New child-care centre opens in Burnaby

Jennifer Moreau, Burnaby Now

Burnaby parents now have another place to get child care for their kids, now that the city has officially opened Cameron Children’s Centre.

The centre has space for eight infants, 12 toddlers and 24 preschoolers, and the Lower Mainland Purpose Society operates the centre on behalf of the city…

The centre is the third child-care space developed for the city as part of its community amenity program, where developers get city permission to build more units in exchange for giving up space or money.

The Cameron Children’s Centre was built, equipped and furnished by developer Ledingham-McAllister at its residential development at the intersection of Cameron Street and North Road.

The city now owns five child-care centres that provide licensed child-care spaces for 232 children….