Island Health
1952 Bay Street Victoria, B.C. V8R 1J8 | Visit Official Website (opens in a new tab)
1952 Bay Street Victoria, B.C. V8R 1J8 | Visit Official Website (opens in a new tab)
Follow-Up
November 28, 2025
Contraventions:
A summary of the new or corrected contraventions found during the inspections are listed below.Code
Category/Description
3030 - CCALA 7(1)(b)(i)
Description: A licensee must operate the community care facility in a manner that will promote the health, safety and dignity of person in care
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure the health, safety and dignity of person in care, specifically ensuring the maximum capacity is maintained. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan to Licensing specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: between September 19, 2025 and November 7, 2025, Licensee submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: Staff were to conduct head counts, and the manager would cross check to ensure maximum group size was not exceeded. The corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee: On November 28, 2025, Licensing observed there were no more than 12 children in the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months). The attendance was as follows; six children; four children; three children and two children in each room and staff were completing head counts and the manager was cross checking to ensure maximum capacity was not exceeded.
Actions Required By Licensing: No further action required; this contravention has been addressed.
To Be Corrected By:
Observations: Regarding intake July 22, 2025. Through the investigation process, Licensing determined that the max group size as per Schedule E, which states the max group size is 12 was exceeded when the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) programs combined and had a total of 22 children.
3030 - CCLR 34(2)(a)
Description: Without limiting subsection (1) a licensee must ensure that children attending a community care facility are divided into groups, with each group having no more children than that permitted in Schedule E, (except FCC/IHMACC/REC; child qualified if in age range or within one month (except GCC School Age)).
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure children attending are divided into groups, with each group having no more children than that permitted in per Schedule E. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan to Licensing specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: between September 19, 2025 and November 7, 2025, Licensee submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: The Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) rooms and the Group Child Care (30 Months to School Age) rooms would open accordingly based on Schdeule E. The corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing. On November 28, 2025 Licensing observed one staff (ECEA) in the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) program with one child when an Infant Toddler Educator (ITE) was required.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: November 7, 2025
Observations: Regarding intake July 22, 2025. Through the investigation process, Licensing determined there was one staff ECE (replacing absent ITE) in the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) program with six children, when an additional ECE was required in a group of 5-8 children. On November 28, 2025, Licensing observed at 8:22 a.m. Licensing observed two staff (ITE, ECEA) with five children in the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) program. This did not meet the Schedule E, when ITE was required for 1 to 4 children and an ITE and ECE was required for 5-8 children.
3030 - CCLR 34(2)(b)
Description: Without limiting subsection (1), a licensee must ensure that the ratio of employees to children attending a community care facility is no less than that permitted in Schedule E.
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure staff to child ratio is maintained as per Schedule E. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan to Licensing specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: between September 19, 2025 and November 7, 2025, Licensee submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: The Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) rooms and the Group Child Care (30 Months to School Age) rooms would open accordingly based on Schedule E. Qualified staff would be replace Educator lunch breaks. The corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing. On November 28, 2025 Licensing observed one staff (ECEA) in the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) program with one child when an Infant Toddler Educator (ITE) was required.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: November 7, 2025
Observations: Regarding intake July 22, 2025. Through the investigation process, Licensing determined that on August 22, 2025, the staff to child ratios were not maintained when the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) room had three staff (ECE, ECE, ECEA) with ten children. The Infant and Toddler Educator was scheduled off on August 22, 2025. This did not meet Schedule E when one Infant and Toddler Educator, one other Educator and one Assistant was required for 10 children in care. In addition, employee's lunch breaks were being covered by a lesser qualified Educator. On November 28, 2025, at 7:57 a.m. Licensing observed one staff (ECEA) in the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) program with one child. The staff stated they had started their shift early in this room and the parent had completed the transfer of care in this room instead of the assigned one. The staff stated the ITE was coming at 8:00 a.m. from the designated Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) drop off room. The ECEA went to the designated room with the child. Licensing observed the staff break scheduled that indicated qualified staff were to replace staff lunch breaks.
3070 - CCLR 57(2)(c)
Description: A licensee must keep, for each child, a record showing the following information: (c) daily attendance record, indicating for each day whether the child is absent or, if the child is present, the time of arrival and departure
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure a daily attendance record showing the time of arrival and departure is kept for each child. Action/s Required by Licensee: Licensee to submit a corrective action plan to Licensing specific to the contravention. Action/s Required by Licensing: between September 19, 2025 and November 7, 2025, Licensee submitted a corrective action plan to Licensing. The corrective action plan included: Daily attendance would be completed by the Educators and verified by the manager. Staff would sign in children when children arrived and departed from one classroom to another. The corrective action plan was reviewed and accepted by Licensing. On November 28, 2025, Licensing observed a record was not being kept indicating the arrival and departure times to and from rooms.
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: November 7, 2025
Observations: Regarding intake July 22, 2025. Through the investigation process, Licensing determined that the Group Child Care (Under 36 Months) programs combined until 8:00 a.m. and the children did not sign in to attendance records upon arrival and they did not sign out of attendance records until after 8:00 a.m. The children were signed in to attendance by their parents into their respective room that they were registered in.
3080 - CCALA 7(1)(b)(i)
Description: A licensee must do all of the following:(b) operate the community care facility in a manner that will promote the health, safety and dignity of persons in care
Corrective Actions Required: Ensure the to operate the facility in a manner that promotes the health, safety and dignity of persons in care, specifically, following corrective action plans
Corrective Actions Taken By Licensee:
Actions Required By Licensing: Follow Up Inspection to be conducted.
To Be Corrected By: December 12, 2025
Observations: Licensing observed the corrective action plan specific to the staff to child ratio was not being followed. There was one ECEA with one child when one ITE was required for one to four children. There was two staff (ITE, ECEA) with six children when an ITE, ECE was required for five to eight children.