Licensed Before & After School Care in Collingwood, ON

5 of the 11 licensed programmes on this page publish the school age (5 and up) age band. Counts come from the Ontario Ministry of Education register as MapleCub last read it.

How many licensed school age programmes are there in Collingwood?

5 of the 11 licensed programmes on this page publish the school age (5 and up) age band.

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Before & After School Care in Collingwood

11

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.

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

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 licensed school age programmes are there in Collingwood?

5 of the 11 licensed programmes on this page publish the school age (5 and up) age band.

How many licensed daycares are in Collingwood, ON?

MapleCub lists 5 Ministry of Education-licensed daycare providers in Collingwood, Ontario. All listings are verified against the Ontario Ministry of Education licensing records.

Do daycares in Collingwood take the CWELCC subsidy?

Many licensed daycares in Collingwood participate in CWELCC, which lowers what families pay. Use MapleCub's subsidy filter to find participating providers in Collingwood, Ontario.

How much does daycare cost in Collingwood, ON?

Fees vary by age group and whether a centre is in CWELCC. Subsidised and $10-a-day spaces cost far less than market-rate care. Each MapleCub listing shows the provider's fee details where available so you can compare Collingwood centres directly.

What should I look for when choosing a daycare in Collingwood?

Check for an active provincial licence, staff-to-child ratios, program approach (play-based, Montessori, francophone), age-group coverage, CWELCC participation, and parent reviews. MapleCub lets you filter Collingwood daycares by all of these.

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