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Kayak Camp

Sea kayaking, wilderness trips and experience galore

 

Learn how to paddle, ferry, peel out... and all the other things you require in order to be a better kayaker. Kayak camps listed below offer specialised instruction and several offer wilderness kayak trips. Investigate each of the camps listed below to learn more about kayaking training and curriculum they offer.

Specialized kayaking camps listed below are usually week-long overnight programs that progress through the basics of kayaking. River guides and kayak instructors give whitewater or sea kayak training during these camps. Some wilderness camps allow campers to explore the beauty of paddling in the water alongside seals, ospreys, eagles and a variety of wildlife on a professionally guided or self-guided kayak or canoe, creating a memorable outdoor adventure.

Basic paddle strokes, bracing, self-rescue, Eskimo rescues, and the Eskimo roll are covered at specialized camps. Maneuvers include paddling in and out of eddies, ferries across the river, surfing waves and negotiating a slalom course. Additional outdoor adventures might include cooperative games, scavenger hunts by map and compass, plant and animal identification, and environmental education. Map reading, gauge reading and trip planning are also covered at kayaking camps.&

Some interesting and educational topics covered at kayaking camps include:
• Boat design and equipment necessary for whitewater kayaking
• Flat water paddling techniques, wet exit, hip snaps, T-rescues, bracing
• Rolling technique
• Natural environment of rivers
• Navigating basic rapids

Learn more from the camps below, with camps specializing in kayaking highlighted.

 
  find your kayak camp below Category
  description City—Province/State
YMCA Camps Belwood, Ki-Wa-Y and Wabanaki crest.
Kitchener-Waterloo area summer camps offer activities ranging from basketball to swimming. March Break camp programs also applicable.
Camp Specialties: Canoeing, Kayaking/Sea Kayaking, Leadership, Arts & Crafts

Overnight
Traditional

Region of Waterloo — Ontario
Arrowhead Camp crest.

Gold ListingArrowhead Camp
A summer camp in the Muskokas with a ratio of 1:3 counselors to campers. A variety of camp programs include kayaking, arts and more.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Chikopi crest.

Gold ListingCamp Chikopi
Located in the heart of Muskoka, this boys only summer camp offers many activities, including baseball, soccer, swimming and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Mini-Yo-We crest.

Gold ListingCamp Mini-Yo-We
A Christian summer camp offering a variety of sports and activities, ranging from hiking to swimming to leadership building to arts.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Muskoka crest.

Gold ListingCamp Muskoka
Camp Muskoka offers traditional summer camp activities like sports and hiking as well as attention to leadership building and some special needs.

Overnight
Traditional

Bracebridge — Ontario
Camp Pathfinder crest.

Gold ListingCamp Pathfinder
Est. 1914. This traditional boys' summer camp lies on a wooded island in the heart of Algonquin Park. Wilderness canoe trips, water and land sports, ropes, ecology. A spectacular setting and an exceptional staff.

Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Tamakwa crest.

Gold ListingCamp Tamakwa
Offering the most diversified outdoor recreational programs available, Camp Tamakwa is a camp where fun will be had, and memories will be made.

Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Tawingo crest.

Gold ListingCamp Tawingo
This summer camp in beautiful Muskoka offers sports including basketball and sailing as well as wilderness trips and much more for kids.

Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
Camp Walden crest.

Gold ListingCamp Walden
A coed overnight camp between Algonquin Park and Ottawa offering outdoor adventure, canoeing, hiking, campfires and other traditional activities on 750 acres.

Overnight
Traditional

Hastings Highlands — Ontario
Toronto — Ontario
Palmer Rapids — Ontario
Camp Wanapitei crest.

Gold ListingCamp Wanapitei
Overnight summer camp offers wilderness trips in the Temagami Lakes, along with arts, various sports activities and so much more.

Overnight
Adventure

Temagami — Ontario
Camp Wenonah crest.

Gold ListingCamp Wenonah
An overnight summer camp in beautiful Muskoka, with activities ranging from archery to sailing to tennis, along with leadership focus and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Bracebridge — Ontario
Frontier Trails Camp & Outdoor Education Centre crest.

Gold ListingFrontier Trails Camp & Outdoor Education Centre
This eastern Ontario summer camp offers day and overnight programs and a variety of activities from horseback riding to ESL to paintball, more.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Eganville — Ontario
Ottawa — Ontario
Kandalore crest.

