EarlyON Centres

CDI operates an EarlyON Child and Family Centres (CFC), Parkdale-High Park EarlyON Child and Family Centre. All services are free of charge.

Toronto Children’s Services is responsible for the planning and administration of EarlyON services, following guidelines set by the Ministry of Education. EarlyON CFC provides an environment that engages parents and caregivers in order to strengthen adult-child relationships, support parent education and foster healthy child development. The Centres provide free drop-in and registered programs for parents, caregivers and children under the age of six. The Centres’ mandatory core services, as outlined by the Ministry of Education, are:

• Engaging Parents and Caregivers
• Supporting Early Learning and Development
• Making Connections for Families

EarlyON Child and Family Centres are staffed with Registered Early Childhood Educators who respond to parent/caregiver concerns, and make referrals for more specialized services as required.

The Parkdale-High Park EarlyON Child and Family Centre offers a variety of free programs and services for parents, caregivers and children under the age of six. Programs and services include:

• Early learning and literacy programs
• Parenting programs such as Mother Goose and Nobody’s Perfect
• Public Health led prenatal programs and parenting education programs
• Access to a Toronto Public Health nurse

Our latest program calendars can be found here.

CDI operates Parkdale-High Park EarlyON Child and Family Centre in partnership with West Neighbourhood House. Our community partners include:

• Creating Together
• More Than Child’s Play
• Queen Victoria (Public School) Partners
• College Montrose
• 4 Villages Community Health Centre (Early Years 2 Program)
• Parkdale Community Health Centre

Parkdale-High Park EarlyON Child and Family Centre is located in in the Dundas West and Keele neighbourhood at 2918 Dundas St. West. For information, please contact 416-762-3700.

Our child care centres and EarlyON Centre follow all Provincial and Toronto Public Health guidelines and practice enhanced health and safety protocols.

If you are a new participant to our EarlyON, you will need to register for our program in person.

Parkdale High-Park EarlyON Child and Family Centre
2918 Dundas St. West Toronto, Ontario Contact the centre at 416-762-3700, ext. 6104 or by email at CDIEarlyOn@childdevelop.ca