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 Vancouver, 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 67 licensed daycares in Vancouver 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 Vancouver
- 1
Happy Corner Parent Participation Preschool
3434 Falaise Ave
5.0 stars from 25 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 25, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
University Hill Preschool
5210 University Boulevard
5.0 stars from 24 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 24, rating estimate 4.9.
- 3
Discover Possibilities
3192 Queens Ave
5.0 stars from 23 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 23, rating estimate 4.9.
- 4
Monkey Tree Montessori Preschool
1394 Nanaimo St
5.0 stars from 19 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 16:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 19, rating estimate 4.8.
- 5
The Big Playhouse Academy
5945 Main St
5.0 stars from 19 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 19, rating estimate 4.8.
- 6
Westgate Montessori School Inc.
3489 31St Ave W
5.0 stars from 18 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 15:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 18, rating estimate 4.8.
- 7
Marpole Oakridge Family Place Society (Mofp)
8188 Lord St
4.9 stars from 40 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 15:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 40, rating estimate 4.8.
- 8
Les Petits Artistes Montessori Centre
3150 Ash St
4.9 stars from 39 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 39, rating estimate 4.8.
- 9
Fraserview Montessori Preschool And Kindergarten
1992 Prestwick Dr
5.0 stars from 14 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 14, rating estimate 4.8.
- 10
Wesbrook Preschool
4405 8Th Ave W
5.0 stars from 14 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 15:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 14, rating estimate 4.8.
493 more licensed daycares in Vancouver have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Vancouver.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Vancouver?
MapleCub lists 503 licensed daycares in Vancouver. 67 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 Vancouver, 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 67 licensed daycares in Vancouver 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.