Start your Preschool or Daycare Off Right
Helping Alberta Preschools and Daycares Access Licensing and Grants
Alberta’s Child Care Grant Programs provide significant funding — including the Child Care Affordability Grant, Wage Top-Ups, and Professional Development (PD) Grants — to licensed preschool and daycare providers. But to access these grants, you need to be properly incorporated, licensed, and structured under Alberta law.
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Outsiders Law helps new and existing providers meet those requirements so they can focus on delivering high-quality early learning programs — with the full support of Alberta’s funding system.
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Child Care Affordability Grant (CCAG):
Direct funding to reduce parent fees.
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Wage Top-Up Grants:
Increased compensation for qualified educators.
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Professional Development Funding:
Support for ongoing staff training.
What is the Alberta Child Care Grant Funding Program?
What is the Child Care Affordability Grant?
The Affordability Grant provides monthly operating funding directly to licensed providers to reduce the parent portion of child care fees. It is one of Alberta’s core strategies to make child care more affordable and accessible.
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Key features:
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Applies to infant, toddler, preschool, and kindergarten-age care.
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Available to both centre-based and family day home providers.
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Amount varies by age group and care type.
We help ensure your business setup (i.e. for-profit, nonprofit, or a combination of both) and documentation meet the criteria for receiving this grant — and others that may apply.
How We Help
New Provider Setup
Incorporation under appropriate acts (i.e. Societies Act (Alberta), Part 9 of the Companies Act (Alberta) or the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act (Canada), together with handbooks, policies, support for licensing applications.
Grant Access
We help you structure your operations with CCAG, wage, and PD funding eligibility, while also ensuring that you are compliant under applicable corporate legislation (e.g. as a for-profit, nonprofit, or a combination of both) and the Income Tax Act (Canada).
Structuring & Maintenance
We can help you with legal agreements, such as leases, employment contracts, and licenses. We can help structure your operations through subcontracts, licensing arrangements, shared service models, and governance policies that align with Alberta's funding framework.
Why Outsiders Law?
Additional Price Points
"Sebastian and his team at Outsiders Law are an absolute pleasure to deal with - provides sage advice, strategic planning and strong litigation skills. A really authentic firm, who have your best interests at heart, and lead with strong compassion and communication."
Marion B.
Why Work With Outsiders?
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Deep Knowledge – We understand Alberta's corporate legislation, and how it integrates with your obligations under the Income Tax Act (Canada) and the Early Learning and Child Care Act (Alberta).
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Experience with All Types of Providers – From startups to faith-based and for-profit structures, we have worked with them all.
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Tailored Advice – We deliver our advice based on your needs, while always maintaining alignment with the Alberta's grant requirements.
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Clear Pricing and Real Legal Support - Our incorporations are offered on a fixed-fee basis and we do the heavy lifting for you.
Fixed-Fee Incorporations of Not-for-Profits.
Starting from $1,500 + filing fees + taxes
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Calgary: 587.333.3352
Toronto: 647.692.2214
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