Daycare Near Dartmoor Drive Coquitlam

Daycare Near Dartmoor Drive in Cape Horn

Looking for daycare near Dartmoor Drive? Love Kids Daycare Coquitlam is a short 5 to 8 minute drive north up Mariner Way at 3007 Pasture Cir in Ranch Park. No highway, no complicated turns. You pass Mariner Park, cross Como Lake Avenue, and you are here. We are licensed by the Province of BC, every educator holds an ECE diploma, and we are actively enrolling ages 3 and up for September.

Dartmoor Drive sits inside the Cape Horn subarea of Coquitlam, south of Central Coquitlam and east of Maillardville. It is not a standalone City-of-Coquitlam neighbourhood on the wayfinding maps. It is a residential corridor of roughly ninety addresses running from about 301 to 409 Dartmoor Drive in the V3K postal band. The Cape Horn pocket is walled off from the rest of Coquitlam East by Highway 1 and the Cape Horn interchange, which is one of the reasons the streets stay quiet enough for young kids to actually play out front.

The people here are exactly the audience a daycare like ours is built for. Fifty-nine percent of Cape Horn households have children. The average household size is 2.58. The median age is 42.2. This is a family-oriented pocket of detached single-family homes, no towers, no townhouse complexes on Dartmoor Drive itself, with a 2023 average sale price around $1,596,666. Families who bought here bought here on purpose, and when they need childcare they want a small licensed room, not a warehouse.

The 5-Minute Drive From Dartmoor Drive to 3007 Pasture Cir

Here is the exact route. Leave Dartmoor Drive, turn north onto Mariner Way. Mariner Way runs you past Mariner Park at 2985 Mariner Way on the right. Keep going north, cross Como Lake Avenue, and you are inside Ranch Park. Pasture Cir loops off the main Ranch Park streets and we are at number 3007. The whole drive is 5 to 8 minutes on quiet residential asphalt. No Highway 1 on-ramp, no Barnet, no King Edward slog.

For parents heading to Braid SkyTrain after drop-off, you are already pointed toward the station. Braid is the closest Millennium Line stop to the Cape Horn pocket and dropping off in Ranch Park slots into the natural flow of the morning. If your commute takes you toward Coquitlam Central instead, the 169 bus that runs Mundy Street feeds the same direction we are in.

Schools and Weekend Places Cape Horn Families Actually Use

The SD43 catchment elementary for Dartmoor Drive families is Cape Horn Elementary at 155 Finnigan Street, Coquitlam V3K 5J2. That is the school your child will most likely walk into for kindergarten, so our preschool and kindergarten readiness programming is built to line up with what SD43 expects an incoming five-year-old to already know. Letters, numbers, cutting with scissors, sitting in a circle, taking turns, using their words.

The closest playground to Dartmoor Drive is Cape Horn Park at 186 San Juan Place. It has slides, two swings, wood-chip base, natural grass, and it backs onto the rail line so kids can stand at the fence and watch trains go past. It is uncrowded and stroller-friendly, which is why it is the after-daycare park a lot of Cape Horn parents actually pick. The bigger family stop is Mariner Park at 2985 Mariner Way, on your way home from us. Forested trails, a playground, two tennis courts, three pickleball courts. If your child is in family daycare with us and you want somewhere to burn off the last of the afternoon energy before dinner, Mariner Park is the answer.

For weekend green space, Colony Farm Regional Park and Riverview Forest are both inside a 5 to 10 minute drive from Dartmoor Drive. That is a real advantage. You are five minutes from a licensed daycare in one direction and five minutes from a working farm reserve and forest in the other.

For everyday errands, Superstore is inside a 5-minute drive and the Coquitlam VIP Cinemas complex, with its bowling and the sushi, Italian, Korean and pho restaurant cluster next door, is right there. It is a small pocket and everything sits close together.

Transit From Dartmoor Drive: Buses and Braid SkyTrain

Transit off Dartmoor Drive runs on two main routes. The 152 heads to Coquitlam Central and Lougheed Station and stops about 0.2 km from mid-block. The 169 heads to Coquitlam Central and Braid Station and stops about 0.4 km away. The actual signed bus stop families catch at is Eastbound Hickey Dr at Dartmoor Dr. Mundy Street is the main north-south bus spine feeding the corridor.

For rail, Braid Station on the Millennium Line is the closest SkyTrain stop. The Evergreen Line does not directly serve the Cape Horn pocket, so the practical commute for a lot of parents is the 169 down to Braid, or a five-minute drive to a park-and-ride. Walk Score for a mid-block Dartmoor Drive address comes in at Walk 46, Transit 39, Bike 44. That is a quiet suburban street, not a walkable high street, which is exactly why parents want a licensed room down the road rather than a walking-radius pickup.

Ages, Waitlist, and the Under-3 Situation

We are actively enrolling ages 3 and up for September. That is where the room is right now, and it is where our preschool and pre-kindergarten programming lives.

For families with a baby or toddler, here is the honest answer. Our infant and toddler spots are full right now. BC licensing allows three children under 3 at 3007 Pasture Cir and all three are taken. Join the waitlist and we will call the moment one opens. If your child is turning 3 in the next few months, get them on the ages 3+ list now because that is where movement happens fastest.

We accept the BC Childcare Subsidy. If your family qualifies it can significantly reduce your monthly costs. We will help you understand how it applies and what documents you need. We do not want cost to be the reason a Cape Horn family misses out on licensed care.

Programs Cape Horn Families Ask About

• Preschool & Kindergarten Readiness for ages 3 to 5, built to line up with what Cape Horn Elementary expects an incoming kindergartener to already know.
• Full-Day Daycare for parents commuting to Braid, Coquitlam Central or across the bridge, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm coverage.
• Family Daycare for families who want a smaller, quieter mixed-age room rather than a big group setting.
• Group Daycare for the social side of things, structured play with same-age peers.
• Subsidized Child Care for families who qualify for the BC Childcare Subsidy.

Our child-to-staff ratios are intentionally low. When there are fewer children per educator, your child gets responded to quickly and gets real attention. Every staff member holds an ECE diploma. Every day we send updates so you know how your child ate, how they were feeling, what they worked on. You do not spend the afternoon wondering.

Questions Dartmoor Drive Parents Ask Us

Nearby Areas We Also Serve

• Daycare in the Cape Horn pocket
• Childcare in Ranch Park
• Maillardville daycare options
• Child care around Central Coquitlam
• Daycare near Como Lake

Book a Tour From Dartmoor Drive

The Cape Horn pocket is a good place to raise young kids precisely because it is walled off. Highway 1 and the Cape Horn interchange keep the traffic out. Cape Horn Park is right there. Mariner Park is on the way home from us. And the drive to 3007 Pasture Cir is 5 to 8 minutes on quiet streets.

Call us at (604) 338-8020 to book your free tour. We are open Monday to Friday, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm. Come see the rooms, meet the ECE-certified team, ask your questions, and drive back down Mariner Way with a clear picture of what your child's day here would actually look like.