Find ECE-Certified Daycares in Nanaimo.

All 5 ECE-certified daycares listed on Little Scout in Nanaimo accept infants. Both Licensed Group centres and all 3 Licensed Family homes include infant care.

Yes. Among the 5 listed facilities, languages offered include Mandarin, Punjabi, French, Cantonese, and Spanish, with one facility offering each.

Many licensed facilities in BC participate in the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative, which automatically lowers fees without any application from parents. Some sites also participate in the $10-a-Day ChildCareBC program, capping full-time fees at $200 per month per child for any BC family, regardless of income.

BC advisors recommend starting your search during pregnancy, ideally in the first trimester, because demand for licensed spaces significantly outpaces supply across the province. Since April 2024, waitlist fees have been banned in BC, so there is no cost to applying to multiple facilities at once.