St Joseph's School

What St Joseph's School does

Dayhome Canada (legal entity Dayhome.ca) operates as a government-licensed dayhome agency headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, connecting families seeking licensed childcare with vetted dayhome operators across multiple Canadian cities. The company's primary offering is a marketplace/matching platform that facilitates discovery, scheduling, and registration between families and dayhome operators, with each dayhome capped at six children to ensure individualized attention and regulatory compliance. It also recruits new operators through a franchise-style program offering turnkey licensing, operational, and funding support within protected territories.

The platform enforces quality controls including government licensing sanctioning, monthly in-person monitoring, background checks, security camera installation, CPR and First Aid certification, and a minimum Level 1 childcare certification for dayhome operators. Beyond family-facing services, Dayhome Canada runs a franchise channel that recruits and onboards new dayhome operators with onboarding, licensing, funding, and community support.

Revenue is generated through recurring agency fees from network operators and franchise fees from new operator recruits, with dayhome fees paid by families directly to operators (pricing not publicly disclosed). Marketing is conducted through the self-serve dayhome.ca website, supplemented by organic Facebook and Instagram presence and an email newsletter. No proprietary technology platform, AI/ML capabilities, patents, trademarks, partnerships, named customers, or management team details are disclosed in the available information.

Name

St Joseph's School

Legal name

Dayhome.ca

Website

https://www.saintjosephsschool.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Dayhome Canada is a Calgary-based, government-licensed dayhome agency that operates a marketplace connecting Canadian families with vetted dayhome operators, and franchises new operators into protected territories across multiple Canadian cities.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Childcare Agency Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Time Home Daycare (Year-Round) (EDACAEAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Home-Based Infant & Toddler Care (Family Daycare) (EDACAGAD), Mixed-Age / Sibling Group Home Daycare (EDACAEAF)

Keywords

• Licensed dayhome agency
• Childcare matching services
• Dayhome franchise opportunities
• Government licensed childcare
• Family daycare matching

Headquarters

HQ city

Smithers

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Dayhome Agency Services: The company acts as a licensed dayhome agency, connecting families with government-sanctioned dayhomes. Revenue appears to be generated through agency fees charged to dayhome operators within their network, as well as franchise fees for those seeking to open dayhome businesses under the Dayhome Canada brand. The platform facilitates recurring revenue through ongoing dayhome placements.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

St Joseph's School operates as an official government-licensed dayhome agency connecting Canadian families with vetted, licensed dayhome operators in their local area. The service encompasses matching, vetting, regulatory oversight, and ongoing monitoring of dayhome partners, capped at six children per dayhome for individualized care. The agency also recruits prospective dayhome operators through franchise-style programs offering turnkey licensing, operational, and funding support.

Product overview

Dayhome Canada operates as a single-service platform connecting families with government-licensed dayhomes across Canada. The primary offering is a dayhome matching/marketplace service that helps families find, connect with, and register for licensed dayhome care. The company also supports prospective dayhome operators through a franchise-style program offering licensing, operational, and funding support.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Dayhome Matching Service

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Kinside: Canadian-based childcare platform helping families find and book daycare spots, with a focus on licensed providers. Directly comparable due to shared Canadian market focus and licensed-childcare matching model.
• Wonderschool: Marketplace and support platform helping families find licensed in-home daycare and preschool providers. Directly comparable to Dayhome Canada in its focus on home-based licensed childcare, with an added SaaS layer for providers.
• Sittercity: Online marketplace connecting parents with babysitters, nannies, and childcare providers. Operates a similar two-sided marketplace model for childcare matching, though US-focused and centered on sitters rather than home-based daycares.
• WeeCare: Childcare marketplace connecting families with licensed daycare and home-based providers, primarily in the US and Canada. Closely mirrors Dayhome Canada's model of matching families with vetted, licensed home-based childcare operators.
• Care Guide: Canadian-focused care marketplace connecting families with childcare, senior care, and pet care providers. Direct competitor in the Canadian family-to-childcare-provider matching space Dayhome Canada addresses.

Broad incumbents

• Care.com: The largest online marketplace connecting families with caregivers across childcare, senior care, pet care, and housekeeping. While US-headquartered and broader in scope, it is the closest direct analog to Dayhome Canada's two-sided matching model for childcare services.

Emerging players

• HiMama: Canadian childcare management software and parent-engagement platform serving daycare centers and home-based providers. Adjacent rather than direct: it supplies software tools rather than operating a family-facing marketplace, but operates in the same Canadian licensed-childcare ecosystem.

Others

• ChildCareCRM: CRM and waitlist management platform for childcare providers and centers. Adjacent technology provider serving the same childcare operator customer base that Dayhome Canada licenses through its franchise network.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/saintjosephsschool.ca
• Instagraminstagram.com/dayhome.ca

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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