Not sure what area you are in but it is slowest I have ever seen if in my 25 years - even licensed centres have lots of spaces in my hometown

For us it is partially due to a 10.9% unemployment rate combined with introduction of full day early learning ...centres have lost their 4-5 year olds to big school opening up a lot more spaces for subsidy care in centres and so forth which puts a strain on private daycares like us