360° virtual tour for daycare centers and CPEs in Quebec
Parents tour your daycare before they even call.
A daycare or CPE under 1,500 sq. ft. gets a Matterport 3D tour for $395, or a Google virtual tour on your listing for $495. One to two hours of capture for a typical daycare, without children, then 24 to 48 hours before it goes online in most cases. Over 1,000 tours on Google Maps since 2015, anywhere in Quebec. Phone: 514 262-9248.
- Scanned without children or faces: evening, weekend
- Nearly 20 CPE facilities scanned in 3D
- From $395 per facility
- More than 1,000 tours published on Google Maps since 2015
They trust us
Trust is earned before the first visit.
Choosing a daycare is a decision based on trust. Parents compare several childcare services online, sometimes months before the child starts, and want to see where their child will spend their days before picking up the phone. A virtual tour shows them your premises as they are: nothing to claim, everything to show.
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Fewer in-person visits, better targeted
Every parent visit ties up management and disrupts the groups’ routine. Those who come in have already seen your premises: the meeting becomes a confirmation.
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Found on Google Maps
The tour appears on your Google Business Profile, where parents search for a daycare near them.
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Remote registration
A family that is moving, a parent in a hurry, registration on the portal months in advance: an informed choice without travelling, at any hour.
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Educators to recruit
A bright, well-kept workplace shows. The same tour goes into your job postings.
Six uses of a virtual tour in a daycare.
Virtual open house
Parents waiting for a spot discover the infant room, the playroom, the nap room and the yard, without disturbing the groups.
Google Maps listing
A parent searching for “daycare” in your neighbourhood steps inside directly from your Google Business Profile.
Website and social media
An embed code for your website, a link for your emails and your Facebook page.
Recruiting educators
Candidates see the rooms, the equipment and the yard in your job posting, before applying.
Evacuation plan
Exits, fire extinguishers and assembly point tagged in a version reserved for your team and first responders.
Dated record of the premises
A dated record of each facility, with plan and measurements, for your renovations, your insurance or any file that presents your premises.
You stay in control
Your management updates the tour itself.
On request, you receive access to the Matterport editor for the tour. You add your information tags, present your educational program or announce available spots, without waiting for us.
- Add or edit information tags: text, photos, videos, PDFs, links
- Name the rooms: infants, toddlers, nap room, yard
- Create a guided tour for your open house
- Choose the starting view and hide private areas
- Editor access: $150 per year
Public pricing
The price by floor area.
The price depends on the floor area of each facility. A daycare is often under 1,500 sq. ft.: Matterport 3D tour at $395, 2D plan and one year of hosting included; Google virtual tour, published on your listing, from $495.
From$395
| Under 1,500 sq. ft. | $395 |
|---|---|
| 1,501 to 2,500 sq. ft. | $495 |
| 2,501 to 3,500 sq. ft. | $595 |
| 3,501 to 4,500 sq. ft. | $695 |
| 4,501 to 5,500 sq. ft. | $795 |
| 5,501 to 6,500 sq. ft. | $895 |
| 6,501 to 7,500 sq. ft. | $995 |
| 7,501 to 8,500 sq. ft. | $1,095 |
| 8,501 to 9,500 sq. ft. | $1,195 |
| 9,501 to 10,500 sq. ft. | $1,295 |
| More than 10,500 sq. ft. or several facilities | Quote within 24 hours |
| Google virtual tour (Street View), published on your listingFacility under 1,500 sq. ft.; without 3D tour | from $495 |
|---|---|
| Publication of the 3D tour on Google MapsNon-residential locations only | +$200 |
| Standard branding: menu in your colours | $100 to $250 |
| HDR photos for your website and social media | $250 to $350 |
| Editor access for your team | $150/year |
| Hosting after the first year | from $150/year |
- Prices in Canadian dollars, taxes extra.
- Several facilities of the same CPE or the same network: scanned on one route, travel fees shared. More than 10,500 sq. ft.: quote within 24 hours.
- Travel fee of $0.73/km beyond about 100 km from Montreal.
Good to know: we scan without the children, and nothing is published without your consent
The scan takes place when the children are not there: in the evening, on the weekend or in rooms cleared while we pass through. No child or face is captured; no personal information is captured. Children’s photos on the walls, first names and documents are removed or blurred. You approve the complete tour before it is published; areas not to be shown are excluded or password-protected.
A daycare virtual tour, as seen by a parent
On a weeknight, a parent searches for “daycare” on Google Maps, in the neighbourhood where the family has just moved. Three listings appear; one of them has a virtual tour. They step in, go from the cloakroom to the infant room, take a look at the nap room, then the yard, and send the link to the other parent. The next day, you get a call with two precise questions: available spots for the fall and nap time.
That is what a daycare virtual tour does: it answers the simple questions in advance (what do the rooms look like, is there a yard, is it clean and bright) so that the in-person visit can serve the rest. For a CPE, whose families often choose their facility on the childcare services registration portal months in advance, the same link is emailed to parents waiting for a spot.
