This document presents a step-by-step approach to a community development process for addressing child care needs in rural Canada. Part 1 of the document introduces the need for child care in rural areas in Canada and describes challenges to meetings those needs. This section also presents the principles underlying community development and outlines a five-step community development process. A list of resources for rural communities is provided, and a number of successful rural child care initiatives are highlighted. Parts 2 through 6 of the document detail the implementation of the community development process, using a fictitious rural community to illustrate the process. The basic steps to this community development process are: (1) get started through investigating interest in child care, finding factual information on the current situation, and beginning to build community support; (2) form a community alliance by bringing together people from many parts of the community with diverse interests, skills, and knowledge to form a group to work together towards a common goal; (3) clarify purpose and define direction through clarifying group goals, deciding on options, and defining methods to achieve the goals; (4) take action by working together as a flexible volunteer group; and (5) sustain involvement by maintaining the original momentum and adapting the original plan to a changing environment, while recognizing the accomplishment of the group. (KB)