Gold ListingKandalore
A traditional overnight camp in Eastern Ontario offering a variety of activities from rock climbing to theatre arts to wilderness trips and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Minden — Ontario
KETTLEBY VALLEY CAMP AND OUTDOOR CENTRE crest.

Gold ListingKETTLEBY VALLEY CAMP AND OUTDOOR CENTRE
Located just north of Toronto, this traditional overnight camp offers canoe trips for teens, along with arts, sports and more. Year round.

Overnight
Traditional

Newmarket — Ontario
Lakefield Camp International crest.

Gold ListingLakefield Camp International
Eastern Ontario overnight summer camp offers various outdoor sports and activities, from sailing to theatre arts to music and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Lakefield — Ontario
Muskoka Woods crest.

Gold ListingMuskoka Woods
An overnight Christian youth camp offering a variety of activities including golf, rock climbing, soccer, hockey, gymnastics and more.

Overnight
Sports

Rosseau — Ontario
Onondaga Camp crest.

Gold ListingOnondaga Camp
North of Toronto and south of Algonquin, this summer camp offers overnight campers activities from tennis to rock climbing and much more.

Overnight
Traditional

Minden — Ontario
Ontario Girl Guides crest.

Gold ListingOntario Girl Guides
These overnight camps offer many activities including sports from sailing to cycling and arts activities including music and dance, much more.

Overnight
Traditional

Throughout Ontario — Ontario
ONTARIO PIONEER CAMP crest.

Gold ListingONTARIO PIONEER CAMP
This Muskoka summer camp offers unique adventures and a variety of features including horseback riding, ADHD support and much more!

Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
Stillwood Camp & Conference Centre crest.

Gold ListingStillwood Camp & Conference Centre
Just outside of Abbotford and Chilliwack, this day and overnight camp features unique sports like dirtboarding and street luge as well as sailing and more.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Vancouver — British Columbia
The Taylor Statten Camps crest.

Gold ListingThe Taylor Statten Camps
An overnight traditional summer camp north of Toronto where camp activities include archery, wilderness trips, sports and much more.

Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Youth Leadership Camps Canada crest.

Gold ListingYouth Leadership Camps Canada
A traditional day and overnight camp located one hour north of Toronto, with activities ranging from day trips to basketball to some arts.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Orillia — Ontario
Peterborough Area — Ontario
Camp Ak-O-Mak crest.

Silver ListingCamp Ak-O-Mak
A traditional summer camp with over 32 sports and camp activities, including swimming, tennis, canoeing, sailing and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Parry Sound — Ontario
Camp Arowhon crest.

Silver ListingCamp Arowhon
A fun summer camp in the Algonquin Park wilderness with activities that include theatre arts, swimming and many other sports.

Overnight
Traditional
Education

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Toronto — Ontario
Camp Cherith - Ontario crest.

Silver ListingCamp Cherith - Ontario
This Christian camp includes focuses on theatre arts, horseback riding, canoe tripping and more, situated in the heart of Grey-Bruce in south central Ontario.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Southern Bruce County — Ontario
Camp Crossroads crest.

Silver ListingCamp Crossroads
Muskoka kids' camp focused on Christian teaching of kids, while engaged in typical summer camp actitivities.

Overnight
Traditional

Gravenurst — Ontario
Camp Kawartha crest.

Silver ListingCamp Kawartha
Eastern Ontario summer camp offering kids a creative program that includes swimming, leadership building and outdoor sports. All year, also.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Lakefield — Ontario
Peterborough City — Ontario
Camp Ouareau crest.

Silver ListingCamp Ouareau
This Quebec all girls overnight summer camp offers a variety of sports including archery, swimming, sailing and many other activities.

Overnight
Traditional

Laurentians — Quebec
Saint-Donat — Quebec
Camp Wabikon crest.

Silver ListingCamp Wabikon
Overnight coed summer camp dedicated to the ideals of leadership and friendship, with wilderness trips and a variety of sports activities.

Overnight
Traditional

Temagami — Ontario
Canadian Adventure Camp crest.

Silver ListingCanadian Adventure Camp
This overnight summer camp in Temagami, in Northern Ontario, offers varying length sessions, sports and arts activities and so much more.

Overnight
Traditional

Temagami — Ontario
Swallowdale Camp crest.

Silver ListingSwallowdale Camp
An overnight camp in the heart of Bracebridge/ the Muskokas, offering adventure and activities from ESL to mountain biking to volleyball and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
YMCA-YWCA Camp Nagiwa crest.

