Payments
A non-refundable registration fee of $50 per child (Non base Fee). This fee will be charged once, at the time of registration and will be charged again if a family has been withdrawn from our program for more than 1 years.
Upon enrolment, parents are required to leave a last month deposit. The deposit is 50% of the program fee.
Families with two children will leave a deposit for both children. This fee is due prior to child’s start date.
- All fees must be paid within the first week of each calendar month. The fee can be spilt into two payments, first payment will be due on first week of the month and second payment will be due on third week of the month.
- Fees are applied to all days that M.L.E.L.C. is open as well as statutory holidays and sick days. There is no break in your childcare fee at any time of the year.
Change in rates with CWELCC
- Market Lane Early Learning Centre is enrolled under CWELCC system.
- The discounted rates for parents enrolled as of October 31st, 2022, will remain applicable to those parents under CWELCC program. The parents’ discounts given will continue to be provided.
Base Fee charged to the parents under CWELCC System
| PROGRAM | Base Rate – Pre CWELCC
(March 27, 2022) |
Base Rate less 25%
(Nov – Dec 2022) (Under 6 yrs of age) |
Base Rate less 52.75%
(Effective Jan 1, 2023) (Under 6 yrs of age) |
| INFANT FULL DAY
INFANT HALF DAY |
$78.00
$59.00 |
$58.50
$44.25 |
$36.86
$27.88 |
| TODDLER FULL DAY
TODDLER HALF DAY |
$73.00
$47.00 |
$54.75
$35.25 |
$34.49
$22.21 |
| PRESCHOOL FULL DAY
PRESCHOOL HALF DAY |
$68.00
$46.00 |
$51.00
$34.50 |
$32.13
$21.74 |
| KINDERGARTEN FULL DAY
KINDERGARTEN HALF DAY |
$61.00
$46.00 |
$45.75
$34.50 |
$28.82
$21.74 |
| SCHOOL AGE FULL DAY
(6 yrs. and over) |
$51.00 | $51.00 | $51.00 |
| SCHOOL AGE BEFORE
(6 yrs. and over) |
$25.00 | $25.00 | $25.00 |
| SCHOOL AGE AFTER
(6 yrs. and over) |
$32.00 | $32.00 | $32.00 |
| SCHOOL AGE
BEFORE & AFTER (6 yrs. and over) |
$43.00 | $43.00 | $43.00 |
| SUMMER PROGRAM
(6 yrs. and over) |
$51.00 | $51.00 | $51.00 |
- Kindergarten Instructional rate is Kindergarten full day subtracted by Kindergarten Before/After.
Note: We will be charging on Daily basis, as the CWELCC 25% has been started. Effective November and December 2022, there is a 25% off on the actual daily rate, which is given above. And in January, it will boost up to 50% of the actual daily rate.
Modes of Payment
- Payments can be made by cheque, cash, or e-transfer.
Withdrawal Notice
- A written 2 weeks’ notice must be given to the Program Supervisor prior to permanent withdrawal from the program.
Vacation policy
- Effective November 2022, the Market Lane Early Learning Centre’s vacation policy for parents have been cancelled.
- There are no longer vacation days discounts for the families. You are entitled to pay the fees for all the days your children are enrolled for and shall pay the full amount of fees.
- In case if you decide to go for vacation for a longer time duration, and you want to secure the spot for your child to come, you must put a deposit in place. And once you are back from your vacation, we will refund the deposit back to you.
Late Fees (Non base Fee)
- M.L.E.L.C. closes at 06:00pm and a late fee of $2.00 per minute will be charged after that.
- Parents will be asked to sign a late fee memo and the money is to be paid directly to the staff.
- No receipt will be issued for this payment.