Amanda are you licensed as an individual or do you have to join an agency? In Ontario there are agencies that are licensed and they contract with private home daycare providers for care. The agency collects the money from the parents and only gives the provider a wage that is about $5 - 7 less per child than they could make if they were private ie $25 a week less or $100 a month. The rate does vary by agency and city so if you are looking to join an agency do shop around. The agency sends someone to inspect the daycare in some cases monthly and in others every 3 months. There are restrictions to follow that are arbitrary ie go by age of child and not by development which is very frustrating for providers.

There has been some talk of a registration system for individual providers to be recognized and have a minimal set of standards they need to meet and most would be ok with that as there is only limited interference in the actual program each provider offers.