Silver ListingYMCA-YWCA Camp Nagiwa
This YMCA-YWCA overnight camp in beautiful Muskoka offers various sports including sailing and sea kayaking, a wilderness trip and arts activities.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Rosseau — Ontario
A.C.H.S. crest.

A.C.H.S.
Offers programs year round. Summer camp programs include adventure and sports camps as well as hockey school and more.

Day & Overnight
Adventure

Throughout Ontario — Ontario
BARK LAKE LEADERSHIP CENTRE crest.

BARK LAKE LEADERSHIP CENTRE
Summer camp programs offered in various terms. Adventure, learning, sports instruction and outdoor living are all part of camp life.

Overnight
Adventure

Haliburton Highlands — Ontario
Cairn crest.

Cairn
A Christian summer camp with canoe trips and other outdoor education. Programs include music, arts, overnight trips and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Baysville — Ontario
Kirkland Lake — Ontario
Camp Awakening crest.

Camp Awakening
Two residential summer camps for kids who have physical disabilities. Camp activities include kayaking, arts and crafts, much more.

Overnight
Special Needs

Minden — Ontario
Camp Big  Canoe crest.

Camp Big Canoe
Campers participate in a variety of activities including archery, arts and crafts, canoeing and more. Also offers a focus on leadership.

Overnight
Traditional

Bracebridge — Ontario
Camp Claret Du Lac Elgin crest.

Camp Claret Du Lac Elgin
A residential outdoor camp with a variety of activities ranging from archery to swimming to sailing, canoeing and other sports, etc.

Overnight
Traditional

Sherbrooke — Quebec
Camp Couchiching crest.

Camp Couchiching
A multi-faceted summer camp not far from Toronto, with activities ranging from sports to theatre arts to rope courses and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Orillia — Ontario
Camp de Portneuf crest.

Camp de Portneuf
Found outside of Quebec City, this French immersion camp features wakeboarding and other water sports, as well as mountain biking camp and more.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Saint-Raymond — Quebec
Camp de vacances Kéno crest.

Camp de vacances Kéno
This camp in the heart of a regional Quebec park offers traditional summer camp activities like rock climbing, sea kayaking, nature trails and more.

Overnight
Traditional

St-Léonard-de-Portneuf — Quebec
Camp Ecolart crest.

Camp Ecolart
This Montreal arts and environment camp for kids and teens runs in July and August, featuring photography, film, performing arts, sports, arts and crafts. Languages include english, french and spanish.

Day & Overnight
International/Travel

Montreal — Quebec
Camp Ekon crest.

Camp Ekon
Summer camp in the heart of Muskoka. Kids participate in archery, canoeing, rock climbing and many other sports and activities.

Overnight
Traditional

Rosseau — Ontario
Camp Hurontario crest.

Camp Hurontario
A traditional overnight camp with a variety of activities and sports including sailing, arts and crafts, leadership building and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Mactier — Ontario
Camp Kennebec crest.

Camp Kennebec
Offers special needs kids a summer camp in eastern Ontario. Individualized programs and more than 50 activities including sports, arts and more.

Overnight
Special Needs

Sharbot Lake — Ontario
Camp Kodiak crest.

Camp Kodiak
Integrated residential summer camp for children & teens with and without ADHD, LD, NLD and AS. Social skills program, academic program and 50+ activities.

Overnight
Special Needs

Parry Sound — Ontario
Camp Nominingue crest.

Camp Nominingue
Quebec summer camp offers wilderness canoe trips, theatre arts, numerous sports and more. It also includes FSL and ESL programs.

Overnight
Traditional

Mont-Tremblant — Quebec
Camp Northway/ Wendigo crest.

Camp Northway/ Wendigo
Northway, Canada's oldest summer camp for girls (age 7-16) and Wendigo, a small tripping outpost for boys (age 12-16) are located in the wilderness of Algonquin Park.

Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Qwanoes crest.

Camp Qwanoes
From wakeboarding and archery to mountain biking... BC's premier coed residential camp on Vancouver Island has over 40 activities to choose from for kids aged 8 to 18.

Overnight
Adventure

Vancouver Island — British Columbia
Camp Tamarack crest.

Camp Tamarack
Muskoka summer camp with sports like sailing, water skiiing and golf as well as arts programs like dance and drama.

Overnight
Traditional

Bracebridge — Ontario
Camp Tanamakoon crest.

