Daycare near Woodland Acres, Port Coquitlam

Looking for daycare in Woodland Acres?

Looking for daycare in Woodland Acres? Love Kids Daycare Coquitlam is 8 to 12 minutes west at 3007 Pasture Cir in Ranch Park, licensed under BC's Child Care Licensing Regulation, and now enrolling ages 3 and up for September. Because Woodland Acres sits on the northwest side of Port Coquitlam and borders Coquitlam directly, the whole drive stays under 5 kilometres off-peak.

Woodland Acres is the closest pocket of Port Coquitlam to Coquitlam, which makes it the fastest PoCo subarea to reach the Ranch Park side of town where we operate. From Kitchener Avenue, Hastings Street, Patricia Avenue, Jervis Street, Woodland Drive, or Glenwood Avenue, you drop south to Lougheed Highway, head west, then swing north on Westwood Street or Pinetree Way into Ranch Park. It is a short, familiar drive for most families here.

What Woodland Acres Families Are Working With

Woodland Acres is a small, established pocket. 305 households, roughly 838 residents, a median age of 39.9, and 66% of homes with children. That last number is the tell. This is a family-heavy neighbourhood, and demand for licensed daycare here is real and constant. AreaVibes rates the area 84 out of 100 for livability, with strong marks for amenities and commute access.

Housing is dominated by detached single-family homes with some townhouses and duplex or renovation-potential lots. The 2023 detached average sat at $1,509,400 across 10 sales, with 20 days on market. Attached homes averaged about $1,180,000. Home ownership sits at 61%, unemployment at 4%, and median household income near $73,600. Working parents, not empty-nesters.

The commercial spine runs along Lougheed Highway on the southern edge of the neighbourhood. Pomme Grocer, Superstore, Save-on-Foods, Safeway, BC Liquor, Subway, IHOP, Michaels, TD Bank, and Chapters all sit within walking distance or a short drive. Coquitlam Centre, the largest mall in the Tri-Cities, is roughly a 5-minute drive west.

How Close Is Love Kids Daycare to Woodland Acres?

We are at 3007 Pasture Cir, Coquitlam, in the Ranch Park pocket of east Coquitlam. Port Coquitlam sits 27 kilometres east of Vancouver at the Fraser and Pitt River confluence, with Coquitlam bordering it to the north and west. Woodland Acres is the sliver of PoCo that touches that Coquitlam boundary, so your neighbourhood is closer to us than most of Port Coquitlam.

The route runs west on Lougheed Highway, north on Westwood Street or Pinetree Way, then east into Ranch Park. Off-peak, most families pull in in 8 to 12 minutes, under 5 kilometres from your door.

Schools in the Woodland Acres Catchment

The catchment schools that most Woodland Acres kids feed into are Ecole Westwood Elementary at 3610 Hastings Street in Port Coquitlam for K-5, Maple Creek Middle at 3700 Hastings Street on the Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam boundary for grades 6 to 8, and Pinetree Secondary for grades 9 to 12. Ecole Westwood offers a French-Immersion track, and Maple Creek runs a French Immersion program as well, which is a real draw for families who want that stream from early elementary through middle school.

Private options in the corridor include Our Lady of Assumption and Archbishop Carney Secondary. Whichever route your family picks, our preschool program is set up to send kids into kindergarten with the letter recognition, listening habits, and social confidence that Ecole Westwood and the SD43 K-5 classes expect on day one. For families juggling drop-off at Ecole Westwood or Maple Creek at 8:30, then daycare for a younger sibling, the Hastings Street to Lougheed Highway flow makes it workable.

Parks, Trails, and Weekends in Woodland Acres

Woodland Acres is stitched into an unusually deep park network for such a small pocket. Westwood Park has tennis courts. Lions Park, Sheila Barrett Park, Fox Street Park, Glen Park, Aggie Park, McMitchell Park, and Ozada Park round out the inventory inside and adjacent to the neighbourhood. Homes on the east and greenbelt edge have direct access to Westward Park and the Traboulay PoCo Trail, a 25 kilometre loop of paved and gravel path that encircles the city.

The Downtown section of the Traboulay Trail follows the tree-lined Coquitlam River just south and east of Woodland Acres. The Coquitlam River and Hyde Creek section offers migrating-salmon viewing in season. Families walk it, cycle it, and skate it year-round, so kids coming into our full-day daycare Monday morning are usually coming off real outdoor time.

Getting Around Without a SkyTrain

Port Coquitlam has no SkyTrain station. Woodland Acres connects to the Millennium and Evergreen lines via bus service on Lougheed Highway and Westwood Street. Those buses reach Lincoln Station or Coquitlam Central Station in roughly five minutes. Families commuting into Vancouver also use the West Coast Express from Port Coquitlam Station straight through to Waterfront.

For parents on that pattern, dropping the little one at our daycare in Ranch Park before backtracking to Coquitlam Central or PoCo Station still fits the morning. Under 5 kilometres door to door.

Programs Woodland Acres Families Actually Use

The two rooms in heaviest demand from Woodland Acres are preschool for kids turning three or already three, and full-day daycare for ages 3 to 5. That maps directly to the neighbourhood's 66% households-with-children number. Here is what we run at 3007 Pasture Cir:

• Preschool and Kindergarten Readiness for ages 3 to 5. Play-based, letter and number work, listening habits, and the social skills SD43 kindergartens expect from Ecole Westwood-bound kids.
• Full-Day Daycare (Ages 3-5) for parents on a full working schedule. Mon to Fri, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm.
• Family Day Care (Multi-Age) for families who want the smaller, mixed-age setting. Max seven children.
• Group Childcare for kids who thrive on peer time and structured group play.
• Subsidized Child Care for families who qualify for BC Childcare Subsidy. We accept it directly.
• Infant Care and Toddler Care spots exist but are waitlist only. BC licensing caps us at three children under 3, and those seats are held.

Why Woodland Acres Parents Pick Us

Every educator at Love Kids Daycare Coquitlam holds an ECE diploma. That means our staff have completed the full early childhood education program and know how to support language, social development, and emotional regulation for real children in real rooms.

We have been licensed and operating for 16 years. Our ratios stay low on purpose, so your child gets responded to, not just watched. Daily updates go to parents every day. We accept BC Childcare Subsidy. And we sit inside a family-oriented pattern that matches Woodland Acres: 305 households, 66% with children, working parents on the Lougheed corridor, weekend hours on the PoCo trail.

Questions Woodland Acres Parents Ask Us

Nearby Areas We Also Serve

• Daycare in Ranch Park
• Childcare across Port Coquitlam
• Oxford Heights daycare options
• Child care near Mary Hill
• Daycare around Coquitlam Town Centre

Come See the Space

Woodland Acres is a small, tight-knit corner of Port Coquitlam. 305 households, 66% with kids, sitting on the Coquitlam boundary with everything the Lougheed corridor throws at it. It deserves a daycare that is close, licensed, and staffed by educators who actually know what they are doing.

Call us at (604) 338-8020 to book a free tour. We are open Mon to Fri, 7:30 am to 5:30 pm at 3007 Pasture Cir. Whether you are ready to enrol for September or just starting to look, come see the rooms and meet the team.