9 licensed daycares in Saint Lambert, QC

9 licensed childcare providers, regulated by the MFA (Quebec).

9licensed providersMFA register
3publish hours
3with five or more reviews

Saint-Lambert has 9 licensed programmes. 3 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 3 publish their hours.

How to get on a waitlist in Saint-Lambert

Licensed child care in Québec is applied for through the child care registration portal (Portail d'inscription aux services de garde).

  1. Create your family file (a government authentication account is required).
  2. Once your child is born, create their file and confirm their identity within 90 days (registration isn't possible before birth).
  3. Add your child to the waitlist of as many child care services as you want. After priority categories, your place counts from the start date you choose (or from the day you register, if that's later).
  4. Keep your file up to date; you usually have one to two days to accept an offered spot.

9 listings found

Daycare listings in Saint Lambert

Daycare & Childcare in Saint Lambert

9

Licensed centres

5★

Avg Google rating

3

Rated 4.5+

3

Ministère de la Famille Licensing

Three providers here show five stars. That sounds like a strong endorsement until you look at what sits behind it: thirteen reviews in total across those three, which is five, four and four respectively, and no other provider in town has accumulated enough reviews to appear in the calculation at all. Thirteen reviews is nothing. A single bad experience would drop any of these three from a flat 5.0 down to somewhere in the low fours overnight. Read them, do not rely on them.

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

What to know about childcare in Saint Lambert

Nine listings resolve to eight distinct operators, all of them installations rather than home-based care. Garderie Éducative les Colibris, Garderie Éducative l'Arc-En-Ciel and La Gazouillerie are the three carrying ratings, while the Centre de la Petite Enfance du Mouillepied runs the Ruelle installation and is among the several providers with no review history in our data. That is most of them. Six unrated out of nine.

All nine are licensed for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and because Quebec publishes age groups on every registry row, that is a verified count rather than an estimate, which puts Saint-Lambert in a better position than almost any comparable Ontario suburb for a family with a baby. Six of nine take the reduced contribution. The remaining three operate as non-subsidised garderies, where families pay market rates and recover part of it through the provincial tax credit. Montreal is across the bridge.

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Tips for choosing childcare in Saint Lambert

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 Saint-Lambert?

Nine listings resolving to eight distinct operators, all installations rather than home-based care.

Are the five-star ratings in Saint-Lambert reliable?

Three providers show 5.0, but on thirteen reviews between them. A single bad experience would drop any of them into the low fours, so read the reviews rather than the score.

Do Saint-Lambert daycares take infants?

All nine are licensed for infants, toddlers and preschoolers, and Quebec verifies age groups on every registry row. Six of the nine take the reduced contribution.

How many daycares in Saint Lambert publish their opening hours?

3 of the 9 licensed programmes MapleCub has on file in Saint Lambert publish their hours. The rest have not listed opening and closing times, so call to confirm.

How many daycares in Saint Lambert have Google ratings?

3 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. Centres with fewer reviews than that are listed too, without a rating, because a rating built on two reviews is not evidence.

Which daycares in Saint Lambert have the strongest Google ratings?

Among Saint Lambert centres with enough reviews to judge, Garderie Éducative les Colibris holds 5.0★ (6 reviews), La Gazouillerie Inc. holds 5.0★ (5 reviews), and Centre de la Petite Enfance du Mouillepied Inc. - Installation de la Gare 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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