51 licensed daycares in Saint Leonard, QC

Daycare & Childcare in Saint Leonard

No Quebec market in this size range is easier to research than Saint-Léonard: 42 of the Montreal borough's 51 licensed installations carry at least three Google reviews, review coverage most cities never reach. The verdicts those reviews deliver are mixed. The borough average of 4.42 runs below Quebec's 4.52, yet 26 installations (half the market) rate 4.5 or better, which means Saint-Léonard has both a deep bench of well-reviewed garderies and a visible tail that parents can identify and avoid. Garderie au Royaume du Sourire anchors the top with a 5.0 across 49 reviews, the largest perfect-score sample in the borough, followed by Garderie les Minis Einstein (5.0, 25 reviews) and Garderie Cyma (5.0, 19). The structural catch is subsidy access: just 30 of 51 installations offer reduced-contribution places (59 per cent, well under the provincial 74) so in Saint-Léonard the odds your shortlist includes market-rate garderies are higher than almost anywhere, and comparing true costs takes real arithmetic.

What to know about childcare in Saint Leonard

Saint-Léonard's 51 licensed installations make it one of the larger childcare markets in eastern Montreal, and unusually, the review data is rich enough to say things with confidence: 42 installations have three or more Google reviews. What the data says is nuanced. The 4.42 borough average trails the provincial 4.52 (one of the few local metrics in the region that lands below the Quebec bar) but averages hide the split. Half the market (26 installations) rates 4.5 or higher, while a lower-rated tail drags the mean. In practice that's good news: here the reviews actually separate options instead of blurring together at 4.8.

The evidence at the top is strong by any standard. Garderie au Royaume du Sourire's 5.0 across 49 reviews is the kind of sample where a perfect score stops being luck; Garderie les Minis Einstein (5.0 on 25) and Garderie Cyma (5.0 on 19) also clear the bar where samples carry weight. When comparing, prefer a 4.7 on 40 reviews over a 5.0 on 4: magnitude and sample together, not either alone.

Subsidy structure is Saint-Léonard's defining constraint. Thirty of 51 installations offer reduced-contribution places, a 59 per cent share far below Quebec's 74 per cent average. This borough leans harder on market-rate garderies than almost any comparable market. The refundable tax credit narrows the gap for most families, but monthly cash flow at a market-rate garderie still feels different, and credit math depends on income. Run both scenarios before falling in love with a centre.

On ages: all 51 installations hold toddler and preschool licences, 31 accept poupons, and school-age care routes through Quebec's school-based services de garde rather than these listings. The dataset covers installations only. Recognized home childcare isn't included yet. Register on the Portail d'inscription aux services de garde early, especially for the 61 per cent of installations with poupon licences, where lists move slowest.