Looking for child care? 

If you are searching for licensed child care in Manitoba, you will be looking for one of the nearly 42,000 spaces (in centres and licensed family homes) in our province. Almost all licensed programs charge parents $10 for a regular day of care; government funding sent directly to the facility covers the remainder of the operating costs. Very prudently, Manitoba operating funding is only available to non-profit child care programs. You will discover that all for-profit (commercial) child care centres have much higher parent fees (sometimes $80/day or more) despite paying educators the same or less as not-for-profit centres. Some family care homes also charge parents more than $10/day.

When the price of childcare in Manitoba dropped to $10/day in 2023, the number of parents looking for a child care space increased, putting stress on a system that already didn’t have enough spaces to meet parent needs. Thus, many parents discover a waiting list for spaces in their preferred region.

• Manitoba Child Care Search. To locate a licensed child care program in your neighbourhood, you might want to visit the Province of Manitoba’s Licensed Child Care Search site.
• Finding high-quality child care. To help you find high-quality child care, you might want to consult the Finding Quality Child Care website.
• Subsidy Eligibility. There is a provincial child care subsidy for low-income families that can reduce the parent fee to less than $10/day. You can visit the provincial government’s online Subsidy Eligibility Estimator to check your eligibility.
• Join the CCCM. The Child Care Coalition of Manitoba has parent members. If you are interested in joining, you can find out more and join online.
• Share your story. If you’d like to share your story about using (or trying to use!) child care, please contact us.