Licensed Subsidized Daycares in Tottenham, ON

Browse 8 Ministry of Education-licensed subsidized daycares providers in Tottenham, Ontario. Filter by age, CWELCC acceptance, and ratings. Free parent resource.

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Subsidized Daycares in Tottenham

8

Licensed centres

4.57★

Avg Google rating

4

Rated 4.5+

7

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Tottenham has eight licensed daycares. All eight are centres. Seven carry enough Google reviews to be worth reading, and the average across those seven is 4.57, which sits above the 4.46 that MapleCub calculates for Ontario as a whole from more than two thousand rated listings province-wide. Four of the eight rate at 4.5 or better. Active Child's Education Daycare has the deepest review base in town at 57, and Little Pandas Montessori holds a 5.0 across 27. Those are still small numbers, and in a town this size a dozen contented families can carry a rating well above where a hundred would put it, so the ranking is a starting point rather than a verdict.

🗓 Last updated: August 2026✓ Data verified against ON licensing records📊 Reviews from Google + parent submissions🏷 Reviewed by Kudzi K., Founder & Editor

What to know about childcare in Tottenham

Age data is thin here. None of the eight Tottenham listings carry a licensed age range in MapleCub's dataset, which means any claim about how many take infants would be invention rather than reporting, and Ontario runs roughly 82% unknown on that field across the whole province. Ask each centre directly.

Locomotion Day Care Centre accounts for two of the eight listings. The YMCA holds another. That is the usual shape of a small Ontario town: a handful of operators running several rooms under one name, a parent co-operative covering the preschool hours, and one or two independents, which makes the practical choice a good deal narrower than a count of eight suggests.

Tottenham sits inside New Tecumseth, so fee support runs through Simcoe County as the service system manager, and centres enrolled in the Canada-Wide Early Learning and Child Care agreement charge reduced fees for children under six. Enrolment is each operator's own decision. Confirm it before you sign anything.

Alliston is the usual fallback. Bradford West Gwillimbury works too. Both carry deeper listings than Tottenham and sit within a short drive, and families whose commute already runs south toward Newmarket tend to widen the search that way long before they give up on finding something local.

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Tips for choosing childcare in Tottenham

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 licensed daycares are in Tottenham, ON?

MapleCub lists 8 Ministry of Education-licensed daycare providers in Tottenham, Ontario. All listings are verified against the Ontario Ministry of Education licensing records.

Do daycares in Tottenham take the CWELCC subsidy?

Many licensed daycares in Tottenham participate in CWELCC, which lowers what families pay. Use MapleCub's subsidy filter to find participating providers in Tottenham, Ontario.

How much does daycare cost in Tottenham, ON?

Fees vary by age group and whether a centre is in CWELCC. 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 Tottenham centres directly.

What should I look for when choosing a daycare in Tottenham?

Check for an active provincial licence, staff-to-child ratios, program approach (play-based, Montessori, francophone), age-group coverage, CWELCC participation, and parent reviews. MapleCub lets you filter Tottenham daycares by all of these.

Which daycares in Tottenham have the strongest Google ratings?

Among Tottenham centres with enough reviews to judge, Little Pandas Montessori Daycare holds 5.0★ (27 reviews), Tottenham Day Nursery Co-Operative Preschool Inc - Fd holds 5.0★ (8 reviews), and Learning Cubs Child Care Inc holds 5.0★ (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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