Scarborough has 11 home care on Senior Care Path, averaging 4.7 stars across 213 resident reviews. Ranked by our SCP Confidence Score, our 100-point trust rating, the strongest right now are Homecare Hub, Nurse for Care I Caregiver & Nursing Service and Senior Persons Living Connected.
Home care brings personal support, companionship, and skilled visits to your own home, by the hour, so a parent can stay where they are longer.
Below you will find every community ranked by Confidence Score, real resident reviews, what families pay and how to fund it, the amenities and services to expect, and local guidance, so you can compare with clarity and reach out when you are ready. Updated July 2026.
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4044 Sheppard Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1S 1S6, Canada
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4Good confidence
4.8(37 reviews)
“Our family has been using Homecare Hub since January, 2023, and I can't say enough great things about them. We reached out to them looking to get someone to...”
Provides: Home Care
A senior care services provider located in Toronto, Ontario offering home care services. Read more
2390 Eglinton Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1K 2P5, Canada
Starting at
$22–$216/hr
Developing confidence
5.0(13 reviews)
“I had a great experience for Care. The staff are kind, professional, and very supportive. Highly recommend their services!”
Provides: Home Care, Respite Care, Palliative Care
A home care option in Toronto, Ontario. Read more
Lunsfield Crescent, Scarborough, ON M1S 3X1, Canada
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Developing confidence
5.0(9 reviews)
“I am thoroughly impressed by the professionalism and dedication of this company, particularly Stevens' approach to treatment. His holistic methodology ensures...”
Provides: Respite Care, Home Care
Respite care, behavioral support, and caregiver support services for individuals with autism and developmental… Read more
10 Milner Business Ct #300, Scarborough, ON M1B 3M6, Canada
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4Developing confidence
5.0(8 reviews)
“What a wonderful experience dealing with Just Like Family (Adam). He was able to support my concerns I had and his PSW's were great with the support and help...”
Provides: Home Care
In Scarborough East provides compassionate home care services for seniors and people with disabilities, led by owner Adam… Read more
1225 Kennedy Rd Ste 2000, Scarborough, ON M1P 4Y1, Canada
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4Developing confidence
5.0(12 reviews)
“Best senior care services in Scarborough. Thank you Sophia for arranging very compassionate caregivers for my mom at a short notice.”
Provides: Home Care, Respite Care, Palliative Care
Personalized in-home senior care in Scarborough with services ranging from personal care assistance to… Read more
10 Milner Business Ct #300, Scarborough, ON M1B 3C6, Canada
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4Developing confidence
4.5(10 reviews)
“My family needed someone on very short notice to watch my mother overnight while she was in hospital. RAH was able to provide us a wonderful person, Nabina,...”
Provides: Home Care
In Scarborough provides home care services including companion care, personal care, nursing care, and specialty care for… Read more
3333 Finch Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1W 2R9, Canada
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3760 Sheppard Ave E, Scarborough, ON M1T 3K9, Canada
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4Developing confidence
3.7(44 reviews)
“In 1998, I came in contact with The Pentecostal Benevolent Association of Ontario (today’s Shepherd Village) through my work assignment. I met the Management...”
Provides: Independent Living, Retirement Home, Assisted Living
Toronto's largest not-for-profit seniors community offering multiple levels of care. Founded in 1961, it provides retirement,… Read more
602 Brimley Rd, Scarborough, ON M1J 2B5, Canada
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4Developing confidence
5.0(13 reviews)
“Amazing environment, very caring and loving staff and student.”
Provides: Independent Living, Assisted Living, Respite Care
A non-profit senior care home in Toronto providing non-medical care services including assisted living, total care, respite care, and… Read more
60 Town Centre Court #1410, Scarborough, ON M1P 0B1, Canada
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8 Rosebank Dr, Scarborough, ON M1B 5Z3, Canada
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Limited confidence
5.0(1 reviews)
“"From the initial consultation to the final ongoing care, Lifemate has been been nothing short out of outstanding. Their professionalism, compassion and...”
Provides: Home Care
INC. is a home care option in Toronto, Ontario. Read more
We order every community by our SCP Confidence Score, a 100-point rating built from the signals families tell us matter most:
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Star ratings and written reviews come straight from Google, so the feedback is from real residents and families across these 10 communities, never written by us.
