Early Childhood Educator and Child Care Worker Appreciation Day 2025

Early Childhood Educator and Child Care Worker Appreciation Day 2025

October 21, 2025, marks the 25th annual Child Care Worker and Early Childhood Educator Appreciation Day in Ontario. The day recognizes the commitment, hard work and dedication of Early Childhood Educators (ECEs) and people who work with young children.

To recognize these professionals, the City of Greater Sudbury’s Children Services section and community partners held events across the community, and the Mayor of Greater Sudbury will make an official proclamation.

Families are encouraged to talk to their child care, EarlyON or kindergarten program to find out how they can participate in recognizing the Early Childhood Educators and child care workers who support their children.

To learn more about ECEs in our community, visit Being or Becoming an Early Childhood Educator.

Watch Mayor Paul Lefevbre's Proclamation of Early Childhood Educator and Child Care Worker Appreciation Day 2025. 

We are also happy to share these greetings from Nickel Belt MPP France Gelinas and Sudbury MPP Jamie West.

Hello, Bonjour, Aanii, My most sincere apologies that I couldn’t be there with all of you in person today to celebrate our wonderful early childhood educators and childcare workers in Sudbury, as I am currently at Queen’s Park. And thank you Tracy for reading these greetings on my behalf. Today, we honour the dedication, skills, and tireless efforts of ECEs and childcare staff who nurture and educate young children across Ontario. I want to thank all the ECEs and childcare staff in our community for the work that they do, for the village they create for families, and for the compassion they bring to their roles. In my eyes, ECEs and childcare staff are essential, and like many, I consider them as extended family because care counts. ECE and childcare advocacy groups have long called on the government to address key issues like equitable wage grids, access to benefits, and opportunities for recruitment and professional development, which are essential for building long-term, sustainable careers in this field, because care counts. Parents deserve to know that when they bring their children to a daycare, they will be safe. They deserve the confidence to know that high-quality care will be available when needed. And ECE’s and childcare professionals need the resources and respect they deserve, because care counts. I want you to know that I will always stand with you in the ongoing effort to improve Ontario’s childcare system as we know that more investments need to be made in order to shorten waitlists for affordable daycare and give childcare professionals the respect they deserve, because care counts. Thank you for all you do, and thank you to everyone for coming to celebrate Early Childhood Educator and Childcare Worker Appreciation Day! Sudbury MPP, Jamie West