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 Toronto, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.5 stars. It is taken across the 358 licensed daycares in Toronto 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 Toronto
- 1
Kids Way Daycare
369 Broadview Avenue
5.0 stars from 66 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 66, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
The Laurel School
44 Upjohn Road
5.0 stars from 62 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 62, rating estimate 4.9.
- 3
Time For Play Nursery School
125 Evelyn Crescent
5.0 stars from 53 Google reviews
CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 53, rating estimate 4.9.
- 4
Alphabet Treehouse Childcare Centre
1780 Avenue Road
4.9 stars from 161 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 161, rating estimate 4.9.
- 5
Royal York Road School
851 Royal York Road
5.0 stars from 31 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 15:30CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 31, rating estimate 4.9.
- 6
Golf Road School Child Care Centre Inc.
730 Scarborough Golf Club Road
5.0 stars from 27 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 27, rating estimate 4.9.
- 7
St. Theresa'S Day Care Centre - (Carmelite Missionary Sisters Of Saint Theresa)
1196 Wilson Avenue
4.9 stars from 78 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 78, rating estimate 4.8.
- 8
Gan Chabad Preschool
147 Overbrook Place
5.0 stars from 26 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 18:00CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 26, rating estimate 4.8.
- 9
Gerrard Early Learning Centre (Plato Adult Education Centre Of Toronto)
163 Gerrard Street
5.0 stars from 26 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 26, rating estimate 4.8.
- 10
All My Children Child Care
1590 Sandhurst Circle
4.9 stars from 72 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 72, rating estimate 4.8.
858 more licensed daycares in Toronto have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Toronto.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Toronto?
MapleCub lists 868 licensed daycares in Toronto. 358 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 Toronto, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.5 stars. It is taken across the 358 licensed daycares in Toronto 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.