Become a home child care provider

Run your own licensed home child care from your home, with an agency handling the licensing, the paperwork, the placements and the support.

What we bring

You care for the children. We carry the rest.

  • Licensing under our agency, so you do not apply on your own
  • Families matched to your availability, ages and neighbourhood
  • Fee collection and contracts handled centrally
  • Monthly visits and year-round coaching from an RECE
  • Workshops, first aid renewals and professional development
  • Equipment, resources and program materials
  • A community of providers who actually talk to each other

What you bring

What we need before a home can open

  • A vulnerable sector check for you and every household member 18 or older
  • A signed offence declaration, renewed annually
  • An initial medical, then an annual medical, and a current TD booster
  • Standard first aid with infant and child CPR
  • A home and yard that passes our safety inspection
  • A completed policy review with every adult in the household
  • Warmth, patience and a genuine liking for children

You do not need an ECE diploma to be a home child care provider in Ontario. Training and experience help, and we will tell you honestly what your application looks like from where we sit.

The process

From enquiry to opening day

Conversation

A phone call about your home, your household and the hours you want to work.

Home visit

We walk through the space with you and list exactly what needs to change.

Screening

Checks, medicals, first aid and the policy review for every adult in the household.

Opening

Orientation, your first placements, and a home visitor who knows your name.

Provider application

Start the conversation

Nothing here commits you to anything. It just tells us enough to have a useful first call.

How we handle what you send. This form is sent over an encrypted connection and goes only to Children’s Kingdom staff. We ask for the minimum we need to reply. Please do not enter medical details, custody arrangements or anything else sensitive here — we will collect those securely once we speak. See our privacy policy.

About you

Your home

Experience and availability

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