Camps Ontario/Canada 2014

Getting Ready for Camping 2014 - Where to go?

For the best camp sites booking five months ahead is not uncommon. Certainly if you are going to Algonguin Provincial Park - there are 8 registered children's summer camps and over - are you ready for this? - 800,000 visitors a year. PLANNING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT CAMP ACTIVITIES THAT YOU CAN DO.

Children and Youth Summer Camps in Canada

* Canadian Camping Association
Check out your provincial association.

* Christian Camping International Canada
Check out your provincial association.
They also list - Job Postings - Find a Camp by Name - Resources etc.

* Ontario Camping Association
They also list - Job Postings - Camp Jobs - - Find a Perfect Camp [if you are sending children] - Standards.

Travelling Around the Country?

* Private Campground Association - Canada Web Directory
This is a list of private camp grounds.

Car Camping in Ontario Provincial Parks
* www.ontarioparks.com/car camping
There are over 100 Provincial Parks in Ontario alone.

Parcs Canada/Parks Canada
* www.pc.gc.ca
Information on all Canada's Parks and Marine conservation areas

Regional, Local and Community Conservation Areas
* There are "tonnes" of conservation areas in just about every community.
Great places for weekend and day time use and quick get-a-ways.

If your are really adventurous...
* Crown Land camping [Camping on Crown Land - Ministry of Natural Resources]
* Parks Canada - some of the most remote wilderness areas of the country.

For groupers and groupees check out community organizations.
* There are numerous "Meet Up" groups for campers, hikers, bicyclists and such.

Now...Get Out There and Get Camping!

 

Thanks - I have directed three camps during my career - one being a member of the OCA.

 

I agree, by and large the OCA camps do have a reputation for excellence and there are standards that help assure quality. I recommend to parents that the OCA would be a good place to start looking if they were planning to send children to camp. There is also the CCI - Christian Camping International that have the same standards but are Christian orientated.

During my university days I was Program Director for the Toronto West End Y.M.C.A.'s Camp Norval. Later I was head of Leadership Development and Training for Camp Hilltop - an OCA camp. I directed Camp Restall for the United Church of Canada - an OCA approved camp. And now I'm part of the Care Team for Camp Wendake - under the umbrella of Camp Huron which is also OCA approved. Oh... thats three OCA approved out of four . All the camps were/are residential. Camp Norval, Camp Hilltop and Camp Restall have all hit the dust. Camp Wendake and Camp Huron are thriving with Camp Huron about to begin extensive renovations .