Make it a summer to remember with Vaughan’s biggest camp lineup ever!
Winter can feel long and leave you dreaming of warmer weather and sunshine. To help you plan for the summer, the City of Vaughan released its biggest summer camp lineup ever with more than 75 unique camps and 25 new camps for kids with specialties in creative, culinary and performing arts, enrichment, leadership, recreation, sports, outdoor adventures and water adventures.
Registration opens at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 15 at vaughan.perfetmind.com.
Camps begin on Tuesday, July 4 with one- and two-week sessions running until Friday, Sept. 1. Camps are located at Vaughan community centres, heritage homes, parks, the City Playhouse Theatre, and Vaughan Studios & Event Space for children ages four to 16 years of age.
Camp highlights by area of interest include:
- Creative arts: multimedia art, claymation, film making, stop motion animation and music video production
- Culinary arts: cooking and baking kid-friendly recipes
- Enrichment: back-to-school refresher, entrepreneurship, robotics, STEM, Minecraft, computer programming, LEGO, Roblox and astronomy
- Inclusion: cooking, aquatics, arts and crafts, games and nature-themed camps for children with disabilities
- Leadership: theoretical counsellor training followed by one-week practical placement at a camp for aspiring camp counsellors
- Outdoor adventures: nature, gardening, hiking, wildlife conservation at green spaces, plus overnight camp outs, which return for the first time since 2019, at the City’s flagship Camp Oradaca at Boyd Conservation Area
- Performing arts: jazz, hip hop, professional music recording, plus musical theatre camp at the City Playhouse Theatre featuring a stage production for family and friends at the end of each camp session
- Recreation: traditional camps featuring a mash-up of arts and crafts, games, sports and water play, plus trip taking camps featuring out-trips to tree trekking, laser tag, aquariums, mini golf, escape rooms, trampolining, go carting, water parks and more
- Sports: archery, baseball, golf, gymnastics, tennis, soccer, basketball, volleyball, biking and skateboarding and triathlon training
- Water adventures: pirate and mermaid-themes, swimming, lifesaving sports and lifeguard training
Before and after care
Need to drop off your
child early and pick them up late? Our supervised before and after care program
is available for campers who require care before the camp day begins, from 7:30
a.m. to 8:30 a.m., and after the camp day has ended, from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.
Children can enjoy fun camp activities and games.
Please note, you must register for before and after care at the same location as your child’s camp. It is not available for camps located at heritage homes, parks, the City Playhouse Theatre, Vaughan Studios & Event Space, or for any half-day camp.
Parents: your kids are in good hands! All camp staff are certified in Standard First Aid and CPR, subject to a police reference check and trained in High-Five Principles of Healthy Child Development as well as program planning, managing challenging behaviour and risk management.
View the full camp lineup in the digital 2023 Summer Camps brochure at vaughan.ca/camps. The interactive publication features direct links to online registration, as well as photos and videos from the City’s recent school break camps and programs.
For more information, visit vaughan.ca/camps. If you require assistance creating an online registration account, call Service Vaughan at 905-832-2281, email RecCSD@vaughan.ca or watch this short informational video.
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