Under 3 years old

We offer numerous group child care settings for children under 36 months old, with the majority located in the Acadia neighbourhood.

Quick facts

  • Age group: from birth to 36 months
  • Maximum group size: 12 children
  • Child-to-staff ratio: 4 children to 1 educator
  • Food: All meals and snacks provided by families
  • Hours: 8 am-5 pm

Emphasizing warm, responsive child care and education, these settings offer flexible daily schedules, experiences and materials to support the developmental changes that children typically experience in their first three years. We accommodate children’s fluctuating sleep and food needs, and we provide environments that support optimal language, cognitive, motor and social-emotional development.

Each day includes choice-filled play—indoors and outdoors—and small group experiences, punctuated by routines such as snack time, nap time and diaper time, along with language and music activities.

Explore our settings

Legislative requirements

All of our settings meet or exceed legislative requirements for licensed care.

Child-to-staff ratio

  • 1 to 4 children: 1 Infant Toddler Educator
  • 5 to 8 children: 1 Infant Toddler Educator and 1 Early Childhood Educator
  • 9 to 12 children: 1 Infant Toddler Educator, 1 Early Childhood Educator and 1 Early Childhood Educator Assistant

Staff qualifications

  • Infant Toddler Educator Certificate (approximately 1,300 hours of training)
  • Early Childhood Educator Certificate (approximately 900 hours of training)
  • Early Childhood Educator Assistant Certificate (completed one early childhood education course)