Google virtual tour or Matterport 3D tour?
Two products, two uses, often scanned the same day.
The Google virtual tour is a series of 360° panoramas published directly on your Google Maps listing. It is made to be found: the parent searching for a daycare nearby steps inside without leaving Google. Under 1,500 sq. ft., it costs $495. This is what we produced for Garderie le Zirafo in Saint-Hyacinthe and Garderie Les Mini-Mousses in Sainte-Julie.
The Matterport 3D virtual tour is a complete model of the facility: you move through it room by room, see it in dollhouse view, and the floor-by-floor 2D plan is included. At $395 under 1,500 sq. ft., it can also be published on Google Maps for $200 more. This is the option chosen by CPEs that want a tour on their website and a dated record of their premises; with information tags and a menu in your colours, it becomes an enriched virtual tour.
Scanned without children or faces
A daycare is not scanned like a store. We come when the children are not there: in the evening, on Saturday morning, on the weekend, or in rooms cleared while we pass through. No child or face is captured; no personal information is captured. Children’s photos on the walls, first names on cubbies and documents are removed or blurred, and you review the tour before it is published.
For CPEs: several facilities, a single route
Since 2025, we have scanned in 3D nearly twenty early childhood centre facilities, from Montreal to the Beauce region: CPE La Grande Ourse in Sainte-Julie (two facilities), CPE Percée de Soleil in Quebec City (three), CPE la Becquée and CPE-BC des Petits Pommiers in Quebec City and Nouvelle-Beauce (seven), CPE Chaton Soleil in Mascouche (six) and CPE Le Centre des Petits, in downtown Montreal.
The uses go beyond registration. When educators are hard to find, a bright, well-kept workplace makes the difference in a job posting. A new facility is presented to the board of directors, municipal partners and the media before it opens, and each facility keeps a dated digital twin, with plan and measurements. Facilities in the same region are scanned on one route, with travel fees shared.
Private daycares in Montreal and on the South Shore
For a private daycare in Montreal, in Laval or on the South Shore, everything starts on Google Maps: parents compare listings, reviews and photos before calling. Few daycares offer a virtual tour yet; on your listing, the advantage is visible right away. A virtual open house, open all year through a simple link, for families who register without having seen the premises.
Why entrust your daycare’s virtual tour to Panosphere 360
- A single person, from the quote to training your team: Marc Durand Bréard.
- CPEs and daycares across Quebec, in 3D since 2025 and on Google Maps since 2015.
- More than 1,000 tours published on Google Maps since 2015.
- Matterport Service Partner, Pro3 camera.
- Scans adapted to your schedule: in the evening, on Saturday morning or on the weekend, without children.
- Public prices, a written quote and service in French across Quebec.
Do you also run a school? See the school virtual tour. Does your CPE occupy a city-owned building? The virtual tour for municipalities page applies to you too. Browse our prices and our portfolio, or write to us.
Frequently asked questions
Your questions, our answers.
Another question? Write to marc@panosphere360.com or call 514 262-9248.
Do children appear in the daycare’s virtual tour?
No, never. The scan takes place outside opening hours or in rooms cleared while we pass through. No child, parent or staff member appears without written consent; any face that slips in despite this is blurred.
Google virtual tour or Matterport 3D tour: which one to choose for a daycare?
The Google virtual tour is published on your Google Maps listing: often the right choice to be found by parents in the neighbourhood, from $495. The Matterport 3D tour adds the dollhouse view, the plan and the measurements, at $395 under 1,500 sq. ft., and can also be published on Google Maps (+$200).
How long does the scan take?
1 to 2 hours for a typical daycare. Rooms must be tidy and lit, with interior doors open. We adapt to your schedule: in the evening, on Saturday morning or on the weekend.
When is the tour online?
The 3D tour is ready 24 to 48 hours after the scan in most cases; you approve it before any publication. Branding and publication on Google Maps can add a few days.
We run a CPE with several facilities: how does it work?
Each facility follows the grid above and gets its own tour. Those in the same region are scanned on one route and the travel fees are shared, as for the six facilities of CPE Chaton Soleil in Mascouche.
Where can the tour be shared?
On your website (embed code), on your Google Business Profile, on your Facebook page and your social media. You also receive a direct link to email to the parents on your waiting list.
Our daycare is home-based: is the tour possible?
The Matterport 3D tour, yes: it is shared by link and embedded in your website or your Facebook page. Publication on Google Maps is reserved for non-residential locations: it is not offered for a private residence.
Do we need to rescan everything after a reconfiguration?
No. We scan only the reconfigured room and, according to Matterport, several scans can be merged into a single model while keeping the existing information tags. The price follows the floor area rescanned.
Do you travel outside Montreal?
Anywhere in Quebec: we have scanned CPEs from Montreal to the Beauce region. Beyond about 100 km from Montreal, a fee of $0.73/km is added, shared between the facilities on the same route.
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