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Camp Manitou (Canada)
Residential coed summer camp
A private independent camp, with emphasis on traditional camping blended with a fresh approach of choosing from over 30 activities, with specialized training at each activity-Personal growth of campers and respect are integral to the camp culture.
It's easy for campers to have fun and even make friends at camp but the goal is for your child to make unique types of friendships; friendships that last a lifetime and for campers to grow up in a community that teaches respect, tolerance, and an appreciation for what the world has to offer. With 190 staff (one third college graduates!) for just over 400 campers we are able to meet the individual needs of every single child.
Activities include almost all sports, arts, and outdoor adventure. Session length: two weeks (for youngest campers), four weeks or seven weeks.
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Camp Kodiak
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Kodiak is an integrated, non-competitive camp serving children and teens with and without LD, ADHD, NLD and Asperger Syndrome. Our campers range in age from 6 to 18. Our program includes a SOCIAL SKILLS PROGRAM, an ACADEMIC PROGRAM and over 50 sports & activities. We build confidence and self-esteem by structuring all activities, athletic, artistic and social, to ensure success. Our staff includes teachers, psychologists, social workers, child & youth workers and recreation specialists. Our camper-to-staff ratio is 2-to-1 and our cabin groups are small.
We are located 2 1/2 hours northeast of Toronto in the beautiful Parry Sound vacation area. Our facilities include modern, lakefront, log cabins with full bathrooms and showers, 425 acres of land and 2 1/2 miles of lakefront. Our extensive indoor and outdoor facilities mean that the fun never stops, rain or shine. We are accredited members of the Ontario Camps Association and the Canadian Camping Association.
In 2007, at parents' request, we started a program for campers age 19 and over.
We call it Club Kodiak. In addition to our recreational, athletic and social programs, we offer our Club Kodiak guests a life skills program. Please see our web site for details.
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Camp Arowhon
Residential coed summer camp
In the heart of Algonquin Provincial Park wilderness. An abundance of water and land activities and equipment. Our mission: to teach skills that grow campers' confidence. With our own Social Safety Tool Kit, we've created powerful tools to build a safe, nurturing place for every child. For campers aged 7 to 16 for 4 or 8 wks. 2 wk program for campers aged 7 to 10 avail. Our goal: Create summers that last a lifetime.
Free choice program of sailing, windsurfing, horseback riding, canoeing, climbing, canoe tripping, kayaking, nature, drama, high ropes, crafts, tennis, archery, guitar, landsports and more.
Camp Ak-O-Mak
Residential girls' summer camp
Founded in 1928, Camp Ak-O-Mak is one of North America's finest sports camps, renowned for its competitive and open water swimming programs. Ak-O-Mak provides the perfect combination of a traditional summer camp experience with instruction in over 32 sports/activities. Competitive programs are offered in swimming, triathlon, and canoe/kayak sprint racing, for all levels, overseen by visiting professional coaches.
Ak-O-Mak is located on beautiful Ahmic Lake in the unspoiled Almaguin Highlands of Ontario. Our location provides the perfect setting for girls to appreciate the wonders of nature "unplugged" from the stresses of urban life. Ak-O-Mak helps girls discover the exhilaration of pushing oneself a little further, of digging a little deeper and discovering that "I CAN do it!" feeling which one carries into other aspects of life. It has been said that "Self esteem is gained through the self doing things worthy of esteem!" and we have 80 years of alumni who can attest to this. Ak-O-Mak's smaller size (maximum 100 campers and a 3:1 staff:camper ratio) fosters a closely knit atmosphere where all ages get to know, support and encourage each other. These relationships contribute to the safe environment where girls can develop their athletic skills and experience challenges that enhance personal and social development. Campers from Canada, the USA and the world over enjoy cabin living, campfires, home cooked meals and forging life-long friendships
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Camp Can-Aqua
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Can-Aqua ... Playing a part in laying the foundations for a successful life! For boys and girls 7-15 with a 3/1 camper staff ratio. We foster leadership, confidence and the ability to get along with others. Staff are excellent role models reinforcing positive values and ideals.
The fundamental goal of our program is to appeal to each individual camper's interests while encouraging new ones to develop. Through a unique programming system, campers choose their activities daily. For the very youngest campers, our program counsellor will structure their day. Over 20 acitivities from woodworking to waterskiing.
Eaglearts Academy
Coed Arts Camp with Residential & Day Student Programs
Exceptional programs in Dance, Drama, Visual Art, Music, Video Production and Multi-track for residential or day students, ages 7 to 17.
