Licensed Daycares in Rimouski, QC
Every licensed installation in Rimouski is permitted to take poupons under eighteen months.
15 listings found
Rimouski has 15 licensed programmes. 4 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 6 publish their hours.
Daycare & Childcare in Rimouski
15
Licensed centres
4.45★
Avg Google rating
2
Rated 4.5+
4
Ministère de la Famille Licensing
Every licensed installation in Rimouski is permitted to take poupons under eighteen months. Complete infant coverage like that is rare anywhere in Canada, and it is the single most useful fact on this page for a parent counting down a parental leave. Fifteen installations serve the main city of the Bas-Saint-Laurent. All are centres. Fourteen of the fifteen offer reduced-contribution places at the provincial daily rate, well clear of the Quebec average of 74%.
What to know about childcare in Rimouski
Complete poupon licensing does not mean an infant space is waiting for you. It means the permit exists at every installation in the city, so when a place does open up you are not excluded from it by the building's licence, which is exactly what happens across much of the rest of Quebec. That is a structural advantage. It matters most when you are planning a return from parental leave.
Review coverage is thinner. Four installations have three or more Google reviews and average 4.45, just under the provincial 4.52, with two of them clearing 4.5 on the feedback collected so far. Four is not many.
Les Farfadets de la Pointe shows five stars across five reviews. Sur le Chemin de l'École holds 4.8 across thirteen, which is the more substantial record and the one worth weighting most heavily, and L'Éveil des Chérubins, Installation Nature, sits at four stars across five. Eleven installations have no public feedback at all.
Geography shapes the search here in a way it does not in southern Quebec, because Rimouski is the regional centre and the nearest market of comparable depth is Québec City, roughly three hours west with 274 installations. That is not a commute. Whatever you find, you will find it in or immediately around Rimouski, which makes registering on La Place 0-5 early more consequential than it would be somewhere you could simply widen the radius.
The rate is $9.65 a day. It rises to $10.60 in January 2027.
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Tips for choosing childcare in Rimouski
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 Rimouski?
Fifteen licensed installations, all centres.
Do Rimouski daycares take babies?
All 15 are licensed for poupons under eighteen months, which is complete coverage and unusual anywhere in the country. Licensed capacity and open spaces are still different things.
Which Rimouski daycare has the best reviews?
Sur le Chemin de l'École, at 4.8 stars across 13 reviews, has the strongest record. Les Farfadets de la Pointe shows five stars but across only five reviews.
Is subsidised daycare available in Rimouski?
Fourteen of the 15 offer reduced-contribution places at $9.65 a day, rising to $10.60 in January 2027. That is well above the Quebec average.
What are the alternatives near Rimouski?
There is no nearby market of comparable size. Québec City is about three hours away, so plan on searching within Rimouski itself.
How many daycares in Rimouski publish their opening hours?
6 of the 15 licensed programmes MapleCub has on file in Rimouski 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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