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 Pickering, 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 19 licensed daycares in Pickering 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 Pickering
- 1
Helping Hands Daycare - Pickering
734 Kingston Road
4.8 stars from 51 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 51, rating estimate 4.7.
- 2
Helping Hands Daycare - Rougemount
376 Kingston Road
4.7 stars from 47 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 47, rating estimate 4.6.
- 3
Angus Valley Montessori Schools
2460 Brock Road
4.7 stars from 34 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 34, rating estimate 4.6.
- 4
Great Beginnings Child Care Centre
1920 Bayly Street
4.7 stars from 22 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 22, rating estimate 4.5.
- 5
Bridges Kinder Connection Ltd.
1066 Dunbarton Road
4.5 stars from 41 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:45 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.5, reviews 41, rating estimate 4.4.
- 6
Preschool Canada Early Learning Centre
780 Kingston Road
4.5 stars from 26 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.5, reviews 26, rating estimate 4.4.
- 7
Valley Farm Day Care Centre
1995 Valley Farm Road
4.5 stars from 17 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.5, reviews 17, rating estimate 4.4.
- 8
Edukids Child Learning Centre Ltd.
1320 Altona Road
4.5 stars from 8 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:45 to 18:15Score inputs: rating 4.5, reviews 8, rating estimate 4.3.
- 9
Bayfair Daycare Inc.
817 Kingston Road
4.3 stars from 20 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 4.3, reviews 20, rating estimate 4.2.
- 10
Muppets Children'S Centre
986 Dunbarton Road
4.4 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:45 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.4, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.2.
30 more licensed daycares in Pickering have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Pickering.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Pickering?
MapleCub lists 40 licensed daycares in Pickering. 19 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 Pickering, 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 19 licensed daycares in Pickering 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.