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Childcare establishment locator
Welcome to the Childcare Establishment Locator!
The Childcare Establishment Locator lets you find contact information of all Québec childcare centres and daycare centres and see their location on a map. The locator indicates childcare services in operation and under development that the ministère de la Famille has authorized and that are expected to open within the next 18 months. The locator is updated every week
You can use the Childcare Establishment Locator to search by proximity, do a simple search or search by region.
For home childcare, using the search function by proximity makes it possible to determine if there is a home childcare facility within the search radius you entered. To make sure that you cover your whole region for home childcare establishments, it is advisable to expand the locator’s search radius. The search results will display the contact information of the coordinating office or offices with which the home childcare providers identified are affiliated. The coordinating office will facilitate your search with these childcare service providers.
Three search options
- Search by proximity
- Simple search
- Search by region
All childcare establishments listed in the locator are recognized childcare service establishments. This means that they hold a permit issued by the Ministère de la Famille (in the case of childcare and daycare centres) or a recognition granted by a Home Childcare Coordinating Office (in the case of home childcare services). Parents can easily identify these daycare centres by looking for the Recognized Daycare Centre logo.
The Childcare Establishment Locator also allows you to access the results of inspections of childcare centres (CPEs) and daycare centres in Québec carried out since November 15, 2009. These results will help you learn more about the childcare establishments that interest you. To consult inspection results, go to the information page of the appropriate childcare or daycare centre and click on the icon. If the centre has not been inspected since November 15, 2009, there might not be any information on it.
When registering your child in a childcare establishment, remember that the first step for parents seeking a space for their child in a childcare establishment is to create an account with La Place 0-5, the one-stop service for subsidized childcare spaces. La Place 0-5 is the only gateway for parents to register their children with the CPEs and subsidized daycare centres in Québec that interest them.
Childcare service directories by administrative region are also available. The directories provide the contact information of the childcare centres, daycare centres and home childcare coordinating offices for each region in Québec.
As of June 2, 2014, parents in the Centre-du-Québec, Lanaudière, Mauricie and Montréal regions must register through La Place 0-5 One-Stop Service. Parents in other regions will have access to the One-Stop Service as soon as the data from their region has been integrated.
The list of Québec-wide associations and umbrella groups and the list of regional associations and umbrella groups are also available through the Childcare Establishment Locator.
To get help or submit a change request, visit the help page. You can also contact the webmaster by email if you are experiencing problems.
Useful links
- Childcare service directories by administrative region
- Where should I enroll my child?
Finding and choosing child care
Federal-provincial child care agreement
On November 15, 2021, the Alberta and federal governments announced an agreement to reduce child care fees by an average of 50% in early 2022 and to provide $10 per day fees, on average, by 2026. Learn more about this historic agreement.
If you have questions about finding or choosing child care and other options, call Child Care Connect toll free at 1-844-644-5165.
This service is available in more than 100 languages.
Overview
Child care is an essential part of Alberta’s economic recovery. When parents and caregivers go to work or school, they need to know their children are safe and have the resources they need to grow and thrive.
Choosing quality child care for your family is a very important decision. You want to find a safe, healthy environment that supports the social, physical, intellectual, creative and emotional development of your children.
Updated legislation
The Early Learning and Child Care Act and regulation improve the standard for quality and safety in licensed programs, provide more information and transparency for parents and streamline and modernize licensing processes so licensed providers have more time to support children.
Types of child care
In Alberta, there are 2 types of child care under the act and regulation: licensed and unlicensed. This makes it easy for parents to know which options are regulated by the government and which are not.
Licensed child care
Facility-based
Licensed facility-based programs include:
- daycare
- out-of-school care
- preschool
The Alberta government works collaboratively with licensed facility-based programs by monitoring and inspecting their centres to ensure they are meeting health, safety and program quality standards for children in their care under the Early Learning and Child Care Act.
Home-based
Family day home educators are recruited and trained by licensed family day home agencies to offer child care in their own home. Family day home educators can offer child care for up to 6 children not including their own.
Licensed agencies help by offering family day home educators a network for training, resources and assistance. Agencies provide assurance to parents using family day homes by monitoring each program to ensure they are meeting health, safety and program quality standards for children in their care as prescribed under the Family Day Home standards and the act.
Learn how to become a family day home educator.
For more information about the different types of child care, see the Early Learning and Child Care Regulation.
