Find daycares in Fernie.

Little Scout lists 11 licensed childcare facilities in Fernie. That includes 6 licensed group child care centres and 1 licensed family child care home operating out of a provider's residence.

None of the 11 licensed facilities currently listed in Fernie are recorded as offering extended hours. If your schedule requires early drop-off or late pickup, it is worth contacting individual providers directly to ask about their hours.

BC advisors recommend starting during pregnancy, ideally in the first trimester, because demand consistently outpaces supply across the province. Since April 2024, BC has banned waitlist fees, so applying to several facilities at once costs nothing extra.

Fees vary by facility, but most licensed BC providers participate in the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative, which automatically lowers fees by commonly $350 to $900 per month depending on your child's age. Some centres also participate in the $10-a-Day ChildCareBC program, capping full-time fees at $200 per month, and lower-income families may stack the Affordable Child Care Benefit on top of those reductions.