Home Child Care
Regulations
One question that is asked often is "How many children may
I provide for in my home?"
Lee Dunster explains the regulations for caregivers very well in
her book "Family Day Care: A Caregiver's Guide" -pg.35.
"The number of children that you may care for
is determined by the Province of Ontario’s Day Nurseries Act
and by local by-laws. Under the Day Nurseries Act, you may provide
care to five children ten years of age and under per household,
no matter how many adults are involved in providing the care. This
does not prevent you from providing care for more than five day
care children if some of them are part-time. However, no more than
five day care children may be on the premises or in your care at
the same time. Once a child reaches his/her eleventh birthday, he/she
is no longer included in the total of five day care children. Your
children, regardless of their age, are not counted in the total
of five children if you are working privately. However, if you are
working with a supervised home day care agency, your own children
under the age of six may be counted in the total of children. Also,
when working with a supervised home day care agency, there should
be no more than two children under the age of two years and no more
than three children under the age of three in your care at any time."
For more information go to Day Nurseries Act, R.S.O.
1990, c. D.2 – web link. If you have questions, please call
the Resource Coordinator @ (519) 358-1451 ext. 203
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