Giving birth in Canada

Hello to everyone.

we are considering to move to Vancouver within next 2 years and here are some questions we have:

what most interest me are babysitting prices (Per hour/per month).

Further, what is the after_giving_birth system like in Canada? What period after giving birth is mother allowed ar obligated to stay home with child? I come from Croatia and here we have 6 months responsibility to stay home with child and receive full month salary each month. After 6 months we can stay home with child till child is one yr old and we have right to get a common ammount per month (in CRO it is approx. 550 C$). What is it like in Canada? And are there available nurseries and kindergartens in Vancouver? What are the expenses for that?

Thank you very much in advance!

Last edited by Andreja (2009-09-11 22:27:10)