Professional Artists/Educators offer Training and performance opportunities for the passionate young artist complemented by recreational activities, guest artists, and 'Arts' outings. Students select classes on-line prior to attending this fun and exciting summer arts camp.
Swimming, kayaking, hiking, theme parties, talent shows, dances, cooperative games, camp fires, field trips and more provide the perfect balance for a well rounded and dynamic two week summer program.
Explore your creative potential at one of our two locations: Shawnigan Lake, BC or London Ontario.
Swallowdale Camp
Residential coed language study camp
WHERE ADVENTURES BEGIN! Since 1943, Canadian and international campers have joined together for a summer of fun, laughter, friendships, and memories. Located on Fairy Lake in the beautiful Muskoka region of Ontario, Swallowdale Camp welcomes campers 7 - 15 years of age. We also have an LIT Leadership Programme available for young persons who are 16 years old.
Our campers are never bored. Each day, we offer a variety of exciting land and water activities led by enthusiastic and caring staff. Campers have 5 activity periods each day and may choose their activities from the following: Canoeing, Fishing, Kayaking, Sailing, Swimming, Windsurfing, Archery, Basketball, Mountain Biking, Disc Sports, Ball Hockey, Soccer, Tennis and Volleyball, Arts & Crafts and Woodworking. And, for campers whose first language is not English, we are pleased to offer ESL classes.
Camp Wendigo
Residential boys' summer campWendigo is essentially a canoe-tripping outpost offering supervised canoe trips throughout Algonquin Park's 3000 square miles of protected wilderness. The boys are involved in every facet of a canoe-trip. They learn how to pack out a trip, both food and equipment. They learn the value of efficiency and ingenuity in setting up camp and in outdoor cooking.
Wendigo's rigorous program helps older boys, aged 12-16, to develop their canoe-tripping skills. Trips are limited to 7 campers at one time. 13-day, 3-week, and 7-week sessions are available.
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Wellspring Vancouver
Residential Coed Fitness and Weight Loss Camp
Wellspring Vancouver will teach teens ages 11 - 18 from around Canada and the United States, including those in the Pacific Northwest, how to live a healthy lifestyle. Using the picturesque setting and local adventure options, Wellspring campers will hike, bike, climb, kayak, rappel, as well as participate in more traditional camp activities and sports - soccer, volleyball, scavenger hunts, Color War, and personal training.
Nutrition and culinary classes paired with the delicious food served in the dining hall guarantee knowledge of and love for new foods. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with a "BC" (Behavioral Coach) in group and individual sessions knits these elements together into comprehensive lifestyle change for rapid weight loss and long-term weight control.
Camp Kirk
Residential coed summer camp
Camp Kirk welcomes children age 6 to 13 with Learning Disabilities, Attention Deficit Disorders and Incontinence/bedwetting. It offers a nurturing, non-competitive and structured environment where these children can learn social and physical skills to empower them and help them become the best that they can be. With a high staff/camper ratio (29/36), our campers get all the support and individual attention they require.
Activities include martial arts, swimming, archery, ecology, camp crafts, rock climbing, challenge ropes courses, drama, ceramics, arts and crafts, sing songs and more.
Kettleby Valley Camp - Day & Residential
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Located just west of Aurora, our Camp is situated on nearly 60 acres of cedar forests, rolling landscape, fields and waterfront. We provide parents with the peace of mind that their children are safe, active and developing new skills - both physical and social. Weekly sessions are available for both Day and Residential programs. We also offer a 'one night' overnight option for families who are looking for an introduction to Residential Camping.
Our one-on-one integrated program allows children with special needs to participate in a camp program. Transportation to and from you home is available from most areas of Aurora, Newmarket, Maple, Richmond Hill, Oak Ridges and King City. We also have a number of central pick-up points throughout Markham, Mississauga, Brampton and Toronto. A superb location, a wide variety of activities and a 1 to 4 staff to camper ratio all add to a great camp experience.
YMCA Camp Belwood
Residential coed summer camp
YMCA Camp Belwood is an exciting one week residential camping experience for children age 5-14. This camp is ideal for your beginner or experienced campers. The site is located on Belwood Lake, just outside of Fergus, Ontario.
Our camping program includes canoeing, sailing, swimming in a pool, kayaking, crafts, drama, archery and BMX biking for older campers. Camp Belwood provides a quality program you would expect from a YMCA camp. For more information regarding our camp, please visit our website or call the camping office.
