Nannies & Babysitters in Maple Ridge, BC
Puffin Services provides hourly nannies, babysitters and in-home family care across Maple Ridge, British Columbia, from Haney and Hammond out to Albion, Silver Valley, and Websters Corners. Maple Ridge stretches from riverfront neighbourhoods up into the hills, and caregivers travel to the home wherever that is.
Where we work in Maple Ridge
Coverage runs across the whole district — Haney, Hammond, Albion, Silver Valley, and Websters Corners — at the same rates, including the more spread-out properties in the north of the municipality.
Hourly care is booked online — no phone call needed.
Services available in Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge bookings are shaped by commutes and distance. A parent leaving early from Haney or Hammond might want a caregiver for the mornings and late afternoons that daycare hours do not reach; out in Albion, Silver Valley and Websters Corners the school run is often the job, and a caregiver who drives makes it simple. Evening babysitting works the same way anywhere in the district. Postpartum support comes to the house, overnights included; older family members can have HCA personal care, a companion, or respite cover; and event nannies handle weddings and gatherings. Nanny placement, once it opens, will search province-wide and draw on Pitt Meadows' pool next door as well. Pediatric support is in development. The far north of the district is billed like Haney; rates are below.
Nanny Placement
Coming soon — a full candidate search across British Columbia, vetting, and 2–3 matched candidates for your family.
Coming Soon — Tell Us About Your Family →Hourly & Ongoing Care
Childcare, postpartum support, and senior care — booked by the hour.
View All Services →Event Nannies
Weddings, parties, and corporate events — $40/hr per nanny, with a 4-hour minimum.
Event Childcare Rates →Babysitting and nanny care in Maple Ridge
Whether you are looking for a babysitter for one evening in Haney or ongoing nanny care out in Silver Valley, it is the same booking — three hours minimum, from $32/hr, no surcharge for the more spread-out properties in the north of the district. Maple Ridge families with a long commute often use this for the early mornings or late afternoons that daycare hours do not reach.
Nanny placement in Maple Ridge
Nanny Placement is coming soon. We are not taking placements or deposits yet, so this section describes how the service will work once it opens.
Nanny placement will be province-wide: the search will draw on a candidate registry across British Columbia, at the same flat fee wherever you live. Maple Ridge is also one of the 16 municipalities where our own caregivers come to the home for hourly care.
Maple Ridge placements are usually about the school run. Households from Haney and Hammond out to Albion, Silver Valley and Websters Corners are spread across a wide catchment, and a nanny who drives turns a difficult logistics problem into an ordinary one. Pitt Meadows sits immediately west, so a search here can reach caregivers in both rather than being limited to the municipal boundary.
- 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, police vulnerable sector 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, once placement opens. There will be 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 vulnerable sector 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".
Tell us about your family — we will be in touch when it opens →What care costs in Maple Ridge
Maple Ridge is charged at the same rates as every other municipality Puffin covers. 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, coming soon, will be a one-time fee of $500 under three months or $1,000 for three months or longer. Haney, Hammond, Albion, Silver Valley and Websters Corners are billed identically, however far out the address is. The full rate card is in the 2026 cost guide.
- An evening out, 3 hours
- $96
- After school, every weekday
- $540 a week
- Full-time, 8 hours a day
- about $5,547 a month
Every caregiver is employed, insured, and vulnerable-sector-checked
Early mornings are when a household leans hardest on a caregiver: they arrive before you leave and are on their own with your children until the school run. That is why every Puffin caregiver has a clear police vulnerable sector check and verified references first, and is employed and insured by us rather than engaged as a contractor.
A clear police vulnerable sector check before their first shift
Employed & insured by Puffin — not a gig marketplace
Serving every neighbourhood in Maple Ridge at the same rates
Maple Ridge questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Puffin Services provides hourly nanny care and childcare, postpartum support, event nannies, and senior care across the municipality. Nanny Placement, for families who want to employ a nanny directly, is coming soon. Maple Ridge is one of the 16 Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley municipalities we serve.
Hourly childcare in Maple Ridge 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, coming soon, will be a separate one-time fee of $500 or $1,000 depending on length. Rates are identical in every municipality Puffin Services covers.
Puffin Services asks Maple Ridge families for at least 24 hours notice on hourly bookings so a caregiver can be matched and the schedule confirmed. Once it opens, Nanny Placement will take considerably longer, since candidates are sourced, checked, and interviewed first. Same-day booking is not offered yet.
Yes, the entire district is covered, including Silver Valley, Websters Corners, and Albion as well as Haney and Hammond. Rates are the same throughout Maple Ridge, with no additional charge for a longer drive.
No — with Puffin Services they are the same booking. A caregiver comes to your home from three hours, at $32/hr for children 12 months and over, $38/hr if a child under 12 months is present, and $36/hr for after-school pickup or overnight care. Families tend to say "babysitter" for a one-off evening and "nanny" for something regular, but the caregiver, the vulnerable sector check, the insurance and the rate are identical either way. There is no membership and no minimum number of bookings, so it works for a single night as well as a standing weekly slot.
Yes. Every Puffin caregiver working in Maple Ridge has a clear police vulnerable sector check and reference verification before their first shift. Hourly caregivers are Puffin employees, so Puffin carries the insurance and is the employer of record. Nanny Placement, which is coming soon, will be the deliberate exception — a nanny placed through Puffin will become your family’s employee.
Worth reading before you hire
What a nanny costs in BC
By the hour, week and month — and nanny wages if you employ one directly.
How every caregiver is vetted
Police vulnerable sector checks, 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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Hourly care is booked online — no phone call needed.