Child care in Barrie, Ontario

Getting a spot in Barrie

Fee subsidy and any central waitlist in Barrie are run by the County of Simcoe, the area’s service system manager. Contact them about a subsidy or a waitlist, or apply to each centre directly.

While you wait, EarlyON child and family centres run free drop-in programs for children up to age 6 and their parents and caregivers: What Is EarlyON?

More help: How to Get a Daycare Spot in Ontario and Alberta · Ontario’s $10-a-Day Child Care: What Parents Pay in 2026

All 62 licensed child care centres in Barrie (A–Z)

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A

• Andrew Hunter Child Care Centre, 59 Lampman Lane
• Arlene Willson Day Care Services, 248 Bayfield Street

B

• Barrie Montessori & Elementary Private School Sadlon Centre, 580 Bayfield Street
• Big Bay Point Tiny Hoppers Early Learning Centre, 831 Big Bay Point Road
• BrightPath Barrie, 133 Mapleview Drive
• Bulldog, 576 Bryne Drive

C

• Cundles Heights Kids Club, 60 Cundles Road

D

• Discovery Child Care Centre – Full-Day, 1 Thrushwood Drive

E

• Elder Tree Montessori (477 Grove Sreet), 477 Grove Street East

F

• Ferris Lane Community Daycare, 49 Ferris Lane

G

• Growing Minds Learning Centre Inc., 555 Mapleview Drive
• Guiding Stars Child Care Centre, 225 Maple View Drive

H

• Hewitt’s Creek Children’s Academy, 41 Sandringham Drive

K

• Kaleidoscoppe, 11 King Street
• Kids Barrie Childcare + Preschool, 491 Bryne Drive
• Koalaroo Preschool, 28 Commerce Park Drive

L

• Lakeland Childcare, 45 Commerce Park Drive
• Learning Jungle Maple Hill, 147 Toronto Street
• Learning Jungle Mapleview, 170 Prince William Way
• Little Start Child Care Inc – Bryne, 565 Bryne Drive

M

• Mapleview Heights Kids Club, 180 Esther Drive
• Meadow Creek Montessori School East, 290 Cundles Road
• Meadow Creek Montessori West, 510 Ferndale Drive
• My Pre Academy, 31 King Street

N

• Northern Stars Montessori School & Daycare, 110 Little Avenue

O

• Open Arms Early Childhood Centre Barrie, 460 Mapleview Drive

S

• S.E.E.D.S – Holly Meadows, 151 Mapleton Avenue
• S.E.E.D.S Childcare – W.C. Little, 11 Bear Creek Drive
• S.E.E.D.S Childcare-Algonquin Ridge, 191 Golden Meadow Road
• S.E.E.D.S. Ardagh Bluffs Childcare, 159 Summerset Drive
• S.E.E.D.S. Childcare – St. Marguerite d’Youville, 87 Hanmer Street
• S.E.E.D.S. Childcare – West Bayfield, 49 Ford Street
• S.E.E.D.S. Childcare- St. Peter’s, 201 Ashford Drive
• S.E.E.D.S. Good Shepherd, 23 Cloughley Drive
• S.E.E.D.S. St. Catherine of Siena, 111 Summerset Drive
• Springwater Child Care Centre 2, 32 Quarry Ridge Road
• Steele Street Kids Club, 36 Steele Street

T

• The Art of Nature Childcare, 767 Huronia Road
• The Art of Nature Childcare – Barrie North, 77 Eccles Street
• Trillium Woods, 20 Elmbrook Drive

U

• Upper Canada Child Care – Assikinack Public School, 226 Little Avenue
• Upper Canada Child Care – Codrington Public School, 217 Codrington Street
• Upper Canada Child Care – Emma King Elementary School, 383 Cundles Road
• Upper Canada Child Care – Hyde Park Public School, 72 The Queensway
• Upper Canada Child Care – Johnson Street Public School, 105 Johnson Street
• Upper Canada Child Care – Portage View Public School, 124 Letitia Street
• Upper Canada Child Care – St. Michael the Archangel Catholic School, 349 Big Bay Point Road
• Upper Canada Child Care – Warnica Public School, 211 Warnica Road
• Upper Canada Child Care – Willow Landing Elementary School, 330 Big Bay Point Road

W

• Woodland Montessori School, 460 Yonge Street

Y

• YMCA Child Care – Ferndale Woods, 170 Ferndale Drive
• YMCA Child Care – Georgian College, 1 Georgian Drive
• YMCA Child Care – Monsignor Clair, 345 Livingstone Street
• YMCA Child Care – Oakley Park, 22 Davidson Street
• YMCA Child Care – Sister Catherine Donnelly, 123 Hanmer Street
• YMCA Child Care – St. Nicholas, 100 Lougheed Road
• YMCA Child Care, Saint Gabriel, 130 Prince William Way
• YMCA School Age – Allandale Heights, 124 Bayview Drive
• YMCA School Age – Maplegrove, 242 Grove Street
• YMCA School Age – Terry Fox, 100 Livingstone Street
• YMCA School Age, Hillcrest, 184 Toronto Street
• YMCA School Age, St. Monica’s, 90 Steele Street