Licensed child care in Downtown Toronto, midtown and the west end

Downtown Toronto, midtown and the west end has 265 licensed child-care centres (wards 4, 9, 10, 11, 12 and 13) with 22,172 licensed spaces.

103 take infants, with 1,174 infant spaces between them (27% of Toronto's infant spaces).

224 (85%) take part in CWELCC, and 96 are inside a school building.

Spaces by age group in Downtown Toronto, midtown and the west end

Age groupCentresLicensed spaces
Infant (under 18 months)1031,174
Toddler (18 to 30 months)1773,514
Preschool (30 months until kindergarten)2247,205
Kindergarten (JK and SK age)984,291
School age (about 6 to 12)965,988

Wards in Downtown Toronto, midtown and the west end

This area covers the old City of Toronto, from Parkdale and High Park to the Don Valley.

Centres in Downtown Toronto, midtown and the west end

Spaces are licensed capacity, not openings. Each centre page links to the City page that shows current vacancies.

Free EarlyON drop-ins in Downtown Toronto, midtown and the west end

59 EarlyON centres run free drop-in play for children up to 6 here. EarlyON in Downtown Toronto, midtown and the west end.

Other areas

About this data

Data as of October 13, 2026. Centre names, addresses, licensed spaces, CWELCC and subsidy status come from the City of Toronto's Licensed Child Care Centres dataset, refreshed daily. GetMovingTO is independent and not part of the City.

The City doesn't publish vacancies, fees, waitlists or quality ratings as open data, so none of those appear here. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Toronto.

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