Yes - in Ontario if you are going the private unregulated route ... 5 children plus your own and those 5 children can be any age you are comfortable with caring for and an age mix that prospective clients are willing to sign on with

In addition to the other things like zoning and fire codes and budget and so forth just please make sure that your insurance carrier does not count your 3 if they tell you are covered for 5 children make sure your policy clearly states 5 PLUS YOUR OWN somewhere on it not just 'covered for 5 children' ... I had a peer who'd had issues where they thought they had coverage and had been paying for years into a home childcare ryder only to find out when needed that because they had '7 children in attendance' at the time their policy was void even though she was' unregulated' and allowed to HAVE 5 children plus her own 2 in care ... but that the insurance company claimed they were in 'violation' of the policy because it only covered care of 5 children on the premise and therefore they did not have to pay out for the policy ... I have also had other peers who called and just asked for a 'home childcare ryder' and did not clarify how many children it needed to cover and after my peers issue they called back to ASK only to find out that due to where the home office of the insurance company was they only covered 3 children - so basically if an accident had occurred and they needed to make a those peers would have found themselves denied despite having paid into it for years .... insurance companies always look for ways to NOT PAY.

Wishing you much excitement and joy in your new endeavor!