New Halifax child-care centre receives $2M from provincial, federal governments

The provincial and federal governments are supporting the relocation and expansion of the Silver Crescent Academy Society's child-care centre in Halifax. (Courtesy of the Province of Nova Scotia)

The Nova Scotia and federal governments are providing almost $2 million to help the Silver Crescent Academy Society relocate and expand, according to a news release from the province.

A new child-care centre in Halifax’s Bayers Lake Business Park is set to open later this year at 155 Chain Lake Dr.

The new centre will have up to 120 spaces for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, up from 71 at the current location in Rockingham.

The province says the centre “will improve families’ access to care.”

“This is a fast-growing area of the city. These child-care spaces will be essential for families who live in the area as well as those who pass through on their way to work,” said Adegoke Fadare, MLA for Clayton Park West, in the news release.

The funding comes from the Canada-Nova Scotia Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care Agreement.

Nova Scotia signed a five-year extension of the agreement as well as the Canada-Nova Scotia Early Learning and Child Care Agreement, worth more than $1 billion total.

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