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Our own 13-signal trust rating, recomputed as listings are verified and updated, decides the order above. It answers one question: can you trust this community?
Google star ratings across 10 home care.
How the 11 Scarborough home care fall across our trust tiers.
Among the 1 Scarborough home care that publish a starting rate, costs run from $22 to $216 per hour. Most communities share full pricing on request, since the final number depends on suite size and the level of care needed.
Most home care in Ontario are private-pay, funded from a blend of pensions, retirement savings, and home equity. Government pensions form the floor: the Canada Pension Plan, Old Age Security, and the income-tested Guaranteed Income Supplement for lower-income seniors. Provincial benefits and Veterans Affairs Canada may offset part of the cost. For a full breakdown, read our guide on when is it time to consider home care?.
Home care in Ontario has two streams: publicly funded visits arranged at no direct cost through Ontario Health atHome, allocated by assessed need, and private-pay agency care billed by the hour. Most families in Scarborough use a combination of both to cover their parent's full schedule.
A 4.7 star average across 213 Google reviews of 10 home care. Here is a sample, straight from residents and families.
“In 1998, I came in contact with The Pentecostal Benevolent Association of Ontario (today’s Shepherd Village) through my work assignment. I met the Management Team of that time and was very impressed with their vision in providing...”
“Our family has been using Homecare Hub since January, 2023, and I can't say enough great things about them. We reached out to them looking to get someone to help us care for our mom, and they matched us with someone who has been a perfect...”
“I had a great experience for Care. The staff are kind, professional, and very supportive. Highly recommend their services!”
“Amazing environment, very caring and loving staff and student.”
“Best senior care services in Scarborough. Thank you Sophia for arranging very compassionate caregivers for my mom at a short notice.”
“My family needed someone on very short notice to watch my mother overnight while she was in hospital. RAH was able to provide us a wonderful person, Nabina, and we are grateful for her. Shout outs to Rhonda Eves and Crystal Louis for...”
What Scarborough communities actually offer, drawn from the details each one publishes. A good way to see what is standard locally and what is a genuine differentiator.
Share of the 3 communities that publish amenities.
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Share of the 1 communities that list suite types.
Scarborough is a large, sprawling part of Toronto's east end, and that geography shapes home care in a real way. Families in communities like Agincourt, Malvern, and Guildwood often find that provider availability varies noticeably from one neighbourhood to the next. Proximity to major hospitals such as Scarborough Health Network's Birchmount, General, and Centenary sites matters too. Families living close to those campuses tend to have an easier time coordinating home care after a hospital discharge, since Ontario Health atHome works directly with those discharge planning teams to arrange publicly funded visits. If your parent lives in a more outlying pocket of Scarborough, it's worth asking any agency upfront about their coverage area and typical response times before you fall in love with a particular provider.
Start with Ontario Health atHome. That's the provincial agency that assesses your parent's needs and arranges publicly funded home care, including personal support, nursing, and therapy visits. The catch is that publicly funded hours are rationed by need, so families with moderate care requirements often find the allocation isn't quite enough. That's where private home care agencies fill the gap. They charge by the hour at private-pay rates that vary by the type of care and the length of each visit. Our honest advice: use whatever publicly funded hours your parent qualifies for, then layer in private care for the remainder. It costs more, but it's almost always better than a premature move to a facility.
So when is a move the right call? If your parent needs around-the-clock supervision or hands-on care for most of their waking hours, home care can become genuinely difficult to sustain, both logistically and financially. At that point, exploring Retirement Homes or Assisted Living in Scarborough is a reasonable next step, not a defeat. Memory Care is worth looking at separately if cognitive decline is part of the picture, since those settings offer a level of structure that home care simply can't replicate.
When comparing providers, ask about staff consistency, since a rotating roster of caregivers is one of the most common complaints we hear from families. Ask how the agency handles a no-show. Ask whether they have workers who speak Cantonese, Mandarin, Tamil, or other languages common in Scarborough's communities. A provider who answers those questions confidently is one worth trusting.
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