Licensed Daycares in Collingwood, ON
Three of the six listings in Collingwood have the word preschool in the name. That matters more than it looks.
6 listings found
Collingwood has 6 licensed programmes. 2 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 4 publish their hours.
Daycare & Childcare in Collingwood
6
Licensed centres
4★
Avg Google rating
2
Ontario Childcare.ca
Three of the six listings in Collingwood have the word preschool in the name. That matters more than it looks. Mouse and Ru Preschool, Pretty River Preschool and Little House Montessori School may run part-day sessions on a school calendar rather than full-day care, and a parent working a standard week needs to establish which before anything else. Two others are centre-based care and one is French.
What to know about childcare in Collingwood
Mouse and Ru Preschool carries the deepest review base in town. Forty-one reviews is a lot for a Simcoe County town of twenty-five thousand, and the 4.2 average sitting on top of them is therefore worth considerably more than most of the numbers on this page. Garderie Le Petit Voilier sits at 3.8 from six. Those two are the only rated services in Collingwood, and the mean across them is 4.0, below the Ontario figure of 4.46.
Garderie Le Petit Voilier is the only French-language option here. Collingwood's francophone population is small, and one service is roughly what you would expect for the size of it, but it does mean there is no second choice if the fit is wrong and the nearest alternatives sit well down the highway.
E3 Community Services runs Tots 'N' Tykes Child Care Centre, and the YMCA runs a program at Our Lady of the Bay. Both are multi-site operators. That cuts both ways, because it helps when a spot opens across town and it hurts when the spot that opens is not the one you wanted or the one your child has settled into.
Age bands are absent from all six records. That is the Ontario pattern rather than a Collingwood problem, since roughly four in five provincial listings in this dataset carry no age data at all. Ask directly about infants. All six operate under CWELCC.
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Tips for choosing childcare in Collingwood
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 daycares are in Collingwood?
Six licensed centres.
What is the average rating?
4.0 across the two with enough reviews, below the Ontario figure of 4.46.
Which has the most reviews?
Mouse and Ru Preschool, with forty-one reviews and a 4.2 average.
Is there French-language care?
One. Garderie Le Petit Voilier, attached to Notre-Dame-de-la-Huronie, holds 3.8 from six reviews.
Are they full-day?
Three carry preschool in the name and may run part-day on a school calendar. Establish that before anything else.
How many daycares in Collingwood publish their opening hours?
4 of the 6 licensed programmes MapleCub has on file in Collingwood publish their hours. The rest have not listed opening and closing times, so call to confirm.
Ask about spots near you
We email the centre and ask whether they have room for your child's age group. If they answer, we send you what they said. We don't hold live vacancy data, and centres aren't obliged to reply.
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