The internet is chock full of information about how to start a daycare business in Canada. This resource list will direct Canadian family and in-home daycare care business hopefuls to information about daycare licensing, daycare grants, and child care organizations.
Organizations
Daycare organizations: Professional organizations provide an excellent opportunity for networking with other child care and preschool professionals, exchanging ideas, and exercising leadership.
Canadian Child Care Federation
BC Family Child Care Association
Co-ordinated Access for Child Care: Registry of Home Based Care
Albert Child Care Association
Manitoba Child Care Association
Home Child Care Association of Ontario
Daycare Licensing and Regulations in Canada
The Government of Canada’s Canada Business website is a goldmine of riches for daycare business owners. The website will provide information about licensing and planning a daycare business. Here is a sampling of free publications.
Ontario: Child care Licensing in Ontario
Quebec: Opening a Daycare Service (in French)
British Columbia: Community Care Licensing Branch
Nova Scotia: Family Home Daycare Program Regulations
New Brunswick: Daycare Regulations
Regulations for Child Care, Schools and Educational Institutions
Operations Planning
Manitoba: Online Services for Child Care Providers
Overview and Comparison of Provincial Licensing Information : This may be an older document but it has tons of information and may point you in the direction of other resources.
Family Daycare Regulations by Province
Daycare Grants
A daycare grant is a one-time payment given to a childcare center for a specific need or project that does not need to be repaid For information on funding and improving your daycare business in Canada, try the following websites:
New Brunswick: Child Care Improvement Support Funding
Grants in Alberta: Child Care Space Creation Innovation Fund
Saskatchewan: Grants for Daycare for special needs children: Child Care Inclusion Program
Nova Scotia: Child Care Stabilization Grant
Nunavut: Inuit Childcare Initiative
For Daycare Grant Listings in the United States, see Daycaregrants.org
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