The City of Toronto is set to open four child-care centres dedicated exclusively to essential service workers amid the novel coronavirus pandemic.
The announcement came around one week after the province said the facilities would be opening for front-line workers, with costs covered by the government. “Centres are located across Toronto in existing City-run licensed child-care facilities and staffed by City of Toronto child-care workers,” officials said in a news release. “Toronto is the first city to receive approval and open these responsive child-care facilities.
To support members of this essential and critical workforce, licensed child-care service will be available at no cost to families, funded by the Province of Ontario, for