Our History
In February 2016, Ministry of Education (MEDU) announced the creation of Ontario Early Years Child and Family Centres (OEYCFCs), to bring together four MEDU funded child and family programs to create a common set of services under the same governance and branding. As part of the branding announcement in October 2017, these child and family programs are now known as EarlyON Child and Family Centres (EarlyON Centres). This transformation will enhance existing services, increase access to inclusive play-based learning opportunities, and support parents and caregivers to improve the developmental health and wellbeing of all children.


Our Mission
We are committed to supporting families with young children and nurture early learning and healthy child development by building strong connections, facilitating access to services and by providing high quality child and family centered opportunities for engaged learning in the context of an inclusive environment.
Our Vision
Children (birth to six) and their families thrive and learn in the context of caring relationships and in a community dedicated to ensuring they reach their full potential.


Our Approach
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Meet the Team!
Eliza C.

Show the children every winged thing. The bees, dragonflies, queen ants, bluebirds, luna moth and swallowtails. Creatures can inspire them to defy gravity.
– Nicolette Sowder
Sofia M.

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood
– Fred Rogers, aka Mr. Rogers
Ismat B.

Our image of the child is rich in potential, strong, powerful, competent, and most of all, connected to adults and other children.
– Loris Malaguzzi
Amira F.

To be in your children’s memories tomorrow, you have to be in their lives today.
– Barbara Johnson
Magdalena D.

A child can always teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.
– Paulo Cohelo – The Fifth Mountain
Tahira A.

In play a child always behaves beyond his average age, above his daily behaviour. In play it is as though he were a head taller than himself.
– Lev Vygotsky
Aleksandra S.

Every child deserves to have someone’s eyes light up when they enter the room.
– Dr. Jean Clinton
Yanqiong M.

The well-being of children is inseparable from the well-being of all the critical adults in their lives
-Stuart Shanker
Svetlana F.

Speak to children as if you were on stage in front of thousands of people. Respond to them with the respect they deserve. They are our future. Let’s create a childhood that our children won’t have to recover from.
– Brooke Hampton
Alexandra D.

Our highest endeavour must be to develop free human beings who are able of themselves to impart purpose and direction to their lives. The need for imagination, a sense of truth, and a feeling of responsibility – these three forces are the very nerve of education
– Rudolph Steiner
Giselle O.

Every child has a different learning style and pace. Each child is unique, not only capable of learning but also capable of succeeding.
– Robert John Meehan
Suzana M.

Every child deserves a champion – an adult who will never give up on them, who understands the power of connection and insists that they become the best that they can possibly be.
– Rita Pierson
Marie Q.

Play gives children a chance to practice what they are learning. They have to play with what they know to be true in order to find out more, and then they can use what they learn in new forms of play.
– Fred Rogers
Dina O.

People will forget what you did but they will never forget how you made them feel
– Maya Angelou
Donia A.

A child’s capacity to learn is a direct result of the environment they are in. If we provide an environment that is thoughtful, inclusive, caring, and responsive, children and much more likely to thrive in their learning
– Uplifting Early Childhood
Jaselle E.

We didn’t realize we were making memories, we were just having fun
– Winnie The Pooh
Joyce P.

Children want the same things we want. To laugh, to be challenged, to be entertained, and delighted.
– Dr. Seuss
Veronica P.

Children have a real understanding only of that, which they invent themselves
– Jean Piaget
Joshua S.

Curiosity and imagination spark a better tomorrow
– Joshua Shanthiyapillai
Join DBNC EarlyON Parenting Community
Engage in and experience parenting/caregiving alongside gentle, wise, and generous caregivers.
EarlyON centres offer a range of free online and in-person programs, for parents/caregivers who support the early learning and development of children aged 6 years and under.
EarlyON professionals are ready to support your parenting journey, share safe, welcoming play-based learning spaces and helpful resources with expecting new, and experienced parents and caregivers.
DBNC EarlyON team invites you to:
- Access online and in-person programs and services
- Build community with other parents/caregivers
- Be heard and accepted
- Boost your confidence and a parent/caregiver
- Share strategies and stories
- Talk to parents/caregivers with children of similar age
- Learn about local resources available to you