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Find kayaking camps here, teaching the essentials of sea kayaking, strokes, rolling and much more. Consult with each of the kayak camps listed below to learn about activities and training they offer.

What do kayaking camps offer?
Kayaking is a fun and exhilarating sport that interests older children and teenagers as well as preteen kids. Kayaking is probably one of the easiest sports to learn. Kayaking activities here are conducted in inbound and protected lakes so there is a minimal risk to children. Kayaking can be done in a lake, river or the sea and everyone entering the water is required to put on a PDF / life jacket. These camps have become popular for exploration, adventure, athleticism, and relaxation at the same time. Camps will require a kayak, helmet, life jacket and paddle although these may be provided by the camp itself.

Activities such as mountain biking, rock climbing, backpacking, vertical challenge courses, community service and more are also offered at these camps. You can also expect other water-based activities like whitewater rafting, sailing, SCUBA and/or canoeing (of course!) Campers will also learn to safely mount and dismount a kayak and kayaking etiquette at these camps along with maneuvering a kayak in various situations in the harbor and along the coastline. Meals, accommodation, parties and games add to the fun at kayaking camps.

River safety, self-rescue and reading whitewater are practiced throughout the camp. A low student to instructor ratio, world class kayaking spots, comfortable riverside facilities, variety of rivers and a well developed curricula add great value to these camps. Kayaking camps enhance teamwork, respect for the water, leadership skills and self-reliance.

Learn more, from the kayak camps listed below.

