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 Markham, 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 36 licensed daycares in Markham 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 Markham
- 1
Blooming Lives Montessori Inc
9201 Woodbine Ave
5.0 stars from 18 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 18, rating estimate 4.8.
- 2
Little Steps Early Learning And Child Care Centre
9418 Highway 48
4.9 stars from 34 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:30 to 16:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 34, rating estimate 4.8.
- 3
Heritage Discovery Preschool
5970 16Th Avenue
5.0 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.8.
- 4
Chapel Place Day Care Centre
8 Chapel Place
4.9 stars from 29 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 29, rating estimate 4.8.
- 5
St. Andrew'S Co-Operative Playschool - Half Day
32 Main Street
5.0 stars from 13 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:30 to 14:25Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 13, rating estimate 4.8.
- 6
Family Day Care Services - Armadale Child Care Centre
11 Coppard Avenue
5.0 stars from 12 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:15 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 12, rating estimate 4.8.
- 7
Inspire Montessori Milliken 2
7828 Kennedy Road
5.0 stars from 11 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 11, rating estimate 4.7.
- 8
Inspire Montessori Milliken Mills 1
7828 Kennedy Road
5.0 stars from 11 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 11, rating estimate 4.7.
- 9
Upper Canada Child Care At David Suzuki Ps
45 Riverwalk Drive
5.0 stars from 9 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 9, rating estimate 4.7.
- 10
Ikids Montessori Academy
8855 Woodbine Avenue
4.8 stars from 21 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 21, rating estimate 4.7.
77 more licensed daycares in Markham have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Markham.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Markham?
MapleCub lists 87 licensed daycares in Markham. 36 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 Markham, 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 36 licensed daycares in Markham 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.