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 Thornhill, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.6 stars. It is taken across the 14 licensed daycares in Thornhill 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 Thornhill
- 1
Polka Dot Preschool
271 Centre Street
4.9 stars from 145 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 145, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
Thornhill Nursery School
140 Brooke Street
5.0 stars from 23 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 23, rating estimate 4.9.
- 3
Great Lakes Montessori
200 Racco Parkway
4.9 stars from 62 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 62, rating estimate 4.9.
- 4
Thornhill Woods Daycare - Dufferin
9001 Dufferin Street
4.9 stars from 56 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 56, rating estimate 4.8.
- 5
Northwood Montessori-Centre St Campus
86 Centre Street
4.9 stars from 32 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 32, rating estimate 4.8.
- 6
Funtastic Learning Centre
2400 John Street
5.0 stars from 13 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 13, rating estimate 4.8.
- 7
Upper Canada Child Care At North Thornhill Cc
300 Pleasant Ridge Avenue
4.8 stars from 33 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 33, rating estimate 4.7.
- 8
Upper Canada Child Care At St. Rene Goupil-St. Luke Ces
135 Green Lane
4.6 stars from 13 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 13, rating estimate 4.6.
- 9
Upper Canada Child Care At Hodan Nalayeh Ss
1401 Clark Avenue
4.4 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.4, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.5.
- 10
Yorkview Day Care Centre - Full Day
3 Coulter'S Mill Gate
4.4 stars from 7 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 4.4, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.5.
29 more licensed daycares in Thornhill have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Thornhill.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Thornhill?
MapleCub lists 39 licensed daycares in Thornhill. 14 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 Thornhill, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.6 stars. It is taken across the 14 licensed daycares in Thornhill 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.