Westcoast Child Care Resource Centre
Westcoast Family Information and Referral online child care listings

The purpose of this site is offer parents convenient access to lists of licensed and registered child care in the City of Vancouver.

Statement of Parental Responsibility
Westcoast Family Information and Referral is a program of the Vancouver Child Care Resource and Referral. The Child Care Resource and Referral Program is a support and referral service for families and child care providers. The names of the child care providers are provided to families by request and are in no way a recommendation of the service provided by the particular care provider. The parent(s) has the responsibility for ensuring that the child care arrangement ultimately chosen is suitable for the family’s needs.

Terms of Use
Use of the services of the Child Care Resource and Referral Program is voluntary. If a family chooses to use any of the services, the family expressly agrees:

  • to assume any and all risks involved in the selection of the child care arrangement,
  • that the Child Care Resource and Referral Program staff and the Board of Directors are not responsible for the choice of child care, and
  • That staff and the Board of Directors of the Child Care Resource and Referral Program are excluded from any and all liability for negligence arising in connection with the referral services provided, and/or the actions of any child care provider selected by the parent.

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Online Child Care Referral – Lists (updated May 2012)

Group Child Care serves children from 30 months to school age, and children from birth to 36 months.

Multi-age Child Care is similar to Group Care but serves children from birth to age 12.

Group Child Care (School Age) serve school age children, including kindergarten, who require care outside normal school hours.

Licensed Family Child Care is offered in the child care provider's own home, and serves a maximum of 7 children from birth to age 12.

Registered Licence-not-Required Family Child Care (RLNR) providers are registered with a Child Care Resource and Referral Program. They can care for 2 children or a sibling group, not related to themselves by blood or marriage, at any one time. Registration means they have met a number of provincial standards.

Preschools serve children from 30 months to school entry. Preschools are part-day programs, typically operating on the school-year, September to June.

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