9 licensed daycares in Sorel Tracy, QC

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

9licensed providersMFA register
1publish hours
1with five or more reviews

Sorel-Tracy has 9 licensed programmes. 1 carries a public Google rating with five or more reviews. 1 publishes its hours.

How to get on a waitlist in Sorel-Tracy

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.

9 listings found

Daycare listings in Sorel Tracy

Daycare & Childcare in Sorel Tracy

9

Licensed centres

4.9★

Avg Google rating

2

Rated 4.5+

2

Ministère de la Famille Licensing

Seven reviews cover the whole town. Two of Sorel-Tracy's nine providers have any review history at all, and between them they hold seven reviews, which produces a headline average of 4.90 that a parent should treat as decoration rather than as evidence about anything. Four reviews and three reviews. École Pré-Maternelle les Moussaillons shows 4.8 across four reviews and Garderie des Tournesols shows 5.0 across three, and neither number is built on enough to be tested. The other seven are silent.

🗓 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 Sorel Tracy

Nine installations serve Sorel-Tracy, all of them centres, with names that reflect the town's river history. Les Minis-Marins, La Goélette and the Marie-Soleil installation of the Centre de la Petite Enfance la Marelle are among the unrated majority, which in a town of this size usually means small and locally known rather than new or troubled. Word of mouth will serve better here.

Five of nine take infants. All nine cover toddlers and preschoolers, so the pattern is the familiar Quebec one where competition for a place is concentrated almost entirely in the first year and then eases considerably once a child turns eighteen months. Eight of nine are subsidised. That is above the provincial average, so most families here will pay the reduced contribution rather than market rates.

All nine listings carry a phone number. Only two have a website, the thinnest web presence of any Quebec city in this batch, which means most of the research here happens by phone rather than by browser. That is common outside Montreal. Sorel-Tracy sits about eighty-five kilometres northeast of the city, far enough that commuting to a Montreal daycare is not a realistic fallback for a family that cannot find a local place.

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Tips for choosing childcare in Sorel Tracy

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 Sorel-Tracy?

Nine licensed installations, all centres. Home-based milieu familial providers are not in our Quebec data.

Can I trust the Sorel-Tracy rating average?

No. Only two providers have any reviews at all, seven between them, so the 4.90 headline should be treated as decoration rather than evidence.

Do Sorel-Tracy daycares take infants?

Five of the nine are licensed for infants, and all nine cover toddlers and preschoolers. Eight of nine take the reduced contribution, above the provincial average.

How many daycares in Sorel Tracy publish their opening hours?

1 of the 9 licensed programmes MapleCub has on file in Sorel Tracy publish their hours. The rest have not listed opening and closing times, so call to confirm.

How many daycares in Sorel Tracy have Google ratings?

1 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 Sorel Tracy have the strongest Google ratings?

Among Sorel Tracy centres with enough reviews to judge, Garderie des Tournesols holds 5.0★ (3 reviews) and École Pré-Maternelle les Moussaillons holds 4.8★ (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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