National child care system
Canada-wide Early Learning and Child Care (CWELCC) plan, fee reduction, eligibility...
Apply for child care
how to register for child care, Ottawa Child Care Registry and Waitlist ...
Get help with your child care costs
child care fee subsidy, how to apply, online application, child care fee subsidy calculator...
Families and caregivers
types of child care (licensed centre and home, before/after school, unlicensed care, municipal child care), resources for families…
Child care service providers
information for registered early childhood educators, Child Care and Early Years System Planning Advisory Group, opening a licensed child care program, help for children with special needs…
Indigenous-led child care
find Indigenous-led licensed child care (First Nations, Métis, and Inuit), Aboriginal Head Start programs, Indigenous-led EarlyON, Indigenous Early Years Circle...
EarlyON
find an EarlyON centre, child development resources, family programs…
Special needs child care
About children with special needs, inclusion support, apply for special needs child care, resources...
Contact us
For more information about Children's Services in the City of Ottawa, please contact us by:
- Email at childrensservices@ottawa.ca or
- Phone at 3-1-1 (select language and option "4" daycare) Monday to Friday between 8:30am and 4:30pm