just for clarification purposes:

In Ontario 2 caregivers can meet in a public place ie parks or any place that charges an admission fee.

Although now 2 caregivers can not meet on a private premises, as caregivers we can still meet with other 'Moms'. We can have playdates with other moms: for example a friend of mine when she has her 3 daycare children she is not permitted to visit me, but on days that she does not have her daycare children she can come and visit and bring her 5 children and it not be illegal. It isn't the amount of children we have in our home per say, it is who has 'charge' over the children. We can't have more than 5 daycare children on our daycare premises or take our daycare anywhere that is a private premise which will have more than 5 chldren, but a slight exaggeration but we can have 50 children with their Mom's visiting.

So, the idea is now, if we would like to have the socialization or play dates as we did in the past it just can't be with another caregiver but Moms instead.

I still believe it is safer for me to have play dates in my daycare than it is for us to meet at a public place that may not be designed for younger children in mind.