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Wilderness Camps

The unequivocal kids' camp experience: wild nature

Can there be any summer camp activity more exciting than a wilderness trip. The "wilderness camps" listed below all offer wilderness trips as part of their curricula. Isn't that what summer camp really ought to be about?

A trip into the wilderness of northern Ontario or Quebec (perfectly suited for kids from Northeastern states such as New York or Vermont) will certainly help your child to deepen an appreciation of nature. Be sure that the summer camp you are interested in has fully trained counsellors who understand wilderness dangers and have full wilderness survival and first aid training, etc.

In most cases, "wilderness trips" will only last a few hours but there are some summer camps that take children deep into the woods overnight.

There are few things more 'Canadian' than wilderness camping and your child is sure to make memories that will last a lifetime.

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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.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Leadership, Rockwall/Rock Climbing, Mountain Biking

Day & Overnight – Traditional/Adventure

Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Mini-Yo-We

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.
Camp Specialties: Leadership, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Pathfinder

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.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Canoeing

Overnight – Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Tamakwa

Camp Wanapitei
Overnight summer camp offers wilderness trips in the Temagami Lakes, along with arts, various sports activities and so much more.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Canoeing, CIT/LIT Program

Overnight – Adventure/Family Camps/Resorts

Temagami — Ontario
Camp Wanapitei

Kandalore
A traditional overnight camp in Eastern Ontario offering a variety of activities from rock climbing to theatre arts to wilderness trips and more.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Canoeing, Swimming, Rope courses

Overnight – Traditional/Education

Minden — Ontario
Kandalore

Northwaters & Langskib Canoe Tripping Programs
This overnight camp offers wilderness adventure in separate boys, girls and coed programs. Acquire team building skills and more.
Camp Specialties: Canoeing, Wilderness Out Tripping, Outdoor Living, Team Building

Overnight – Adventure/International/Travel

Temagami — Ontario
Northwaters & Langskib Canoe Tripping Programs

ONTARIO PIONEER CAMP
This Muskoka summer camp offers unique adventures and a variety of features including horseback riding, ADHD support and much more!
Camp Specialties: Leadership, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
ONTARIO PIONEER CAMP

The Taylor Statten Camps
An overnight traditional summer camp north of Toronto where camp activities include archery, wilderness trips, sports and much more.
Camp Specialties: Outdoor Living, Wilderness Out Tripping, Canoeing

Overnight – Traditional/Adventure

Algonquin Park — Ontario
The Taylor Statten Camps

Camp Arowhon
A fun summer camp in the Algonquin Park wilderness with activities that include theatre arts, swimming and many other sports.
Camp Specialties: Leadership, Wilderness Out Tripping, Sailing/Marine Skills, Horseback Riding/Equestrian

Overnight – Traditional/Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Arowhon

Camp Crossroads
Muskoka kids' camp focused on Christian teaching of kids, while engaged in typical summer camp actitivities.
Camp Specialties: Waterskiing/Wakeboarding, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Traditional

Gravenurst — Ontario
Camp Crossroads

Camp Temagami
This overnight summer camp in the heart of Northern Ontario offers the wilderness experience along with a variety of sports and arts.
Camp Specialties: Canoeing, Wilderness Out Tripping, Leadership, Outdoor Living

Overnight – Adventure

Temagami — Ontario
Camp Temagami

A.C.H.S.
Offers programs year round. Summer camp programs include adventure and sports camps as well as hockey school and more.
Camp Specialties: Sports-Instructional and Training, Paintball, Hockey, Wilderness Out Tripping

Day & Overnight – Adventure/Sports

Throughout Ontario
A.C.H.S.

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.
Camp Specialties: Outdoor Living, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Traditional

Laurentians — Quebec
Base de Plein Air Jean-Jeune

Cairn
A Christian summer camp with canoe trips and other outdoor education. Programs include music, arts, overnight trips and more.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, CIT/LIT Program

Overnight – Traditional

Baysville — Ontario
Cairn

Camp Boisjoly
Camp Boisjoly located near Mont Orford (Quebec) offers quality programming in French, to campers aged 7 to 16 years old.
Camp Specialties: French Language, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Adventure

Sherbrooke — Quebec
Camp Boisjoly

Camp Nominingue
Quebec summer camp offers wilderness canoe trips, theatre arts, numerous sports and more. It also includes FSL and ESL programs.
Camp Specialties: CIT/LIT Program, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Traditional/Adventure

Mont-Tremblant — Quebec
Camp Nominingue

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.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Canoeing

Overnight – Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Northway/ Wendigo

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.
Camp Specialties: Leadership, CIT/LIT Program, Swimming, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Traditional

