5 licensed daycares in Coaticook, QC

5 licensed childcare providers, regulated by the MFA (Quebec).

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Coaticook has 5 licensed programmes. 1 publishes its hours.

How to get on a waitlist in Coaticook

Licensed child care in Québec is applied for through the child care registration portal (Portail d'inscription aux services de garde).

  1. Create your family file (a government authentication account is required).
  2. Once your child is born, create their file and confirm their identity within 90 days (registration isn't possible before birth).
  3. Add your child to the waitlist of as many child care services as you want. After priority categories, your place counts from the start date you choose (or from the day you register, if that's later).
  4. Keep your file up to date; you usually have one to two days to accept an offered spot.

Daycare & Childcare in Coaticook

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Licensed centres

Only one Coaticook daycare has opening hours in our records. Centre de la Petite Enfance Entre Amis runs from 6:30 in the morning to 5:15 in the afternoon, and we hold no hours for the other four, which is roughly the shape of childcare information in this Estrie town: the licences are documented, the daily detail often isn't. Call and ask. Every listing here is a centre, and not one has gathered enough Google reviews to support a rating we'd stand behind, which means parents comparing them are working from capacity, location, and whatever a phone call turns up rather than from what other families have written. Four of the five have reduced-contribution places. Three take infants.

🗓 Last updated: August 2026✓ Data verified against QC licensing records📊 Reviews from Google + parent submissions🏷 Reviewed by Kudzi K., Founder & Editor

What to know about childcare in Coaticook

The five centres are Entre Amis on rue Saint-Jacques Sud, Lucioles et Tournesols on rue St-Marc, Plein Soleil on rue Merrill, Marguerites et Lutins on chemin Riendeau, and Garderie la P'Tite Laiterie on rue Child, holding 259 licensed places between them, with Lucioles et Tournesols and Plein Soleil the largest at 68 each. La P'Tite Laiterie is the smallest, at 29 places. Five addresses, five operators.

Infant care is where Coaticook narrows. Three of the five hold licences covering the 0 to 12 month band while Marguerites et Lutins and Plein Soleil start at one year, and since 81% of the Quebec centres in our data are licensed for infants, a parent looking for a spot for a newborn here has fewer doors to knock on than the provincial figure would suggest. Call early.

Four of the five offer reduced-contribution places, the subsidized daily rate set by the Ministère de la Famille, and La P'Tite Laiterie is the one that doesn't, which means families choosing it pay the centre's own rate and then claim the provincial refundable tax credit for childcare expenses. That changes the timing of the money, not the total commitment. Work the credit out at your own household income first. Ask for the annual figure.

Nothing in Coaticook has a usable review score, since not one of the five clears three Google reviews against 49% of Quebec listings that do, so there's no online signal to rank anything by and the comparing has to happen in person. Register on the Portail d'inscription aux services de garde, the provincial waiting list. Then call each one directly. Sherbrooke is the nearest larger market if nothing here works out.

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Tips for choosing childcare in Coaticook

Verify Licensing

Confirm the centre holds a current provincial licence. A licence means the province checked baseline health, safety and staffing standards. It is a floor, not a ranking.

Read Parent Reviews

Reviews cover what an inspection report never will: what drop-off feels like, whether messages get answered, how long staff stay.

Ask About Curriculum

Ask what a Tuesday actually looks like. "Montessori" and "play-based" mean different things at different centres, so the daily schedule tells you more than the label does.

Consider Schedule Fit

Check the posted open and close times against your commute, not just your workday. Then ask what happens when you're late.

Frequently Asked Questions

How many licensed daycares are there in Coaticook?

Our data shows five licensed centres in Coaticook, with 259 licensed places between them. There are no home-based services in the Coaticook listings we hold.

Which Coaticook daycares take infants?

Three of the five are licensed for the 0 to 12 month band. Marguerites et Lutins and Plein Soleil begin at one year, so a family looking for infant care has three realistic options in town.

Do Coaticook daycares offer subsidized places?

Four of the five offer reduced-contribution places. Garderie la P'Tite Laiterie is the exception; families there pay the centre's own rate and claim Quebec's refundable tax credit for childcare expenses instead.

Why are there no ratings for Coaticook daycares?

None of the five has three or more Google reviews, which is the minimum we use before showing an average. About 49% of Quebec listings clear that bar.

How many daycares in Coaticook publish their opening hours?

1 of the 5 licensed programmes MapleCub has on file in Coaticook publish their hours. The rest have not listed opening and closing times, so call to confirm.

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