Planning to open in 2027, pending licensing approval.
Where your child grows, and you get a little room to breathe.
A premium education centre in North Burnaby for children 3 months to 12 years. Warm care, real learning, joyful play, and the freedom to drop in when you need it.
Free and no obligation. About two minutes. Your details stay private and are never sold.
Registering now secures your family's priority for a space when we open. Spaces are limited, and infant spots fill first.
3 months to 12 years
Licensed care, planned
On the SkyTrain at Gilmore Place
Care and learning in 4 languages
Bright, safe, transparent spaces
Our story
An education centre that grows with your child.
Royal Roots is more than daycare. We combine professional, play-based care with a gamified learning approach and a personalized plan for every child, from the first months through age 12. Care, before and after-school support, enrichment, weekend programs, camps, and a family games and play destination, all in one warm place that grows with your child.
From licensed care to optional enrichment, explore what we are planning. Filter by age or category, or view the full catalog.
Age
Category
Licensed care
Infant Care and Development
Warm, responsive, licensed care for babies from around three months, following each baby's own rhythm, with our highest staffing ratio.
Licensed care
Toddler Care and Discovery
Licensed, play-based days built for busy, curious toddlers, with safe exploration, gentle routines, and support for early skills.
Licensed care
Preschool Early Learning and Care
Licensed, play-based days that spark curiosity and build the skills and confidence children need before kindergarten, with a plan for every child.
Optional
Junior STEM
Hands-on science, simple coding, and building for curious preschoolers, all play and wonder, to spark a problem-solving mindset early.
Licensed care
Before and After-School Care
A safe, engaging place before and after school, with homework time, active play, and enrichment, plus optional pickup and drop-off.
Optional
STEM Academy
Serious, project-based technology and science for school-age children, organized into six focused strands children can follow over years.
Casual
Day Pass Drop-Off Care
Book safe, supervised drop-off care by the hour or the day, so you can run errands, work, or rest while your child plays happily.
Entertainment
Multi-Level Indoor Playground
An expansive, multi-level indoor playground with slides, climbing, tunnels, and soft-play, built to thrill children safely in any weather.
Gifted
Accelerated Learning Track
Deeper, richer, more challenging work for advanced learners, grouped flexibly by readiness so a ready child can go further.
Inclusive
Every Child Belongs
Genuine, thoughtful, inclusive support for autistic children and children with disabilities or additional needs, led by our Special Needs Educators alongside families and qualified professionals.
Featured
Inside the STEM Academy
Serious, project-based learning in six focused strands, so children aged 6 to 12 can follow their interests and progress over years.
Artificial Intelligence (AI Literacy)
What AI really is, hands-on and age-appropriate: how machines spot patterns, how data shapes them, and how to use them thoughtfully.
Robotics
Design, build, and program real robots, from simple builds and block control to sensors and autonomous behaviour.
Programming and Coding
Code real games, animations, and apps, starting with block-based programming and progressing to text-based languages.
Mathematics
Mathematics that makes sense, building real understanding and confidence through hands-on materials, puzzles, and problems.
Science
Hands-on experiments across physics, chemistry, biology, and earth and space, learning the scientific method by doing it.
Language and Communication
Reading, writing, speaking, and critical thinking that underpin success in every subject and in life.
For you
Reclaim your day.
Sometimes you just need a few hours. To shop, to work, to rest, or to have dinner without negotiating bedtime first. With our flexible drop-off, you can leave your child somewhere safe and fun and come back to a happy kid. Book a few hours or a full day, or join a Parents' Night Out, and take the time you have been missing.
Exact drop-off availability is being finalized with licensing.
Parenthood is a lot. Royal Roots is a place for you as well as your child, from pregnancy through the early years. Join a prenatal circle, a newborn class, a postpartum group, gentle fitness with your baby, weekly open play, or simply a good coffee and good company in our cafe. Partners and caregivers are always welcome.
Expecting Together (Prenatal Circle)
A calm, welcoming circle for moms-to-be, with gentle pregnancy-safe movement, breathing, and community, led by qualified partner professionals.
Birth and Newborn Prep Workshops
Practical evening and weekend workshops on labour, feeding, newborn sleep and soothing, and infant first aid, led by qualified professionals.
Fourth Trimester Group
A warm, recurring gathering for new moms and their babies, focused on feeding, sleep, recovery, bonding, and good company in the first months.
Mom and Baby Move
Gentle post-birth fitness and yoga where moms rebuild strength with their baby right beside them, at their own pace.
Mom and Tot Open Play
A relaxed weekly drop-in where parents bring babies and toddlers to play, explore, and meet other families in a safe space.
Mom's Time: Cafe and Connect
Dedicated space and programming just for moms: a cafe corner, light wellness and craft sessions, and friendly company, with supervised play nearby.
Royal Roots Play
A place to play, celebrate, and come back to.
Alongside the centre, Royal Roots Play is a family entertainment destination: an expansive multi-level playground, specialized activity zones, a family arcade, and private party rooms for unforgettable birthdays.
Multi-Level Indoor Playground
An expansive, multi-level indoor playground with slides, climbing, tunnels, and soft-play, built to thrill children safely in any weather.
