Daycare Promotion

Getting your daycare found by parents — search visibility, listing optimisation, and outreach channels

Home child care provider checking new family inquiries on a laptop

How Families Find Your Childcare Listing

Your listing is live but quiet? Here is how parents find providers on FindChildcare.ca, and the one step that puts your open spots in the Saturday email.

Aug 28, 2026

Daycare provider holding a colourful printed flyer

How to Create an Engaging Daycare Flyer

How to design a daycare flyer that fills inquiries—eye-catching headline, real photos, key info, a clear CTA, and a QR code that points to your listing.

Aug 11, 2026

Daycare provider warmly thanking a parent for a referral

How to Increase Parent Referrals for Your Daycare

How to grow your daycare through parent referrals: exceptional service, a clear incentive program, easy sharing tools, and showing genuine appreciation.

Jul 21, 2026

Daycare provider reading a glowing parent testimonial on a laptop

How to Use Testimonials to Grow Your Daycare

How to grow your daycare with parent testimonials: when to ask, where to display them, what makes them compelling, and tips for video and written reviews.

Jun 9, 2026

Daycare provider designing a website on a laptop

Tips for Setting Up a Professional Daycare Website

How to build a professional daycare website that wins parent trust: clean design, mobile-ready, testimonials, SEO basics, and what to include on every page.

Jun 2, 2026

Daycare owner reviewing social media posts on a laptop

Common Mistakes Daycare Owners Make When Posting Online

The most common mistakes daycare owners make when posting on social media—long unclear messages, missed comments, single-platform reliance—and how to fix them.

May 26, 2026

FindChildcare.ca dashboard performance row showing Page views, New inquiries, Response rate, and Open spots stat cards

Built to help you fill your spots

What's new on FindChildcare.ca for childcare providers — see who's looking at your listing, pause inquiries when you're full, copy a listing, and more.

May 10, 2026

Operating Hours card on a FindChildcare.ca listing showing weekday open and close times with weekends marked closed

Show Parents When You're Open and What You Provide

Provider listings now show per-day hours, meals, snacks, and screen-free environment — on the public page and in a format Google can read.

May 4, 2026

Why Every Daycare Needs a Google Business Profile

Why a Google Business Profile is essential for daycare visibility — plus a UI-agnostic setup walkthrough that helps parents find you when they search Google.

Feb 26, 2025

Daycare provider creating engaging social media content on a smartphone

How to Promote Your Daycare on Social Media

Practical social media tactics for Canadian daycare providers: which platforms to commit to, what to post, and how to turn followers into enrolled families.

Jan 30, 2025