This is what you typically need for the job:

Early childhood educators

• Completion of a two- to four-year college program in early childhood education or A bachelor's degree in child development is required.
• Licensing by a provincial or territorial association for early childhood educators (ECE) is usually required.

Early childhood educator assistants

• Completion of secondary school is required.
• Experience in child care is required.
• Completion of an early childhood education assistant certificate program or post-secondary courses in early childhood education may be required.
• Licensing by a provincial or territorial association for early childhood educators (ECE) may be required.