Licensed Daycares in Longueuil, QC

Daycare & Childcare in Longueuil

Half of Longueuil's licensed daycares clear 4.5 stars on Google — 39 out of 78, a ratio that's unusually strong for a city this size on Montréal's South Shore. The citywide average sits at 4.61, among the higher marks in the region. All 78 facilities are group settings; family home care is licensed separately in Québec and doesn't show up in this count. Sixty of the 78 are flagged at the reduced provincial contribution, meaning most families here are looking at CPEs or garderies subventionnées rather than market-rate garderies. Infant licensing is common too, with 64 of 78 facilities accepting infants. Three names top the ratings list: Garderie Éducative l'École du Village Inc. and La Pouponnière Montessori de Longueuil Inc., both at a perfect 5.0, and Mon Rayon de Soleil, close behind at 4.9 across 37 reviews — a review count deep enough to mean something. Subsidized spots still route through La Place 0-5, the province's central system, regardless of how a centre rates.

What to know about childcare in Longueuil

Something about Longueuil's daycare market produces unusually consistent ratings. Thirty-nine of the city's 78 licensed facilities sit at 4.5 stars or higher on Google — exactly half — against a citywide average of 4.61. That's a notch above what shows up in most South Shore municipalities of comparable size, and it's not driven by one or two outliers; the ratings spread across a real number of centres rather than clustering around a handful of well-reviewed names. Québec's system splits licensed care into three tiers — CPEs, garderies subventionnées, and garderies non subventionnées — and Longueuil's strong ratings show up across all three, not just at one type of operator.

Three facilities stand out even within that strong field. Garderie Éducative l'École du Village Inc. and La Pouponnière Montessori de Longueuil Inc. both hold perfect 5.0 averages, built on 17 and 15 reviews respectively. Mon Rayon de Soleil sits just below at 4.9, but with 37 reviews behind it — enough volume that the number is harder to dismiss as a fluke. None of that guarantees a match for every family; a centre with a Montessori label, for instance, runs a specific pedagogical approach that won't suit everyone, so it's worth asking about daily structure directly rather than assuming from the name alone.

The structural numbers matter as much as the stars. Sixty of Longueuil's 78 facilities are flagged at Québec's reduced contribution rate, and 64 of 78 hold an infant licence — both figures on the high side, which means most searches here will surface CPEs or garderies subventionnées with infant capacity built in, rather than requiring a family to hunt across a scattered market. Every listed facility is a group setting; family home child care in Québec runs through separate bureaux coordonnateurs and isn't part of this dataset, so parents specifically wanting in-home care will need to look elsewhere.

None of the rating or contribution data changes the mechanics of getting a spot. Subsidized placement in Longueuil, as everywhere in Québec, goes through La Place 0-5 (laplace0-5.com) rather than direct calls to individual centres. Families comparing a non-subsidized garderie's sticker price against Québec's refundable tax credit, or benchmarking Longueuil against other cities, can use MapleCub's true-cost calculator; general subsidy rules are covered on our Québec childcare subsidy page. Either way, the strong ratings citywide are a reason to shortlist broadly rather than fixate on the three top names alone.