11 licensed daycares in Mont Saint Hilaire, QC

Daycare & Childcare in Mont Saint Hilaire

Every one of the eleven centres listed in Mont-Saint-Hilaire records infant placements, eleven out of eleven, which is the highest poupon coverage in this batch and rare anywhere in Quebec, where infant capacity is normally the scarcest thing in the system and the reason parents start calling during pregnancy. All eleven. That is the headline here.

What to know about childcare in Mont Saint Hilaire

Six of the eleven carry at least three Google reviews and average 4.53. That is the Quebec-wide 4.52, near enough. Four sit at 4.5 or better. Garderie du Cheval Blanc holds 5.0 on nine reviews, a firmer perfect score than most, while CPE Roule Ta Pomme at the Mont-Saint-Hilaire installation also shows 5.0 but on three. Three reviews is noise. Garderie les Petits Invincibles sits at 4.7 across eleven and Académie Guylaine Bédard at 4.5 across six.

Seven of the eleven offer reduced-contribution places. That is 64% against a provincial 74%, a wider gap than it sounds. The other four bill market rates, partly recoverable through Quebec's refundable tax credit when you file.

The infant number deserves one caution. A recorded poupon placement means the permit authorizes infant care, not that a space exists this September, and we hold no waitlist data at all. Register on the Portail d'inscription aux services de garde as early as you can. Two of the eleven listings, Garderie de la Montagne Magique and Montagne Magique 2, are one operator at two addresses, and CPE l'Apprenti-Sage runs three more at des Falaises, Jolliet and Savoy. Eleven listings, eight organizations.

Beloeil sits across the river with 12 listings, Chambly has 12 and Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu 45, which together make a far more realistic search area than Mont-Saint-Hilaire on its own.