Licensed Daycares in Scarborough, ON

Daycare & Childcare in Scarborough

Scarborough posts the strongest ratings of any community in this corner of our dataset: the 13 providers with three or more Google reviews average 4.77 stars, well above the Ontario-wide average of 4.46, and 11 of them sit at 4.5 or higher. The standout is Village Green Child Care Centre, holding a perfect 5.0 across 50 reviews — one of the deepest clean review records we track anywhere in the GTA — followed by Agile Innovators Montessori at 5.0 across 30. MapleCub currently lists 25 providers under Scarborough addresses (23 centres and 2 home-based programs), a subset of the wider east-Toronto market, since many nearby programs are listed under Toronto proper. All 25 are flagged as CWELCC participants, 4 operate in French, and unusually for Ontario, most listings here carry real age data: 6 are licensed for infants, 13 for toddlers and preschoolers, and 9 for school-age children. If you need a baby room, those 6 infant-licensed programs are where to start — and where waitlists bite hardest.

What to know about childcare in Scarborough

Scarborough's numbers stand out for quality evidence, not just quantity. Across the 13 providers with enough reviews to judge, the average is 4.77 stars — the kind of figure that usually signals a market where weaker programs don't survive long. Village Green Child Care Centre is the anchor: a 5.0 rating across 50 reviews is statistically meaningful in a way most daycare ratings aren't, and Agile Innovators Montessori's 5.0 across 30 reviews is nearly as convincing. Family Day St Barnabas Child Care Centre also holds 5.0, though on 7 reviews — a good sign, thinner evidence.

The mix is centre-dominated: 23 of 25 listings are centres, with just 2 licensed home providers. One caution on scope — Scarborough is a district of several hundred thousand people, and our 25 listings cover providers whose addresses are recorded as Scarborough specifically. Plenty of options sit just across arbitrary boundary lines under Toronto listings, so treat this page as a starting cluster rather than the whole map.

Scarborough is also one of the few Ontario communities in our dataset with substantial age licensing recorded: 18 of 25 listings carry age data. Six programs are licensed for infants under 18 months, 13 for toddlers and preschoolers, and 9 for school-age children — that last figure matters for parents needing before-and-after care, which is chronically scarce across Toronto. Seven listings still have unknown age ranges, so the true infant count may be modestly higher.

On cost, all 25 providers are flagged as CWELCC participants, capping fees for under-sixes on the path to $10 a day. Four centres operate in French. The practical playbook here: if you need infant care, contact all six infant-licensed programs at once rather than sequentially — Toronto infant waitlists routinely run a year or more, and Village Green's review volume suggests its list will be among the longest. For preschool-age children the market is friendlier, with 13 licensed options and the district's exceptional average rating working in your favour.