Garderie Éducative les Colibris
2071-2073, rue Victoria, Saint-Lambert, QC
Open until 18:00
Capacity 80Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 6 Google reviews
9 licensed childcare providers, regulated by the MFA (Quebec).
Saint-Lambert has 9 licensed programmes. 3 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 3 publish their hours.
Licensed child care in Québec is applied for through the child care registration portal (Portail d'inscription aux services de garde).
9 listings found
2071-2073, rue Victoria, Saint-Lambert, QC
Open until 18:00
Capacity 80Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 6 Google reviews
478, rue Rothesay, Saint-Lambert, QC
Open until 18:00
Capacity 79Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 5 Google reviews
266, avenue Saint-Denis, Saint-Lambert, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 80Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 4 Google reviews
510, avenue Mercille, Saint-Lambert, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 60Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 4 Google reviews
2035-F, avenue Victoria, Saint-Lambert, QC
Open until 18:00
Capacity 80Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 4 Google reviews
185, rue Riverside, Saint-Lambert, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 75Ages infant to preschool
4.3 from 29 Google reviews
201, rue Cartier, Saint-Lambert, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 93Ages infant to preschool
No rating on file
50, avenue Sainte-Hélène, Saint-Lambert, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 80Ages infant to preschool
No rating on file

482, avenue de Rothesay, Saint-Lambert, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 50Ages infant to preschool
No rating on file
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.
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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Ask About Curriculum
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Consider Schedule Fit
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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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