Post an opening once and leave it up
Openings on FindChildcare.ca can now stay live with no end date, so you stop re-posting the same spots every few days. Plus Live, Scheduled and Ended labels.
Sep 12, 2026
Provider Listings
Listing creation, claiming, and optimisation
How to Fill Out Your Childcare Listing
A section-by-section walk through the listing form on FindChildcare.ca, the two parts you can only add after saving the listing, and how to publish it.
Sep 2, 2026
How to Add Your Openings
Posting an opening is what puts your spots in the Saturday email to families. Here is where the form lives, what each field does, and what parents then see.
Sep 2, 2026
How to Set Up a Waitlist
A waitlist is the only way a family can send you their details through FindChildcare.ca. How to create one, what parents fill in, and how to work through it.
Sep 2, 2026
Make Sure Inquiries Reach You
A published listing can go quiet with no error to warn you. Three settings decide whether a family's message lands, and this is where to check each one.
Sep 2, 2026
How Families Find Your Childcare Listing
Your listing is live but quiet? Here is how parents find providers on FindChildcare.ca, and the one step that puts your open spots in the Saturday email.
Aug 28, 2026
How to Set and Communicate Daycare Availability
How to set and communicate your daycare's availability: capacity per age group, the FCC openings + waitlist model, and policies that prevent overbooking.
Jul 14, 2026
How to Get Listed on Childcare Directories
A step-by-step guide to listing your daycare on FindChildcare.ca: what info to prep, how the create flow works, and how to make your listing stand out.
Jul 7, 2026
The Importance of Regularly Updating Your Daycare Listings
Why keeping your daycare listing fresh wins more families: reflect availability, refresh photos, update programs, highlight reviews, and stay search-visible.
Jun 16, 2026
Built to help you fill your spots
What's new on FindChildcare.ca for childcare providers — see who's looking at your listing, pause inquiries when you're full, copy a listing, and more.
May 10, 2026
Your dashboard is now a command center
The FindChildcare.ca provider dashboard has been redesigned so the first thing you see is what actually needs your attention.
May 5, 2026
Show Parents When You're Open and What You Provide
Provider listings now show per-day hours, meals, snacks, and screen-free environment — on the public page and in a format Google can read.
May 4, 2026
How to Create a Waitlist for Your Daycare: Step by Step
How to set up and manage a daycare waitlist that fills spots faster: policies, digital tools, communications, and FCC's free built-in waitlist feature.
Jan 21, 2025