I am not in ON but we have similar options to register with agencies here. I choose to remain legally unlicensed mostly because they really don't have anything to offer me other than the ability to take subsidy, which I don't want to do.
Are there different agencies you can register with? Maybe a different agency would have different rules in regards to that aspect.
I know here the agencies receive money for each family daycare they sign up so they are always looking for new daycares.