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Babysitting Training Course
Coast2Coast runs the Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course, built for a pre-teen or teen who wants to look after somebody else's child with real first aid and CPR skills behind them. Your teen practises feeding, changing and calming an infant, then works through choking, nosebleeds and wound care, alongside the responsibility and judgment the job actually calls for. Take the babysitting course online from anywhere in Canada through our virtual babysitting training, or book an in-person babysitting course, Edmonton included.
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Course Detail
The Babysitting Course, Virtual or In-Class
Both formats teach the same fourteen Canadian Red Cross topics and end in the same certificate. The difference is where your teen sits: at home over Zoom, or in a classroom in Edmonton, Alberta.
This is a youth program, not workplace first aid training. The Canadian Red Cross certificate does not expire, but it is not the certificate an employer asks for. Adults who need first aid certification for work should book Intermediate/Standard First Aid, which the majority of workplaces require.
- Length
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7 to 8 hours
Four live online sessions of 90 minutes each, plus 30 minutes of at-home practice with family after every session.
- Ages
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11 to 15 years old
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- Who it is for
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- Pre-teens and teens who want a first paid job
- Older siblings left in charge after school
- Kids who watch cousins, neighbours or a friend's baby
- Scouts, Guides and school groups, booked together
- For a virtual class
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- Internet and Zoom
- A computer, tablet or smartphone with a camera and microphone
- A doll or stuffed animal
- A pair of gloves
- A towel or an unused diaper
- 100% attendance of the course
- Course content
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View all 14 course topics
- The Red Cross
- Importance of Responsibility and Respect
- Importance of Setting and Following Rules
- How to Stay Safe
- How to Prepare, Recognize and Respond to Unexpected Situations
- Check, Call, Care, including phoning EMS 911
- Recovery Position
- Conscious Choking — adult, child and alone
- Feeling Unwell
- Asthma, using an inhaler and spacer
- Anaphylaxis, using an EpiPen
- Poisoning
- Insect Stings
- Wound Care — cuts, scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps, bruises, life-threatening bleeding and burns
- Evaluation
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- 100% attendance of the course
- The at-home practice after each session
- Certificate
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Canadian Red Cross certificate, no expiry
A youth certificate, not a workplace first aid certificate.
The Canadian Red Cross rewrote this program to cover day-to-day care, not only emergencies. Your teen practises feeding, dressing and changing an infant, then works through choking, nosebleeds and splinters. The rest is difficult behaviour, conducting yourself as a babysitter, and running a small babysitting business. Finish virtual babysitting training and the babysitting certification online carries exactly the same Canadian Red Cross recognition as the in-class route.
- Length
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7 to 8 hours
One full day in the classroom.
- Availability
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Edmonton, Alberta only
Every other city books this as a private group course.
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- Who it is for
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- Pre-teens and teens who want a first paid job
- Older siblings left in charge after school
- Kids who watch cousins, neighbours or a friend's baby
- Scouts, Guides and school groups, booked together
- Requirements
- 100% attendance of the course
- Course content
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View all 14 course topics
- The Red Cross
- Importance of Responsibility and Respect
- Importance of Setting and Following Rules
- How to Stay Safe
- How to Prepare, Recognize and Respond to Unexpected Situations
- Check, Call, Care, including phoning EMS 911
- Recovery Position
- Conscious Choking — adult, child and alone
- Feeling Unwell
- Asthma, using an inhaler and spacer
- Anaphylaxis, using an EpiPen
- Poisoning
- Insect Stings
- Wound Care — cuts, scrapes, splinters, nosebleeds, bumps, bruises, life-threatening bleeding and burns
- Certificate
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Canadian Red Cross certificate, no expiry
A youth certificate, not a workplace first aid certificate.
In-class Babysitting currently runs at our Edmonton facility. A school, troop or friend group of 12 or more anywhere else can request a private in-class course at a location of their choice instead of waiting for an open Edmonton date.
Three Steps
How Babysitting Training Works
Shorter than it sounds, and every step builds toward the same Canadian Red Cross certificate.
Compare Virtual and In-ClassVirtual babysitting training runs live over Zoom from anywhere in Canada. In-class Babysitting currently has open dates only in Edmonton, Alberta — a group of 12 or more in any other city can request a private in-class course instead.
Virtual sessions run 90 minutes each, followed by 30 minutes of hands-on practice at home with a parent or sibling, using a doll or stuffed animal. The in-class day runs the same content in one sitting. Both routes require 100% attendance.
A Canadian Red Cross certificate follows the completed course, with no expiry date, though it is a youth certificate rather than a workplace credential.
Private Training
Group & Private Babysitting Training
Book a private Babysitting course for a troop, a class or a handful of friends. An online private group needs eight or more participants; an in-class private group needs 12 or more, at a location you choose. Either way, it runs as a private babysitting class for groups on your date — that covers a babysitting course, Toronto included, and the same private route in Kitchener, Guelph or Brantford, often searched as babysitting course Kitchener, babysitting course Guelph or babysitting course Brantford.
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Huge discounts on course price
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Centralized billing and reporting
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Easy scheduling for your whole group
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Taught by a WSIB-approved training provider
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Canadian Red Cross certificate, no expiry
Youth or Workplace
Babysitting or Workplace First Aid Course?
