Find Daycares with Vacancies in Penticton.

This page lists 16 licensed facilities in Penticton that are reporting open spaces, including 14 licensed group child care centres and 2 licensed family child care homes. Availability changes frequently, so it is worth checking back regularly.

Licensed group child care centres are facility-based programs that can serve larger groups of children, while licensed family child care homes operate out of the provider's home and are capped at 7 children. Penticton's current vacancies include 14 group centres and 2 family homes, giving families a choice of setting and group size.

About 94% of BC's licensed providers participate in the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative (CCFRI), which automatically lowers fees by commonly $350 to $900 per month depending on age and facility type. Some facilities also participate in the $10-a-Day ChildCareBC program, which caps full-time fees at $200 per month per child and is open to any BC family regardless of income. Families with household income under roughly $111,000 may also qualify for the Affordable Child Care Benefit on top of these reductions.

BC's general advice is to start looking during pregnancy, ideally in the first trimester, because demand for licensed spaces significantly outpaces supply across the province. Since April 2024, BC has banned waitlist fees, so applying to several facilities at once no longer costs you anything extra.