List of Camps

camp name	(category)
description	city, province/state
YMCA Camps Belwood, Ki-Wa-Y and Wabanaki Kitchener-Waterloo area summer camps offer activities ranging from basketball to swimming. March Break camp programs also applicable. Camp Specialties: Canoeing, Kayaking/Sea Kayaking, Leadership, Arts & Crafts	Overnight – Traditional Region of Waterloo — Ontario
Arrowhead Camp A summer camp in the Muskokas with a ratio of 1:3 counselors to campers. A variety of camp programs include kayaking, arts and more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional/Arts/Dance/Music Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Chikopi Located in the heart of Muskoka, this boys only summer camp offers many activities, including baseball, soccer, swimming and more.	Overnight – Traditional Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Mini-Yo-We A Christian summer camp offering a variety of sports and activities, ranging from hiking to swimming to leadership building to arts.	Day & Overnight – Traditional/Adventure Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Muskoka Camp Muskoka offers traditional summer camp activities like sports and hiking as well as attention to leadership building and some special needs.	Overnight – Traditional/Adventure Bracebridge — Ontario
Camp Pathfinder Est. 1914. This traditional boys' summer camp lies on a wooded island in the heart of Algonquin Park. Wilderness canoe trips, water and land sports, ropes, ecology. A spectacular setting and an exceptional staff.	Overnight – Traditional Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Tamakwa Offering the most diversified outdoor recreational programs available, Camp Tamakwa is a camp where fun will be had, and memories will be made.	Overnight – Traditional Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Tawingo This summer camp in beautiful Muskoka offers sports including basketball and sailing as well as wilderness trips and much more for kids.	Overnight – Traditional Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Walden A coed overnight camp between Algonquin Park and Ottawa offering outdoor adventure, canoeing, hiking, campfires and other traditional activities on 750 acres.	Overnight – Traditional Hastings Highlands — Ontario Toronto — Ontario Palmer Rapids — Ontario
Camp Wanapitei Overnight summer camp offers wilderness trips in the Temagami Lakes, along with arts, various sports activities and so much more.	Overnight – Adventure/Family Camps/Resorts Temagami — Ontario
Camp Wenonah An overnight summer camp in beautiful Muskoka, with activities ranging from archery to sailing to tennis, along with leadership focus and more.	Overnight – Traditional Bracebridge — Ontario
Frontier Trails Camp & Outdoor Education Centre This eastern Ontario summer camp offers day and overnight programs and a variety of activities from horseback riding to ESL to paintball, more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional/International/Travel Eganville — Ontario Ottawa — Ontario
Kandalore A traditional overnight camp in Eastern Ontario offering a variety of activities from rock climbing to theatre arts to wilderness trips and more.	Overnight – Traditional/Education Minden — Ontario
KETTLEBY VALLEY CAMP AND OUTDOOR CENTRE Located just north of Toronto, this traditional overnight camp offers canoe trips for teens, along with arts, sports and more. Year round.	Overnight – Traditional Newmarket — Ontario
Lakefield Camp International Eastern Ontario overnight summer camp offers various outdoor sports and activities, from sailing to theatre arts to music and more.	Overnight – Traditional Lakefield — Ontario
Muskoka Woods An overnight Christian youth camp offering a variety of activities including golf, rock climbing, soccer, hockey, gymnastics and more.	Overnight – Sports/Traditional Rosseau — Ontario
Onondaga Camp North of Toronto and south of Algonquin, this summer camp offers overnight campers activities from tennis to rock climbing and much more.	Overnight – Traditional/Adventure Minden — Ontario
Ontario Girl Guides These overnight camps offer many activities including sports from sailing to cycling and arts activities including music and dance, much more.	Overnight – Traditional Throughout Ontario
ONTARIO PIONEER CAMP This Muskoka summer camp offers unique adventures and a variety of features including horseback riding, ADHD support and much more!	Overnight – Traditional Huntsville — Ontario
Stillwood Camp & Conference Centre Just outside of Abbotford and Chilliwack, this day and overnight camp features unique sports like dirtboarding and street luge as well as sailing and more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Vancouver — British Columbia
The Taylor Statten Camps An overnight traditional summer camp north of Toronto where camp activities include archery, wilderness trips, sports and much more.	Overnight – Traditional/Adventure Algonquin Park — Ontario
Youth Leadership Camps Canada A traditional day and overnight camp located one hour north of Toronto, with activities ranging from day trips to basketball to some arts.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Orillia — Ontario Peterborough Area — Ontario
Camp Ak-O-Mak A traditional summer camp with over 32 sports and camp activities, including swimming, tennis, canoeing, sailing and more.	Overnight – Traditional Parry Sound — Ontario
Camp Arowhon A fun summer camp in the Algonquin Park wilderness with activities that include theatre arts, swimming and many other sports.	Overnight – Traditional/Traditional Algonquin Park — Ontario Toronto — Ontario
Camp Cherith - Ontario This Christian camp includes focuses on theatre arts, horseback riding, canoe tripping and more, situated in the heart of Grey-Bruce in south central Ontario.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Southern Bruce County — Ontario
Camp Crossroads Muskoka kids' camp focused on Christian teaching of kids, while engaged in typical summer camp actitivities.	Overnight – Traditional Gravenurst — Ontario
Camp Kawartha Eastern Ontario summer camp offering kids a creative program that includes swimming, leadership building and outdoor sports. All year, also.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Lakefield — Ontario Peterborough City — Ontario
