Daycares in Montréal: CPEs and garderies

The Ministère de la Famille's list has 1,015 licensed daycares in the City of Montréal: 346 CPEs, 317 subsidized garderies and 352 non-subsidized garderies (data as of September 29, 2026). Home daycares (milieu familial) aren't included.

All three need a permit from the Ministère de la Famille. A CPE (centre de la petite enfance) is run by a board of directors on which at least two-thirds of the members are parents, and parents pay the reduced contribution. Garderies generally operate for profit: subsidized garderies offer reduced-contribution places, while non-subsidized garderies set their own fees.

Through Québec's Portail d'inscription aux services de garde (formerly La Place 0-5). You sign in with the Service d'authentification gouvernementale, register your child and choose the daycares you want. When a place opens, the daycare offers it from its waiting list, which is ordered by priority categories and your desired start date. The Portail shows your child's approximate rank at each CPE and subsidized garderie. Clearway Kids has no role in placement or rank.

In a CPE or subsidized garderie, parents pay the reduced contribution set by the government: $9.65 a day in 2026, indexed every January 1. Non-subsidized garderies set their own fees, and those fees can qualify for Québec's refundable tax credit for childcare expenses.

759 of the 1,015 daycares have infant places (under 18 months) on their permit, according to the Ministère de la Famille's list. Filter by your child's age to see them.

39 daycares say on their own websites that they offer service in English or in French and English. Most daycares don't publish their language of service, so ask the daycare directly.