5 licensed daycares in Sainte Genevieve, QC

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

5licensed providersMFA register
2publish hours
5with five or more reviews

Sainte-Geneviève has 5 licensed programmes. 5 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 2 publish their hours.

How to get on a waitlist in Sainte-Geneviève

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.

Daycare & Childcare in Sainte Genevieve

5

Licensed centres

4.4★

Avg Google rating

1

Rated 4.5+

Garderie les Petits Anges on rue Paiement carries 37 Google reviews at a 4.8 average, and since only about half the Quebec listings in our data clear three reviews at all, 37 puts it in a different category of evidence from everything else in the neighbourhood. It's by far the best-documented centre here. The rest is thinner. Garderie Éducative des Petits Amis shows 4.0 from ten reviews. The other three show no rating. That's the whole picture. Three of the five sit on boulevard Gouin Ouest and two of those three share the same building number, 16115, where CPE Luminou lists a second installation in bureau 300. Five listings, four operators, three streets.

🗓 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 Sainte Genevieve

Centre de la Petite Enfance Luminou accounts for two of the five listings, both at 16115 boulevard Gouin Ouest with the second in bureau 300, holding 126 places between them, while Garderie Rafiki is elsewhere on the same road at 15734 with 48 and Garderie Éducative des Petits Amis is on rue de la Caserne at 80, the largest single listing of the five. Total licensed capacity is 305. Petits Anges holds the other 51.

Infant coverage is the gap. Three of the five are licensed for the 0 to 12 month band, namely Petits Anges, Luminou's first installation and Rafiki, while des Petits Amis and Luminou's second installation both start at one year, and against a provincial figure of 81% that 60% is a real narrowing rather than a rounding difference. It also means the two centres with published hours are not both options for a baby.

Reduced-contribution places are available at three of the five, both Luminou installations and des Petits Amis. Les Petits Anges and Rafiki charge their own rates, with Quebec's refundable tax credit for childcare expenses applying afterward, and that matters here because the best-reviewed centre in Sainte-Geneviève is one of the two without subsidized places. Budget for it.

Petits Anges and des Petits Amis both open at 6:30 in the morning and close at 6. The other three haven't published hours. Sainte-Geneviève is part of Montreal's West Island, so Pierrefonds, Dollard-des-Ormeaux and L'Île-Bizard are realistic alternatives within a short drive, and subsidized places go through the Portail d'inscription aux services de garde wherever on the island you end up looking.

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Tips for choosing childcare in Sainte Genevieve

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

Which Sainte-Geneviève daycare has the most reviews?

Garderie les Petits Anges on rue Paiement, with 37 Google reviews at a 4.8 average. Garderie Éducative des Petits Amis has ten at 4.0. The other three show no rating.

Do Sainte-Geneviève daycares take infants?

Three of the five are licensed for the 0 to 12 month band: les Petits Anges, the first Luminou installation, and Rafiki. That 60% is below the 81% provincial figure in our data.

Which ones offer subsidized places?

Both CPE Luminou installations and Garderie Éducative des Petits Amis. Les Petits Anges and Rafiki charge their own rates, with Quebec's refundable tax credit for childcare expenses claimed afterward.

What are the opening hours?

Les Petits Anges and des Petits Amis both run 6:30 in the morning to 6 in the evening. The other three haven't published hours in our records.

How many separate operators are there?

Four. CPE Luminou holds two of the five listings, both at 16115 boulevard Gouin Ouest, the second in bureau 300.

Where else can I look nearby?

Sainte-Geneviève is part of Montreal's West Island, so Pierrefonds, Dollard-des-Ormeaux and L'Île-Bizard are all nearby. Subsidized places anywhere on the island go through the Portail d'inscription aux services de garde.

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