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Sleep away at these camps, from across Ontario, Quebec and the rest of the north

Sleepaway camps are also popularly known as overnight camps or even residential camps. A sleepaway camp allows children to fully immerse themselves in the camp experience, eating breathing and sleeping camp life and activities. This kind of immersion offers many benefits including any or all of the following:

  • Many "city kids" feel disconnected from nature. According to some, this disconnection is a big part of our current problems with the environment and climate change brought on by human actions. Camping with others in the deep woods can deepen children's appreciation of the natural world.
  • Children at camp deepen the bonds of friendship and gain confidence in their ability to find and build new friendships.
  • Sleeping away from home can help children to appreciate the many amenities and conveniences offered by home and by city living - things they might otherwise take for granted.

Get all the right advice on finding the right sleepaway camp here.

Our Kids has been covering the world of overnight and sleepaway camps for over ten years, on both this website and in Our Kids go to Camp, an annual magazine. You can check out our camp website for advice and articles - or search for sleepaway camps by activities or location, using our camp search engine. As one other alternative, camps.ca is growing as a web authority on the world of overnight summer camps (and any traditional camps, in fact).

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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 Wanapitei

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 Claret Du Lac Elgin

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 Ekon

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
Fraser Lake Camp

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 Hurontario

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
Mi-A-Kon-Da

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 Northway/ Wendigo

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
Onondaga Camp

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 Pathfinder

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 Tawingo

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
Camp Wabikon

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
Camp Tapawingo, YWCA

Northwaters & Langskib Canoe Tripping Programs
This overnight camp offers wilderness adventure in separate boys, girls and coed programs. Acquire team building skills and more.

Overnight – Adventure/International/Travel

Temagami — Ontario
Northwaters & Langskib Canoe Tripping Programs

Camp Mariste
Quebec summer camp with specialized programs in cinema and horseback riding. Activities include numerous other sports.

Overnight – Traditional

Rawdon — Quebec
Camp Mariste

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 Nominingue

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
Wilvaken

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
The Taylor Statten Camps

Glen Bernard Camp
A traditional overnight summer camp offering wilderness adventure, horseback riding, sailing, arts and many other activities.

Overnight – Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
Glen Bernard Camp

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 Muskoka

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 Tanamakoon

Camp Kirk
Special needs summer camp offering various activities including martial arts, leadership building, swimming and many other sports.

Overnight – Special Needs

Northern Kawartha Lakes — Ontario
Camp Kirk

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
Swallowdale Camp

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
Easter Seals 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 Arowhon

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
KETTLEBY VALLEY CAMP AND OUTDOOR CENTRE

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
Muskoka Woods

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
Cairn

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
Olympia Sports Camp

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
Celtic Sports and Arts Camp

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
BARK LAKE LEADERSHIP CENTRE

HIDDEN BAY LEADERSHIP CAMP
Campers are encouraged to build friendships, set goals, think for themselves and take action by choosing to be courteous, respectful and to take responsibility. We are a "Future Aces" camp!

Overnight – Traditional

Parry Sound — Ontario
HIDDEN BAY LEADERSHIP CAMP

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
Kandalore

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
ONTARIO PIONEER CAMP

SANS SOUCI RIDING CENTRE INC.
A bilingual Quebec summer camp with a focus on horseback riding and equestrian instruction. Other activities include sports like soccer and more.

Overnight – Sports

Ste. Clotilde — Quebec
SANS SOUCI RIDING CENTRE INC.

Camp Temagami
This overnight summer camp in the heart of Northern Ontario offers the wilderness experience along with a variety of sports and arts.

Overnight – Adventure

Temagami — Ontario
Camp Temagami

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 Couchiching

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
Canadian Adventure Camp

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 Awakening

Active Challenge
Focusing on weight loss and healthy lifestyle, this camp features hikes, water adventure and more. Combines education & activity.

Overnight – Health and fitness

Renfrew — Ontario
Active Challenge

Camp Joshua Equestrian Camp
Kids enjoy outdoor adventure and horseback riding lessons at this camp ideally located between Guelph and Toronto, also featuring a residential program for girls.

