Nannies & Babysitters in New Westminster, BC
Puffin Services provides hourly nannies, babysitters and in-home family care across New Westminster, British Columbia, 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.
Hourly care is booked online — no phone call needed.
Services available in New Westminster
New Westminster is compact, which makes short after-school shifts and regular weekday care straightforward to staff — and a common New West booking is a sitter for the stretch between school ending and a shift finishing, or for an evening out. Queensborough, across the bridge on Lulu Island, is inside the same coverage. Postpartum support, including overnights, and senior care — HCA personal care, companion time, respite for a family carer — are booked the same way from Sapperton to the Quay, and event nannies cover weddings and parties. If a caregiver suits your family, you can book them again. Nanny placement is coming soon and will search the province, not just the city; pediatric support is in development. Queensborough pays what Uptown pays — see 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 New Westminster
Babysitting and nanny care are one booking in New Westminster, from three hours at $32/hr, and Queensborough is served on exactly the same terms as Sapperton or the Quay despite sitting across the water. A New West family might book a sitter for an evening out or for the stretch between school ending and a shift finishing, and the same caregiver can be booked again if the arrangement suits.
Nanny placement in New Westminster
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. New Westminster is also one of the 16 municipalities where our own caregivers come to the home for hourly care.
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, 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 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, coming soon, will be 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.
- 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
If an arrangement suits, you can book the same caregiver again, and every time they remain Puffin's employee rather than yours: insured by us, paid through our payroll, and with a clear police vulnerable sector check and verified references before they ever met your family.
A clear police vulnerable sector check before their first shift
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 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. 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, 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.
An hourly booking in New Westminster needs 24 hours notice at minimum, which lets Puffin Services match a caregiver and confirm timing. Once it opens, Nanny Placement will be 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.
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 New Westminster 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.