Camp Ouareau This Quebec all girls overnight summer camp offers a variety of sports including archery, swimming, sailing and many other activities.	Overnight – Traditional Laurentians — Quebec Saint-Donat — Quebec
Camp Wabikon Overnight coed summer camp dedicated to the ideals of leadership and friendship, with wilderness trips and a variety of sports activities.	Overnight – Traditional/Arts/Dance/Music Temagami — Ontario
Canadian Adventure Camp This overnight summer camp in Temagami, in Northern Ontario, offers varying length sessions, sports and arts activities and so much more.	Overnight – Traditional/Sports Temagami — Ontario
Swallowdale Camp An overnight camp in the heart of Bracebridge/ the Muskokas, offering adventure and activities from ESL to mountain biking to volleyball and more.	Overnight – Traditional Huntsville — Ontario
YMCA-YWCA Camp Nagiwa This YMCA-YWCA overnight camp in beautiful Muskoka offers various sports including sailing and sea kayaking, a wilderness trip and arts activities.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Rosseau — Ontario
A.C.H.S. Offers programs year round. Summer camp programs include adventure and sports camps as well as hockey school and more.	Day & Overnight – Adventure/Sports Throughout Ontario
BARK LAKE LEADERSHIP CENTRE Summer camp programs offered in various terms. Adventure, learning, sports instruction and outdoor living are all part of camp life.	Overnight – Adventure Haliburton Highlands — Ontario
Cairn A Christian summer camp with canoe trips and other outdoor education. Programs include music, arts, overnight trips and more.	Overnight – Traditional Baysville — Ontario Kirkland Lake — Ontario
Camp Awakening Two residential summer camps for kids who have physical disabilities. Camp activities include kayaking, arts and crafts, much more.	Overnight – Special Needs Minden — Ontario
Camp Big Canoe Campers participate in a variety of activities including archery, arts and crafts, canoeing and more. Also offers a focus on leadership.	Overnight – Traditional Bracebridge — Ontario
Camp Claret Du Lac Elgin A residential outdoor camp with a variety of activities ranging from archery to swimming to sailing, canoeing and other sports, etc.	Overnight – Traditional Sherbrooke — Quebec
Camp Couchiching A multi-faceted summer camp not far from Toronto, with activities ranging from sports to theatre arts to rope courses and more.	Overnight – Traditional Orillia — Ontario
Camp de Portneuf Found outside of Quebec City, this French immersion camp features wakeboarding and other water sports, as well as mountain biking camp and more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Saint-Raymond — Quebec
Camp de vacances Kéno This camp in the heart of a regional Quebec park offers traditional summer camp activities like rock climbing, sea kayaking, nature trails and more.	Overnight – Traditional St-Léonard-de-Portneuf — Quebec
Camp Ecolart This Montreal arts and environment camp for kids and teens runs in July and August, featuring photography, film, performing arts, sports, arts and crafts. Languages include english, french and spanish.	Day & Overnight – International/Travel Montreal — Quebec
Camp Ekon Summer camp in the heart of Muskoka. Kids participate in archery, canoeing, rock climbing and many other sports and activities.	Overnight – Traditional Rosseau — Ontario
Camp Hurontario A traditional overnight camp with a variety of activities and sports including sailing, arts and crafts, leadership building and more.	Overnight – Traditional/Adventure Mactier — Ontario
Camp Kennebec Offers special needs kids a summer camp in eastern Ontario. Individualized programs and more than 50 activities including sports, arts and more.	Overnight – Special Needs Sharbot Lake — Ontario
Camp Kodiak Integrated residential summer camp for children & teens with and without ADHD, LD, NLD and AS. Social skills program, academic program and 50+ activities.	Overnight – Special Needs Parry Sound — Ontario
Camp Nominingue Quebec summer camp offers wilderness canoe trips, theatre arts, numerous sports and more. It also includes FSL and ESL programs.	Overnight – Traditional/Adventure Mont-Tremblant — Quebec
Camp Northway/ Wendigo Northway, Canada's oldest summer camp for girls (age 7-16) and Wendigo, a small tripping outpost for boys (age 12-16) are located in the wilderness of Algonquin Park.	Overnight – Traditional Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Qwanoes From wakeboarding and archery to mountain biking... BC's premier coed residential camp on Vancouver Island has over 40 activities to choose from for kids aged 8 to 18.	Overnight – Adventure Vancouver Island — British Columbia
Camp Tamarack Muskoka summer camp with sports like sailing, water skiiing and golf as well as arts programs like dance and drama.	Overnight – Traditional Bracebridge — Ontario
Camp Tanamakoon This all girls summer camp in Algonquin Park offers a variety of camp activities, along with speciality programs for ADHD and much more.	Overnight – Traditional Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Tapawingo, YWCA A YWCA Toronto summer camp, this all girls camp offers leadership programs for teens and a variety of arts and sports activities.	Overnight – Traditional Parry Sound — Ontario
Can-Aqua An overnight summer camp with a variety of activities ranging from swimming to sailing to archery, along with wilderness trips and more.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Bancroft — Ontario
Cedar Ridge Camp A traditional summer camp with day and residential programs, offering activities ranging from sports such as sailing to arts & crafts and more.	Overnight – Traditional Bancroft — Ontario
Celtic Sports and Arts Camp Situated on Ontario's Bruce Peninsula, close to Georgian Bay, this overnight summer camp features a variety of sports, arts and nature activities.	Overnight – Traditional Bruce Peninsula — Ontario
Easter Seals Ontario These camps, located throughout Ontario, offer a focus on special needs, with leadership building activities, sports including sailing and more.	Overnight – Special Needs Perth — Ontario London — Ontario Perth — Ontario
Expérience Authentique One-of-a-kind French experiences for children schooled in French immersion or Francophone schools + Family Trips and Youth Linguistic Stays in Southwest France.	Day & Overnight – Computer/Education/Science Toronto — Ontario Laurentians — Quebec International