Overnight – Sports

Guelph — Ontario
Camp Joshua Equestrian Camp

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
Camp Wenonah

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 Ouareau

Safari Zoo Camp
This animal camp at Jungle Cat Wold Zoo offers a variety of activities including hiking, swimming, biking and of course animal interaction.

Overnight – Adventure/Computer/Education/Science

Southern Durham Region — Ontario
Safari Zoo Camp

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
Cedar Ridge Camp

Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum
A week-long overnight sleepaway camp offering various sports activities including a Jays' game, volleyball, hiking, swimming and much more.

Overnight – Sports

St Marys — Ontario
Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame & Museum

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 Kennebec

SADDLEWOOD RIDING CAMP
A sports camp for girls, located in Eastern Ontario. The focus is on horse camp but other activities include swimming, tennis, arts and crafts, etc.

Overnight – Sports

Peterborough Area — Ontario
SADDLEWOOD RIDING CAMP

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 Kitchikewana

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
Hockey Opportunity Camp

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 Ak-O-Mak

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 Kodiak

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 Chikopi

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
RKY Camp

Camp Hyanto
A Christian overnight camp with daily chapel and family style meals. Activities include many sports as well as leadership training, more.

Overnight – Traditional

Gananoque — Ontario
Camp Hyanto

Kemur Equestrian Girls Camp
This all-girls camp in Cambridge, Ontario focuses on horseback riding and related equestrian skills, as well as outdoor activities like games, campfires and skits.

Overnight – Sports

Cambridge — Ontario
Kemur Equestrian Girls Camp

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 Girl Guides

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
Rustic Pathways

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 Camp Pine Crest

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.

Overnight – Traditional

Region of Waterloo — Ontario
YMCA Camps Belwood, Ki-Wa-Y and Wabanaki

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 Big  Canoe

Camp Bil-O-Wood
A traditional coed summer camp for kids aged seven to 17. Activities include baseball, arts and crafts, gymnastics and much more.

Overnight – Traditional/Traditional

Blind River — Ontario
Camp Bil-O-Wood

Camp Frenda
Summer camp in the heart of the Muskokas. Outdoor activities include horseback riding, rock climbing, water skiing and many others.

Overnight – Traditional

Port Carling — Ontario
Camp Frenda

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
Lakefield Camp International

LONG BAY CAMP - Arts By The Lake
This unique overnight camp in Eastern Ontario offers a focus on arts but also includes sports like soccer and volleyball and much more.

Overnight – Arts/Dance/Music

South Frontenac — Ontario
LONG BAY CAMP - Arts By The Lake

Stratford Shakespeare Festival
A drama camp put on by the world-renowned theatre in a picturesque small town Ontario setting. Features creative writing and dance also.

Overnight – Arts/Dance/Music

Stratford — Ontario
Stratford Shakespeare Festival

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 Qwanoes

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 Walden

Venture Academy for Troubled Teens Summer Program
A supportive & therapeutic environment for struggling teens with locations in Ontario and British Columbia.

Overnight – Special Needs

Kelowna — British Columbia
Kelowna — British Columbia
Venture Academy for Troubled Teens Summer Program

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 Tamakwa

Forest Cliff Camp
Kids' camp right on Lake Huron, 30 minutes from London, Ontario, offering numerous fun activities

Overnight – Traditional

Western Lamton County — Ontario
Forest Cliff Camp

Keewaydin
This boys' and girls' camp offers wilderness adventure and a traditional summer camp experience from which your child will grow.

Overnight – Adventure

Throughout Ontario
Keewaydin

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
Ryde Lake Camp

Toronto Brigantine
This sailing summer camp offers a unique summer adventure, setting sail from Toronto Harbour.

Overnight – Adventure

Throughout Ontario
Toronto — Ontario
Collingwood — Ontario
Toronto Brigantine

Camp PEAK
This overnight camp offers a focus on science and technology along with many other summer camp activities for kids aged 9 to 16.