Camp Tanamakoon
This all girls summer camp in Algonquin Park offers a variety of camp activities, along with speciality programs for ADHD and much more.

Overnight
Traditional

Algonquin Park — Ontario
Camp Tapawingo, YWCA crest.

Camp Tapawingo, YWCA
A YWCA Toronto summer camp, this all girls camp offers leadership programs for teens and a variety of arts and sports activities.

Overnight
Traditional

Parry Sound — Ontario
Can-Aqua crest.

Can-Aqua
An overnight summer camp with a variety of activities ranging from swimming to sailing to archery, along with wilderness trips and more.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Bancroft — Ontario
Cedar Ridge Camp crest.

Cedar Ridge Camp
A traditional summer camp with day and residential programs, offering activities ranging from sports such as sailing to arts & crafts and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Bancroft — Ontario
Celtic Sports and Arts Camp crest.

Celtic Sports and Arts Camp
Situated on Ontario's Bruce Peninsula, close to Georgian Bay, this overnight summer camp features a variety of sports, arts and nature activities.

Overnight
Traditional

Bruce Peninsula — Ontario
Easter Seals Ontario crest.

Easter Seals Ontario
These camps, located throughout Ontario, offer a focus on special needs, with leadership building activities, sports including sailing and more.

Overnight
Special Needs

Perth — Ontario
London — Ontario
Perth — Ontario
Expérience Authentique crest.

Expérience Authentique
One-of-a-kind French experiences for children schooled in French immersion or Francophone schools + Family Trips and Youth Linguistic Stays in Southwest France.

Day & Overnight
Computer/Education/Science

Toronto — Ontario
Laurentians — Quebec
International — International
Forest Cliff Camp crest.

Forest Cliff Camp
Kids' camp right on Lake Huron, 30 minutes from London, Ontario, offering numerous fun activities

Overnight
Traditional

Western Lamton County — Ontario
Fraser Lake Camp crest.

Fraser Lake Camp
Eastern Ontario overnight camp offers summer camp activities from soccer to rock climbing to wilderness trips, all with a Christian context.

Overnight
Traditional

Bancroft — Ontario
Frontier Trails ESL Camp crest.

Frontier Trails ESL Camp
Programs are geared to encourage speaking as opposed to writing proficiency. By using picture images, with English labels, each child gains a certain level of familiarity with the terminology presented.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Eganville — Ontario
Glen Bernard Camp crest.

Glen Bernard Camp
A traditional overnight summer camp offering wilderness adventure, horseback riding, sailing, arts and many other activities.

Overnight
Traditional

Huntsville — Ontario
HIDDEN BAY LEADERSHIP CAMP crest.

HIDDEN BAY LEADERSHIP CAMP

Overnight
Traditional

Parry Sound — Ontario
Hockey Opportunity Camp crest.

Hockey Opportunity Camp
A Muskoka hockey school offering on-ice instruction as well as outdoor sports including archery, rock climbing, waterskiiing and more.

Overnight
Sports

Huntsville — Ontario
Island Yacht Club Sailing Camp crest.

Island Yacht Club Sailing Camp
Suited to families across the GTA, this Toronto Island summer camp focuses on marine skills and offers other sports and activities.

Day Camp
Sports

Toronto — Ontario
Kinark Outdoor Centre crest.

Kinark Outdoor Centre
A northern Ontario summer camp focused on special needs, including ADHD and behavioural disabilities. Open year round.

Day & Overnight
Special Needs

Minden — Ontario
Medeba Summer Camp crest.

Medeba Summer Camp
This traditional overnight camp (also with a day camp option) offers a Christian environment and activities from trampoline to wilderness trips.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Haliburton Highlands — Ontario
Mi-A-Kon-Da crest.

Mi-A-Kon-Da
This northern Ontario overnight camp offers various outdoor activities including sailing, wilderness trips, some arts activities and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Parry Sound — Ontario
Olympia Sports Camp crest.

Olympia Sports Camp
This northern Ontario summer camp puts the 'sports' in sports camp, from golf to hockey to martial arts to yoga and nearly everything between.

Overnight
Sports

Huntsville — Ontario
Outward Bound Canada crest.

Outward Bound Canada
Outward Bound Canada’s day camps and expedition-based programs are challenging, exhilarating journeys that take place in Canada's most beautiful urban and wilderness settings.

Day & Overnight
Adventure

Throughout Canada — Other
Toronto — Ontario
Throughout Alberta
RKY Camp crest.

