Looking for Daycare in Maillardville? Here Is How We Fit
Looking for daycare in Maillardville? Love Kids Daycare Coquitlam is a short cross-town drive from the neighbourhood up to 3007 Pasture Cir, licensed by the Province of BC, staffed only by ECE-certified educators, and now enrolling ages 3 and up for September. We are honest with Maillardville families up front. Our address sits in the Ranch Park neighbourhood at V3C 2C3, not inside the Maillardville boundaries of Austin Avenue, Lougheed Highway, Blue Mountain Street and Mundy Road, so drop-off is a car ride, not a walk.
Families who come to us from Maillardville treat that short drive as a fair trade for a small licensed program with 16 plus years in the same building.
What Maillardville Looks Like Today
Maillardville is a small, dense, family pocket of southwest Coquitlam. Austin Avenue runs the north edge, Lougheed Highway forms the south, Blue Mountain Street closes off the west, and Mundy Road closes off the east. Inside that rectangle the 2021 census counted 15,837 residents, up from 11,978 back in 1991.
The demographic mix is exactly the kind of mix a daycare should be ready for. Statistics Canada put the neighbourhood at 46.93 percent European Canadian, 22.94 percent East Asian, 8.58 percent South Asian and 7.98 percent Southeast Asian. Home languages read the same way. English leads at 59.5 percent, then Korean at 5.1 percent, then Mandarin and Cantonese tied at 4.7 percent. French, despite the heritage name, sits at just 1.8 percent of households. Our classroom plans and family communication are built around that reality of many home languages under one English program.
Housing stock is a mix. Character detached houses from the 1920s through the 1960s line side streets like Cartier and Laval. Townhome infill has filled in along Brunette Avenue. Newer condo towers, including the 21 storey Mont Bleu, add density near Lougheed. Coquitlam's Official Community Plan permits detached multiplex, attached multiplex, fee-simple rowhouse and coach house forms across the area.
Why the Neighbourhood Matters to Kids
Maillardville is the largest historic Francophone community west of Manitoba. On September 26 through 28 of 1909, roughly 110 French Canadian mill workers arrived from Rockland Ontario and from Hull and Sherbrooke Quebec to work at Fraser Mills. The community is named for Father Edmond Maillard, an Oblate priest who arrived in 1912. Brunette Avenue, the spine of the neighbourhood, was originally called Pitt River Road. Notre Dame de Lourdes Catholic Church has stood on Laval Square since 1910. Place des Arts, housed in the former mill manager's residence on Brunette Avenue, and the 1909 Mackin House Museum sit a few blocks from that same square. Every March the Festival du Bois brings the whole city back into the neighbourhood.
Parks matter more than any of that for a preschooler. Mackin Park sits in the middle of the neighbourhood with tennis courts, a baseball diamond and a splash park. Rochester Park adds nature play, a zip line and a climbing wall. Riverfront Park hugs the Fraser River along the south edge. Como Creek Park, Laurentian Park and Dawes Hill Park round out the local circuit.
Place Maillardville Community Centre at 1200 Cartier Avenue is the other anchor. The City of Coquitlam runs a gymnasium, dance and fitness studio, dedicated child programming space, teaching kitchen and underground parking out of that building.
How to Get to Love Kids Daycare from Maillardville
Our door is at 3007 Pasture Cir, Coquitlam, BC V3C 2C3, up in the Ranch Park neighbourhood. From Maillardville, leave on either Blue Mountain Street heading north or Austin Avenue heading east, then work over to the Ranch Park side. Braid Street SkyTrain on the Millennium Line sits five to eight minutes away by car, and Coquitlam Central is roughly seven to ten minutes.
If your workday points you at Vancouver or Burnaby off the Lougheed Highway, our 7:30 am open lets you drop your child and be on the SkyTrain platform without racing. If you commute along United Boulevard or Brunette Avenue toward the retail corridor with Superstore, IKEA, Canadian Tire and Staples, drop-off at our address slots into that route without a real detour.
Love Kids Daycare Coquitlam is at 3007 Pasture Cir, Coquitlam, BC V3C 2C3. That sits in Coquitlam's Ranch Park neighbourhood, a short cross-town drive from Maillardville. Call (604) 338-8020 and we will walk you through the best route from your part of the neighbourhood, whether you start near Laval Square, Mackin Park or the Mont Bleu tower.
What Maillardville Families Get From Us
Every educator on our team holds an Early Childhood Education diploma. That is a hard requirement, not a nice to have. It matters because Maillardville families come in speaking English, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese at home, and an ECE-certified team has studied how young kids pick up a shared program language while the home language stays strong.
We are licensed under BC's Child Care Licensing Regulation and inspected on that schedule. Child-to-staff ratios stay intentionally low so your child is actually seen through the day. Daily updates go out to parents so you know what your child ate, how they slept and how they were feeling, which matters more when your commute is a SkyTrain and you cannot swing by mid-day.
Programs cover the ages you plan around as your child grows. Our preschool and kindergarten readiness track prepares kids for SD43 catchments including Ecole Rochester Elementary with Early French Immersion, Ecole Porter Street Elementary, R.C. MacDonald Elementary, Lord Baden-Powell Elementary, Alderson Elementary and Cape Horn Elementary. French Immersion families continue through Ecole Maillard Middle to Ecole Dr. Charles Best Secondary. Full-day daycare covers ages 3 to 5. Family daycare handles mixed-age siblings in one small group. Group childcare gives kids the daily social routine they need. And if your family qualifies, our subsidized child care intake makes the BC Childcare Subsidy straightforward.
