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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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A.C.H.S.
Offers programs year round. Summer camp programs include adventure and sports camps as well as hockey school and more.

Day & Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Throughout Ontario
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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 & Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
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Cairn
A Christian summer camp with canoe trips and other outdoor education. Programs include music, arts, overnight trips and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Baysville — Ontario
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Camp Arowhon
A fun summer camp in the Algonquin Park wilderness with activities that include theatre arts, swimming and many other sports.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
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camp big canoe
Campers participate in a variety of activities including archery, arts and crafts, canoeing and more. Also offers a focus on leadership.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Bracebridge — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Blind River — Ontario
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Camp Chikopi
Located in the heart of Muskoka, this boys only summer camp offers many activities, including baseball, soccer, swimming and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

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

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Torrance — Ontario
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Camp Ekon
Summer camp in the heart of Muskoka. Kids participate in archery, canoeing, rock climbing and many other sports and activities.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Rosseau — Ontario
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Camp Hurontario
A traditional overnight camp with a variety of activities and sports including sailing, arts and crafts, leadership building and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Mactier — Ontario
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Camp IAWAH
Eastern Ontario summer camp with day and overnight options. Activities include leadership building, out-tripping and numerous sports.

Day & Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Westport — Ontario
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Camp Kawartha
Eastern Ontario summer camp offering kids a creative program that includes swimming, leadership building and outdoor sports. All year, also.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Lakefield — Ontario
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Camp Kennebec
Offers special needs kids a summer camp in eastern Ontario. Individualized programs and more than 50 activities including sports, arts and more.

Residential/Overnight
Special Needs

Sharbot Lake — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
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Camp Nominingue
Quebec summer camp offers wilderness canoe trips, theatre arts, numerous sports and more. It also includes FSL and ESL programs.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Mont-Tremblant — Quebec
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
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Camp Oconto
This traditonal camp for girls, in Eastern Ontario, offers numerous sports activities like tennis and swimming as well as theatre arts and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Sharbot Lake — Ontario
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Camp Otterdale
Summer camp for kids and teens in Eastern Ontario offers theatre arts along with sailing, water skiiing and other sports.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Perth — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
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Camp Tawingo
This summer camp in beautiful Muskoka offers sports including basketball and sailing as well as wilderness trips and much more for kids.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

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

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Temagami — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Temagami — Ontario
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Camp Wenonah
An overnight summer camp in beautiful Muskoka, with activities ranging from archery to sailing to tennis, along with leadership focus and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Bracebridge — Ontario
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Can-Aqua
An overnight summer camp with a variety of activities ranging from swimming to sailing to archery, along with wilderness trips and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Bancroft — Ontario
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Canadian Ecology Centre
This overnight camp focusing on tech/computer and science also offers wilderness trips, hiking and a lot more, including ADHD specialization.

Residential/Overnight
Computer/Education/Science

Mattawa — Ontario
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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.

Day & Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Bancroft — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Bruce Peninsula — Ontario
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Easter Seals Ontario
These camps, located throughout Ontario, offer a focus on special needs, with leadership building activities, sports including sailing and more.

Residential/Overnight
Special Needs

Perth — Ontario
London — Ontario
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Fraser Lake Camp
Eastern Ontario overnight camp offers summer camp activities from soccer to rock climbing to wilderness trips, all with a Christian context.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

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

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
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Kandalore
A traditional overnight camp in Eastern Ontario offering a variety of activities from rock climbing to theatre arts to wilderness trips and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

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

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Throughout Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Newmarket — Ontario
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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 & Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Newmarket — Ontario
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Kilcoo Camp
A traditional overnight camp (boys only) just south of Algonquin, offering activities from sailing to wilderness trips to arts & crafts and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Minden — Ontario
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Muskoka Woods
An overnight Christian youth camp offering a variety of activities including golf, rock climbing, soccer, hockey, gymnastics and more.

Residential/Overnight
Sports

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

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Temagami — Ontario
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Onondaga Camp
North of Toronto and south of Algonquin, this summer camp offers overnight campers activities from tennis to rock climbing and much more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Minden — Ontario
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Ontario Girl Guides
These overnight camps offer many activities including sports from sailing to cycling and arts activities including music and dance, much more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Throughout Ontario
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Paddlefoot
An adventure camp offering overnight trips from five to 48 days long - includes whitewater. A leadership camp like no other, open year round.

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Huntsville — Ontario
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Paddles in Action
Wilderness and leadership kids' camp in northern Ontario where kids take part in one week or two week adventures.

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Espanola — Ontario
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Peel Summer Academy
This overnight camp offers a focus on science and technology along with many other summer camp activities for kids aged 9 to 16.

Residential/Overnight
Computer/Education/Science

Throughout Canada — Other
Vancouver — British Columbia
Newfoundland — Other
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Red Leaf Outdoor Adventure & Leadership Camp
An outdoor adventure and leadership camp where kids build confidence, team-building skills and more.

Day & Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Oakville — Ontario
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SNOWMASS ADVENTURE CAMP & FILM SCHOOL
Summer film school where kids get professional instruction in filmmaking while particiapting in a summer camp adventure.

Residential/Overnight
Adventure

Colorado — United States
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THE TAYLOR STATTEN CAMPS
An overnight traditional summer camp north of Toronto where camp activities include archery, wilderness trips, sports and much more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

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

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Barrie — Ontario
Kelowna — British Columbia
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WESTCOAST CONNECTION / 360 STUDENT TRAVEL
Westcoast Connection & 360° Student Travel offer the summer of a lifetime for teens 13 to 18 (in compatible age groupings).

Residential/Overnight
International/Travel

International
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Wilvaken
A Quebec summer camp in the Eastern Townships. Program and activities include FSL, ESL, theatre arts and sports such as tennis and more.

Residential/Overnight
Quebec

Magog — Quebec
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Gravenurst — Ontario
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YMCA Camp Queen Elizabeth
A traditional overnight camp on Beausoleil Island in Georgian Bay, with activities including arts and sports, from sailing to theatre arts and more.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Midland — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Region of Waterloo — Ontario
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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.

Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Rosseau — Ontario
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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 & Residential/Overnight
Traditional

Orillia — Ontario
Peterborough Area — Ontario
 
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