If you are a family living in Toronto, you know how important it is to have access to high quality child care. As part of our early education career training, George Brown operates twelve innovative child care centres in a variety of facilities across Toronto.
Staffed by fully trained early childhood educators, the child care centres play an important role as lab schools, helping students develop their skills, and as crucial sources of high quality daycare for you and your child.
The centres are collaborations with the Baycrest Geriatric Centre, Oxford Properties, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH), the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) and the following:
- Casa Loma Child Care Centre,
160 Kendal, Toronto, ON M5R 1M3 - Daystrom Child Care Centre,
25 Daystrom Drive, Toronto, Ontario, M9M 2K8 - Elmlea Child Care Centre
50 Hadrian Dr., Etobicoke, ON M9W 1V4 - Esther Exton Child Care Centre,
55 Ameer Avenue, Toronto, ON M6A 2Z1 - Fashion District Ryerson Child Care,
96 Denison Avenue, Toronto, ON M5T 1E4 - Mary's Place Child Care Centre,
185 Queens Quay East, Toronto, ON M5A 1B6 - Nelson Mandela Child Care Centre,
440 Shuter Street, Toronto ON M5A 1X6 - Parkdale Child Care Centre,
78 Seaforth Avenue, Toronto, Ontario, M6K 3L2 - Queen Street Child Care Centre,
10 White Squirrel Way, Toronto, ON M6J 1H4 - Richmond Adelaide Child Care Centre
130 Adelaide Street West, Mezzanine Level, Toronto, ON M5H 3P5 - Rose Avenue Child Care Centre
675 Ontario Street, Toronto, ON M4X 1N4 - Sprucecourt Child Care Centre
70 Spruce Street, Toronto, ON M5A 2J1 - University of Toronto, Child Care "on Charles"
35 Charles Street West, Toronto, ON M4Y 1R6
General Information:
All our child care centres are open Monday to Friday, 12 months a year with the following exceptions:
Centres are closed for all statutory Holidays:
- New Years Day
- Family Day
- Good Friday
- Canada Day
- Civic Holiday
- Labour Day
- Thanksgiving Day
- The week between Christmas and New Years
Centres also close on Easter Monday and the Friday before the Labour Day weekend – these two days are Professional Development Days for the staff in all the George Brown Lab Schools
Current Fees:
Fees vary depending on location. Check your location of choice for current fees.
Canada Wide Early Learning Child Care Funding (CWELCC)
The Childcare centres in the School of Early childhood have applied for and have been approved for the CWELCC program.
All of our lab schools will follow the guidelines from Toronto Children’s Services in the implementation of the CWELCC plan. As such, the fees are inclusive of all of our services. Therefore, we do not charge any additional fees for extracurricular activities or transportation, etc.
Children under the age of 6 are eligible for the fee reduction.
In 2022 a fee reduction of up to 25% (to a minimum of $12.00/day) for eligible children was implemented, retroactive to April 1, 2022. The fees indicated include this reduction.
In 2023 an additional reduction up to 52.75% was applied to our base fees.
In 2025-2026 we will be working towards an average fee of $10.00/day for eligible children by the end of the 2025-2026 fiscal year (as implemented by Toronto Children’s Services)
Please note: There are a limited number of part-time spaces available. Please contact the centres for current availability.
Subsidies
If you require subsidized child care, contact Childcare Fee Subsidy Office Intake Offices at 416-392-5437.
