How this list is ranked
Centres are ordered by a rating estimate. That is not the raw Google star average: the estimate blends a centre's own average with the average across Aurora, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.6 stars. It is taken across the 17 licensed daycares in Aurora that clear the review bar.
A centre with 10 reviews sits exactly half way between its own average and the city average. Past that it leans on its own record. Below it, it leans on the city.
A centre with fewer than 5 Google reviews is never ranked on this page. It can still be a good centre; there is simply not enough evidence to place it against the others, and placing it anyway would be guesswork with a number attached to it.
Google ratings are third party. They are shown as plain text, they are not collected by MapleCub, and they are not marked up as review data anywhere on this page.
The badges below each centre report facts about the listing: whether the provider has claimed it, whether opening hours are published, whether a provincial registry reported an opening, whether the centre is enrolled in CWELCC. None of them change the score. None of them change the order.
10 best-rated licensed daycares in Aurora
- 1
First Smiles Christian Daycare
126 Wellington Street
5.0 stars from 88 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 88, rating estimate 5.0.
- 2
Rainbow Visionary
77 Wellington Street
4.9 stars from 61 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 61, rating estimate 4.9.
- 3
Magic Tree Childcare
16 Mosley Street
4.9 stars from 29 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 29, rating estimate 4.8.
- 4
Whispering Pines Child Care Centre
377 Hartwell Way
5.0 stars from 8 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 8, rating estimate 4.8.
- 5
Ilearn Montessori School
16055 Bayview Avenue
5.0 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.8.
- 6
Aurora Early Learning Centre
138 Centre Street
5.0 stars from 6 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 6, rating estimate 4.7.
- 7
Play Laugh Learn Child Care Centre
9 Borealis Avenue
4.8 stars from 22 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 22, rating estimate 4.7.
- 8
Aspen Grove Montessori School
233 Earl Stewart Drive
4.7 stars from 40 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:45Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 40, rating estimate 4.7.
- 9
Safari Kid South Aurora
330 Mcclellan Way
4.7 stars from 38 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 38, rating estimate 4.7.
- 10
Wisdom Village Montessori School
15117 Yonge Street
4.7 stars from 15 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 15, rating estimate 4.7.
20 more licensed daycares in Aurora have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Aurora.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Aurora?
MapleCub lists 30 licensed daycares in Aurora. 17 of them have at least 5 Google reviews, which is the bar to be ranked on this page. The top 10 are shown here.
How is this ranking worked out?
Centres are ordered by a rating estimate. That is not the raw Google star average: the estimate blends a centre's own average with the average across Aurora, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.6 stars. It is taken across the 17 licensed daycares in Aurora that clear the review bar. A centre with 10 reviews sits exactly half way between its own average and the city average. Past that it leans on its own record. Below it, it leans on the city. A centre with fewer than 5 Google reviews is never ranked on this page. It can still be a good centre; there is simply not enough evidence to place it against the others, and placing it anyway would be guesswork with a number attached to it.
Which centres are included on this list?
Every licensed child care programme MapleCub has a visible listing for in this city counts. Approach and programme type make no difference.
Are these MapleCub's own ratings?
No. The star ratings and review counts on this page come from Google, they are shown as plain text, and MapleCub does not collect them, does not adjust them, and does not mark them up as structured review data anywhere on the page. What MapleCub adds is the ordering. The method above says exactly how that is worked out.
How do I check that a centre on this list is licensed?
Every centre on this list is a licensed programme in MapleCub's records, each listing page shows the licence status MapleCub holds for it, and the authoritative record behind both of those is the province's own registry. Look the centre up there by name before you enrol. Confirm the licence is current.