This map indicates every licensed child care service in the City of Ottawa. We've indicated daycares that accept children younger than 18 months (red), those that accept children between 18 months and four years (yellow), and those that accept children four years and older (blue).

While neighbourhoods such as Hintonburg, Civic Hospital and Mechanicsville have few licensed daycares that accept children under 18 months of age, those daycares are generally more abundant in Ottawa Centre—where there are 12 such centres for a population of 109,336.

See our recent report on what local candidates are saying about child care in Ottawa Centre.

By comparison, Ottawa West-Nepean has a population of 109,735 and three centres serving the same age group. Each of those three centres—Algonquin College, Woodroffe High School and Municipal Home Care—give priority to certain groups such as employees, students or Ontario Works clients.

Citywide numbers of licensed centres

Those accepting children younger than 18 months: 57

Those accepting children between 18 months anr 4 years: 226

Those accepting children 4 years and older: 63