Here's what makes InterVarsity Circle Square Ranch Grand River stand out

Financial Aid & Payment Details

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Scholarships & awards:

• Circle Square Ranch Scholarship Program

  Amount: 80%

  Deadline: June 01, 2021 annually

  Type: Need based
  Details: We have a scholarship program available towards Discovery Camp, Boys Camp, and Leadership camps for ages 8-16. Please contact our office at [email protected] or by calling 519-754-0171 to receive a scholarship application.
  Application Details: Completed application form, proof of income, letter from child wishing to attend camp.

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Property Details

Sports facilities

Landscape

More details about property: Circle Square Ranch is a home away from home for our summer campers and an adventurous getaway for schools & groups year-round. Our well established facility includes several buildings such as a large dining hall, lodge, cabins, meeting areas and more. All activities are just a short walk away from the central eating and sleeping facilities. With an expansive, natural property there is much to enjoy and discover!

Accommodations

Sleeping Accommodations

Amenities

Washrooms Facilities

More details about accommodations: Campers in our Discovery, Horse Lovers, & Leadership Camps will sleep in our lodge, cabins, bunkie, or covered wagon facilities. Upon arrival, we will let you know where your child will be staying. Placements are determined based on age, friend requests, and several other factors. The lodge is one of the potential accommodations for our female campers and is comprised of 2 large open-concept rooms each holding 16 campers and 2 counselors, 2 smaller rooms each holding 9 campers, and 2 washrooms. The lodge sleeping areas include bunk beds, mattresses, and electricity. Bathrooms in the lodge are complete with showers, electricity, running water, and flushable toilets. Cabins and a Bunkie are used for male and female campers during the summer. Each cabin accommodates up to 9 campers and 1 counselor, the Bunkie accommodates 7 campers and 1 counselor. Cabins include bunk beds, mattresses, and electricity. Nearby bathrooms are complete with showers, electricity, running water, and flushable toilets. Our unique covered wagons are one of the other types of accommodations that some of our male campers and some of our female Leadership Camp participants sleep in. Each wagon holds up to 7 campers and 1 counselor, and includes bunk beds, mattress, and electricity. Nearby bathrooms are complete with showers, electricity, running water, and flushable toilets.

Are meals provided? Yes.

Is InterVarsity Circle Square Ranch Grand River technology free? Yes. Camp is a fun place full of new activities and great friendships. We kindly request that campers leave their technology at home for the week so they can be fully immersed in the culture of camp. Camp counselors are also technology free.

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Stories

• We grow great leaders!

  Camp is the perfect place to develop leadership skills.

  Our leadership development camps help young people to determine what they enjoy, identify skills, and recognize areas that they need to develop.  

  Being given the opportunity to lead in a supportive environment is a crucial ingredient to our success. 

  Be sure to check out our leadership opportunities.

  Crew Camps for ages 14-15

  Leadership in Training for ages 15-16

  Volunteer Opportunities for ages 16+ 

• Smuck or Schmuck?

  Is it smuck the staff or schmuck the staff?

  Either way, Circle Square Ranch staff and volunteers have been getting whip cream pies to the face every week for the last three decades.  

  It's always a highlight of the week when campers play an elaborate game of hide and seek with the staff.  The sounds of laughter, squeals of delight, and campers asking each other, "Did you catch anyone?" can be heard all over the campground.  

  The staff are good sports, and at least 20 get a whip cream pie to the face every week.  

  It's definitely a camp favourite....now we just have to figure out what it's called.

   

• Happy 30th Birthday!

  It's our birthday!  35 years and 20,000 + campers!

  Founded in 1985, Brantford Circle Square Ranch is part of a network of nine Inter-Varsity Camps across Canada.

  Over the past 35 years, we have welcomed more than 20,000 + campers to our 135 acres of beautiful, rolling countryside in southern Ontario. We offer many activities including horseback riding, swimming, high ropes and zip line, archery, skateboarding, campfires and Bible studies.

  During the summer months, we offer both residential and day camps for children and youth between the ages of 5 and 16. In this camp community, where leadership and faith development is encouraged, children and youth are comfortable asking tough questions about life and faith. We believe that faith in Jesus Christ and an understanding of God’s love leads to a life full of purpose and meaning. 

  Camp is a fun and safe place for campers to make new friends, experience new things, develop skills and challenge themselves to grow and change.  We promise, it will be the highlight of their summer. 

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