Oshawa camps for 2026

What are the most popular camp options in Oshawa?

Oshawa summer and day camps include STEM camps, YMCA day camps, and sports camps, notably basketball summer camps and programs. While day camps and after-school programs might be the most prominent choices for parents, some excellent overnight camps bus from out of the city. To think deeper about this important option, explore how overnight camps help kids mature.  

Parents who commute into the city of Toronto might want to consider camps in cities along the way. Camps.ca also features pages on: 

• Ajax summer camps
• Pickering summer camps
• Scarborough summer camps
• Toronto summer camps

Find the best Oshawa camp for you, in three steps

1. Know what both you and your child really want. You might start with considerations like proximity, cost, and fit with your schedule. Your child wants to do things they think are fun or interesting. That’s important, of course, but you should also consider what will help them grow. 

2.  Attend The Toronto Summer Camp Expo. You can meet with camp leaders and campers and ask them all the questions you have. (Start with those below.)

3. Ask camps the right questions. Here’s a starter list, whether you are talking to them at the expo or reaching out through the contact forms on profiles linked above: 

• How much focus is there on the things my child is interested in or that they’ll learn from?
• How big are groupings and how are kids grouped? By age or by some other factor? 
• How much experience do leaders have? How are they trained or certified?
• How does the camp deal with safety issues and/or discipline? 
• What’s the camp’s expected outcome? What will my child learn, in the end? 
• How do the camp’s dropoff and pickup times fit with my schedule? 

Our sister site, OurKids.net, gives you a list of questions to ask camps. 

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