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 Barrie, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.5 stars. It is taken across the 25 licensed daycares in Barrie 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 Barrie
- 1
Koalaroo Preschool
28 Commerce Park Drive
5.0 stars from 45 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 45, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
Growing Minds Academy
555 Mapleview Drive
4.9 stars from 47 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:45 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 47, rating estimate 4.8.
- 3
Hide And Seek Christian Academy
460 Yonge Street
4.9 stars from 27 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 27, rating estimate 4.8.
- 4
Brightpath Barrie
133 Mapleview Drive
4.8 stars from 110 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 110, rating estimate 4.8.
- 5
Hewitt'S Creek Children'S Academy
41 Sandringham Drive
5.0 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.7.
- 6
Open Arms Early Childhood Centre Barrie
460 Mapleview Drive
5.0 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.7.
- 7
Ymca Child Care - Georgian College
1 Georgian Drive
5.0 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:00 to 19:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.7.
- 8
Lakeland Childcare
45 Commerce Park Drive
4.7 stars from 60 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 60, rating estimate 4.7.
- 9
Learning Jungle Maple Hill
147 Toronto Street
4.7 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.6.
- 10
Upper Canada Child Care At Willow Landing Es
330 Big Bay Point Road
4.7 stars from 6 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 6, rating estimate 4.6.
35 more licensed daycares in Barrie have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Barrie.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Barrie?
MapleCub lists 45 licensed daycares in Barrie. 25 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 Barrie, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.5 stars. It is taken across the 25 licensed daycares in Barrie 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.