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Summer Day Camps Details, Dates & Rates

Join us for an exciting summer!

We operate a weekly day camp at our Camp in Longford Mills throughout the summer. Many of our campers come for multiple weeks! Families choose our day camp because we provide complimentary lunches, snacks and transportation from Orillia - that's right, it's all included!

This summer we are excited to announce that our Summer Day Camps are now under the umbrella of our new program, the Learning Centre. The Learning Centre has a very successful school year acting as an outdoor, experiential and nature-based supplement to children's education. We are excited to bring some themes from the Learning Centre to the Summer Day Camp program as we merge two excellent programs creating a fantastic experience for children. These themes include:

fostering a strong connection to ourselves and each other
an appreciation for nature
an experiential & creative focus on exploring camp

All the incredible elements of our traditional summer day camps like canoeing, rock climbing, arts, kayaking, outdoor living skills, archery, nature study, drama, sports and, the most popular program, swimming are in the schedule!

The Nitty-Gritty Details About Our Day Camps...

Our programs are open to all youth born in 2011-2017.First priority will go to youth in the years listed above. If your child does not fit within this age range and you are interested in the program, please email info@campcouchiching.com and we will consider your request in mid-April. Unfortunately we are unable to hold spaces given the popularity of the program.
Fees include programming supervised by our trained and caring staff, transportation to/from Orillia, lunch and snacks, any materials used in programming plus so many activities! There are no hidden or additional fees.
Accommodation for dietary restrictions and allergies can typically be made. Families can supplement any food with food which is nut free.
Our staff to camper ratio typically exceeds 1:10. Specialty staff help with activities requiring additional qualifications or skill (like lifeguard, climbing instructors, etc). In addition to this ratio all of our admin, management and health care staff are also available.
All our programs are $365/5-day experience and is pro-rated for shorter weeks. These programs are tax exempt.
There are discounts when you register multiple children from the same family. This discount can be viewed when you log in to apply for a camp spot.
Our camps have approximately 45 camper spots each week. We welcome children of all gender identities. We can accommodate some campers with specialized needs with your input & support.
Drop off for your campers at the Orillia bus stop at 8:45-8:55 a.m. for a 9:00 a.m. school bus departure to camp.
Drop off at the Hub between 8:45- 9:00 a.m. Parents/guardians must remain in their cars if dropping off in person. We will greet campers at their vehicle.
Pick up at the end of the day is 5:15-5:30 p.m. at the Orillia bus stop (timing depends on traffic).
Pick up at the Hub location is from 4:45 and 5:00 p.m. Parents/guardians must remain in their cars if picking up in person. We will bring campers to your vehicle.
Families can choose different transportation methods for the start or end of the day at time of registration
The Day Camp Hub is located at 6536 Rama Road approximately 3 kms north of Casino Rama.
Our Orillia bus stop is still to be determined.
Our staff team receives online and in-person training prior to working with each group of campers. We follow all qualification requirements as required to operate in Ontario plus often exceed the standards required by the Ontario Camps Association.
Camp Couchiching provides some subsidy to some families to help offset fees.
Youth who are now born within our age range are not reviewed or accepted until the end of March. Priority goes to campers who are within the age range.

Day Camp Dates 2023:

Wednesday July 5 to Friday July 7- sold out, wait list is available
Monday July 10 to Friday July 14- sold out, wait list is maxed out
Monday July 17 to Friday July 21- sold out, wait list is maxed out
Monday July 24 to Friday July 28- sold out, wait list is maxed out
Monday July 31 to Friday August 4- sold out, wait list is maxed out

Please note:

Due to our new partnership with the Ontario Educational Leadership Centre, OELC, we are not running day camp programs past August 4 in 2023. We hope to return to operating day camps for the full summer once we get past our first year in this partnership. To offset some of our reduction of dates, we did increase our day camp program size by an additional 10 spots each week.
On February 16, we closed many of the waitlists for our programs. We don't want to provide false hope of possibly getting in and have families miss other opportunities. The waitlists for most weeks has exceed 60% of the full capacity of the programs.