Searching for Child Care

Manages the provision of children's services and programs through formal cooperative funding and oversight arrangements with several municipal, non-profit and for profit service providers

Subsidized Child Care

• Provides financial assistance towards the cost of child care fee services for eligible parents, foster parents or legal guardians
• Provides a list of licensed child care facilities on the website

EarlyON Initiative

• Provides funding to EarlyON Child and Family Centres
• Offers an expansion of quality and affordable child care and investments in every child's healthy early development, working in partnership with parents and families
• Provides a list of EarlyON Child and Family Centre locations on the website

Special Needs Resource Services

• Ensures that all children, regardless of need, can participate in the child care setting of their families' choice
• Assists child care centres in supporting children with special needs
• Prepares individual program plans
• Provides support to caregivers in carrying out daily activities for each special needs child

Ontario Works Child Care

• Provides funding, if available, for Ontario Works recipients who are taking part in approved activities
• Funding is to help pay for child care expenses in either Licensed Child Care Facilities or with Informal Care Providers

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full-day and part-time programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

• Operates a licensed daycare centre for urban Indigenous children
• Offers culturally-based, age appropriate structured activities including art, baking, circle time, dramatic play, field trips, music, story time and special events
• Provides supervised, unstructured indoor and outdoor playtime
• Provides daily lunch and morning and afternoon snacks

Childcare options provided are for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers
• School-aged

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting healthy and whole Métis families
• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• After school safe places and homework clubs
• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

• Operates a licensed daycare centre
• Offers age appropriate structured activities including art, baking, circle time, dramatic play, field trips, music, storytime and special events
• Provides supervised, unstructured indoor and outdoor playtime
• Provides daily lunch and morning and afternoon snacks

Childcare options provided are:

• Full day
• Half day
• Hourly
• After school; includes snack
• Before and after school

Integrated Program for Special Needs

• Provides individualized program planning geared to the specific needs of the child
• Promotes integration into all programs with resource teacher assistance as needed
• Provides one on one or group activities and support

Seeds of Empathy

• Uses stories to teach children how to identify own feelings and the feelings of others
• Promotes social and emotional competence

• Operates a licensed daycare centre for urban Indigenous children
• Offers culturally-based, age appropriate structured activities including art, baking, circle time, dramatic play, field trips, music, story time and special events
• Provides supervised, unstructured indoor and outdoor playtime
• Provides daily lunch and morning and afternoon snacks

Childcare options provided are for:

• Infants
• Toddlers

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting healthy and whole Métis families
• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• After school safe places and homework clubs
• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides 2 snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full day programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Integrated Program for Special Needs

• Provides individualized program planning geared to the specific needs of the child
• Promotes integration into all programs with resource teacher assistance as needed
• Provides one on one or group activities and support

• Operates a licensed daycare centre
• Offers age appropriate structured activities including art, baking, circle time, dramatic play, field trips, music, storytime and special events
• Provides supervised, unstructured indoor and outdoor playtime
• Provides daily lunch and morning and afternoon snacks

Childcare options provided are:

• Full day
• After school; includes snack
• Before and after school

Integrated Program for Special Needs

• Provides individualized program planning geared to the specific needs of the child
• Promotes integration into all programs with resource teacher assistance as needed
• Provides one on one or group activities and support

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides 2 snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Teaches Native cultural values and language with the daily community based programming
• Coordinates immunizations through a visiting Registered Nurse

Offers full day programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Integrated Program for Special Needs

• Provides individualized program planning geared to the specific needs of the child
• Promotes integration into all programs with resource teacher assistance as needed
• Provides one on one or group activities and support

Operates as a program under the Healing and Wellness Branch

• Developed as a new program aimed at supporting healthy and whole Métis families
• Works to reduce family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
• Focus is on providing direct one-on-one client services and educational resources and family wellness planning

Services provided can include but are not limited to the following:

• After school safe places and homework clubs
• Assistance in navigating the community support system
• Assisting children and youth to foster self-identity and to develop life skills
• Court-related supports
• Empowering parents to be their children's best advocates
• Ensuring families have their basic needs met
• Guidance for building healthy relationships and raising awareness of personal safety issues
• Peer support for youth involved in justice and correction issues
• Referrals for employment and training programs
• Supports for children and youth who have experienced or witnessed violence
• Supports for Métis youth to stay in school
• Support in case meetings and conferencing

Operates a licensed daycare that offers inclusive education to meet individual needs and development

• Offers age appropriate structured and unstructured activities including outdoor playtime
• Provides a hot daily lunch and two snacks
• Guides children to develop empathy towards themselves and others, self-management skills, self-control and a sense of responsibility

Administers programs at the following locations:

• Kid's Zone Lakeside
• Kid's Zone SMB at Ecole Ste Margueite Bourgeouys
• Zone at St John Paul II School

Provides a child care centre and offers early prevention and intervention programs and services for off-reserve preschool children

• Strives to meet the emotional, social, health and nutritional needs of children
• Coordinates activities such as family gym time, arts and crafts, breakfast and circle time
• Provides transportation when required (modified during Covid-19)
• Participates in community events and special celebrations

Offers daily programs focused on:

• Aboriginal culture and language
• Education and school readiness
• Health and nutrition
• Parental and family involvement
• Social support

• Operates a licensed daycare centre rooted in the Anishinaabe culture, language, traditions and teachings
• Offers age appropriate structured activities including art, baking, circle time, dramatic play, field trips, music, storytime and special events
• Provides supervised, unstructured indoor and outdoor playtime
• Provides daily lunch and morning and afternoon snacks

Childcare options provided currently are for:

• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Types of child care available include:

• Full-time
• Part-time
• Occasional
• Specific hours

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full-day and part-time programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers
• School-aged

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides 2 snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full day and part-time programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full-day and part-time programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers
• JK

• Operates a licensed daycare centre that promotes Aboriginal culture
• Offers age appropriate structured activities including art, baking, circle time, dramatic play, field trips, music, storytime and special events
• Provides supervised, unstructured indoor and outdoor playtime
• Provides daily lunch and morning and afternoon snacks

Offers programming in the following areas:

• Culture and language
• Education and school readiness
• Health promotion
• Nutrition
• Social support
• Parental and family involvement

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full-day and part-time programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

• Operates a licensed daycare centre
• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides 2 snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full day and part-time programs for:

• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full-day and part-time programs for:

• Toddlers
• Preschoolers

Operates a licensed daycare centre

• Offers a variety of activities to enhance the spiritual, intellectual, emotional, physical and social development of children
• Provides a variety of school readiness programs
• Provides snacks and a hot lunch daily
• Incorporates Native cultural programs with the daily community based programming

Offers full-day programs for:

• Infants
• Toddlers
• Preschoolers
• JK/SK