Licensed Daycares in Levis, QC

On Québec City's south shore, Lévis runs a smaller but fairly consistent daycare market: 74 licensed facilities, all group settings, averaging 4.59 stars.

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Lévis has 74 licensed programmes. 16 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 27 publish their hours.

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Daycare & Childcare in Levis

74

Licensed centres

4.59★

Avg Google rating

17

Rated 4.5+

On Québec City's south shore, Lévis runs a smaller but fairly consistent daycare market: 74 licensed facilities, all group settings, averaging 4.59 stars. Reduced-contribution coverage is wide here — 53 of the 74 facilities are flagged at that rate, so most families searching Lévis will land on a CPE or a garderie subventionnée rather than a market-rate garderie. Infant licensing is close to standard practice: 63 of 74 facilities accept infants, among the highest ratios in this set of cities. Only 17 facilities clear 4.5 stars on Google, a smaller share than some neighbouring markets, though the review depth on individual centres varies. La Haute Voltige Chaudière-Ouest stands out as one of the more reviewed operations in the city, holding a 4.5-star average across 21 reviews. As in every Québec city, subsidized placement doesn't happen by calling centres directly — families register through La Place 0-5, the province's central waitlist, and wait times depend on the specific CPE or garderie rather than the city as a whole.

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

What to know about childcare in Levis

Lévis sits across the river from Québec City, and its licensed daycare market runs smaller than Longueuil's or Gatineau's — 74 facilities total, all group settings. The average rating across the city is 4.59, respectable but not exceptional, and only 17 of the 74 facilities clear the 4.5-star threshold on Google. That's a lower share than some comparable Québec cities, though it's worth being cautious about reading too much into it: with a smaller total facility count, each individual rating carries more weight, and thin review counts at some centres can pull the numbers around more than they would in a bigger market.

Only one facility in Lévis has enough review volume to name with confidence: La Haute Voltige Chaudière-Ouest, sitting at 4.5 stars across 21 reviews. That makes it among the more reviewed operations in the city, though 21 reviews is still a modest sample next to what shows up in bigger South Shore markets like Longueuil. Families shortlisting in Lévis should expect to do more of their own legwork — calling centres, checking availability directly — since the review data here won't do as much of the filtering for you as it might elsewhere.

The structural picture is stronger than the ratings picture. Fifty-three of Lévis's 74 facilities are flagged at Québec's reduced contribution rate, and 63 of 74 hold an infant licence — both high ratios, meaning a random search here is more likely than not to turn up an affordable, infant-capable option. All of these are group facilities; home-based care in Québec is licensed through separate bureaux coordonnateurs and doesn't appear in this dataset, so families searching specifically for in-home providers will need a different source entirely.

Getting a spot works the same way it does across the province. Subsidized placement runs through La Place 0-5 (laplace0-5.com) rather than direct outreach to individual centres, and it covers both CPEs and garderies subventionnées. Families weighing a market-rate garderie against Québec's refundable tax credit, or wanting to see what Lévis costs against other cities, can run the comparison on MapleCub's true-cost calculator, with the subsidy rules themselves covered on our Québec childcare subsidy page. Given the thinner review base, leaning on those structural numbers is often the more useful starting point here.

Parents also ask

Why does Lévis have fewer highly-rated daycares than Longueuil?

Is Lévis daycare mostly subsidized or market rate?

How do I apply for a subsidized daycare spot in Lévis?

Does Lévis have listed daycares with infant spots?

Why don't Lévis daycare listings include school-age programs?

Tips for choosing childcare in Levis

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

Why does Lévis have fewer highly-rated daycares than Longueuil?

Only 17 of Lévis's 74 facilities clear 4.5 stars, versus a much higher share in Longueuil. Part of that comes down to market size — with fewer total facilities, thin review counts at individual centres can swing the average more. It doesn't necessarily mean weaker care; it means the rating data here is less complete, so direct outreach matters more.

Is Lévis daycare mostly subsidized or market rate?

Mostly subsidized-rate. Fifty-three of the city's 74 licensed facilities are flagged at Québec's reduced provincial contribution, covering both CPEs and garderies subventionnées. The remaining facilities are garderies non subventionnées charging market fees, though those costs are partly offset later through Québec's refundable tax credit.

How do I apply for a subsidized daycare spot in Lévis?

Through La Place 0-5 (laplace0-5.com), Québec's centralized waitlist. You don't contact CPEs or garderies subventionnées individually — one registration profile covers all of them across Lévis. Non-subsidized garderies can sometimes be reached directly, but reduced-contribution spots all flow through this same portal.

Does Lévis have listed daycares with infant spots?

Yes, and it's close to standard here: 63 of the city's 74 licensed facilities hold an infant licence. That's one of the higher ratios among Québec cities in this size range, so infant capacity is less likely to be the limiting factor than it is elsewhere — though confirming directly with a shortlisted centre is still worthwhile.

Why don't Lévis daycare listings include school-age programs?

Because school-age care in Québec is handled through services de garde en milieu scolaire, based inside schools rather than run as standalone daycare facilities. That system sits outside the licensed group-care dataset MapleCub tracks, which is why Lévis listings show only younger age groups.

How many daycares in Levis publish their opening hours?

27 of the 74 licensed programmes MapleCub has on file in Levis publish their hours. The rest have not listed opening and closing times, so call to confirm.

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