Overnight – Health and fitness

Throughout Ontario
Camp PEAK

Camp Crossroads
Muskoka kids' camp focused on Christian teaching of kids, while engaged in typical summer camp actitivities.

Overnight – Traditional

Gravenurst — Ontario
Camp Crossroads

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 Tamarack

Base de Plein Air Jean-Jeune
Quebec summer camp in the heart of the Laurentians where kids can participate in tradtional camp activities and adventures.

Overnight – Traditional

Laurentians — Quebec
Base de Plein Air Jean-Jeune

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 John Island Camp

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 de vacances Kéno

ESL Summer Camp at Pickering College
An ESL summer camp held by Pickering College, for students aged 12 to 18 who want to learn English. ESL instruction is directed to skills needed in school study.

Overnight – International/Travel/Education

Newmarket — Ontario
ESL Summer Camp at Pickering College

Me to We Take Action Camp
A leadership camp that allows youth to discover their potential through interactive team-building, intensive workshops, games and hands on volunteer experience.

Overnight – Computer/Education/Science

Bethany — Ontario
Vancouver — British Columbia
Montreal — Quebec
Me to We Take Action Camp

Spark Healthy Lifestyle Camp
SPARK is Quebec's first wellness camp for teens, with its own specialized program designed by health professionals.

Overnight – Health and fitness

Eastman — Quebec
Spark Healthy Lifestyle Camp

Bytown Brigantine
Learning to sail aboard our ships is a fun and challenging adventure that fosters leadership, confidence and self-reliance in teenagers.

Overnight – Adventure

Ottawa — Ontario
Richmond — Ontario
Richmond — Ontario
Kingston — Ontario
Bytown Brigantine

Fulford Academy
Fulford Prep College campus is an International Boarding School for students aged 17 to 20.

Overnight – Computer/Education/Science

Brockville — Ontario
Fulford Academy

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
Swiss Language Club- Swiss Education Group

Nova Scotia Sea School
Live on the water and explore the rugged coastline of the South Shore of Nova Scotia as you navigate by the stars and soak in the warm summer rays. No sailing experience is necessary.

Overnight – Adventure

Halifax — Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia Sea School

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
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp

Camp Boisjoly
Camp Boisjoly located near Mont Orford (Quebec) offers quality programming in French, to campers aged 7 to 16 years old.

Overnight – Adventure

Sherbrooke — Quebec
Camp Boisjoly

Youth Enterprise Camp Entreprise Jeunesse
YEC introduces youth to entrepreneurship in a fun exciting camp environment. Campers meet real life bankers, create and sell a product and experience entrepreneurship first hand!

Overnight – Computer/Education/Science

Throughout Ontario
Youth Enterprise Camp Entreprise Jeunesse

Interprovincial Music Camp
Interprovincial Music Camp programs include orchestra, band, musical theatre, jazz, rock, songwriting and event production.

Overnight – Arts/Dance/Music

Parry Sound — Ontario
Interprovincial Music Camp

Young Actors Camp
Choose from a variety of programs with celebrity guests: film and TV acting, comedy and improv, GLEE camp or directing.

Overnight – Arts/Dance/Music

California — United States
Young Actors Camp

Golden Lake Camp
Golden Lake Camp is a traditional summer camp where all children are welcomed within a respectful Christian community.

Overnight – Traditional

Eganville — Ontario
Ottawa — Ontario
Pembroke — Ontario
Golden Lake Camp

Shad Valley
Shad Valley is a four week summer enrichment program. Students spend a month living in residence at one of host university campuses across Canada.

Overnight – Computer/Education/Science

Throughout Canada — Other
Shad Valley

Camp Mère Clarac
Located on the banks of Rivière Ouareau, we have a magnificent site of 115 acres of land with unique and safe facilities, making it one of the most beautiful camp sites in Quebec.

Overnight – Sports

Mont-Tremblant — Quebec
Camp Mère Clarac
 
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