Welcome to the St. Thomas - Elgin Child Care Waitlist
Your online application for licensed child care.
You may apply to as many child care programs as you like. By applying online, you do not need to contact multiple child care programs. Complete and submit an online application to place your child on the waitlist for any of the child care options. Once your account has been created, you will need to provide information about you and your family on the application form. The information you provide will be used to suggest child care options. The child care provider will contact you when a space becomes available.
Apply for Licensed Child Care Programs
There are two types of regulated early learning and child care programs available in the City of St. Thomas and Elgin County licensed with the Ministry of Education. For help on how to find quality child care for your children, visit the Ministry of Education website.
- Licensed centre-based care offers service for infants, toddlers, pre-school and school-aged children. They include cooperative pre-schools, full-day care, extended hours care and before and after-school programs.
- Licensed home-based care offers service to infants, toddlers and pre-school aged children and may also offer care for school-aged children before and after regular school hours, and on days when schools are closed. The agencies contract individual caregivers who offer child care out of their own home.
Apply for Child Care Subsidy
If you cannot pay the full fee and need help to pay for your child care costs, you can apply for a child care subsidy with the City of St. Thomas.
- The City of St. Thomas has criteria for child care fee subsidy which prioritizes individuals that are most in need. For more information about child care and fee subsidy, visit our City of St. Thomas website.
- Applications for fee subsidy are initiated through the St. Thomas-Elgin Child Care Waitlist. If you need more information, please contact St. Thomas-Elgin Social Services at 519-631-9350.
Getting Started
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New Users must Create an Account And choose a passphrase (password).
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Returning User Log In to your current account to review or make changes to your existing applications.
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