Free training · 6 minutes · Daycare site scorecard
The same scorecard Raj uses before his clients sign a lease or buy a home. Six checks that decide how many children you can be licensed for — or whether you get licensed at all. Watch it before you commit to anything.
Found a property — or still looking? Get 60 minutes 1:1 with Raj, a written roadmap to your licence, and your property reviewed now or a review credit for when you find one.
No opt-in, no fluff. The checks in the order that matters.
Zoning, indoor space, outdoor space, staffing and parking, ceiling height, nap rooms.
Use the capacity check below, or have Raj review it for you.
What the training covers
Tap any check to jump straight to that part of the video.
Does current zoning allow daycare use? If not, is a temporary use permit, variance or rezoning realistic? Don't do anything else until you've answered this.
Roughly 40 sq ft of usable play space per child. Washrooms, foyer, storage and mechanical rooms come off first — what's left is what gets approved.
About 70–75 sq ft per child in your largest group at once — not total enrolment. Smaller classrooms mean you need less yard. This is where most sites fail.
Enrolment sets your teacher ratios, and teachers set your parking — typically a stall per teacher plus drop-off stalls. That's a city bylaw, not the health authority. Get it in writing.
A minimum of about 7.5 ft in activity areas. Easy to check, expensive to fix.
Required for infant/toddler programs — and every square foot of it comes off your active play space.
The 3,000 sq ft trap
Everything that isn't play space comes off before a single child is counted. This is how a unit that looks like room for 75 kids gets approved for far fewer.
Example from the training: a 3,000 sq ft unit with 1,000 sq ft of washrooms, entry, storage and mechanical leaves about 2,000 sq ft of play space — roughly 50 children, before nap rooms and outdoor limits.
Try it on your property
Rough numbers from a listing or your own home are enough. It won't replace a review — but it tells you fast whether a space is worth a closer look.
Washrooms, entry, storage, mechanical, kitchen, office — and any nap room.
Uses ~40 sq ft indoor and ~75 sq ft outdoor per child. Rules vary by province, health authority and city — always confirm in writing.
The next step
When Raj reviews a property he also looks at the lease terms, the building's current use, fire and exits, how your health authority actually measures space, and whether the numbers work at the enrolment you can get approved for.
Have a property? It gets reviewed now — written verdict and a labelled layout concept.
Still looking? You get a site review credit, valid for 90 days.
Either way — 60 minutes 1:1 with Raj and a written roadmap from property to licence.
Your full $497 is credited toward the 90-Day Program if you enrol within 14 days of your session.
Free download
A one-page, fill-in version of every check in the video. Score the property on the spot — pass, fix or fail.
Who's teaching
He's been on both sides of this — finding the property and running the centre.
Including a 30-space licensed centre — built, licensed, staffed, enrolled and still run day to day.
From first site to licence, with projects in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Ontario.
Co-founder of Batra Real Estate Group under Real Broker — and BC's only agent focused specifically on daycare real estate.
Questions
Before you sign anything
60 minutes with Raj, your site reviewed now or when you find it, and a written roadmap to your licence. Credited back in full if you go on to the 90-Day Program.