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 Whitby, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has.
The city average used here is 4.4 stars. It is taken across the 25 licensed daycares in Whitby 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 Whitby
- 1
Little Blessings Nursery School
4240 Anderson Street
4.9 stars from 37 Google reviews
Hours published: 09:00 to 16:00Score inputs: rating 4.9, reviews 37, rating estimate 4.8.
- 2
First Milestones Education
120 Taunton Road
4.8 stars from 105 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 105, rating estimate 4.8.
- 3
Mindful Nurturing Childcare Inc.
501 Dundas Street
5.0 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.8.
- 4
Eyes Montessori Child Care Whitby
340 Taunton Road East
4.7 stars from 83 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 83, rating estimate 4.7.
- 5
Learning Tree Montessori And Daycare Inc
126 Ash Street
4.8 stars from 17 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 17, rating estimate 4.6.
- 6
P.R.Y.D.E. At St. Bernards
1000 Dryden Boulevard
5.0 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.6.
- 7
P.R.Y.D.E. At St. Mark
95 Waller Street
5.0 stars from 7 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 7, rating estimate 4.6.
- 8
Durham Montessori School And Daycare
200 Byron Street
4.7 stars from 30 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 17:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 30, rating estimate 4.6.
- 9
Early Learners' Montessori School - Whitby
293 Michael Boulevard
4.6 stars from 71 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 71, rating estimate 4.6.
- 10
Eh To Zed Preschool Canada
30 Broadleaf Avenue
4.6 stars from 11 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:00 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 11, rating estimate 4.5.
35 more licensed daycares in Whitby have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Whitby.
Questions about this list
How many licensed daycares are there in Whitby?
MapleCub lists 45 licensed daycares in Whitby. 25 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 Whitby, and it weights the two by how many reviews the centre has. The city average used here is 4.4 stars. It is taken across the 25 licensed daycares in Whitby 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.