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More than 155 daycares in Toronto applied for the national child care program in the first day-and-a-half after the city opened its application process, a positive sign for parents paying the country’s highest fees. But some daycares say they’re still waiting on critical details before deciding whether to participate.

“The city is thrilled with the response so far,” Shanley McNamee, general manager of City of Toronto Children’s Services, said in an email. “We are confident that we will be receiving more applications in the coming weeks.”

On Thursday, the City of Toronto launched its “opt in process” for licensed child-care centres that want to enrol in the new federal child care funding program. In doing so, it’s joining about a dozen other municipalities in Ontario that have now taken this step.

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