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 Hamilton, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.3 stars. It is taken across the 57 licensed daycares in Hamilton 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 Hamilton
- 1
Lucky Day Nursery
120 Crosthwaite Avenue
4.9 stars from 45 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:15Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 45, rating estimate 4.8.
- 2
United Children Academy
80 Queen Street North
4.8 stars from 42 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 42, rating estimate 4.7.
- 3
Imagineer'S Early Learning Centre
430 West 5Th Street
5.0 stars from 9 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 9, rating estimate 4.6.
- 4
Fan-Tastic Scholars Child Learning Centre
1960 Main Street
4.7 stars from 41 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 41, rating estimate 4.6.
- 5
Kids & Company Hamilton
701 Main Street
4.7 stars from 41 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 41, rating estimate 4.6.
- 6
Tapawingo Day Care
9 Clarendon Avenue
4.8 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.6.
- 7
Jamesville Bennetto Community Care
47 Simcoe Street
4.6 stars from 240 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 240, rating estimate 4.6.
- 8
Mother Goose Cooperative Preschool
19 Pearl Street
5.0 stars from 7 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.6.
- 9
Mcmaster Children'S Centre Inc
1280 Main Living Learning Centre
5.0 stars from 6 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 6, rating estimate 4.5.
- 10
Umbrella Family - Cathy Wever
160 Wentworth Street
5.0 stars from 6 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 6, rating estimate 4.5.
96 more licensed daycares in Hamilton have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Hamilton.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Hamilton?
MapleCub lists 106 licensed daycares in Hamilton. 57 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 Hamilton, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.3 stars. It is taken across the 57 licensed daycares in Hamilton 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.