The waiting lists are very long. French-language daycare spaces are not available everywhere. There are spaces in Edmonton, but not necessarily outside Edmonton or Calgary. There are spaces in some smaller towns, but not everywhere. The needs are not well known in fact since some francophone parents do not know that French-language daycare spaces are available. If they are never offered that choice, their children will always attend English-language daycare centres. If spaces were available at French-language daycare centres, I'm sure they would be used, but there are none.
On March 1st, 2018. See this statement in context.