Timiskaming Child Care

What Timiskaming Child Care does

Centre pour enfants Timiskaming Child Care is a not-for-profit licensed child care organization headquartered in Haileybury, Ontario, serving families across the District of Timiskaming and surrounding areas of Cochrane and Nipissing. The organization delivers a portfolio of core programs including licensed child care centres (full-day care for children 0 months to 13 years, before/after school care, and summer/holiday programs), licensed home child care, EarlyON ON y va Child and Family Centres (for children 0-6 and their caregivers), an Early Learning School Readiness Program, and a Resource Centre/Toy Lending Library. Operations span 10+ physical locations across communities including Haileybury, Kirkland Lake, Englehart, New Liskeard, Iroquois Falls, Larder Lake, Earlton, Temagami, Virginiatown, Elk Lake, and Cobalt, supplemented by a distributed network of home child care providers coordinated through a Home Child Care Consultant.

The organization operates under the Ontario Child Care and Early Years Act and follows the Ministry of Education's "How Does Learning Happen?" curriculum framework. Bilingual service delivery (English and French) and play/inquiry-based programming with an emphasis on outdoor learning are distinguishing program features. Technology is limited to a WordPress-based website, a Facebook page, an online centralized waiting list/registration form, and reliance on the provincial KEyON platform for EarlyON program listings; no proprietary software or AI systems are in use.

Revenue is generated through parent fees for licensed child care services and government subsidies administered via the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board for eligible families. The organization is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors and led by Executive Director Sylvain Guilbeault, with 14 total employees supplemented by a distributed network of licensed home child care providers and local site supervisors. The operating model is direct-to-consumer and community-led, relying on public recruitment, word-of-mouth, and school partnerships to fill capacity.

Name

Timiskaming Child Care

Legal name

Centre pour enfants Timiskaming Child Care

Website

https://timiskamingchildcare.ca

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Timiskaming Child Care is a not-for-profit organization headquartered in Haileybury, Ontario, delivering licensed centre-based child care, licensed home child care, EarlyON family programs, and school readiness programming to families with children aged 0-13 across the Timiskaming, Cochrane, and Nipissing districts of northern Ontario.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Licensed Child Care Services

NAICS

Child Care Services (624410), Child Care Services (62441), Child Care Services (6244)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Center-Based Toddler Care (18–36 months) (EDACAGAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Home-Based Infant & Toddler Care (Family Daycare) (EDACAGAD)

Keywords

• Licensed child care
• Early childhood education
• Home child care
• Before after school care
• Early learning programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Haileybury

HQ country

Canada

HQ region

North America

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Child Care Fees: Families pay fees for licensed child care services including centre-based care (full day, before/after school, summer programs) and licensed home child care. Fee schedules are available as downloadable documents but specific amounts are not listed in the source content.
2. Government Subsidies: Financial assistance with child care costs may be available for eligible families through the District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board. This represents public funding for qualifying families.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Timiskaming Child Care is a not-for-profit organization that provides licensed child care services across the District of Timiskaming/Cochrane/Nipissing in Ontario, Canada. Its core offerings include centre-based child care for children 0-13 years, licensed home child care with flexible hours, EarlyON ON y va Child and Family Centres for children 0-6, an Early Learning School Readiness Program, and before/after school and summer programs. Families access these services via a centralized online waiting list and registration system covering multiple physical locations.

Product overview

Centre pour enfants Timiskaming Child Care is a not-for-profit childcare organization operating as a unified service portfolio rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The organization offers five interconnected core services: Licensed Child Care Centres (providing centre-based care for children 0-13 years), Licensed Home Child Care (in-home care providers), EarlyON ON y va Child and Family Centres (support for children 0-6 and families), Early Learning School Readiness Programs (school preparation), and Resource Centre/Toy Lending Library (educational resource access). Additionally, the organization provides Before and After School Programs and Summer/School Holiday Programs for school-age children. A Centralized Waiting List system enables families to register for multiple programs through a single online application across the Timiskaming, Iroquois Falls, and Temagami districts.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• EarlyON ON y va Child and Family Centres: EarlyON ON y va Child and Family Centres support children 0-6 and their parents and caregivers in learning, growing and connecting together.
• Licensed Child Care Centres
• Licensed Home Child Care
• Early Learning School Readiness Program
• Resource Centre / Toy Lending Library

