FAQs

Heart Beatz is a registered Canadian charity offering family-friendly, community-centered services that support the people who live, work, and play in our neighborhoods. Our motto is "Be the Best you can Be."

This website is a good place to start. Please view our Programme page for information on individual programmes. If you have questions, feel free to connect with the relevant programme on our contact page.

We welcome visitors. Please call ahead to make an appointment to visit child care centres or summer camps. Youth are welcome to drop by our programmes. Our EarlyON Centres are drop-in.

Most of our programmes require registration. Please contact the relevant programme manager for details.

Yes, some of our programmes have waiting lists at various times of year. Please contact the relevant programme manager to get on the list.

Thanks for thinking of us! Please visit our Donation page for more information

Our sites accept children in the following age groups: Infant (Newborn – 18 months); Toddler (18 months to 2.5 years); Preschool (2.5 years – 4 years). Before and After School Care is offered for children aged 6 to 12.

Our child care centres operate from 7:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Please contact our child care programme managers for details on how to register.

Yes, there is a waiting list for our child care centres – please email our programme managers to add your name.

Yes, there is a fee and there are also subsidies. Please contact our child care programme managers.

All our childcare staff are required to have degree or diploma in Early Childhood Education, Bachelor of Education or other ministry-approved degree. Many are also trained in First Aid/CPR Level “C”.

Yes, food is provided at our infant, toddler and preschool programs. Food is prepared by an in-house chef and dieticians consult on menus. We can also accommodate food allergies and restrictions.

Please see our Child Care page for a list of activities by age group.

EarlyON centres are located across Ontario, and offer families with children from birth up to 6 years old a drop-in support space as well as a range of services, from activities to advice to connection with families in the area. Read more about the EarlyON programme at www.ontario.ca/page/find-earlyon-child-and-family-centre.

Yes! Parents and children from birth to 6 years old are invited. Parents must stay with their children at the centres.

Our EarlyON centre operates daily from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

EarlyON centres offer drop in programming for parents and children from birth to 6 years old. We offer everything from daily Circle Time where we read stories, to regular workshops on topics from parenting to cooking. Some workshops require registration. Read more on our EarlyON page.

No, you may not leave your child. A parent or caregiver has to stay on the premises at all times.

Yes, EarlyON Centres are available at no cost to families.

Our programmes are for youth in grades 7 to 12. Youth are divided into smaller age-range groups for the programmes.

Our programmes operate from 3:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

You must register for the programmes. Visit our contact page to connect to the location you’re interested in joining.

Our groups are generally 15 to 25 youth plus supervisors.

We do everything from cooking to sports! Visit our Youth Programmes page to find out more

Yes. All you need to do is register.

Our community kitchens offer youth in grades 7 to 9 a place to practice their cooking skills while learning together about healthy food and good nutritional choices. Please see more on our Community Kitchens page.

Community kitchens take place weekly from 3:15 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.

There is no fee and all food and materials are included. You must register: contact the community youth program manager to do so.

Yes! Participants are involved in choosing all recipes and our student dietician consults with them to find out about what food they are interested in preparing. Youth are encouraged to bring in their own family recipes for everyone to try and enjoy together.

No, everything is provided. Our kitchens include refrigerators, microwaves, ovens, and all utensils.

Yes. All you need to do is register.

Heart Beatz offers summer camps for school-aged children as well as youth. Our school-aged programme serves children from Kindergarten to grade 6 and our youth programmes are for youth in grades 7 to 12.

Our school-aged summer camps operate from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Our youth camps operate from 10:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

All you need to do is register. Parents can visit our child-care page to register for school-aged summer camps. Youth and parents can visit the youth summer camp page find details about registering for youth summer camp.

Our programmes are inclusive. We do our best to accommodate special needs. Please speak to the programme manager for details.

Our summer camp for school-aged children is staffed by early childhood educators. Our youth summer camp staff are experienced supervisors who are students in or graduates of post-secondary programmes such as early sports and leisure, child and youth care worker, social worker, psychology, sociology or kinesiology.

There is a charge for summer camp for school-aged children – please see the programme page for details. Youth camps are free - all you need to do is register.

We do lots of fun activities - visit our Summer Camps page to find out more.

At both school-aged and youth summer camps, snacks are included and both children and youth are asked to bring their own lunches (nut-free please).

School-aged summer camps are up to 30 children. Youth summer camp groups are usually around 25 youth.

School-aged summer camps accept children from Kindergarten to grade 6. Youth summer camp accepts youth starting in grade 7.