Garderie éducative Petit à Petit

What Garderie éducative Petit à Petit does

Garderie Éducative Petit à Petit LaSalle Inc. is a Quebec-subsidized early childhood education center located at 8630 Rue Centrale in LaSalle (Montreal), operating under the legal entity Garderie Éducative Petit à Petit LaSalle Inc. The company was founded in Montreal in 1995 by co-owners Sylvain Lévesque and Aciahin González, and currently operates multiple establishments across the Montreal area. The LaSalle facility is licensed by the Quebec Ministry of the Family for 100 childcare places (including 10-15 infant spots) and serves children aged 0-5 years through three time-segmented service tiers: weekday daytime care (7h00-18h00), weekday evening care (15h00-01h00), and weekend care (Saturday-Sunday 7h00-18h00, including school-age children 6-12 years).

The center's pedagogical offering is built on a proprietary ludo-educational platform that integrates the 'Accueillir la Petite Enfance', 'Jouer pour Grandir', and 'Brind'Ami' methodologies with an internal early stimulation toolkit for disadvantaged children and a special needs integration guide developed in partnership with external specialists. Approximately 85% of staff are legally qualified in early childhood education, well above the 66% regulatory minimum, and the facility provides roughly double the mandated floor space per child. Enrollment is processed through Quebec's unified placement system (guichet unique) managed by the Ministry of the Family, with reserved places for recent immigrants and part-time attendees.

The revenue model is a Quebec government subsidized childcare framework: parents pay a fixed $9.35/day reduced-contribution rate, with the balance of operating costs covered by per-place government subsidies tied to licensed capacity. Distribution relies entirely on the state-managed placement portal plus community word-of-mouth in LaSalle, supplemented by WhatsApp-based parent communication and an internal Gsoft administrative platform. Customer segments include working families with non-traditional schedules, special-needs children, recent immigrants (under 5 years in Quebec), disadvantaged families, and weekend school-age children — all served within the 100-place license cap.

Name

Garderie éducative Petit à Petit

Legal name

Garderie Éducative Petit à Petit LaSalle Inc.

Website

https://garderiepetitapetit.ca

Company type

Private

Founded year

1995

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Garderie Éducative Petit à Petit is a Quebec-subsidized early childhood education center in LaSalle (Montreal), licensed for 100 children aged 0-5, offering weekday, evening, and weekend care through a proprietary ludo-educational platform to working families, immigrants, and special-needs children.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early Childhood Education / Childcare Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (62441)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Day Childcare Centers (EDACAAAA)

Keywords

• Subsidized childcare services
• Early childhood education
• Ludo-educational programs
• Daycare services
• Family childcare centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Lasalle (Montreal)

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Subsidized Childcare Fees: The center operates as a subsidized childcare establishment charging $9.35 per day, which is the government-mandated reduced contribution rate for subsidized places. Revenue is supplemented by government subsidies based on the number of enrolled children and operational capacity.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Garderie éducative Petit à Petit operates a Quebec-subsidized early childhood education center in LaSalle (Montreal) serving children aged 0 to 5 years. The center delivers full-time daycare with extended evening (Mon–Fri to 1 a.m.) and weekend hours, using a proprietary "ludo-educational" program that combines play-based learning and early stimulation. Care is provided at a government-mandated subsidized daily rate ($9.35/day) to working families, single-parent households, immigrant families, and children with special needs.

Product overview

Garderie Éducative Petit à Petit is a subsidized early childhood education center serving children from 0 to 5 years old (with weekend care extending to 6-12 years). The establishment offers a unified childcare service portfolio comprising three core timing-based offerings: weekday daytime care (7h00-18h00), weekday evening care (15h00-01h00), and weekend care (Saturday-Sunday 7h00-18h00). These services are delivered through an integrated ludoeducational program platform that combines democratic intervention approaches with structured developmental activities across five developmental spheres (motor, cognitive, linguistic, socio-affective, and creative). The center also provides specialized add-on services including an early intervention program for children from disadvantaged backgrounds and a special needs integration facilitation program, all operating within their licensed capacity of 100 children under the Quebec government's $9.35/day subsidized childcare framework.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Subsidized Daycare for Children 0–5 Years Quebec-subsidized early childhood education service for children aged 0 to 5 years, operating Mon–Fri 7 a.m. to 1 a.m. and Sat–Sun 7 a.m. to 6 p.m., delivered at a government-mandated daily rate of $9.35 to qualifying families.
• Ludo-Educational Program A play-based, early-stimulation educational program that blends learning and games to support cognitive, social, and motor development of children aged 0 to 5.
• Evening and Weekend Childcare Service Extended-hours daycare capacity for working parents, including 40 weekend placements and 16 evening placements, with weekday hours running until 1 a.m. and weekend hours from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m.
• Special Needs Childcare Support Inclusive childcare service accommodating children with special needs within the center's subsidized program.
• Emergency / Exceptional Situation Childcare Ad-hoc childcare support for families facing emergencies or exceptional circumstances, available through the center's regular service.

Quantifiable outcome

• 85% legally qualified childcare staff (vs. 66% regulatory minimum)
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Integration2 records

Feature3 records

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Mini-Train des Petits / similar local Quebec garderies: Small independently operated subsidized daycare centres across Montreal boroughs. They are direct competitors for the same placement-system families, serving the same subsidized fee structure with comparable hour structures to Petit à Petit.
• ABC Country Daycare & Early Learning Centres: Ontario-based multi-site licensed childcare chain offering full-day and preschool programs. Comparable as a private licensed operator with extended-hours programming, but operating outside Quebec's subsidized regulatory framework.

Others

• Association des services de garde en milieu scolaire du Québec: Quebec association of school-based and childcare program operators. Adjacent rather than directly competitive, but represents the broader ecosystem of regulated childcare provision in Quebec and influences policy on subsidies, ratios, and qualifications.

Broad incumbents

• BrightPath Kids: Canadian for-profit chain of early learning and childcare centres with operations primarily in Ontario and western Canada. Comparable as a multi-site private early-childhood operator competing for families seeking licensed care, though they operate at premium pricing rather than the Quebec subsidized model.
• Busy Bees Childcare (Canada): Large international childcare chain with Canadian operations across multiple provinces. Comparable as a large-scale licensed private operator, though primarily in English-Canada provinces rather than Quebec.
• Kids & Company: Premium Canadian corporate-childcare chain serving corporate-partner employees and families. Comparable as a private, multi-site licensed operator with brand-led positioning, but serves the premium rather than subsidized segment.
• CPE - Centres de la Petite Enfance (network): Quebec's network of publicly-funded, parent-cooperative childcare centres under the Ministry of Family, operating at the same $9.35/day subsidized rate. They are the dominant direct competitor for placement-system families across Quebec, competing head-to-head for the same pool of subsidized permits.

Direct peers

• Les Petites Étoiles / similar Quebec garderies subventionnées: Other independently operated subsidized childcare centres in the greater Montreal area. They compete for the same Ministry-of-Family placement-system families under the same $9.35/day rate and similar 0-5 age-group programming; this is the closest functional comparison to Garderie Petit à Petit.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/garderie-%C3%A9ducative-petit-%C3%A0-petit

Compliance3 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

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