Nannies & Babysitters in Surrey, BC
Puffin Services provides hourly nannies, babysitters and in-home family care across Surrey, British Columbia, from Guildford and Fleetwood through Newton, Cloverdale, and South Surrey. Surrey is where our office is registered, and it is the municipality our caregiver team knows best — whether that means an after-school pickup near a Newton elementary school, overnight newborn support in Cloverdale, or a regular weekday nanny for a family in South Surrey.
Where we work in Surrey
Coverage is city-wide, and every Surrey neighbourhood is served on the same terms. After-school pickup or an evening babysitter in the apartment towers of Whalley and Surrey City Centre is the same booking as a full-time weekday nanny on a Cloverdale acreage — a caregiver comes to you, and the driving is ours. Guildford, Fleetwood and Newton sit between the two, with school runs that fit comfortably inside the three-hour minimum, and a nanny booked in South Surrey costs exactly what a nanny booked in Whalley costs, however much further apart the addresses are. There is no zone pricing and no travel surcharge between neighbourhoods.
Hourly care is booked online — no phone call needed.
Services available in Surrey
The six Puffin services are the same everywhere; what changes in Surrey is the shape of the booking, because the city runs from apartment towers to acreage. Around Whalley and Surrey City Centre that might be an evening sitter or an after-school pickup; in Guildford, Fleetwood and Newton, a school run that fits inside the three-hour minimum; on a Cloverdale acreage or in South Surrey, a longer day with a caregiver who drives. Postpartum support covers the first weeks at home, overnights included, and Health Care Assistant, companion and respite care support older family members on the same terms. Event nannies cover a wedding or a party anywhere in the city. Nanny placement, coming soon, will search province-wide from Surrey, our registered city, and pediatric therapy support is in development and open for interest registration. None of it is priced by neighbourhood — the cost section below has the rates.
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 in Surrey — $40/hr per nanny, with a 4-hour minimum.
Event Nannies in Surrey →Babysitting and nanny care in Surrey
Whether you are searching for a babysitter or a nanny in Surrey, it is the same booking either way — a caregiver at your door, from three hours, at $32/hr for children 12 months and over. The word people use tends to follow the occasion rather than the service: an evening out in South Surrey gets called babysitting, a standing Tuesday in Fleetwood gets called a nanny, and the caregiver, the vetting and the rate are identical. Families weighing this against a daycare waitlist should know the two solve different problems: daycare is a fixed weekday place, and this is care in your own home for the hours you actually need it.
Nanny placement in Surrey
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. Surrey is also one of the 16 municipalities where our own caregivers come to the home for hourly care.
Surrey is Puffin’s registered city and the municipality our caregiver team knows best, which matters for placement because the search starts from a pool that already lives here rather than one that has to be persuaded to commute. The practical variable is Surrey’s size: a placement in South Surrey and one in Guildford are a long way apart, and a candidate who is right on paper but forty minutes from your door will not last a school year. Tell us the neighbourhood at the profile stage and it becomes a search criterion rather than a discovery in month three.
- 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 Surrey
Puffin Services charges the same rates in Surrey as in every other municipality it 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. There is no zone pricing, no travel surcharge and no downtown premium — a family here pays what a family in Hope or Vancouver pays. That matters more in Surrey than most places, because the city is large enough that a zone-priced provider would charge differently in South Surrey than in Whalley. The full rate card, including what does and does not change the price, 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
Every Puffin caregiver is an employee, not a contractor. Their police vulnerable sector check is clear and their references are confirmed before they meet a family, and we insure and pay them, so you are never the employer of record. In Surrey, where our office is registered, the same promise holds as everywhere else: if your caregiver ever cannot attend a confirmed booking we work to send a replacement — and if we cannot, you owe nothing for it.
A clear police vulnerable sector check before their first shift
Employed & insured by Puffin — not a gig marketplace
Serving every neighbourhood in Surrey at the same rates
Surrey questions, answered
Frequently asked questions
Yes. Puffin Services provides hourly nanny care and childcare, postpartum support, event nannies, and senior care across the city. Nanny Placement, for families who want to employ a nanny directly, is coming soon. Surrey is our registered business city and one of the 16 Lower Mainland and Fraser Valley municipalities we serve.
Nanny Placement is coming soon; when it opens, it will be a one-time fee of $500 for placements under three months or $1,000 for three months or longer. Hourly childcare in Surrey 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. Rates are the same in every municipality Puffin Services covers.
Puffin Services asks for at least 24 hours notice on hourly bookings so a caregiver can be properly matched and scheduled. Once it opens, Nanny Placement will run on a longer timeline because it involves a candidate search, background checks, and interviews. Same-day booking is not available yet.
All of Surrey. Coverage includes Whalley and Surrey City Centre, Guildford, Fleetwood, Newton, Cloverdale, and South Surrey, at identical rates with no travel surcharge between neighbourhoods.
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 Surrey 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 and you are never the employer of someone working in your home. Nanny Placement, coming soon, will be the exception: a placed nanny 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.