CareGuide

CareGuide is a Canadian company operating a network of online marketplaces that connect families with caregivers across child care, home care, pet care, and elder care, alongside HeartPayroll household payroll services. Its consumer brands include CanadianNanny.ca, Sitter.com, PetSitter.com, ElderCare.com, HouseKeeper.com and a family of "Meet A" professional directories. Backed by 500 Global, CareGuide is added to the API Evangelist network as a company profile. The company does not publish a public developer portal, API documentation, SDKs, or machine-readable API specifications; this profile captures its public web identity and domain-security posture.

CareGuide is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Care, Marketplace, Caregiving, and Child Care.

CareGuide’s developer surface includes engineering blog, support, and 4 more developer resources.

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12.3/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

0 APIs

CompanyCareMarketplaceCaregivingChild CareElder CarePet CarePayrollConsumer

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5

Composite quality — 12.3/100 · minimal

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.3 / 20

Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 20

Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.8 / 10

Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

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Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

Support

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: careguide
name: CareGuide
description: CareGuide is a Canadian company operating a network of online marketplaces that connect families with caregivers
  across child care, home care, pet care, and elder care, alongside HeartPayroll household payroll services. Its consumer
  brands include CanadianNanny.ca, Sitter.com, PetSitter.com, ElderCare.com, HouseKeeper.com and a family of "Meet A" professional
  directories. Backed by 500 Global, CareGuide is added to the API Evangelist network as a company profile. The company does
  not publish a public developer portal, API documentation, SDKs, or machine-readable API specifications; this profile captures
  its public web identity and domain-security posture.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/careguide/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/6187ec6bb34eac3390e05304/a7249488-a49e-4e90-ad89-145de6cd7c3a/grey+logo.png?format=1500w
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- 500-global
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
tags:
- Company
- Care
- Marketplace
- Caregiving
- Child Care
- Elder Care
- Pet Care
- Payroll
- Consumer
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/careguide-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://careguide.com
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.careguide.com/news-ideas
- type: Support
  url: https://help.careguide.com/hc/en-us
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.careguide.com/privacy
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.careguide.com/terms-of-service
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence