Ontario Daycare Finder
Ontario’s licensed child care directory

Find a licensed daycare in your Ontario city — the verified way.

Every licensed child care centre and home child care agency in Ontario, organized by city. Real licence numbers, addresses, program options and language of service — straight from the province’s official open data.

144 licensed facilities · 12 cities · data updated 2026-03-31

Why parents use this

Daycare research, without the dead ends.

Facebook groups and outdated lists send you to centres that closed or never had a licence. We start from the province’s official licensing dataset, so every facility here is real and licensed — you just choose by city.

Only licensed facilities

Each listing maps to an active provincial licence number under Ontario’s Child Care and Early Years Act. No phantom centres.

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Organized by your city

One page per city with every licensed daycare nearby — full address, program options and language of service at a glance.

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Sourced & cited

Built from the Government of Ontario open dataset, snapshot 2026-03-31. Every detail page cites the original source.

By the numbers

A directory you can trust.

144
Licensed facilities
12
Ontario cities covered
141
Child care centres
139
Offering full-day care
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Find licensed daycares in your city.

Pick a city to see every licensed child care facility there — with addresses, licence numbers, program options and language of service.

Common questions

How daycare licensing works in Ontario.

What does “licensed” daycare mean in Ontario?

In Ontario, child care for more than five unrelated children must be licensed by the Ministry of Education under the Child Care and Early Years Act, 2014. Licensing covers health and safety, staff qualifications, ratios and program standards. Every facility in this directory carries an active licence number in the provincial dataset.

What do the program options (Full Day, Half Day, Before & After School) mean?

Program options describe the schedule a facility is licensed to offer — not an age band. Full Day means six or more hours in a day, Half Day is less than six hours, and Before/After School covers wrap-around care around the school day. Some sites also offer extended, flexible or weekend hours.

Is this the same as the $10-a-day (CWELCC) program?

CWELCC is Ontario’s province-wide fee-reduction program. Participation is managed separately and is not part of this public facility dataset, so we do not state whether any individual facility takes part. Ask each daycare directly and check the Ministry of Education for current CWELCC details.

How do daycare waitlists work in Ontario?

Most licensed centres run their own waitlists and many fill months in advance, especially for infant and toddler rooms. Apply early, join several lists in your area, and confirm your spot regularly. Use the city pages here to shortlist nearby licensed options, then contact each one to ask about availability and waitlist fees.

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