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 Gatineau, 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 5 Montessori daycares in Gatineau 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.
5 best-rated Montessori daycares in Gatineau
- 1
Maison d'Enfants Montessori
14, rue Saint-François
4.7 stars from 14 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:15Score inputs: rating 4.7, reviews 14, rating estimate 4.6.
- 2
Garderie Montessori du Connaught
365, avenue de l'Hippodrome
4.5 stars from 59 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.5, reviews 59, rating estimate 4.5.
- 3
Garderie Montessori du Connaught Ii
215, rue Nancy Elliott
4.5 stars from 59 Google reviews
Hours published: 06:30 to 18:00Score inputs: rating 4.5, reviews 59, rating estimate 4.5.
- 4
Préscolaire Montessori d'Aylmer Inc.
350, chemin Vanier
4.2 stars from 5 Google reviews
Score inputs: rating 4.2, reviews 5, rating estimate 4.3.
- 5
Montessori Gatineau
1915, rue Saint-Louis
3.9 stars from 16 Google reviews
Hours published: 07:30 to 17:30Score inputs: rating 3.9, reviews 16, rating estimate 4.1.
4 more Montessori daycares in Gatineau have a MapleCub listing, including the ones with too few reviews to rank. See every daycare in Gatineau.
Questions about this list
How many Montessori daycares are there in Gatineau?
MapleCub lists 9 Montessori daycares in Gatineau. 5 of them have at least 5 Google reviews, which is the bar to be ranked on this page. The top 5 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 Gatineau, 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 5 Montessori daycares in Gatineau 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 Montessori centre here?
A centre counts as Montessori here when the word Montessori appears in its own registered name. That is a name test, not an accreditation check. MapleCub does not verify membership of CCMA, AMI or AMS, so a centre on this list may or may not hold one.
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 Gatineau?
143 licensed child care programmes in Gatineau have a listing on MapleCub, across every programme type. The city page lists all of them. Filters there cover age group, subsidy and hours.