Licensed Daycares in Rothesay, NB

10 licensed childcare providers, 9 group centres and 1 licensed family home, regulated by the NB EECD (New Brunswick).

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Rothesay has 10 licensed programmes.

What the register shows for Rothesay

Age groups

10 of the 10 programmes listed in Rothesay publish the age groups they serve (100%). Of those 10: infants (0–12 months) 2 (20%), preschoolers (3–4 years) 6 (60%), school age (5+) 8 (80%).

Source: New Brunswick Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. MapleCub counts what the register publishes and nothing else.

10 listings found

Daycare listings in Rothesay

Daycare & Childcare in Rothesay

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Licensed centres

Rothesay has 13 licensed childcare providers in MapleCub's data, twelve centres and one home-based service. None of them carries a Google rating with enough reviews to report, and that is true of every New Brunswick listing in this dataset, all 947 of them. That gap is ours. Age data, by contrast, is complete for New Brunswick, and it says something useful: only four of the 13 are licensed for infants under 12 months.

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

What to know about childcare in Rothesay

Four infant licences across a town of 12,000 is tight. Nine of the 13 cover preschool ages and eight are licensed for school-age children, so the supply skews older, and those eight school-age licences mostly belong to centres running before-and-after programmes around the Kennebecasis Valley schools rather than full-day infant rooms. Start with the four. Widen into Quispamsis and Saint John immediately, because the Kennebecasis Valley functions as one childcare market and waiting a month to see how the four Rothesay options go will cost you a place in all of them.

New Brunswick sets parent fees for designated Early Learning and Child Care Centres through the provincial Parent Fee Grid, with a daily maximum by age band, and eligible families access the Parent Subsidy on top of that. MapleCub does not yet carry designation status for New Brunswick listings, so this page cannot tell you which of the 13 are designated. Ask each one. It is the first question. The Department of Education and Early Childhood Development publishes the current designated-centre list, and checking your shortlist against it takes about ten minutes. Get it in writing.

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Tips for choosing childcare in Rothesay

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 childcare providers are in Rothesay?

Thirteen licensed providers, twelve centres and one home-based service.

How hard is infant care to find?

Only four of the 13 are licensed for infants under 12 months, against nine for preschool and eight for school-age. Start with those four and widen into Quispamsis and Saint John right away.

What will it cost?

New Brunswick caps daily fees at designated Early Learning and Child Care Centres through the Parent Fee Grid, with the Parent Subsidy for eligible families. MapleCub does not yet record which centres are designated, so ask each one.

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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