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Best Practices Licensing Manual for Early Learning and Child Care Centres

About the Manual

Manitoba Early Learning and Child Care oversees the operation of licensed early learning and child care for children aged three months to 12 years of age across the province. Child care centres must be licensed every year.

This Licensing Manual has been written to:

  • provide a general overview of Manitoba child care standards along with relevant sections of the laws established under The Community Child Care Standards Act
  • provide additional guidelines to centres to help them understand the intent of specific regulations and describe how to meet the minimum requirements
  • provide well-researched ways to help improve program quality and ensure high quality early learning and child care
  • inform centres about the forms, procedures and ongoing responsibilities for licensing

Note: All documents on this page are in PDF format (requires Adobe Acrobat Reader).

The manual was last updated in October 2005.

Full Manual

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PDF 4,710 KB, 166 pages 		Full Manual - without section dividers
Full Manual - without section title pages
PDF 580 KB, 147 pages

By Section

Title Page
Manual title page
PDF 553 KB
1 page
 Table of Contents
Table of contents
PDF 34 KB
4 pages
Section I title page
Section I title page
PDF 567 KB
1 page		 Section I - General Information
Section I - General Information
PDF 48 KB
6 pages
Section II title page
Section II title page
PDF 551 KB
1 page		 Section II - Definitions
Section II - Definitions
PDF 41 KB
4 pages
Section III title page
Section III title page
PDF 564 KB
1 page		 Section III - Licensing Application
Section III - Licensing Application
PDF 61 KB
12 pages
Section IV title page
Section IV title page
PDF 558 KB
1 page		 Section IV - Record Keeping
Section IV - Record Keeping
PDF 49 KB
8 pages
Section V title page
Section V title page
PDF 252 KB
1 page		 Section V - Staff Qualifications
Section V - Staff Qualifications
PDF 60 KB
12 pages
Section VI title page
Section VI title page
PDF 563 KB
1 page		 Section VI - Supervision
Section VI - Supervision
PDF 52 KB
10 pages
Section VII title page
Section VII title page
PDF 228 KB
1 page		 Section VII - Space
Section VII - Space
PDF 52 KB
10 pages
Section VIII title page
Section VIII title page
PDF 577 KB
1 page		 Section VIII - Early Learning and Child Care Environments
Section VIII - Early Learning and Child Care Environments
PDF 69 KB
14 pages
Section IX title page
Section IX title page
PDF 574 KB
1 page		 Section IX - Behaviour Management
Section IX - Behaviour Management
PDF 50 KB
8 pages
Section X title page
Section X title page
PDF 560 KB
1 page		 Section X - Equipment and Furnishings
Section X - Equipment and Furnishings
PDF 56 KB
8 pages
Section XI title page
Section XI title page
PDF 564 KB
1 page		 Section XI - Health
Section XI - Health
PDF 51 KB
10 pages
Section XII title page
Section XII title page
PDF 565 KB
1 page		 Section XII - Community Standards
Section XII - Community Standards
PDF 29 KB
2 pages
Section XIII title page
Section XIII title page
PDF 547 KB
1 page		 Section XIII - Nutrition
Section XIII - Nutrition
PDF 49 KB
6 pages
Section XIV title page
Section XIV title page
PDF 548 KB
1 page		 Section XIV - Emergency Numbers and Procedures
Section XIV - Emergency Numbers and Procedures
PDF 40 KB
5 pages
Section XV title page
Section XV title page
PDF 543 KB
1 page		 Section XV - Overnight Care
Section XV - Overnight Care
PDF 41 KB
4 pages
Section XVI title page
Section XVI title page
PDF 548 KB
1 page		 Section XVI - Occassional Child Care Centres
Section XVI - Occasional Child Care Centres
PDF 46 KB
8 pages
Section XVII title page
Section XVII title page
PDF 552 KB
1 page		 Section XVII - Grants and Fees
Section XVII - Grants and Fees
PDF 52 KB
10 pages
Section XVIII title page
Section XVIII title page
PDF 547 KB
1 page		 Section XVIII - Child Care Online
Section XVIII - Child Care Online
PDF 29 KB
2 pages
Section XIX title page
Section XIX title page
PDF 547 KB
1 page		 Section XIX - Resources
Section XIX - Resources
PDF 41 KB
4 pages