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 Red Deer, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.7 stars. It is taken across the 23 licensed daycares in Red Deer 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 Red Deer
- 1
Montessori Classics Preschool and Kindergarten
5432 Kerrywood Dr
5.0 stars from 29 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 29, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
Little Pioneers Christian Childcare Center
4829 53 Street
5.0 stars from 20 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 20, rating estimate 4.9.
- 3
Stepping Stones Montessori Stanton
12 Stanton Street
5.0 stars from 17 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 17, rating estimate 4.9.
- 4
Kindersprout Playschool Ltd.
98 Oberlin Ave
5.0 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 16:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.9.
- 5
Noah's Ark Playschool
16 McVicar Street
5.0 stars from 12 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:15 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 12, rating estimate 4.8.
- 6
Little Saints Academy
200 - 2965 Bremner Ave
5.0 stars from 11 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 11, rating estimate 4.8.
- 7
Jelibean Downtown OSC
#101, 5018 45th Street
5.0 stars from 10 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 10, rating estimate 4.8.
- 8
Mommy & Daddy Daycare
4813 - 47 Street, Basement
4.9 stars from 17 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 17, rating estimate 4.8.
- 9
Farms, Furbabies & Friends Inc.
2879 Botterill Cr
5.0 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:30 to 16:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.8.
- 10
Kerry Wood Nature Centre Nature Nursery
6300 - 45 Avenue
4.8 stars from 105 Google reviews
Hours published: 10:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 105, rating estimate 4.8.
68 more licensed daycares in Red Deer have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Red Deer.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Red Deer?
MapleCub lists 78 licensed daycares in Red Deer. 23 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 Red Deer, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.7 stars. It is taken across the 23 licensed daycares in Red Deer 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.