Well of COURSE the agency is going to imply through careful wording that those ratios and restrictions apply to everyone and not correct them of that assumption ~ cause if as a provider is having to count her own two children in her ratios meaning she can only have income on 3 children OR if they have a space or two sitting open because they cannot find two children who are over 3 to meet those ratios or they already have two children under two and they knew they could have 5 children of ANY AGE they were comfortable with if they went privately and keep all their income as a result what incentive is there for them to stay with the agency while loosing money

Here is a link to CURRENT licensing guidelines for Ontario that is written more 'in normal language

http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/parents...package-en.pdf

CHILD CARE IN ONTARIO
The child care system in Ontario consists of a range of services for families and their children, including licensed day nurseries and private-home day care which provide supports to children and their families.

The Day Nurseries Act requires any premise that receives more than five children under the age of 10 years, not of common parentage (children who have different parents), for temporary care and guidance, to be licensed as a day nursery.

A person may provide informal child care to five children or less under the age of 10 years who are not of common parentage (children who have different parents), in addition to his/her own children, without a licence. This number may not be exceeded, regardless of the number of adults present or on site.

When a person provides in-home child care at more than one location or co-ordinates the provision of care at more than one site, a licence to operate a private-home day care agency is required.

It is an offence to establish, operate or maintain a day nursery or private-home day care agency without a licence. On conviction, the fine is up to $2,000 for each day the offence continues, or imprisonment for a term of not more than one year, or both.

Ministry staff have the responsibility to follow-up on all complaints about child care being provided without a licence.
So basically the ONLY rule that applies to us according to the DNA is that we cannot have more than 5 children under the age of 10 in our programs ~ our own children of common parentage to us as the provider do not count

Here is a link to the day nursery act as it is currently written
http://www.e-laws.gov.on.ca/html/reg...s_900262_e.htm

However that said that these are the 'current' rules for unregulated providers ~ I will share that I too have been hearing lots of rumors through the regulated industry and peers who have sat directly or had a boss whose sat at the round table discussions on the changes coming down the pipe there is rumor that the NEW Day Nursery Act that is currently being revised as part of the Modernizing Ontarios Childcare is projected to contain some changes that WOULD make the rules the same for everyone ~ everyone would have to count their own children and so forth as well as rumor that being 'unregulated' will no longer be an option that anyone wanting to provide childcare for the purpose of business would be required to be registered in some manner and subject to random inspection by the Ministry as a result ... but at this point in time the rules above are what are in effect until they get off their arses and actually pass the new proposed changes into 'law'!