Outdoor Education

Outdoor education comes in as wide a variety as your imagination allows. Outdoor learning usually includes uniquely seasonal activities like canoeing, outdoor rock climbing, rope climbing or other rope games available at many summer camps. More specialized outdoor learning experiences are found in wilderness camps or adventure camps as well as day camps like zoo camps and horse camps.

Experts such as Richard Louv and David Suzuki have decried today's youth's increasing alienation from the natural world and its effect on the way we view the outside world. This nature deficit disorder may even be a contributing factor in climate change as people are increasingly unaware of the effect of human activity.

Outdoor education is valuable for kids who are interested in pursuing learning in the natural or environmental sciences or who simply love the outdoors. It is also very valuable for kids who are academically inclined, of course, as it can provide an important counterpoint to schoolwork, sitting at a computer or playing video games.

There are several types of camps that specialize in specific areas of learning. These include the following:

Animal camps or zoo camps provide a lot of unique outdoor activities where kids can interact with and learn about animals from around the world. These are most definitely a unique outdoor education experience that kids will crave.
Horse camps are focused on horse-related activities. This unique outdoor learning experience is ideal for kids who love horses. While the focus is on horseback riding, there are likely many other activities available to break up the day.
Wilderness camps offer out-trips into the deep woods of Northern Ontario or Quebec. These can be several weeks long, in fact, although the length varies. Teens gain experience with wilderness survival, grow personally in a number of unique ways and will likely encounter varied wildlife. This unique camp experience is immensely rewarding, and provides intense outdoor education.
Camps such as golf camps, soccer, baseball and sailing camps also provide a lot of time outdoors where kids will learn new skills in the activity of focus, as well as many other outdoor activities.

Outdoor education is a byproduct of many types of summer camps, including both day and overnight camps. A byproduct of outdoor learning is an increased understanding of the environment, issues like climate change and an alleviation of what Richard Louv has famously called nature deficit disorder.

Get an outdoor education at the camps listed below!

	outdoor education camps	(category)
	description	city, province/state
	Camp 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 Adventure Huntsville — Ontario
	Camp 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 Adventure Bracebridge — Ontario
	Camp Wanapitei Overnight summer camp offers wilderness trips in the Temagami Lakes, along with arts, various sports activities and so much more.	Overnight Adventure Family Camps/Resorts Temagami — Ontario
	Northwaters & Langskib Canoe Tripping Programs This overnight camp offers wilderness adventure in separate boys, girls and coed programs. Acquire team building skills and more.	Overnight Adventure International/Travel Temagami — Ontario
	Onondaga 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 Adventure Minden — Ontario
	Safari Zoo Camp This animal camp at Jungle Cat Wold Zoo offers a variety of activities including hiking, swimming, biking and of course animal interaction.	Overnight Adventure Computer/Education/Science Southern Durham Region — Ontario
	The Taylor Statten Camps An overnight traditional summer camp north of Toronto where camp activities include archery, wilderness trips, sports and much more.	Overnight Traditional Adventure Algonquin Park — Ontario
	Camp Temagami This overnight summer camp in the heart of Northern Ontario offers the wilderness experience along with a variety of sports and arts.	Overnight Adventure Temagami — Ontario
	Eco Adventure Camp, The Bowmanville Zoological Park One of the world’s largest reservoirs of trained animals, at the Eco Adventure Camp at Bowmanville Zoological Park, the animals lead and we follow.	Day Camp Adventure Southern Durham Region — Ontario
	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 Sports Throughout Ontario — Ontario
	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
	Bytown Brigantine Learning to sail aboard our ships is a fun and challenging adventure that fosters leadership, confidence and self-reliance in teenagers.	Overnight Adventure Ottawa — Ontario Richmond — Ontario Richmond — Ontario Kingston — Ontario
	Camp Boisjoly Camp Boisjoly located near Mont Orford (Quebec) offers quality programming in French, to campers aged 7 to 16 years old.	Overnight Adventure Sherbrooke — Quebec
	Camp Hurontario A traditional overnight camp with a variety of activities and sports including sailing, arts and crafts, leadership building and more.	Overnight Traditional Adventure Mactier — Ontario
	Camp Nominingue Quebec summer camp offers wilderness canoe trips, theatre arts, numerous sports and more. It also includes FSL and ESL programs.	Overnight Traditional Adventure Mont-Tremblant — Quebec
	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
	Keewaydin This boys' and girls' camp offers wilderness adventure and a traditional summer camp experience from which your child will grow.	Overnight Adventure Throughout Ontario — Ontario
	Natureways Outdoor Education Summer Camp This camp lets kids from Ajax, Pickering, Markham and the rest of the GTA learn about plants and animals, acquire survival skills, do arts and crafts and much more.	Day Camp Adventure Pickering — Ontario Southern Durham Region — Ontario Northern Durham Region — Ontario
	Nova Scotia Sea School Live on the water and explore the rugged coastline of the South Shore of Nova Scotia as you navigate by the stars and soak in the warm summer rays. No sailing experience is necessary.	Overnight Adventure Halifax — Nova Scotia
	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
	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
	Toronto Brigantine This sailing summer camp offers a unique summer adventure, setting sail from Toronto Harbour.	Overnight Adventure Throughout Ontario — Ontario Toronto — Ontario Collingwood — Ontario
	Toronto Zoo - Zoo Camp Located at Toronto Zoo, this offers unique programs to stimulate kids' interest in the natural world. Go behind the scenes at Ontario's largest zoo.	Day Camp Adventure Toronto — Ontario

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