Workforce participation by women with young children is rising in Quebec and Ontario, while in Alberta the numbers have been pretty flat since the early 1990s, according to a new study.
Researchers at the University of Calgary’s School of Public Policy found that more women with children took jobs in Quebec around the same time the province brought in low-cost daycare there in the 1997.
In 1976, only 30 per cent of women in Quebec with a working spouse and at least one child under six were also employed, compared to 37 per cent in Alberta and 40 per cent in