Find daycares in Sooke.

Little Scout lists 27 licensed childcare facilities in Sooke. That includes 13 licensed group child care centres and 14 licensed family child care homes, which are smaller programs run in the provider's own home.

Licensed group child care centres are larger, centre-based facilities organized by age band. Licensed family child care homes operate in the provider's home and are limited to a maximum of 7 children under BC's Childcare Licensing Regulation. Sooke has 13 group centres and 14 family homes, so both types are well represented.

BC's recommendation is to begin looking during pregnancy, ideally in the first trimester. Demand for licensed spaces consistently outpaces supply across BC, and major providers can have waitlists of 1 to 3 years. Since BC banned waitlist fees in April 2024, there is no cost to applying to several facilities at once.

Most licensed facilities in BC participate in the Child Care Fee Reduction Initiative (CCFRI), 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 and open to any BC family regardless of income. Families under roughly $111,000 per year may also qualify for the Affordable Child Care Benefit, which stacks on top of these programs.