Tell us what matters. We handle the search work.
Share your timing, areas, must-haves, nice-to-haves, budget, and any centres you already like. If you do not have centres yet, just share your areas and preferences.
Use the matcher or compare the options below. Every service has a clear scope. No service guarantees a spot.
Pick the level of help you need.
Need one place to stay organized? Start free. Need a clearer tracker? Choose Scout. Want us to contact centres and track replies? Choose Placement Steward.
Start free
Save centres, notes, tours, reminders, and next steps in one place.
Sharpen your tracker
Choose Scout when you know what you want and need help turning it into realistic options.
Let us run the search
Choose Placement Steward when you want Early Path to contact centres, track replies, and keep moving.
Plan early
Choose Newborn Childcare Prep before infant-care timing gets urgent. After the consult, get a credit toward Scout or Placement Steward.
Not sure where to start?
Pick the short description that sounds most like your family. Every paid service has a clear scope, and no service guarantees a spot.
Free Tracker
Keep your search in one place
A free workspace for saved centres, notes, tours, reminders, waitlists, and next steps.
Who it's for
Families who want to manage the search themselves with one shared place.
Scout
Get a clearer tracker
A consult that turns your timing, areas, must-haves, and liked centres into a clearer tracker and plan.
Who it's for
Families who know what they want but need help making the options realistic.
Placement Steward
We keep the search moving
Hands-on search support with centre outreach after checkout consent, replies, follow-ups, and tour prep.
Who it's for
Families who want Early Path to help keep the search moving.
Newborn Childcare Prep
Plan ahead for infant care
A one-time consult to plan infant-care timing before the search starts to feel urgent.
Who it's for
Expecting parents and early-leave families who want a practical starting plan.
Pick the level of help that matches your week.
Tracker keeps you organized. Scout sharpens the tracker. Placement Steward adds outreach, follow-ups, and waitlist tracking. Newborn Childcare Prep helps you plan early.
Free Tracker
Keep your search in one place
A free place to save centres, compare options, and keep tracker details, tours, reminders, and next steps together.
Free
No charge
Self-serve
Best for
Families who mainly want structure, shared visibility, and a calmer way to manage the search on their own.
What you get
Clear scope
Self-serve only / No provider outreach / No one-to-one support
Scout
Get a clearer tracker
Share timing, areas, must-haves, nice-to-haves, and any centres you already like. Early Path turns that into a tracker and next-step plan.
$149
One-time payment
Tracker plan
Best for
Families who know what they want and need help turning it into realistic options.
What you provide
Timing, areas, must-haves, nice-to-haves, budget, and any centres you already like.
What you get
Optional add-on
If timing gets tight, add Expedited Search for faster triage and backup planning.
Clear scope
One consult call / One child / No ongoing case management
Placement Steward
We keep the search moving
Share your criteria and areas. Add centres if you have them. Early Path handles outreach and follow-up inside the paid scope.
$349
One-time payment
Hands-on search support
Best for
Families who want help contacting centres, tracking replies, and keeping the search moving.
What you provide
Search criteria and preferred areas. Add centres if you have them; if not, we capture areas and preferences during scheduling.
What you get
Optional add-on
If the case turns urgent, add Expedited Search to move faster.
Newborn Childcare Prep
Plan ahead for infant care
A one-time consult for expecting parents and early-leave families who want to understand how childcare search works before timing gets urgent.
$89
One-time payment
One consult plus a written starter plan
Best for
Expecting parents and families early in leave who want a realistic starting plan, clearer timing, and fewer surprises later.
What you provide
Due date or leave stage, target care timing, likely areas, and questions.
What you get
After the consult
Once the consult is delivered, the household unlocks a CAD 49 credit toward Scout or Placement Steward for 90 days.
Clear scope
One consult call / No provider outreach / No managed follow-up
No guaranteed placement
We help with the search. We do not promise a spot.
Outreach consent is handled at checkout
Placement Steward checkout records consent for centre outreach. Other services do not include provider outreach.
Scope stays clear
Review what is included before checkout.