The City inspects licensed daycares to ensure health and safety standards are met and maintained to provide a safe and healthy environment for children and to minimize risk of disease transmission.

Frequently Asked Questions

Can parents bring snacks from home to be shared at the daycare?
What kind of pets can a daycare have?
What do I need to do to start a daycare centre?
How can I get my new daycare centre inspected and opened?
The daycare has no water or there is a sewage backup, can they continue to operate?
Daycare staff are not properly cleaning or sanitizing children’s toys or other surfaces. Who should I call to complain?
What kind of pest control can be used in a daycare?

Can parents bring snacks from home to be shared at the daycare?
The City recommends that all food be prepared or handled in the kitchen of the daycare. For further information, contact the City at 311.

What kind of pets can a daycare have?
The daycare coordinator will set limits on the types of pets allowed in a daycare.  The most important rule about having animals/ pets in a daycare is to ensure the children properly wash their hands immediately after handling any animal.  some of the most commonly seen pets include: domestic cats and dogs, rabbits, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, mice, rats, tropical fish, small birds (budgies, canaries, finches).  The daycare operator must keep the pet area clean and sanitary at all times. 

What do I need to do to start a daycare centre?
Contact Manitoba Child Day Care office 945-2197.

How can I get my new daycare centre inspected and opened?
Contact your Daycare Coordinator to advise inspection required and they will contact district inspector.

The daycare has no water or there is a sewage backup, can they continue to operate?
Any daycare facility or food service establishment cannot operate where the water or sewage system is not functioning properly.  Contact the City at 311 to register a complaint.

Daycare staff are not properly cleaning or sanitizing children’s toys or other surfaces. Who should I call to complain?
Contact the City at 311 regarding any complaint about health concerns at a daycare

What kind of pest control can be used in a daycare?
The city recommends that daycares use a professional exterminator when dealing with pest problems.