Yes, when a parent receives a subsidy, it is the parent’s responsibility to pay any additional expenses. These will not be reimbursed under their agreement with the Department of Education and Early Childhood Development. For more informations, please consult Child Care / Information for Families (ednet.ns.ca)

Yes, we welcome children with special needs, whose physical, cognitive, socio-emotional, communicative and/or behavioural aspects are affected and need to receive services or additional support.

Yes, although we strongly encourage you to speak French to your child from birth. Please refer to our eligibility criteria for more information.

We provide our educators with tools such as visual aids (images, objects, pictograms, etc.), and encourage them to use strategies such as supporting words with gestures, using short, simple sentences, rephrasing words expressed by the child, using repetition, music and stories in French, etc. to foster the development of your […]

In most cases, yes. Increasingly, our written communications will be bilingual to ensure that all our clients can understand and be engaged with our centres. Educators will speak English to English-speaking parents (when possible), but will not do so in front of children to help further their French-language development.

When parents want to stop making use of our services, they must give a written notice one month prior in order to allow our management to fill the vacant place. If this deadline is not met, the parents will have to pay an amount equal to one month of services, […]

You can make a payment for the year of service through a single payment for the current year, which must be submitted no later than the first day services start, or pay via pre-authorized withdrawals, to be made every two weeks.

Yes, the days charged include statuary holidays, emergency closures or closures due to inclement weather, as well as any days when your child is absent (either due to sickness or holiday).

It depends on the program and the centre you are interested in. For daycare services, the waiting times can be up to 3-years, depending on your child’s age group. This is because we guarantee admission to higher levels for all current students. For instance, there are only 8 spaces available […]

If, for religious reasons or allergies, a child cannot eat the food offered on our menus, we will help to find a substitute. However, if this is not possible, it is the responsibility of the parents to provide an alternate replacement. Please ensure that these foods contain no peanuts, nuts, […]