Childcare Programs
in Vancouver
Find daycares, preschools, and after school care in Vancouver
7 childcare programs in Vancouver
Childcare Programs in Vancouver
Dorothy Lam Children's Centre
Franklin Community Preschool
Montessori & More Learning Centre
Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Bayview Nature Program
Harbour View Daycare Centre
Mini Scholars Child Care
Vancouver
Camps, classes & childcare
About Vancouver
Childcare in Vancouver covers licensed daycare, preschool, and before and after school care across every neighbourhood, from Kitsilano and Point Grey to Commercial Drive, Mount Pleasant, and the east side. The range of approaches is the widest in the region, including play based, Montessori, Reggio Emilia, co-operative, faith based, and language immersion programs. The city is large enough that there are usually childcare options near you, but demand for infant and toddler spaces is high in every neighbourhood. The City of Vancouver has been expanding licensed spaces as part of its long term childcare strategy.
Apply to several centres at once. Infant and toddler wait lists are long across the city.
Decide on an approach early. Play based, Montessori, and Reggio Emilia programs produce genuinely different experiences.
Ask whether the centre takes part in the $10 a day ChildCareBC program.
Look into the Affordable Child Care Benefit, which is income tested and applies more broadly than the $10 a day program.
Check city.vancouver.ca for current childcare initiatives and subsidized space availability.
For school age care, ask your school which provider runs the on site program and whether spaces go by lottery or wait list.
Vancouver's diversity means bilingual and multilingual childcare options in French, Mandarin, Japanese, and other languages are more accessible here than anywhere else in the region. The City has also been an active partner in expanding licensed spaces through its long term childcare strategy.
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