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 Waterdown, 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 10 licensed daycares in Waterdown 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 Waterdown
- 1
Hei Schools Early Learning Centre Waterdown
40 Mallard Trail
5.0 stars from 25 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 25, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
Brightpath Waterdown
89 Hamilton Street
4.9 stars from 59 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 59, rating estimate 4.8.
- 3
St. Thomas The Apostle Early Learning And Care Centre
170 Skinner Road
4.8 stars from 69 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 16:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 69, rating estimate 4.8.
- 4
Parkside Daycare Inc.
145 Hamilton Street
4.7 stars from 76 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 76, rating estimate 4.7.
- 5
Spring Creek Learn & Play Childcare
473 Dundas Street
4.7 stars from 12 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 12, rating estimate 4.6.
- 6
Learning Blocks Montessori School
306 Parkside Drive
4.6 stars from 30 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 30, rating estimate 4.6.
- 7
Village Children'S Centre Of Waterdown
132 Dundas Street
4.4 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.4, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.5.
- 8
Quality Foundations Childcare
221 Dundas Street
4.4 stars from 14 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.4, reviews 14, rating estimate 4.4.
- 9
Waterdown District Children'S Centre
215 Parkside Drive
3.5 stars from 6 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 3.5, reviews 6, rating estimate 4.1.
- 10
Flamborough Family Ymca Child Care Centre
207 Parkside Drive
4.0 stars from 88 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:00 to 21:30Score inputs: rating 4.0, reviews 88, rating estimate 4.1.
2 more licensed daycares in Waterdown have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Waterdown.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Waterdown?
MapleCub lists 12 licensed daycares in Waterdown. 10 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 Waterdown, 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 10 licensed daycares in Waterdown 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.