peelregion.ca.
For special needs resourcing related inquiries email us at PIRS@peelregion.ca
For information on the fee subsidy program, contact your Children’s Services Worker (CSW). If you are unsure of which CSW to contact, call us at 905-791-1585.