Rates and vacation time

[apples and bananas]

I used to live in the niagara region and I only ever paid $30 per day for daycare for my kids. I still keep in contact with my old provider and she has raised her rates to 32.50. I never paid for stats or vacation time, and she had been doing it for over 15 years. It depends what others are doing around you.

[ECE53]

In a south suburb of Ottawa 49.50/day. Three weeks paid holidays and one unpaid.5 paid sick days and two paid personal days. Paid for all government stats and family day. It took me a little while to work up to this but glad I valued myself enough because this is a difficult job and we need a break.

[Bookworm]

I wouldn't be discouraged. I would get your daycare area set up as soon as possible and start advertising now so that parents will see that you are ready and know what the set up will be like. Just to let you know, that because you are new (like me) it may take a while to get full, but it will happen, and that is due to being new, not because of the amount of daycares in this area.