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YMCA summer camps for 2026

Summer camps for young men and women


YMCA summer camps from across Ontario and Quebec offer a unique balance of affordability and care. Camp sessions at a typical YMCA camp last a week, but there are camps that run two weeks or longer. Most camps are coeducational, with boys cabins and girls' cabins. They offer a variety of sports, educational, and arts programs (including dance). Read more

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    YMCA of the National Capital Region   
    Choose active and fun Neighbourhood Day Camps close to home, with themed weeks and field trips, OR a traditional outdoor day or overnight experience at Camp Otonabee with high ropes, paddling, archery, swimming and more!

    Ottawa
    Traditional (multi activity)
    • Ages 4 to 16 ( Boys, Girls, Coed)
    • Day Camp, Overnight Camp, Virtual Program
    • from $320
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    YMCA Camp Queen Elizabeth   
    YMCA Camp Queen Elizabeth (CQE) is located on Georgian Bay Islands National Park and provides a classic camp experience including canoeing, kayaking, swimming, and extended canoe trips for youth aged 6 to 16.

    London; Port Severn
    Traditional (multi activity)
    • Ages 5 to 16 (Coed)
    • Overnight Camp, Virtual Program
    • from $600
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    YMCA Wanakita   
    A co-ed camp offering Overnight Kids Camp, Day Camp and year-round Family Camps. We offer leadership development, a wide range of activities, tripping, a sense of belonging and fun. Come have the time of your life!

    Haliburton Highlands
    Traditional (multi activity)
    • Ages 7 to 16 (Coed)
    • Day Camp, Overnight Camp, Virtual Program
    • from $1,150
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    YMCA of Oakville   
    YMCA of Oakville Child and Youth Programs and Summer Day Camps are offered at several locations across the community with activities including swimming, day trips and more. Learn more!

    Oakville
    Traditional (multi activity)
    • Ages 6 to 17 (Coed)
    • Day Camp, Program
    • from $100
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    YMCA Camp Pine Crest   
    With 100+ years of overnight camping excellence, we provide programming for campers who want to gain independence, interact with nature, make friends , and develop leadership skills. Overnight canoe trips are a staple!

    Torrance
    Traditional (multi activity)
    • Ages 5 to 16 (Coed)
    • Day Camp, Overnight Camp, Virtual Program
    • from $375
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    YMCA John Island Camp and YMCA NEO Summer Day Camps   
    YMCA John Island Camp (est. 1954): overnight camp on a Lake Huron North Channel island, south of Spanish, ON. Offering traditional camp programs, leadership development, and wilderness tripping from 5 days to 46 days.

    Traditional (multi activity)
    • Ages 6 to 16 (Coed)
    • Overnight Camp, Virtual Program
    • from $835
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    YMCA of Three Rivers Camps: Belwood, Ki-Wa-Y, Waabanaki   
    Your Camp Adventure Awaits! Experience camp as it's meant to be with the YMCA of Three Rivers. Be part of a 100 year camp legacy. Canoeing, kayaking, sailing, ropes and rock-climbing, biking, drama, archery, and more.

    Fergus; Huntsville; Waterloo
    Traditional (multi activity)
    • Ages 6 to 15 (Coed)
    • Day Camp, Overnight Camp, Virtual Program
    • from $700
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    YMCA camps also offer leadership programs aimed at older teens who may be counselors. Camp counselors strive to offer children positive role modeling.

    The benefits of YMCA Camps

    YMCA summer camps offer a tradition of excellence that dates back to the early 1900's. Over the decades, YMCA camps have built a reputation for excellence and care, with strong leadership among counselors that carries down to inculcating those same qualities in children. Camps are renowned for teaching cooperation, fostering spiritual growth and deepening the appreciation of nature, among kids.

    YMCA camps create memories that last a lifetime, as do so many kinds of summer camps.

    See our complete listings of YMCA summer camps above.






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