RKY Camp
This overnight camp in eastern Ontario offers a variety of activities ranging from arts and crafts to wilderness trips and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Kingston — Ontario
Rustic Pathways crest.

Rustic Pathways
Rustic Pathways offers quality travel to Australia, Africa, New Zealand, The Fiji Islands, Thailand, Costa Rica, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, Mexico, Peru, Burma and New Orleans.

Overnight
International/Travel

International — International
Ryde Lake Camp crest.

Ryde Lake Camp
This camp in the heart of the Muskoka- Gravenhurst area offers a traditional summer camp experience with canoeing, camping, more.

Overnight
Traditional

Gravenurst — Ontario
Seneca College King Day Camp crest.

Seneca College King Day Camp
An outdoor adventure camp just north of Toronto, where kids also participate in archery, mountain biking, rock climbing and other sports.

Day Camp
Adventure

Northern York Region — Ontario
Silver Lake Mennonite Camp crest.

Silver Lake Mennonite Camp
A traditional, faith-based camp offering homemade meals, great facilities and exceptional staff. Community living, personal discovery, outdoor skills and environmental stewardship are of primary focus.

Overnight
Traditional

Sauble Beach — Ontario
Stanstead College Language Adventure crest.

Stanstead College Language Adventure
This four week summer program hosted by this prestigious boarding school outside of Sherbrooke, Quebec, offers enrichment in French or Spanish languages.

Day & Overnight
Computer/Education/Science

Stanstead — Quebec
Summer Safaris Teen Travel crest.

Summer Safaris Teen Travel
This unique overnight teen adventure travel camp offers 3 cool programs: BC travel, Australia adventure travel or Vancouver Island surf trip. Activities include mountain biking, ocean kayaking and hiking.

Day & Overnight
International/Travel

International — International
Throughout British Columbia
Vancouver Island — British Columbia
Swiss Language Club- Swiss Education Group crest.

Swiss Language Club- Swiss Education Group
The Swiss Education Group offers students between the ages of 10-18 the opportunity to learn a new language in the beautiful country of Switzerland by becoming part of Swiss Language Club.

Overnight
International/Travel

International — International
Teen Ranch crest.

Teen Ranch
A Christian overnight camp with specializations in hockey school, horse camp and adventure camp. Open year round, not far from Toronto!

Day & Overnight
Sports

Caledon — Ontario
Toronto Island Canoe Club Day Camp crest.

Toronto Island Canoe Club Day Camp
This outdoor kids camp on Toronto's lakefront features curricula focused on water safety, canoe and kayak training, sprint racing and more, for kids and teens.

Day Camp
Sports

Toronto — Ontario
Wilvaken crest.

Wilvaken
A Quebec summer camp in the Eastern Townships. Program and activities include FSL, ESL, theatre arts and sports such as tennis and more.

Overnight
Traditional

Magog — Quebec
YMCA Camp Falcona crest.

YMCA Camp Falcona
This weeklong overnight camp offers kids all the traditional summer camp adventure you expect, including campfires, cookouts, canoeing and other water sports.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Greater Sudbury and Vicinity — Ontario
YMCA Camp Kitchikewana crest.

YMCA Camp Kitchikewana
An historic summer camp in northern Ontario with everything from water sports like sailing and canoeing to creative arts like drama.

Overnight
Traditional

Midland — Ontario
YMCA Camp Pine Crest crest.

YMCA Camp Pine Crest
A traditional overnight camp with activities ranging from wilderness trips to rock climbing to music activities and more. Financial aid is available.

Overnight
Traditional

Gravenurst — Ontario
YMCA John Island Camp crest.

YMCA John Island Camp
JOHN ISLAND CAMP is exclusively located in the North Channel of Lake Huron. CAMP FALCONA is nestled along the beautiful shores of Nelson Lake.

Overnight
Traditional

Greater Sudbury and Vicinity — Ontario
YMCA Of Oakville crest.

YMCA Of Oakville
Oakville YMCA Camps are found at several locations across the city with activities including swimming, day trips and more. Learn more!

Day Camp
Traditional

Oakville — Ontario
YMCA Wanakita crest.

YMCA Wanakita
In Haliburton, on the Koshlong Lake, this YMCA camp features a variety of sports and arts activities, in one-, two- and four-week programs.

Day & Overnight
Traditional

Haliburton Highlands — Ontario
 
 

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