10 licensed daycares in Sainte Marthe Sur Le Lac, QC

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

10licensed providersMFA register
6publish hours
9with five or more reviews

Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac has 10 licensed programmes. 9 carry a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 6 publish their hours.

What the register shows for Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

Age groups

10 of the 10 programmes listed in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac publish the age groups they serve (100%). Of those 10: infants (0–12 months) 9 (90%), toddlers (1–2 years) 10 (100%), preschoolers (3–4 years) 10 (100%).

Source: Ministère de la Famille. MapleCub counts what the register publishes and nothing else.

How to get on a waitlist in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac

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.

10 listings found

Daycare listings in Sainte Marthe Sur Le Lac

Daycare & Childcare in Sainte Marthe Sur Le Lac

10

Licensed centres

4.41★

Avg Google rating

5

Rated 4.5+

10

Ministère de la Famille Licensing

Every one of the ten centres in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac has enough Google reviews to publish a rating. That almost never happens. In a dataset where whole towns go unrated and the typical Québec municipality this size manages three or four scores, a hundred percent review coverage means the comparison you can make here is a real one rather than a guess dressed up as data. The average lands at 4.41, just under the Québec figure of 4.52. What the average hides is the spread.

🗓 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 Marthe Sur Le Lac

The range runs from 2.6 to 5.0. Garderie Éducative la Souris Verte on 31e Avenue sits at the bottom with 2.6 across seventeen reviews, and that is the largest review base in town, which makes it the score least likely to be a fluke. Académie Sainte-Marthe on chemin d'Oka is at 3.5 across eleven. Those two pull the average down on their own.

At the top, six centres hold 4.4 or better and five of those reach 4.5. CPE les Explorateurs runs two installations, one on 25e avenue at 5.0 across eleven reviews and a second on chemin d'Oka at 5.0 across eight, and because they are the same operator you are effectively looking at one organisation twice. Garderie Coeur d'Enfant on chemin d'Oka has 4.4 over nine. Le Petit Monde de Sainte-Marthe holds 5.0 over eight.

Chemin d'Oka is doing a lot of work in that list. Four of the ten addresses sit on it, which is convenient if you live along that corridor and awkward if you don't, since the town's centres are not evenly distributed across its neighbourhoods.

All ten are licensed for toddlers and preschoolers, and nine take poupons under a year. Age coverage is not the constraint here. Availability is.

Eight of the ten hold subsidized places. Five have a website, nine list a phone number, and given that this is one of the few Québec towns where the ratings are actually comparable, the sensible order is to read the reviews behind the two low scores yourself before ruling anything out. Seventeen reviews is enough to see a pattern. It is not enough to be certain.

Parents also ask

How many daycares are in Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac?

What is the average rating?

Which is rated highest?

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Are the centres subsidized?

Do they take infants?

Tips for choosing childcare in Sainte Marthe Sur Le Lac

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 Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac?

Ten licensed centres, all of them installations. CPE les Explorateurs accounts for two of the ten.

What is the average rating?

4.41 across all ten centres, slightly below Québec's 4.52. Unusually, every centre in town has enough reviews to be rated, so the average is based on complete coverage.

Which is rated highest?

Three centres share a 5.0: both CPE les Explorateurs installations and le Petit Monde de Sainte-Marthe. Each rests on eight to eleven reviews.

Which is rated lowest?

Garderie Éducative la Souris Verte, at 2.6 across seventeen reviews. It also has the largest review base in town, so the score is better tested than most here.

Are the centres subsidized?

Eight of the ten hold subsidized places at the provincial reduced-contribution rate.

Do they take infants?

Nine of the ten are licensed for poupons under twelve months, and all ten cover toddler and preschool ages.

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