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 Oshawa, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.1 stars. It is taken across the 17 licensed daycares in Oshawa 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 Oshawa
- 1
Tykes Of Columbus Child Care Centre Inc.
3250 Simcoe Street
4.8 stars from 40 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 40, rating estimate 4.7.
- 2
Columbus Community Playgroup Co-Operative Inc.
3265 Simcoe Street
5.0 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 16:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.7.
- 3
Children'S Town Playcare Center Inc.
501 Cold Stream Drive
4.7 stars from 20 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 20, rating estimate 4.5.
- 4
Providence Daycare Centre - Simcoe
2069 Simcoe Street
4.9 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.4.
- 5
Waterview Child Care Centre
1324 Oxford
4.4 stars from 21 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.4, reviews 21, rating estimate 4.3.
- 6
Park Child Care Centre
795 Park Road
4.3 stars from 15 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.3, reviews 15, rating estimate 4.2.
- 7
Evangel Day Care Centre
374 Farewell Street
4.3 stars from 12 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.3, reviews 12, rating estimate 4.2.
- 8
Big Hearts Day Care Centre
1383 Wilson Road
4.3 stars from 9 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.3, reviews 9, rating estimate 4.2.
- 9
Edukids Child Care Centre - Harmony
15 Harmony Road
4.0 stars from 8 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:15Score inputs: rating 4.0, reviews 8, rating estimate 4.1.
- 10
Providence Daycare Centre Inc.
451 Woodmount Drive
4.0 stars from 20 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:30Score inputs: rating 4.0, reviews 20, rating estimate 4.0.
36 more licensed daycares in Oshawa have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Oshawa.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Oshawa?
MapleCub lists 46 licensed daycares in Oshawa. 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 Oshawa, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.1 stars. It is taken across the 17 licensed daycares in Oshawa 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.