Babysitting is a youth program, so it is not WSIB approved workplace first aid training. In Ontario, a first aid course meets Regulation 1101: Basic/Emergency First Aid for five or fewer workers, Intermediate/Standard First Aid above that. Coast2Coast is a WSIB approved training provider, and those two first aid courses are the ones that satisfy Regulation 1101.
A teen who ages into a summer job or a co-op placement asking for a certificate books the same first aid course an adult books: Intermediate/Standard First Aid with CPR C, which covers adult, child and infant, with the skills day run on an AED Trainer. A job asking only for CPR points at our CPR training instead, and that does not replace a first aid course.
Why Coast2Coast
Why Parents Book Babysitting Training With Us
Plenty of places teach an adult CPR class. Far fewer run a Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course with an instructor who can hold a pre-teen's attention for 90 minutes.
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What Parents and Students Say
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Who It Is For
What Is the Canadian Red Cross Babysitting Course?
It is a first aid course with CPR skills, written for a pre-teen or teen, with a second syllabus built in: responsibility, respect, setting rules, and deciding what to do when something goes wrong and there is no adult to ask.
Nobody needs a medical background. Your teen leaves able to phone EMS 911, use the recovery position, help someone choking, and use an inhaler or an EpiPen — then layers a business half on top.
Call it first aid and CPR for babysitters, pediatric first aid training for teens, or youth emergency preparedness training — all three describe the same fourteen topics taught in one course.
- 11–15Babysitting ages
- 7–8 hrsTotal course length
- 90 minLength of one session
- No expiryCertificate term
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A Canadian Red Cross program
A Canadian Red Cross certificate with no expiry date, not an in-house attendance sheet.
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Live classes, not a video to watch
An instructor is in the room, or on the call, the whole time. Ninety minutes at a time — about as long as a teen holds focus in one sitting.
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Taught by Canadian Red Cross instructors
First responders, nurses and other medical professionals teach our classes, and every class has a Canadian Red Cross instructor.
Inside the Classroom
Babysitting Training in Action
Common Questions
Babysitting Course Questions, Answered
What Age Can You Take a Babysitting Course?
Coast2Coast's Babysitting course accepts participants 11 to 15 years old. That makes it a babysitting course for 11 year olds through age 15, the same band whether it is taken online or in person. Outside that range, our Stay Safe course covers ages 9 to 13 for a child looking after themselves rather than someone else's child.
Is Babysitting online or in person?
Babysitting runs live online across Canada, and it has a classroom route as well. In-class Babysitting has open dates in Edmonton, Alberta. Everywhere else, a classroom course is a private group booking for 12 or more.
Is There a Babysitting Course Near Me?
Likely yes — Coast2Coast runs Babysitting at facilities across Ontario and Alberta, plus live online everywhere else in Canada. Virtual Babysitting, sometimes written as a baby sitting course, already reaches any city; a private in-class group of 12 or more can book at any facility on our locations list.
How Long Is a Babysitting Course?
Babysitting runs 7 to 8 hours. Online, that splits into four live sessions of 90 minutes, each followed by 30 minutes of practice at home with family. In class, it is the same 7 to 8 hours in one day.
Does Babysitting include first aid and CPR?
Yes — Babysitting teaches first aid and CPR skills for infants and children. Your teen practises the choking sequence on a conscious adult, child and on themselves, the recovery position, an inhaler and spacer, an EpiPen, and wound care up to life-threatening bleeding.
How long is the Babysitting certificate valid?
The Canadian Red Cross Babysitting certificate is issued with no expiry date. That is different from our adult courses: an Intermediate/Standard First Aid certificate is valid three years, and a CPR/AED certificate carries its own term.
Does a Babysitting certificate count as workplace first aid training?
No — Babysitting is a youth program, not a workplace first aid certification. An employer asking for first aid certification wants a workplace first aid course: Basic/Emergency First Aid, or Intermediate/Standard First Aid, which the majority of workplaces require. In Ontario those are the WSIB approved first aid courses, and a youth certificate is not one of them.
Does Babysitting include CPR C or AED training?
Babysitting does not certify a teen in CPR C or in using an AED. It teaches CPR skills for children and infants. CPR C — adult, child and infant — and the AED Trainer belong to our adult CPR/AED and first aid courses, which is the CPR training an employer asks for.
Is Intermediate First Aid the same as Standard First Aid?
Yes — Intermediate First Aid and Standard First Aid are two names for one course. The Canadian Red Cross changed the wording, so older certificates read Standard and newer ones read Intermediate. Neither is a youth course. See our first aid course page.
Is there an exam at the end of Babysitting?
The published requirement is 100% attendance of the course. Online students also complete the 30 minutes of at-home practice after each session, which rehearses the skills rather than testing them.
What does my teen need for a virtual Babysitting class?
Internet, Zoom, a device with a camera and microphone, and a few household items.
- A computer, tablet or smartphone with a camera and microphone
- A doll or stuffed animal
- A pair of gloves
- A towel or an unused diaper
How to Get Babysitting Certification
Register for Virtual or In-Class Babysitting, attend 100% of the course, and the Canadian Red Cross certificate follows with no expiry date. The babysitting certification requirements are the same either way: full attendance, plus the at-home practice after each virtual session.
Can you run a Babysitting course for my school or group?
Yes — we run private Babysitting courses for groups of eight or more online, or 12 or more in class, on your date and at your location. Call 1-866-291-9121 or see private and group training.
Give your teen a skill that never expires
Book the Canadian Red Cross Babysitting course, live online across Canada or in class in Edmonton.