The minimum prevailing rate for Live-IN Caregivers vary province by province. In Ontario, the current prevailing minimum rate is $10.25 per hour (as at April 1, 2010). Of course with a Live-in Caregiver, you are entitled to deduct room and board, so the actual cost to you may be lower. In Ontario, prevailing Live-OUT caregiver rates range from $10.00 per hour to $20 gross hourly, the average being in the $10 to $15 range for full-time and higher depending many circumstances if you are hiring yourself and are the employer of record. If your hire from a TEMP Service provider, expect to pay about 30% more to cover administration and mandatory employment related costs.

As a general rule of thumb, most families in the Greater Toronto Area can expect to pay about $1,600 to $2,000 for a Nanny or Caregiver to live in their home. Comparatively, the cost of a Full-Time Live-OUT Nanny or caregiver usually runs between $2,000 and $2,500 (and up). COST OF LIVE-IN CAREGIVER1: SCENARIO 1 – ($10.25 per hour at 40 HOURS per week) Gross Per Month: $1,776.67 Net Pay Per Month (Before Room and Board): $1,511.05 Room & Board: Maximum deduction is $369.42 per month NET per Month for Caregiver (After Room and Board): $1,141.63 Revenue Canada Employer Remittance: $382.17 NET MONTLY Cost to the Employer: $1,523.80 COST OF LIVE-IN CAREGIVER1: SCENARIO 2 – ($10.25 per hour at 48 HOURS per week) Gross Per Month: $2,220.83 Net Pay Per Month (Before Room and Board): $1,824.04 Room & Board: Maximum deduction is $369.42 per month NET per Month for Caregiver (After Room and Board): $1,454.62 Revenue Canada Employer Remittance: $545.07 NET MONTLY Cost to the Employer: $2,000.69 NOTES about this Payroll Calculations Sample: • The calculations above are estimated examples of payroll calculations to be used as a guide only. Anyone who uses these samples acknowledges that these figures serve as an example only and saves Canadian Caregivers Services Inc. harmless from damages howsoever caused. • While Revenue Canada tax tables are used for the deductions (Ontario ‐ JULY 1, 2010), they do not reflect exact payroll deductions of any one person nor do they factor W.S.I.B. (Workers Safety Insurance Board) or Vacation pay nor do they interpret Revenue Canada guidelines since there may be other variables in determining deductions. • Any hours over 48 hours requires written permission from Ontario Ministry of Labour • Revenue Canada Calculations (Ontario JULY 1 2010 Rate) @ time and one‐half after 44 hours • Worker Safety Insurance may also be required. For more information go to www.wsib.on.ca (see #944 Personal Service) • Does not include extra cost items such as: Room/space + Board + Workers Safety Insurance and IF a Foreign Live-IN Caregiver brought in directly from overseas ADD: airfare, and basic health insurance for the first three months. • To determine your own current Payroll calculations, go to this link http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/tx/bsnss/pdoc-eng.html [Oct 2010]

As with Live-In Caregivers, we do not dictate the cost of your caregiver. Although we facilitate the process, this is negotiated between you and the caregiver. Only with more detailed information reflecting your true families needs can we be more specific. However, as a general rule of thumb, most families in the Greater Toronto Area can expect to pay about $450 to $550 per week and UP, NET of taxes and benefits. Here’s a Sample cost based on per month calculations: COST OF LIVE-OUT CAREGIVER1: SCENARIO 1 – ($12 per hour at 40 HOURS per week) Gross Per Month: $2,080 Net Pay Per Month: $1719.17 Revenue Canada Employer Remittance: $499.72 NET MONTLY Cost to the Employer: $2,218.89 COST OF LIVE-OUT CAREGIVER1: SCENARIO 2 – ($15 per hour at 40 HOURS per week) Gross Per Month: $2,600 Net Pay Per Month: $2,106.94 Revenue Canada Employer Remittance: $670.79 NET MONTLY Cost to the Employer: $2,777.23 NOTES about this Payroll Calculations Sample: • The calculations above are estimated examples of payroll calculations to be used as a guide only. Anyone who uses these samples acknowledges that these figures serve as an example only and saves Canadian Caregivers Services Inc. harmless from damages howsoever caused. • While Revenue Canada tax tables are used for the deductions (Ontario ‐ JULY 1, 2010), they do not reflect exact payroll deductions of any one person nor do they factor W.S.I.B. (Workers Safety Insurance Board) or Vacation pay nor do they interpret Revenue Canada guidelines since there may be other variables in determining deductions. • Any hours over 48 hours requires written permission from Ontario Ministry of Labour • Revenue Canada Calculations (Ontario JULY 1 2010 Rate) @ time and one‐half after 44 hours • Worker Safety Insurance may also be required. For more information go to www.wsib.on.ca (see #944 Personal Service) • Does not include extra cost items such as: Workers Safety Insurance, Metro Pass or transportation allowance. • To determine your own current Payroll calculations, go to this link http://www.cra-arc.gc.ca/esrvc-srvce/tx/bsnss/pdoc-eng.html [Oct 2010]

