Nanny Placement & In-Home Childcare in Chilliwack, BC
Puffin Services places nannies and provides in-home family care across Chilliwack, from the downtown core and Sardis to Vedder Crossing, Promontory, Yarrow, and Rosedale. Chilliwack is the eastern end of our Fraser Valley coverage, and it is served in full.
Where we work in Chilliwack
Coverage includes the whole city: downtown Chilliwack, Sardis, Vedder Crossing, Promontory, Yarrow, and Rosedale, all at the same rates with no distance-based surcharge.
Services available in Chilliwack
Chilliwack 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 Chilliwack
Chilliwack families searching for an agency usually find that the agencies are in Vancouver and the candidates are too. Puffin searches locally first — Sardis, Promontory, Vedder Crossing and the downtown core — because a Chilliwack placement that depends on somebody driving out from Metro Vancouver every morning is a placement with a short life. Rates and process are identical to any other municipality we cover; there is no distance loading and no rural surcharge.
- 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 Chilliwack nanny search →What care costs in Chilliwack
Chilliwack pays what Vancouver pays — Puffin Services does not price by distance from the city. 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. Sardis, Promontory, Vedder Crossing and the downtown core are all billed the same, with no travel surcharge. The full rate card 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 Chilliwack 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 Chilliwack at the same rates
Chilliwack questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Puffin Services places nannies in Chilliwack and provides hourly childcare, postpartum support, event nannies, and senior care across the municipality. Chilliwack is one of the 16 Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley municipalities we serve.
Hourly childcare in Chilliwack 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.
Chilliwack families should allow at least 24 hours notice for an hourly booking so a caregiver can be matched and scheduled properly. Nanny Placement takes longer again, since candidates are sourced, background checked, and interviewed before you meet them. Same-day booking is not offered yet.
No. Chilliwack is one of the 16 municipalities Puffin Services serves and the whole city is covered, Sardis, Vedder Crossing, Promontory, Yarrow, and Rosedale included, at exactly the same rates as anywhere else in the Lower Mainland.
Puffin Services places nannies across Chilliwack, including Sardis, Promontory, Vedder Crossing and the downtown core, and searches the local candidate pool first rather than sending someone out from Metro Vancouver. The placement fee is a one-time $500 under three months or $1,000 for three months or longer, with no distance loading and no rural surcharge.
Yes. Every Puffin caregiver working in Chilliwack 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. Puffin searches the local pool first — Sardis, Promontory, Vedder Crossing and the downtown core — rather than relying on someone driving out from Metro Vancouver, because a placement built on that commute has a short life.
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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