Find STEM summer camps and after-school programs throughout the National Capital Region
Ottawa STEM summer camps and after-school programs below help prepare kids and teens for the future, mixing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics in programs that are eminently practical yet fun. The list below includes STEM camps from throughout the National Capital Region. Beneath the list, find out more about the benefits and find helpful links to camps by city. Read more
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The benefits of Ottawa STEM camps
Ottawa STEM summer camps and other programs explore the disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and math outside the classroom, in the looser, more fun setting of camp. Kids and teens typically engage in hands-on project-based learning, building, testing, experimenting, and solving problems.
Here’s a look at why they’re worth it:
STEM camps give kids and teens future-ready skills that range from coding, AI, and robotics to engineering, game design, and many other disciplines.
Kids and teens become more confident with technology, math, and science in a setting that feels more like play than school does. Some kids thrive much better in the freeform camp setting than they do in school.
Ottawa STEM camps and programs encourage a variety of character growth that may be unique to camp. Among the skills and traits that flourish in STEM camp, you can count creativity, curiosity, resilience, social skills, and more. Learn more about how camps encourage positive personal growth.
Learn more about STEM on OUR KIDS
Our page on STEM camps includes much more information about their benefits, information about other formats (e.g., STEAM), and how they prepare kids for the future.
Our guide to STEM education provides a much bigger overview, looking at STEM in schools and other issues.
Find Ottawa STEM camps and programs near you
We list STEM summer camps and programs in cities, suburbs, and former municipalities across the National Capital Region. Links take you to our advanced search, with a clickable map selected for STEM programs, where you can easily compare details across camps and programs:
