Licensed Subsidized Daycares in Midland, ON

Browse 8 Ministry of Education-licensed subsidized daycares providers in Midland, Ontario. Filter by age, CWELCC acceptance, and ratings. Free parent resource.

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Subsidized Daycares in Midland

8

Licensed centres

5★

Avg Google rating

2

Rated 4.5+

Midland shows a perfect 5.0 average across its rated child care centres, and that number is almost useless. Only two of the eight licensed centres MapleCub lists have collected three or more Google reviews, so the town-wide average is built on those two alone, and a figure drawn from a sample that small tells you far more about who bothered to post than about how the other six programmes actually run their rooms. Treat it as decoration. The real work is on the phone.

🗓 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 Midland

The two with reviews are worth naming. Eh To Zed Preschool Canada holds a 5.0 across eleven reviews, which is the largest review base in Midland and enough to mean something. Prime Time Nursery School, which runs full-day and school-age programming, also shows 5.0 from four. Eleven reviews is a modest but real signal. Four is a handful of families.

Midland Small Set Nursery School Inc and the YMCA School Age Program at Bayview fill out part of the remaining list, and none of the unrated six should be read as worse simply for being unrated, because review behaviour tracks with how long a centre has had a Google listing far more closely than it tracks with quality.

Age licensing is absent for every Midland listing in the Ontario records we ingest, matching roughly 82 per cent of our Ontario data, so infant availability has to be confirmed directly. Barrie sits about 45 km south with a considerably deeper field. Simcoe County administers the income-tested fee subsidy, and CWELCC enrolment is what sets the base fee for children under six at participating sites, which is the single number most worth asking each centre to state plainly.

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Tips for choosing childcare in Midland

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 in Midland, ON?

MapleCub lists 8 Ministry of Education-licensed daycare providers in Midland, Ontario. All listings are verified against the Ontario Ministry of Education licensing records.

Do daycares in Midland take the CWELCC subsidy?

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

How much does daycare cost in Midland, 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 Midland centres directly.

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

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 Midland daycares by all of these.

Which daycares in Midland have the strongest Google ratings?

Among Midland centres with enough reviews to judge, Eh To Zed Preschool Canada holds 5.0★ (11 reviews) and Prime Time Nursery School - Full Day & School Age holds 5.0★ (4 reviews). A small number of reviews is weak evidence — treat a handful of 5-star ratings as a starting point, not proof of quality.

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