
Garderie Vali Kiwi
341, boulevard Vachon Nord, Sainte-Marie, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 39Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 4 Google reviews
6 of the 6 licensed programmes on this page publish the toddler (1 to 2 years) age band. Counts come from the Ministère de la Famille register as MapleCub last read it.
6 of the 6 licensed programmes on this page publish the toddler (1 to 2 years) age band.
6 listings found

341, boulevard Vachon Nord, Sainte-Marie, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 39Ages infant to preschool
5.0 from 4 Google reviews
571, rue Labrecque, Sainte-Marie, QC
Open until 18:00
Capacity 33Ages toddler to preschool
5.0 from 1 Google reviews

711, rue Étienne-Raymond, Sainte-Marie, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 98Ages infant to preschool
1.8 from 4 Google reviews

709, rue Étienne-Raymond, Sainte-Marie, QC
Hours not listed
Capacity 98Ages infant to preschool
1.8 from 4 Google reviews

485, boulevard Lamontagne, Sainte-Marie, QC
Open until 18:00
Capacity 70Ages infant to preschool
1.4 from 8 Google reviews
566, boulevard Lamontagne, Sainte-Marie, QC
Open until 16:30
Capacity 53Ages infant to preschool
No rating on file
6
Licensed centres
3.3★
Avg Google rating
1
Rated 4.5+
2
Ministère de la Famille Licensing
Sainte-Marie's average rating is 3.30, and one listing is doing almost all of the damage. Centre de la Petite Enfance Lacet de Bottine's Lamontagne installation sits at 1.6 from five ratings, and Garderie Vali Kiwi sits at 5.0 from four. Those are the only two. No other provider in town has three ratings or more, so the town average is nine opinions added together and divided, and it should not be read as a verdict on Sainte-Marie or on the four centres it says nothing about. Five ratings is a small sample. It is also five people who felt strongly enough to write something, and the comments are worth reading in full.
Lacet de Bottine runs three of the six listings here: Lamontagne, du Parc and Étienne-Raymond. Only Lamontagne carries ratings. The low score therefore attaches to one installation of a three-site CPE rather than to the organisation, and before you extend it to the other two you would want to ask whether staffing and management are shared across the sites. Ask that directly.
Four of the six are subsidized. Garderie Vali Kiwi and École Vision Beauce are the two that are not. École Vision Beauce belongs to a private school network, so its preschool sits inside a wider school programme and its fees follow that school rather than the ministry's reduced contribution.
Sainte-Marie is the administrative centre of the Nouvelle-Beauce and sits about thirty minutes south of Lévis on Autoroute 73, close enough that a good number of parents here drive toward Québec City every morning. Five of the six list poupon places. That is better infant coverage than most towns this size manage, and it is usually the number that decides where a family registers.
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How many licensed toddler programmes are there in Sainte Marie?
6 of the 6 licensed programmes on this page publish the toddler (1 to 2 years) age band.
How many licensed daycares are in Sainte Marie, QC?
MapleCub lists 6 MFA-licensed daycare providers in Sainte Marie, Quebec. All listings are verified against the Quebec MFA licensing records.
Do daycares in Sainte Marie take the CPE / garderie subventionnée subsidy?
Many licensed daycares in Sainte Marie participate in CPE / garderie subventionnée, which lowers what families pay. Use MapleCub's subsidy filter to find participating providers in Sainte Marie, Quebec.
How much does daycare cost in Sainte Marie, QC?
Fees vary by age group and whether a centre is in CPE / garderie subventionnée. Subsidised and $10-a-day spaces cost far less than market-rate care. Each MapleCub listing shows the provider's fee details where available so you can compare Sainte Marie centres directly.
What should I look for when choosing a daycare in Sainte Marie?
Check for an active provincial licence, staff-to-child ratios, program approach (play-based, Montessori, francophone), age-group coverage, CPE / garderie subventionnée participation, and parent reviews. MapleCub lets you filter Sainte Marie daycares by all of these.
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