Nanny Placement & In-Home Childcare in Burnaby, BC
Puffin Services places nannies and provides in-home family care across Burnaby, from Metrotown and Brentwood through Edmonds, Lougheed, and the Burnaby Heights. Burnaby families live in everything from high-rise towers to postwar houses, and our caregivers come to the home in all of them.
Where we work in Burnaby
Coverage is city-wide: Metrotown, Brentwood, Edmonds, Lougheed, Burnaby Heights, and Capitol Hill are all served at identical rates, towers and houses alike, with no travel surcharge between neighbourhoods.
Services available in Burnaby
Burnaby families can book the full Puffin Services range at the same rates as every other municipality we cover. Nanny Placement is a one-time fee — $500 under three months, $1,000 for three months or longer — including candidate search, CRRP background checks, reference verification, and two to three matched candidates. Hourly Childcare covers ages 0 to 12: standard care from $32/hr, infant care $38/hr, after-school pickup and care $36/hr, and overnight care, with a three-hour minimum. Postpartum Support is $38/hr, or $42/hr overnight between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM. Senior and adult support is $42/hr for Health Care Assistant care and respite and $38/hr for companion care. Event Nannies are $40/hr, rising to $60/hr beyond eight hours in a day.
Nanny Placement
Full candidate search, vetting, and 2–3 matched candidates for your family.
Start Your Nanny Search →Hourly & Ongoing Care
Childcare, postpartum support, event nannies, and senior care — booked by the hour.
View All Services →Nanny placement in Burnaby
Burnaby placements are shaped by density and transit rather than by driving. Much of the city — Metrotown, Brentwood, Edmonds, the Lougheed corridor — is well served by SkyTrain, which widens the practical candidate pool considerably: a nanny who does not drive is not disqualified here the way they would be on an acreage. The trade-off is building access. Concierge policies, fob access and visitor parking are worth sorting before the first day rather than on it, and it is the single most common practical snag in a Burnaby placement.
- Step 1
Tell us about your household
Ages, schedule, languages spoken at home, driving, and anything non-negotiable. Your family profile is reviewed within one business day.
- Step 2
We search and vet
Candidate search, provincial CRRP vulnerable-sector criminal record checks, and reference verification — done before anyone reaches you, not after you have interviewed them.
- Step 3
You meet 2–3 matched candidates
Matched candidates typically arrive within 7–10 business days. You interview; we do not place anyone your family has not chosen.
- Step 4
One fee, once
$500 for a placement under three months, $1,000 for three months or longer, with $200 due to start and the balance when we place your nanny. There is no ongoing commission and no hourly markup after placement.
One difference worth being clear about: a placed nanny becomes your family’s employee, not Puffin’s. Puffin runs the search, the CRRP checks and the reference verification, and then steps out of the relationship. That is the opposite of our hourly childcare, where the caregiver stays a Puffin employee and Puffin carries the insurance and payroll — two different products, two different answers to "who is the employer".
Start a Burnaby nanny search →What care costs in Burnaby
There is no Burnaby rate, because Puffin Services does not price by municipality. Hourly childcare starts at $32/hr for children 12 months and over, $38/hr where a child under 12 months is present, $36/hr for after-school pickup and care, and $36/hr overnight between 10:00 PM and 6:00 AM, all with a three-hour minimum. Nanny Placement is a one-time fee of $500 under three months or $1,000 for three months or longer. A Metrotown tower and a house in Burnaby Heights are billed identically, and neither carries a travel surcharge. The full rate card, including what does and does not move the price, is in the 2026 cost guide.
See the full 2026 rate card →Every caregiver is employed, insured, and CRRP-cleared
Puffin caregivers are employees, not contractors. We carry the insurance and handle payroll and remittances, so a Burnaby family is never the employer of record for someone working in their home. Every caregiver clears a provincial CRRP vulnerable-sector criminal record check, reference verification, and ongoing certification checks before being matched.
CRRP vulnerable-sector cleared before any placement
Employed & insured by Puffin — not a gig marketplace
Serving every neighbourhood in Burnaby at the same rates
Burnaby questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Puffin Services places nannies in Burnaby and provides hourly childcare, postpartum support, event nannies, and senior care across the municipality. Burnaby is one of the 16 Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley municipalities we serve.
Hourly childcare in Burnaby starts at $32/hr for children 12 months and older, with infant care at $38/hr and after-school care at $36/hr, subject to a three-hour minimum. Nanny Placement is a separate one-time fee of $500 or $1,000 depending on length. Rates are identical in every municipality Puffin Services covers.
Puffin Services needs at least 24 hours notice for an hourly booking in Burnaby, which is the window used to match a caregiver and confirm the schedule. Nanny Placement runs longer, since candidates are sourced, background checked, and interviewed first. Same-day booking is not offered yet.
Yes — every Burnaby neighbourhood is covered, including Metrotown, Brentwood, Edmonds, Lougheed, Burnaby Heights, and Capitol Hill. Caregivers work in apartments, townhouses, and detached homes alike, and rates do not change by housing type or neighbourhood.
Yes. Puffin Services places nannies across Burnaby — Metrotown, Brentwood, Edmonds, the Lougheed corridor and Burnaby Heights. Placement is a one-time fee: $500 under three months, $1,000 for three months or longer, with $200 due to start and the balance on placement. Because much of Burnaby is well served by SkyTrain, candidates who do not drive are not ruled out here, which widens the pool. Building and concierge access is worth arranging before the first day.
Yes. Every Puffin caregiver working in Burnaby completes a provincial CRRP vulnerable-sector criminal record check and reference verification before any placement, and Puffin pays for it rather than passing the cost to the caregiver or the family. Hourly caregivers are Puffin employees, so Puffin carries the insurance and is the employer of record. A nanny placed through Puffin is the deliberate exception — once placed, they become your family’s employee.
Your family profile is reviewed within one business day and 2–3 matched candidates are typically presented within 7–10 business days. That is placement turnaround, and it is a different number from hourly booking notice, which is 24 hours. Burnaby sits inside the largest part of Puffin’s candidate pool and much of the city is on SkyTrain, so candidates who do not drive are still in scope — which tends to keep searches here at the faster end of that range.
Worth reading before you hire
What a nanny costs in BC (2026)
The full rate card, what moves the price, and what does not.
How every caregiver is vetted
CRRP vulnerable-sector clearance, references actually contacted, and what we deliberately do not do.
Employed vs. contractor — who is liable?
Why employment status decides who carries the risk, and where placement differs.
Marketplaces vs. a full-service agency
An honest comparison, including what marketplaces genuinely do better.
Returning to work after mat leave
When each childcare option needs deciding, and the transition weeks families underestimate.
Pediatric support — SLPA, OTA, behaviour intervention
In-home therapy support, in development across the same municipalities. Register interest.
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