ABSOLUTELY. Before you interview our caregivers, we pre-interview and pre-screen all caregivers before we recommend them to you. We then send you or discuss their BIO’s for review. They must meet, exceed or closely match all the specific requirements that we collected in our detailed Family Needs Survey that we conducted (most often on the phone and/or at your home). The minimum caregiver requirements are usually satisfactory experience and/or a six month intensive caregiver program (Canadian Government approved). All caregivers must have CPR and First Aid training and/or be willing to upgrade. Of course they must have written references with contact names and phone numbers. Foreign caregivers usually have police and health clearances before entering the country. For landed or natural citizens, especially for Live-out and Part-time work, we recommend you do a Police Check and get proof of Health Clearance. Canadian Caregivers can conduct, coordinate and ensure this is done. All Caregivers are NOT created equal nor are the families that hire them. That's why developing close personal relationships with both the caregivers and the employing families are paramount to our success.

There are many advantages to having a Live-in Caregiver or Nanny, such as; • More flexible scheduling • No waiting for a late caregiver to arrive (think about winter, traffic and transit schedules) • Less cost per hour than a live-out ($9.25-$11 per hour vs. $12-$14 and more per hour) • Less transfer of sickness (colds, flu’s, etc.) • Can deduct room and board • Improved trust and family bonds in the home • Built-in sitter (many live-in’s can make themselves available) • And (in most cases) all this for less than cost of full-time day care for two children. Whatever your choice (e.g. Live-in, Live-out, full-time, part-time, temporary), if we work with you, we promise to find as close-to-perfect, a fit for your family.

We suggest you call us for a FREE, no-obligation, consultation. Then, we would be in better position to advise you what you could expect from our services. Family Registration is FREE. With your exacting specified needs, we'll develop a "Family Profile". Then we go to work for you: We pre-interview, pre-screen and recommend well-matched candidates who are most closely suited to your family needs and send you Caregiver or Nanny BIO's for you to review and select of interviews. Once you decide to interview our candidates, we'll enter into an agreement where you agree to pay a Placement Fee only if you give a job offer to a candidate we've introduced to you. Our fees range anywhere from one month’s caregivers gross salary or less to FREE depending on whether you hire a caregiver locally, or give a job offer to a foreign overseas candidate. Please call us at (416) 469-1305 for more information.

Once we have your commitment to work with us, we can have you interviewing candidates usually within a week or two. However, depending on whether you are looking to hire Part-or-Full-time, Live-in or Live-out, domestic or domestic foreigner needing a work permit or sponsoring a foreign caregiver, selection and start-times do vary. You should allow 2 to 4 weeks to hire a full or part-time live-out caregiver, 6 to 10 weeks for a foreign LIVE-IN Caregiver already in Canada and 3 to 9+ months for foreign overseas Live-in caregivers.

It varies. You will find that we work with most families exacting preferences. We usually deliver the caregiver to and from your home for each of your interviews (especially full-time live-in's). What we often find is that most families review up to several "recommended" caregiver profiles, then choose to interview 1 to 3 applicants and when they’ve narrowed their choice to one or two they sometimes invite the prospective caregiver for a second interview to spend some time with the child/children and/or family see how they "fit" with the family. Even, by being remotely involved on the outside of the interview process, we get valuable feedback from the caregiver which helps to get detailed information and find the closest to perfect fit. In fact, since 2002, almost every selected caregiver placed was always chosen from the first three or four candidates.

Based on our Full-time published rate, we guarantee a replacement caregiver should you feel your caregiver is not working out. There are no extra fees for this service. Since 2002, Canadian Caregivers has never had to make a single replacement. In fact, every full-time caregiver we’ve helped get hired, has stayed with the family for a second year term or more.

As a rule of thumb...NOT REALLY. As a full-service placement agency, Canadian Caregiver specializes in placing Full-Time caregivers. We are not set up as a temporary or part-time placement agency but have placed temporary and part-time caregivers and nannies for some families from time to time. It would be best to call first for availability. While we do have part-time candidates from time to time, we need detailed information from a family before we can begin a search for a caregiver who would be a good fit. Placement fees for part-time are negotiated on a case-by-case basis due to so many variables.

We never charge a placement fee if we don’t place a caregiver or nanny for your family. However, we may ask for a minimal fee (OPTIONAL) once you begin the interview process in your home with our recommended caregivers and nannies. Once you make an offer to a caregiver that we’ve introduced, you will be obligated to pay a deposit and the balance when the caregiver starts working for you. We now accept VISA / MASTERCARD / AMEX through PAYPAL or if you do online banking you can conveniently pay via INTERAC Transfer which is instant.

Call us with any other questions you have. We’ll be happy to answer them. We can be reached at (416) 469-1305 or you can e-mail us from the Contact section of this web site.