Forest Cliff Camp Kids' camp right on Lake Huron, 30 minutes from London, Ontario, offering numerous fun activities	Overnight – Traditional Western Lamton County — Ontario
Fraser Lake Camp Eastern Ontario overnight camp offers summer camp activities from soccer to rock climbing to wilderness trips, all with a Christian context.	Overnight – Traditional Bancroft — Ontario
Frontier Trails ESL Camp Programs are geared to encourage speaking as opposed to writing proficiency. By using picture images, with English labels, each child gains a certain level of familiarity with the terminology presented.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Eganville — Ontario
Glen Bernard Camp A traditional overnight summer camp offering wilderness adventure, horseback riding, sailing, arts and many other activities.	Overnight – Traditional Huntsville — Ontario
HIDDEN BAY LEADERSHIP CAMP	Overnight – Traditional Parry Sound — Ontario
Hockey Opportunity Camp A Muskoka hockey school offering on-ice instruction as well as outdoor sports including archery, rock climbing, waterskiiing and more.	Overnight – Sports Huntsville — Ontario
Island Yacht Club Sailing Camp Suited to families across the GTA, this Toronto Island summer camp focuses on marine skills and offers other sports and activities.	Day Camp – Sports Toronto — Ontario
Kinark Outdoor Centre A northern Ontario summer camp focused on special needs, including ADHD and behavioural disabilities. Open year round.	Day & Overnight – Special Needs Minden — Ontario
Medeba Summer Camp This traditional overnight camp (also with a day camp option) offers a Christian environment and activities from trampoline to wilderness trips.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Haliburton Highlands — Ontario
Mi-A-Kon-Da This northern Ontario overnight camp offers various outdoor activities including sailing, wilderness trips, some arts activities and more.	Overnight – Traditional Parry Sound — Ontario
Olympia Sports Camp This northern Ontario summer camp puts the 'sports' in sports camp, from golf to hockey to martial arts to yoga and nearly everything between.	Overnight – Sports Huntsville — Ontario
Outward Bound Canada Outward Bound Canada’s day camps and expedition-based programs are challenging, exhilarating journeys that take place in Canada's most beautiful urban and wilderness settings.	Day & Overnight – Adventure Throughout Canada — Other Toronto — Ontario Throughout Alberta
RKY Camp This overnight camp in eastern Ontario offers a variety of activities ranging from arts and crafts to wilderness trips and more.	Overnight – Traditional Kingston — Ontario
Rustic Pathways Rustic Pathways offers quality travel to Australia, Africa, New Zealand, The Fiji Islands, Thailand, Costa Rica, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mexico, Peru, Burma and New Orleans.	Overnight – International/Travel International
Ryde Lake Camp This camp in the heart of the Muskoka- Gravenhurst area offers a traditional summer camp experience with canoeing, camping, more.	Overnight – Traditional Gravenurst — Ontario
Seneca College King Day Camp An outdoor adventure camp just north of Toronto, where kids also participate in archery, mountain biking, rock climbing and other sports.	Day Camp – Adventure Northern York Region — Ontario
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp A traditional, faith-based camp offering homemade meals, great facilities and exceptional staff. Community living, personal discovery, outdoor skills and environmental stewardship are of primary focus.	Overnight – Traditional Sauble Beach — Ontario
Stanstead College Language Adventure This four week summer program hosted by this prestigious boarding school outside of Sherbrooke, Quebec, offers enrichment in French or Spanish languages.	Day & Overnight – Computer/Education/Science Stanstead — Quebec
Summer Safaris Teen Travel This unique overnight teen adventure travel camp offers 3 cool programs: BC travel, Australia adventure travel or Vancouver Island surf trip. Activities include mountain biking, ocean kayaking and hiking.	Day & Overnight – International/Travel International Throughout British Columbia Vancouver Island — British Columbia
Swiss Language Club- Swiss Education Group The Swiss Education Group offers students between the ages of 10-18 the opportunity to learn a new language in the beautiful country of Switzerland by becoming part of Swiss Language Club.	Overnight – International/Travel International
Teen Ranch A Christian overnight camp with specializations in hockey school, horse camp and adventure camp. Open year round, not far from Toronto!	Day & Overnight – Sports Caledon — Ontario
Toronto Island Canoe Club Day Camp This outdoor kids camp on Toronto's lakefront features curricula focused on water safety, canoe and kayak training, sprint racing and more, for kids and teens.	Day Camp – Sports Toronto — Ontario
Wilvaken A Quebec summer camp in the Eastern Townships. Program and activities include FSL, ESL, theatre arts and sports such as tennis and more.	Overnight – Traditional Magog — Quebec
YMCA Camp Falcona This weeklong overnight camp offers kids all the traditional summer camp adventure you expect, including campfires, cookouts, canoeing and other water sports.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Greater Sudbury and Vicinity — Ontario
YMCA Camp Kitchikewana An historic summer camp in northern Ontario with everything from water sports like sailing and canoeing to creative arts like drama.	Overnight – Traditional Midland — Ontario
YMCA Camp Pine Crest A traditional overnight camp with activities ranging from wilderness trips to rock climbing to music activities and more. Financial aid is available.	Overnight – Traditional Gravenurst — Ontario
YMCA John Island Camp JOHN ISLAND CAMP is exclusively located in the North Channel of Lake Huron. CAMP FALCONA is nestled along the beautiful shores of Nelson Lake.	Overnight – Traditional Greater Sudbury and Vicinity — Ontario
YMCA Of Oakville Oakville YMCA Camps are found at several locations across the city with activities including swimming, day trips and more. Learn more!	Day Camp – Traditional Oakville — Ontario
YMCA Wanakita In Haliburton, on the Koshlong Lake, this YMCA camp features a variety of sports and arts activities, in one-, two- and four-week programs.	Day & Overnight – Traditional Haliburton Highlands — Ontario

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