Parry Sound — Ontario
Camp Tapawingo, YWCA

Can-Aqua
An overnight summer camp with a variety of activities ranging from swimming to sailing to archery, along with wilderness trips and more.
Camp Specialties: CIT/LIT Program, Leadership, Waterskiing/Wakeboarding, Wilderness Out Tripping

Day & Overnight – Traditional

Bancroft — Ontario
Can-Aqua

Fraser Lake Camp
Eastern Ontario overnight camp offers summer camp activities from soccer to rock climbing to wilderness trips, all with a Christian context.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, CIT/LIT Program

Overnight – Traditional

Bancroft — Ontario
Fraser Lake Camp

Glen Bernard Camp
A traditional overnight summer camp offering wilderness adventure, horseback riding, sailing, arts and many other activities.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Performing/Theatre Arts, Environment, Leadership

Overnight – Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
Glen Bernard Camp

Keewaydin
This boys' and girls' camp offers wilderness adventure and a traditional summer camp experience from which your child will grow.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Canoeing, Environment, Team Building

Overnight – Adventure

Throughout Ontario
Keewaydin

RKY Camp
This overnight camp in eastern Ontario offers a variety of activities ranging from arts and crafts to wilderness trips and more.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Leadership

Overnight – Traditional

Kingston — Ontario
RKY Camp

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.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, Environment

Overnight – Traditional

Sauble Beach — Ontario
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp

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.
Camp Specialties: Wilderness Out Tripping, CIT/LIT Program

Overnight – Traditional

Gravenurst — Ontario
YMCA Camp Pine Crest

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.
Camp Specialties: Leadership, Wilderness Out Tripping

Overnight – Traditional

Greater Sudbury and Vicinity — Ontario
YMCA John Island Camp

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
Arrowhead Camp

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 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

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

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 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 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

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

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

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
Frontier Trails Camp & Outdoor Education Centre

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

KETTLEBY VALLEY CAMP AND OUTDOOR CENTRE
A day camp serving parts of the northern GTA, offering a variety of activities including sports and arts. Open all year round. Learn more.

Day Camp – Traditional

Newmarket — Ontario
KETTLEBY VALLEY CAMP AND OUTDOOR CENTRE

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

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

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

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
Youth Leadership Camps Canada

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 Kawartha

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

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 Tournesol
A day camp in the GTA where kids aged five to twelve have fun in French.

Day & Overnight – Traditional

Greater Toronto Area — Ontario
Richmond Hill — Ontario
Mississauga — Ontario
Camp Tournesol

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

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
YMCA-YWCA Camp Nagiwa

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

Adventure Valley
Summer day camp for Toronto kids yearning for outdoor adventure. Sports activities include soccer, tennis, swimming and a variety of other outdoor activities.

Day Camp – Traditional

Greater Toronto Area — Ontario
Adventure Valley

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

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 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

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 Portneuf

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 Ecolart

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

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

Camp Kahuna
Halton region camp offering leadership training and a variety of sports including biking, swimming, hiking and much more.

Day & Overnight – Traditional

Milton — Ontario
Burlington — Ontario
Throughout Ontario
Camp Kahuna

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

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 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

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 U of T Mississauga
A popular Toronto summer camp and March Break camp offered on campus, with options including dance, leadership, multi-sports camps, more.

Day Camp – Sports

Mississauga — Ontario
Camp U of T Mississauga

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

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

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

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
Frontier Trails ESL Camp

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
Kinark Outdoor Centre

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
Medeba Summer Camp

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

NEW STRIDES DAY CAMP
Ideal for families from throughout the GTA, this special needs day camp includes children with ADHD and other learning disabilities.

Day Camp – Special Needs

Toronto — Ontario
NEW STRIDES DAY CAMP

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

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
Outward Bound Canada

Rutherford Private School Super Summer Camp
An exceptional summer camp in Vaughan offering 50+ unique activites on a huge campus with guyms, activity rooms, parks and lakes.

Day Camp – Traditional

Toronto — Ontario
Rutherford Private School Super Summer Camp

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
Stanstead College Language Adventure

Timberline Ranch
Known for its delicious, home-style food, friendly staff, beautiful, convenient location, and exceptional programs, Timberline is open all year for camps, retreats, youth groups, banquets, and conferences.

Day & Overnight – Traditional

Vancouver — British Columbia
Timberline Ranch

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

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

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

YMCA Cedar Glen
Half an hour north of Toronto, this summer camp offers activities ranging from swimming to mountain biking. Camp includes an overnight program.

Day Camp – Traditional

Caledon — Ontario
YMCA Cedar Glen

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 Of Oakville

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
YMCA Wanakita
 
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