Licensed Daycares in Pierrefonds, QC

Daycare & Childcare in Pierrefonds

Pierrefonds, in Montreal's West Island, gives parents 32 licensed childcare centres to work with — and unusually complete information about them. Every listing in MapleCub's dataset here reports its age groups: 27 of 32 take infants under 18 months, and all 32 serve toddlers and preschoolers, reflecting Quebec's 0-to-5 model where school-age care runs through the schools instead. Quality signals are solid — a 4.64 average across the 18 centres with at least 3 Google reviews, ahead of the Quebec-wide 4.52, with 14 rated 4.5 stars or better. Garderie les Amours de Mia & Tia carries the deepest evidence, holding 4.9 across 66 reviews, while Centre de la Petite Enfance St-Georges et St-Joseph sits at a perfect 5.0 across 10. On cost, 21 of the 32 centres offer subsidized reduced-contribution spots at Quebec's set daily rate — a bit below the provincial norm of about 74% — so roughly a third of local options are full-fee garderies where the refundable tax credit does the heavy lifting instead. Both routes can land in a similar place; the math depends on your income.

What to know about childcare in Pierrefonds

The defining choice in Pierrefonds is subsidized versus non-subsidized. The 21 centres with reduced-contribution spots — including the CPEs, Quebec's non-profit early childhood centres — charge the province's set daily rate regardless of income, which is why their waitlists via La Place 0-5 (Quebec's central registry) are long, especially for infant spots. The other 11 are full-fee private garderies where Quebec's refundable childcare tax credit, paid out even in advance if you choose, can bring the net daily cost surprisingly close to the subsidized rate for many middle-income families. Run both numbers before assuming subsidized is the only affordable path.

On quality, Pierrefonds gives you more evidence than most Montreal-area markets. Garderie les Amours de Mia & Tia's 4.9 across 66 reviews is the kind of sample size you can actually lean on; CPE St-Georges et St-Joseph's 5.0 across 10 and Garderie Éducaction's 5.0 across 4 are encouraging but thinner. In total, 14 of the 18 well-reviewed centres score 4.5 or higher — a strong local field. As always in Quebec, you can also check a centre's compliance record with the Ministère de la Famille, which licenses and inspects all of them.

Age coverage is a quiet strength here. With 27 of 32 centres licensed for infants under 18 months, Pierrefonds families have more baby-room options than many boroughs — though demand still outstrips supply, and CPE infant rooms in particular fill through La Place 0-5 waitlists that parents typically join during pregnancy.

One practical note for West Island families: this is a bilingual community, and language of care varies centre to centre even where it isn't formally flagged. If an English-language or bilingual environment matters to you — or conversely, French immersion before school — ask directly during your tour rather than assuming from the centre's name.