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 21 French-language 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 French-language daycares in Toronto
- 1
Ma Premiere Ecole
2383 Queen Street East
5.0 stars from 25 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:45 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 25, rating estimate 4.9.
- 2
La Maison Du Dodo
582 Oakwood Avenue
5.0 stars from 20 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 5.0, reviews 20, rating estimate 4.8.
- 3
Leroux Froebel Bilingual School
72 Main Street
4.7 stars from 18 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 18, rating estimate 4.6.
- 4
The Lee Wiggins Childcare Centre
4700 Keele Street
4.7 stars from 13 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 13, rating estimate 4.6.
- 5
Garderie La Farandole - Felix Leclerc
50 Celestine Drive
4.8 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.6.
- 6
Garderie La Farandole De Toronto Inc.
14 Pembroke Rue
4.8 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.6.
- 7
Garderie La Farandole Sur Grace
77 Grace Rue
4.8 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.6.
- 8
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Gainsborough
250 Gainsborough Chemin
4.8 stars from 5 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00CWELCC enrolledScore inputs: rating 4.8, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.6.
- 9
La Petite Ecole
130 Kennedy Avenue
4.6 stars from 63 Google reviews
Hours published: 08:00 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 63, rating estimate 4.6.
- 10
Le Petit Chaperon Rouge - Coxwell
419 Coxwell Avenue (French)
4.6 stars from 36 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.6, reviews 36, rating estimate 4.6.
25 more French-language 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 French-language daycares are there in Toronto?
MapleCub lists 35 French-language daycares in Toronto. 21 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 21 French-language 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.
What counts as a French-language centre here?
A centre counts as French-language here when MapleCub has flagged it as part of the francophone segment, from its name, its own description, or the language it lists. The flag is not a designation. It does not mean the programme is designated under a provincial French-language school authority.
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.
What about the other daycares in Toronto?
868 licensed child care programmes in Toronto have a listing on MapleCub, across every programme type. The city page lists all of them. Filters there cover age group, subsidy and hours.