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 Victoria, 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 55 licensed daycares in Victoria 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 Victoria
- 1
Ross Bay Preschool Ltd
1620 Earle St
5.0 stars from 55 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:45 to 15:15Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 55, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
Lakehill Preschool Co-Op
3821 Cedar Hill X Rd
5.0 stars from 36 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 14:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 36, rating estimate 4.9.
- 3
Hello Friends Child Care Corporation 111
111-2787 Jacklin Road
5.0 stars from 28 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 28, rating estimate 4.9.
- 4
Strawberry Vale Preschool
4130 Rosedale Ave
5.0 stars from 24 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 15:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 24, rating estimate 4.9.
- 5
Ctots Childhood Education Centre Expansion
2951 Glasgow St
5.0 stars from 15 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:45 to 17:15Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 15, rating estimate 4.8.
- 6
Oak Bay Parent Owned Preschool
1701 Elgin St
5.0 stars from 15 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 15, rating estimate 4.8.
- 7
Ocean Rain International Daycare Center - Hillside
1038 Hillside Ave
5.0 stars from 15 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 15, rating estimate 4.8.
- 8
Island Montessori House School
5575 West Saanich Rd
4.9 stars from 38 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 38, rating estimate 4.8.
- 9
Ocean Rain International Daycare Center - Shelbourne
100-3941 Shelbourne St
5.0 stars from 14 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 14, rating estimate 4.8.
- 10
Little Wild Early Learning Inc.
5-230 Menzies St
4.9 stars from 33 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 16:30Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 33, rating estimate 4.8.
316 more licensed daycares in Victoria have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Victoria.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Victoria?
MapleCub lists 326 licensed daycares in Victoria. 55 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 Victoria, 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 55 licensed daycares in Victoria 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.