Tremblant Language Camp
Residential coed language study camp
VIVRE L'AVENTURE! If you are looking for exciting adventure and the opportunity to enhance new language skills, Tremblant Language Camp is for you! Our professional instructors take language learning for teens to a new level, offering 15 hours of language instruction per week in a truly bilingual environment. Placement testing upon arrival ensures that students are in the most-appropriate language level. As they improve . . .they move to new levels. As well, students are given coloured lanyards to ensure that staff always communicate with them in their language of choice.
Excursions in this beautiful mountain environment may include a tour of Montreal, Canoeing on La Diable River, Kayaking on Lake Tremblant, and much, much more! We also offer many optional activities such as Go-Karting, Golf, Jet Boating, Norweigan Spa, and Waterslides. Combined with the many fun and challenging sporting and recreational activities being offered each day, this is guaranteed to be the immersion experience of a lifetime!
So why wait? Register today for a learning adventure you'll never forget!
Safari Zoo Camp
Residential coed summer camp
Safari Zoo Camp at Jungle Cat World Zoo is a unique environmental education program that offers kids the privilege to learn about nature through fun and exciting hands-on experiences. Activities include: Zookeeping (feeding, cleaning and watering the animals), mountain biking, hiking, wall climbing, rappelling, canoeing, caving, swimming, outdoor survival, Earth stewardship projects, arts and crafts!
Our mission is to protect and conserve the natural world by offering the public engaging wildlife education programs and experiences with animals to help foster the necessary awareness, knowledge, skills and confidence to live in an environmentally responsible way. CAZA accredited since 1989.
Camp Northway
Residential girls' summer campNorthway, Canada's oldest summer camp for girls, offers a traditional program based on our wilderness setting of swimming, sailing, canoeing, kayaking, arts and crafts and dramatics. Canoe trips are the most special and loved of all activities. Northway has developed an unmatched style, spirit and skill in canoe tripping. Northway offers 13-day, 3 1/2-week and 7-week sessions for girls aged 7-16.
Campers practice canoeing skills in Northway's cedar-strip canoes through several stages of proficiency. Our fleet of Prams, Laser & CL11 provide a choice of sailboats to meet the challenges of Cache Lake's inlets and crosswinds. The pure, clear water is a lovely place to improve swimming style.
Camp Cherith - Ontario
Residential summer camp with coed & girls' sessions
Since 1954 Camp Cherith has been providing Bible based values, positive role models and dishing up tons of fun for children ages 6 - 16 in a safe, structured environment. The many outdoor instructional and recreational activities are taught in a fun and non competitive atmosphere!
Camp Cherith is packed with activities like: swimming, kayaking, archery, English Riding, mountain biking, exploring, trampoline, canoeing and much more!
Camp Cherith's Christian environment is an intentional integration of faith and activity. We offer one or two week programs.
Camp Temagami
Wilderness adventure program
Camp Temagami is a wilderness canoe-tripping camp for boys and girls aged 10 to 18. For over 75 years, our beautiful 20-acre island has been the origin and destination of canoe trips ranging from overnight to five weeks in length. Our highly qualified and experienced guides help campers grow as canoe trippers, as part of the community, and as young women and men.
Using exceptionally high quality equipment, our program provides the backdrop for fun, excitement and adventure. We believe in the importance of self-initiated play and opportunities to explore in safe, natural environments. While canoeing is our focus we also offer a variety of other in-camp activities such as sailing, swimming, fishing, archery, and arts & crafts.
Each summer at Camp Temagami leaves campers with a lifetime of memories.
For more information on sessions offered, to download a brochure, or to view our photo gallery please visit our website.
We hope to see you this summer!
Cedar Ridge Camp
Coed Camp with Residential & Day Camp Sessions
Cedar Ridge Camp is a traditional camp experience which focuses on the interaction between campers and the environment. The Camp provides a safe and friendly atmosphere where children will develop physical, emotional, social skills and values that last a lifetime. Our diverse terrain and waterfront are ideal settings for many different types of adventure pursuits.
As a group participates in activities together they form close bonds, learning the values of teamwork, compromise and satisfaction of personal achievement and skill accumulation through hard work and play.
Camp Manitou (Canada)
Residential coed summer camp
A private independent camp, with emphasis on traditional camping blended with a fresh approach of choosing from over 30 activities, with specialized training at each activity-Personal growth of campers and respect are integral to the camp culture.
It's easy for campers to have fun and even make friends at camp but the goal is for your child to make unique types of friendships; friendships that last a lifetime and for campers to grow up in a community that teaches respect, tolerance, and an appreciation for what the world has to offer. With 190 staff (one third college graduates!) for just over 400 campers we are able to meet the individual needs of every single child.
Activities include almost all sports, arts, and outdoor adventure. Session length: two weeks (for youngest campers), four weeks or seven weeks.
