Wibble Wobble Childcare

Finding a space for a child in this city is a search, not an errand. Childcare in Chilliwack is in short supply, and the geography makes the shortage worse than the raw numbers suggest. The neighborhoods that have added the most young families over the past decade, Promontory, the Eastern Hillsides and the newer parts of Vedder, were built almost entirely as housing, with very little commercial space in them. The centers, as a result, are mostly down on the flat, in Sardis and the downtown, and a large share of what is licensed in this city is family childcare run out of somebody's home.

What is not known here is the part that decides it: ages taken, whether the license covers infants and toddlers or only the older groups, hours, and where the waitlist stands. Waitlists are the norm here rather than the exception, and the standard advice is to put your name down at several places at once and expect to wait at more than one. Nothing about capacity or availability should be assumed without checking directly. There is a website for this centre, which is the sensible first stop, and no phone number published here, so any question the site does not answer will need an email or a visit in person.