Thanks Superfun! What's the cost of licencing to the provider? It appears that Ontario is the only one that is wholly privatized. All home daycare licencing is via third party agencies and it's not capped, which seems a little insane to us. The cost is huge - 15-30% of gross income. We're thinking there must be a better way.

How does the oversight look there? For example, through an agency here, there is a monthly visitor who comes with a check list, then, potentially a visit from the Ministry annually. The visitor keeps you on track with the regulations between ministry visits. Is it similar there? What do your regs look like as they pertain to your home? I've seen an agency checklist from here and it's very, very extensive. We're sifting through which are Agency mandated as opposed to Ministry mandated.