Nanny Placement & In-Home Childcare in New Westminster, BC
Puffin Services places nannies and provides in-home family care across New Westminster, from Sapperton and Uptown down to the Quay and across the bridge to Queensborough. New West is compact, which makes short after-school shifts and regular weekday care straightforward to staff.
Where we work in New Westminster
Coverage is city-wide and includes Sapperton, Uptown, Downtown and the Quay, the West End, and Queensborough, which is served on the same terms despite sitting across the water on Lulu Island.
Services available in New Westminster
New Westminster 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 New Westminster
New Westminster is compact enough that most of it is a short trip from most of the rest, which makes placements here comparatively straightforward. The exception worth stating is Queensborough: it is across the bridge on Lulu Island and reads as further away than it is, so families there sometimes assume they are outside a coverage area they are squarely inside. Sapperton, Uptown, the Brow of the Hill and the Quay are all served on identical terms, and so is Queensborough.
- 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 New Westminster nanny search →What care costs in New Westminster
Pricing in New Westminster follows the same card as every other municipality Puffin serves. 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. Queensborough is billed identically to Uptown despite being across the bridge; there is no travel surcharge anywhere in the city. 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 New Westminster 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 New Westminster at the same rates
New Westminster questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Puffin Services places nannies in New Westminster and provides hourly childcare, postpartum support, event nannies, and senior care across the municipality. New Westminster is one of the 16 Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley municipalities we serve.
Hourly childcare in New Westminster 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.
An hourly booking in New Westminster needs 24 hours notice at minimum, which lets Puffin Services match a caregiver and confirm timing. Nanny Placement is a longer process, involving a candidate search, background checks, and interviews. Same-day booking is not available yet.
Yes. Queensborough is fully covered on the same terms as Sapperton, Uptown, Downtown, the Quay, and the West End, at identical rates and with no surcharge for crossing the Queensborough Bridge.
Yes, on identical terms. Queensborough is across the bridge on Lulu Island and is sometimes assumed to be outside a coverage area it is squarely inside — Puffin Services places nannies there at the same one-time fee from $500, with the same CRRP vulnerable-sector checks and no travel surcharge. Sapperton, Uptown, the Brow of the Hill and the Quay are all covered the same way.
Yes. Every Puffin caregiver working in New Westminster 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. New Westminster is compact enough that most of the city is a short trip from most of the rest, which helps. Queensborough is included on the same terms despite being across the bridge.
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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