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 Nanaimo, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.4 stars. It is taken across the 13 licensed daycares in Nanaimo 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 Nanaimo
- 1
Little Legacies - Cilaire
25 Cilaire Dr
5.0 stars from 21 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 21, rating estimate 4.8.
- 2
Curious Pandas Supportive Learning Inc.
3209 Andres Rd
4.9 stars from 11 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 11, rating estimate 4.6.
- 3
Encompass Language And Learning Centre
243-4750 Rutherford Rd
4.8 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.6.
- 4
Jolly Giant Childcare Ltd. - Strickland Location
10 Strickland St
4.8 stars from 15 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:15Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 15, rating estimate 4.6.
- 5
Kidz Kompany - Small Fries
102-679 Terminal Ave N
4.6 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:45 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.5.
- 6
Playtime Childcare Society - Georgia Avenue Location
625 Georgia Ave
4.5 stars from 8 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.5, reviews 8, rating estimate 4.4.
- 7
Jolly Giant Childcare Ltd. - Selby Location
436 Selby St
4.4 stars from 26 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.4, reviews 26, rating estimate 4.4.
- 8
Kids & Company Nanaimo
2129 Boxwood Rd
4.3 stars from 6 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.3, reviews 6, rating estimate 4.3.
- 9
Jolly Giant Childcare Ltd. - Portsmouth Location
6553 Portsmouth Rd
4.3 stars from 23 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.3, reviews 23, rating estimate 4.3.
- 10
Trillium Montessori
495 Howard Ave
4.3 stars from 47 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.3, reviews 47, rating estimate 4.3.
156 more licensed daycares in Nanaimo have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Nanaimo.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Nanaimo?
MapleCub lists 166 licensed daycares in Nanaimo. 13 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 Nanaimo, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.4 stars. It is taken across the 13 licensed daycares in Nanaimo 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.