Types of Child Care in Quebec

Being an Early Childhood Educator and having run a daycare myself, I am pretty familiar with the types of child care offered in BC. Quebec is a different story. Not only are the names of child care types different, they are also (obviously) in French. I'm still a little confused, but according to the Services Quebec website:

Recognized childcare services
A recognized childcare service holds a permit issued by the ministère de la Famille or is recognized by a home childcare coordinating office.

The types of recognized childcare services are the following:

• -childcare centres (CPEs or Centre Petite Enfance)
• A childcare centre is a non-profit organization or a cooperative that provides reduced-contribution spaces to no more than 80 children. It offers full-time or part-time services.
• -subsidized day care centres
• -non-subsidized day care centres
• A day care centre is under the responsibility of a natural or legal person or a Native band council, and may care for no more than 80 children. It offers full-time or part-time services. 
  
  A subsidized day care centre provides reduced-contribution spaces, while a non-subsidized day care centre sets its own daily rate that the parent must pay. 

Some home childcare services are also recognized. 

          -A home childcare service recognized by a home childcare coordinating office is under the responsibility of a natural person and may care for no more than 9 children. If more than 6 children are cared for, the person in charge of the service must be assisted by another adult. 

Most home childcare services recognized by a coordinating office provide reduced-contribution spaces and offer full-time or part-time services. 

Childcare services that are not recognized
A childcare service that is not recognized is not required to hold a permit issued by the Ministère or be recognized by a home childcare coordinating office.

The types of childcare services that are not recognized are, in particular, the following:

• -community drop-in day care centre
• A community drop-in day care centre is a temporary childcare service offered by a community organization as part of its mission or in the context of a specific intervention with parents or children. The services are offered in blocks of 3 or 4 hours, and costs vary from $0 to $5 an hour. 
• -nursery school
• A nursery school is not required to hold a day care or childcare centre permit if it began its activities no later than October 25, 2005. A nursery school may care for, regularly and for periods not exceeding 4 hours a day, a stable group of at least 7 children between the ages of 2 and 5, with activities conducted over a fixed period. 
• -childcare services at school
• A school board or a private educational institution may offer childcare services to children between 5 and 12 years old who attend the school.
  
  The children may attend the childcare service
  • before class in the morning;
  • during the lunch period;
  • after school.

Certain home childcare services are not recognized either.

           -A home childcare service that is not recognized by a home childcare coordinating office may care for no more than 6 children. It sets its own daily rate that the parent must pay and cannot offer reduced-contribution spaces.