Products and services

• Licensed Child Care Centres Full-day centre-based child care for children 0 months to 13 years, providing positive, engaging, and safe learning environments with play and inquiry-based programming across multiple locations. Includes before/after school care and summer/holiday programs.
• Licensed Home Child Care Child care offered in stimulating, licensed home atmospheres with mixed-age groups, flexible hours including evenings, overnights, and weekends, and warm family-style settings for children 0-12 years.
• EarlyON ON y va Child and Family Centres Support programs for children 0-6 years and their parents/caregivers focused on learning, growing, and connecting together through free drop-in early learning and family support activities.
• Early Learning School Readiness Program Program preparing preschool children for school entry, delivered at school locations across the district (Elk Lake, Kerns, St Patrick, École Ste Croix, English Catholic Central).
• Resource Centre / Toy Lending Library Toy and resource lending library offering educational materials for children and families, open Monday to Friday.
• Centralized Waiting List Online registration system allowing families to apply for multiple licensed child care programs across the Timiskaming district through a single application, coordinating placements across all programs.

Named customers1 record

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration BoardcoreOthersThe District of Timiskaming Social Services Administration Board provides financial assistance with child care costs for eligible families. This is a government-funded subsidy program that supports access to licensed child care services for low-income families in the region.
• Ontario Ministry of EducationcoreOthersThe organization operates under the Ontario Child Care and Early Years Act and follows the Ministry of Education's curriculum framework 'How Does Learning Happen?' for early childhood education programming. The Ministry sets regulatory standards and guidelines for licensed child care operations.

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• Kids & Company: Privately operated Canadian child care chain offering centre-based programs for infants through school-age. A broad incumbent serving overlapping 0–6 age segments with a corporately scaled model, contrasting with Timiskaming Child Care's community-governed not-for-profit structure.
• YMCA Child Care (Ontario): Large established provider of licensed child care across Ontario (including Northern Ontario), operating under the same provincial framework. Overlaps with Timiskaming Child Care in regulated licensed child care, EarlyON-style programming, and school-age care, but at much broader scale and as part of a wider community services portfolio.

Direct peers

• Compass Early Learning and Care: Ontario not-for-profit licensed child care operator running multiple centres and home child care programs. Operates under the same Ontario Child Care and Early Years Act framework and 'How Does Learning Happen?' curriculum, making it a structural parallel to Timiskaming Child Care.
• Andrew Fleck Children's Services: Ottawa-based not-for-profit licensed child care provider offering centre-based, home child care, and EarlyON-style programs across multiple sites. Highly comparable operating model and governance structure to Timiskaming Child Care, with a similar not-for-profit, multi-modality franchise of services.
• Cochrane Temiskaming Resource Centre: Resource centre serving the Cochrane and Timiskaming region, including early years and family support services that overlap with EarlyON and family programming. Relevant given shared geographic mandate and overlapping family service delivery in the same Northern Ontario catchment.

Emerging players

• CEFA Early Learning: Canadian private child care and early learning chain offering junior kindergarten and licensed child care programs. Competes for the same 0–5 age segment with a more brand-led, fee-based model; relevant as a private-sector counterpoint to Timiskaming Child Care's NFP offering.
• Lullaboo Nursery and Childcare Centre: Privately operated Ontario child care provider with multiple licensed centres offering infant, toddler, preschool, and school-age programs. Comparable service mix to Timiskaming Child Care's centre-based programs but operating as a for-profit chain.

Regional players

• Child Care Algoma: Algoma District-based licensed child care operator covering a Northern Ontario region similar to Timiskaming. Comparable rural/northern Ontario operating challenges, multi-site model, and reliance on provincial funding and SSAB-administered subsidies.

Others

• Conseil scolaire catholique de district des Grandes-Rivières: French-language Catholic school board in Northern Ontario that partners with school-based child care operators. Indirectly comparable through shared French-language programming in the region and as a partner/school-based delivery channel for before/after school care.
• Ontario Ministry of Education — EarlyON Child and Family Centres: Provincial early years program under which Timiskaming Child Care operates its EarlyON ON y va sites. Not a competitor but a regulatory and funding counterpart that defines program standards, reimbursement rates, and partner requirements for the organization's EarlyON portfolio.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/Centre-pour-enfants-Timiskaming-Child-Care-516601575113904
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/timiskaming-child-care

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles13 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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