Specialized Activity Zones
Distinct zones, from toddler soft-play to a climbing and ninja-style challenge, a role-play town, and a sensory-friendly room.
Arcade and Redemption Games
A well-curated, family-friendly arcade with skill games and a prize redemption counter children love.
Birthday Parties and Private Party Rooms
Private party rooms and turnkey birthday packages with play, food, and a host, so you can actually enjoy your child's celebration.
A separate, market-priced experience that the whole family will love.
Why Royal Roots
Why families choose Royal Roots
Qualified educators
Early Childhood Educators planned for every room, following B.C. standards.
Play-based learning
Curiosity-led days with art, music, outdoor play, and quiet wonder.
A plan for every child
A personalized learning plan that grows with your child.
Safety you can see
Bright, clean, transparent spaces designed around children's wellbeing.
A trusted partner network
Gyms, martial arts, registered psychologists, and education centres.
Free and no obligation. About two minutes. Your details stay private and are never sold.
Your child's journey
How your child grows with us
A nurturing start
Warm, attentive care that supports early development and a love of learning from the very beginning.
Getting to know your child
Through everyday play-based observation, and with your consent, age-appropriate screening with our partner professionals, we learn your child's strengths and how they learn best.
Any developmental screening or assessment is optional, requires a parent's consent, and is carried out by qualified professionals. Our programs support medical or psychological diagnosis and never replace it.
A plan made just for them
We design an individual learning plan for each child and update it as they grow.
Building for the future
Enrichment across literacy, numeracy, coding, robotics, languages, movement, sport, and wellbeing through our partners.
Our process
The annual growth review
Every child has a personalized learning plan from the start, and our educators update it all year. Once a year we bring it together into a clear, strengths-based growth review we share with you, so you can see how your child has grown and what comes next.
Strengths
What is flourishing, what your child loves, and where they shine.
Growing edges
The areas we are gently working on next, framed as growth rather than deficit.
Opportunities
Interests to nurture, new challenges to try, and where your child is ready for more.
Support and next steps
What we and your family will do together, and any supports that would help.
In the neighbourhood
Connected to local schools
North Burnaby has many elementary schools close to Gilmore Place. Our planned before and after-school care is designed to coordinate with nearby schools, including optional pickup and drop-off, and to support smooth transitions into kindergarten and beyond.
Until we open, these are relationships we are building and coordination we are designing, not established partnerships with every school.
Roots for All
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Ten fully funded places, every year
We believe a premium centre should also open its doors to families who could never otherwise afford one. Through Roots for All, we commit to fully funding ten children each year.
What it covers
A funded place covers your family's cost of a child's spot for the program year. Where government support applies, it applies first and our scholarship covers the rest.
Who it is for
Families facing financial hardship and children who would benefit most, including newcomer families, single-parent families, and families supporting a child with additional needs.
With dignity
Families apply through a simple, private application. A Roots for All child is simply a Royal Roots child, and we never single out or publicly identify a funded family.
Partner network
A trusted network around your child
We work with trusted local partners to give your child a rich, well-rounded experience and to make life easier for families.
Partner Gym
Active play, movement, and sport.
Partner Martial Arts Studio
Martial arts and kickboxing.
Registered Psychologists
Optional, consent-based screening and wellbeing support.
Partner Education Centres
Enrichment and academic support.
Partner names and logos are placeholders and will be confirmed before we open.
Location
On the SkyTrain at Gilmore Place
You will find us at Gilmore Place in North Burnaby, right at Gilmore SkyTrain Station, so drop-off and pickup fit easily into your day.
Address
Gilmore Place, North Burnaby, BC
Transit
Gilmore SkyTrain Station
Area served
North Burnaby, Burnaby Heights, Brentwood, Capitol Hill
We are not open yet, so we will not show reviews we have not earned. Instead, here is what families tell us they want, and what we are committing to.
Safe, qualified care they can trust
Early Childhood Educators and B.C. standards, in bright, transparent spaces.
Real learning, not just supervision
A personalized plan for every child and play-based, gamified learning.
Flexibility for real life
Before and after-school care, flexible day drop-off, weekends, and camps.
A place that includes every child
Inclusive support, and a warm welcome in four languages.
Simple and free
How registration works
1
Register
Tell us about your child. It is free, takes about two minutes, and there is no obligation.
2
We open next year
Once Fraser Health approves our licence, we open for enrollment.
3
You get first access
Registered families are first to be offered a space.
A quick email and text check keeps your spot secure and prevents duplicate sign-ups. It only takes a moment.
We are building Royal Roots for our own families and for yours: a place where your child is known, loved, and happy, and where you feel supported too. Thank you for being here this early. We cannot wait to welcome you.
Free and no obligation. About two minutes. Your details stay private and are never sold.
Planning to open in 2027 · Pending licensing approval
Register your child
Free, about two minutes, and no obligation. Registered families are first to be offered a space when we open, subject to licensing approval. Your details stay private and are never sold.
We collect this information only to manage your registration and opening updates. Data is stored securely, never sold, and handled per B.C.'s Personal Information Protection Act (PIPA).
