Drawing from existing data and a survey of each provincial or territorial child care office in Canada, this report provides a profile of child care services in each province and territory, and in the country as a whole. Each provincial profile includes information on: (1) relevant legislation; (2) the name and address of the provincial official responsible for child care; (3) types of child care services available; (4) services for children with special needs; (5) aboriginal child care; (6) provincial demographics, including data on mothers in the work force, children identifying with an aboriginal group, and children with disabilities; (7) family-related leave; (8) regulated child care spaces; (9) standards and regulations governing regulated centers and regulated family day care; (10) funding through grants and subsidies; (11) administration; (12) municipal role; (13) child care planning and development; (14) the history of child care in the province; and (15) recent developments. Twenty-one tables provide a national perspective on child care. The paper concludes with a 51-item list of further readings. (AC)