Child care during COVID-19

Licensed facility-based child care

• Guidance for Licensed Child Care Centres (Daycares and Out-of-School Care)
• Alberta Biz Connect – additional workplace guidance and supports to help businesses and non-profits affected by COVID-19 begin to reopen and resume operations safely
• See all public health orders

Home-based child care

Licensed home-based child care

• Family day home educators operating under licensed agencies can offer child care for up to 6 children not including their own.

Unlicensed child care

• Unlicensed child care programs can provide child care for up to 6 children, not including their own, at any given time. We do not monitor unlicensed or private child care arrangements but can issue closures if they are over this limit.

Enhanced sanitization

• Enhanced sanitation practices should be used by all home-based child care providers, whether they are licensed or unlicensed:
  • routinely clean and disinfect any surface that people regularly touch
  • handwashing facilities or hand sanitizer must be available to children
  • visitors and children should not enter if they are feeling unwell
  • visitors should wash their hands frequently
• Guidance for family day homes under licensed agencies and group family child care programs

Find child care

• If you are in need of child care, see more information on finding and choosing child care.
• You can also find licensed child care in your area using the:
  • online child care lookup tool
  • list of licensed family day home agencies (PDF, 370 KB)