About the Under-3 Waitlist for Maillardville Families
Our infant and toddler spots are full right now. BC licensing allows three children under 3 at our location and all three seats are taken. That is a hard cap set by the regulation, not a marketing choice. Join the waitlist and we will call the moment a spot opens. In the meantime we actively enrol ages 3 and up, including kids who turn 3 in the next few months.
Questions Maillardville Parents Ask Us
How long is the drive from Maillardville to Love Kids Daycare?
From most of Maillardville, plan on a short cross-town drive up to 3007 Pasture Cir in Ranch Park. Head north on Blue Mountain Street or east on Austin Avenue, then work your way over to the Ranch Park side. Our address is not walkable from Maillardville, so families here treat drop-off as a quick car ride on the way to work or to the Braid SkyTrain.
Is Love Kids Daycare actually inside Maillardville?
No, and we want to be honest about that. Our address 3007 Pasture Cir sits in Coquitlam's Ranch Park neighbourhood at V3C 2C3, not inside the Maillardville boundaries of Austin Avenue, Lougheed Highway, Blue Mountain Street and Mundy Road. We serve Maillardville families as a short cross-town daycare, not a walk-to spot. That said, plenty of Maillardville parents make the drive because we hold an ECE-only team and 16 plus years in the same location.
Which Maillardville schools does your program connect to?
Elementary catchments in Maillardville include Ecole Rochester Elementary with Early French Immersion, Ecole Porter Street Elementary, R.C. MacDonald Elementary, Lord Baden-Powell Elementary, Alderson Elementary and Cape Horn Elementary. French Immersion families continue on to Ecole Maillard Middle and then Ecole Dr. Charles Best Secondary. Our preschool and kindergarten readiness program is designed to hand kids off to those SD43 kindergarten classrooms ready to sit, listen, follow routine and get along in a group.
My family speaks French at home. Do you offer French Immersion?
We are an English language daycare, not a French Immersion program. Maillardville has a heritage French identity going back to the 1909 Fraser Mills settlement, but only about 1.8 percent of households now speak French at home. Most of the current mix is English, Korean, Mandarin and Cantonese, so our classroom is set up for English early learning with respect for the many home languages our families bring in the door. Families going into Ecole Rochester's Early French Immersion track still send their child to us for the ages 3 to 5 years.
My child is under 3. Do you have space right now?
Our infant and toddler spots are full right now. BC licensing allows three children under 3 at our location and all three are taken. Join the waitlist and we will call the moment one opens. We are actively enrolling ages 3 and up today, including kids turning 3 soon.
We commute into Vancouver or Burnaby off the Lougheed. Do your hours work?
They should. We open at 7:30 am and close at 5:30 pm, Monday through Friday. Maillardville sits five to eight minutes from Braid Street SkyTrain and about seven to ten minutes from Coquitlam Central, so a 7:30 am drop keeps you on schedule for a Vancouver or Burnaby workday. A 5:30 pm pickup gives you a fair buffer coming back on the Millennium Line or the Lougheed at rush.
Do you accept BC Childcare Subsidy for Maillardville families?
Yes. We accept the BC Childcare Subsidy. If your family qualifies it can meaningfully lower your monthly cost. Maillardville has a wide mix of housing from 1920s character homes to the 21 storey Mont Bleu tower and everything in between, and family budgets look just as varied. Bring the subsidy question up on your tour and we will walk you through how it applies to our fee schedule and how to file if you have not yet.
Can siblings at different ages come to Love Kids together?
Yes. Our Family Daycare program is built for exactly this. A three year old and a five year old can be cared for in the same small mixed-age group, which cuts your morning down to one drop-off and one pickup. Maillardville families juggling shifts on Brunette Avenue, at Fraser Mills or at United Boulevard's IKEA and Superstore corridor often prefer this over splitting kids across two rooms.
How will I know how my child's day went?
You will get daily updates from us. Meals, naps, activities, mood, any wins or bumps that came up. You should not have to guess how the day went while you are on the SkyTrain heading home. A lot of our Maillardville parents say the daily message is what makes the drive from Laval Square or Mackin Park up to Ranch Park feel worth it. You stay in the loop even when work runs long.
Can we visit before we enrol?
Yes, and we prefer it. Call (604) 338-8020 and we will book a free tour at a time that works. Come see the rooms, meet the educators, bring your child if you want, and ask every question you have. There is no pressure and no sales pitch, just a visit so you can decide if we are the right fit for your family.
Nearby Areas We Also Serve
- Daycare near Austin Heights
- Child care in Cape Horn
- Burquitlam daycare
- Daycare options around Central Coquitlam
- Child care near Ranch Park
Come Meet Us
Call us at (604) 338-8020 to book your free tour. We are open Monday to Friday from 7:30 am to 5:30 pm, and we are happy to walk any Maillardville family through the drive, the program and the enrolment paperwork whenever you are ready.
Quick Info
Love Kids Daycare Coquitlam
3007 Pasture Cir
Coquitlam, BC V3C 2C3
(604) 338-8020
Mon to Fri
7:30 am to 5:30 pm