Unlicensed child care
Unlicensed child care programs can provide child care for up to 6 children, not including their own, at any given time. Unlicensed providers are not monitored by the Alberta government or licensed agencies.
Examples of unlicensed care include:
- nannies
- private day homes
- informal arrangements with friends
- neighbours or family
Under the act, the Alberta government can investigate complaints about unlicensed child care providers when there is reason to believe that:
- a person is providing care for more than 6 children (not including their own), or
- an imminent threat exists to the health, safety or welfare of any children to whom the person is offering or providing care.
If either of these are confirmed, Children’s Services will issue and enforce a stop order. In this situation, parents of the children in the unlicensed program will be notified of the stop order.
Call Child Care Connect
If you are concerned about the health, safety or well-being of your child or another child in an unlicensed child care program, call Child Care Connect toll free at 1-844-644-5165 to report your concerns.
Choosing Child Care Guide
Choosing the right child care for your family can be a difficult decision with lots to consider. Read the Choosing Child Care Guide to help you find and choose quality child care in Alberta.
Choosing Child Care Guide
Use the checklist in the guide so you know what to look for, what questions to ask, and for specific details to consider when choosing child care.
Use Child care lookup to find licensed options near you.
Children needing extra support
Children with special needs can get support from the Inclusive Child Care Program in licensed daycare, out-of-school care and preschool programs, and through a licensed family day home agency.
Inclusive Child Care Programs create flexibility to meet the individual needs of children with special needs or disabilities within these child care settings. Support may include training for child care staff, consultation on programming for inclusion, resource and referral information or funding for additional staff.
Call Child Care Connect
For information about the availability of this service in your community, call Child Care Connect toll free at 1-844-644-5165.
Other supports are available for families and children with disabilities through the Family Support for Children with Disabilities (FSCD) program.
Help with child care fees
Child care subsidies are available to offset the cost of licensed child care for eligible lower-income families.
If you need help paying for child care fees, you can find information about funding and determine your family’s eligibility through the Child Care Subsidy program.
Call Child Care Connect
Parents can call Child Care Connect toll free at 1-844-644-5165:
- Learn about child care options in your area.
- Get help finding the licensed child care program in your community that works best for your family.
- Find out if your unlicensed provider has been issued an order to stop providing child care within the past 24 months.
- Report concerns, complaints or incidents related to a child care program.
If you have concerns
If you have concerns with your own provider or one in your community – whether they’re a licensed or unlicensed – Call Child Care Connect. Early learning and Child Care staff will help you report concerns, complaints or incidents related to the health and safety or well-being of children in a child care setting.
You can also call Child Care Connect if you suspect someone is providing child care to 6 or more children (not including their own).
All complaints received are taken seriously and reviewed:
- Early Learning and Child Care staff will determine if your complaint falls under the scope of the act and regulation, or the Family Day Home Standards.
- If your complaint is within the scope of the legislation, regulation, or standards, an investigation will be conducted. Some complaints may fall within the scope of another authority and be referred to police, fire department, municipal government, public health, Child Intervention, or another organization.
- Every effort will be made to protect the identity of a complainant, unless criminal charges or civil litigation makes disclosure necessary.
“Did you think of me?” Divorce of parents and a teenager: an analysis of all possible scenarios
On February 23, the film “Son” directed by Florian Zeller is released. In it, 17-year-old Nicholas is going through a hard divorce of his parents and, at the request of his mother, begins to live in his father’s new family – with his stepmother and half-brother. Old grievances and new experiences prevent a teenager from getting closer to his father. Why is this happening and how not to go crazy in such a situation? Explains clinical psychologist Tatyana Dospekhova.
Divorce of parents can provoke depression and personality disorders
Adolescents from 11-12 to 15 years old usually have a lot of their own experiences. During this period, their hormonal system is activated, drastic changes in the body begin. Some teenagers experience this painfully. If during such a period there is also a divorce in the family, then one crisis is superimposed on another. A teenager can take responsibility for what is happening, feel guilty. It is very difficult for a child to cope with this. Against the background of stress, personality disorders and depression can start in him.
Older teenagers, 15–17 years old, find it easier to survive the divorce of their parents: their hormonal maturation is already completed, self-knowledge and friendships are being formed. Even after a divorce, such a teenager can communicate with each of the parents separately: meet them outside the home, go to visit – he has much more independence.