Day Camps

Campers will experience the basics of what camp is all about; smiles, games, crafts, ice breakers, and swimming. With new themes each day campers are sure to make new friends and have fun!

• Register for camp with regular hours    
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Are you looking for a fun and active sports camp for the summer? Look no further with this interactive day camp where youth of all abilities will learn about various sports through understanding rules, practicing skills, and playing the game! 

• Register for camp with regular hours    
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Calling all scientists, we invite you to join us for a week of experiments, chemistry and all things science! From nature to space and all the particles in between we will learn together about what makes the world around us.

• Register for camp with regular hours   
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Are you looking for a fun and active sports camp for the summer? Look no further with this interactive day camp where youth of all abilities will learn about various sports through understanding rules, practicing skills, and playing the game! 

• Register for camp with regular hours   
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Welcome to Spy Camp, Secret Agents. A week filled with looking for clues, cracking codes, and solving the mysteries! You will learn how to use your enhanced senses to complete team challenges, play spy games to improve your stealth skills and find out who is causing havoc in Wilmot. 

• Register for camp with regular hours    
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Campers will experience the basics of what camp is all about; smiles, games, crafts, ice breakers, and swimming. With new themes each day campers are sure to make new friends and have fun!

There is no camp on Monday, August 5 due to the Civic holiday

• Register for camp with regular hours    
• Register for camp with extended care hours

We want to bring back the greatest camp hits of summer 2024 for a grand finale. This week, you’ll be able to help your leaders decide what the week looks like to make sure it’s the best experience possible! 

• Register for camp with regular hours    
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Start your engines, campers! This week will be filled with challenges, clues, and puzzles for you to solve as you race towards a prize at the end of the week.

• Register for camp with regular hours   
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Get ready to grow your knowledge of our world! This week, you’ll get your green thumbs going as you learn all about the environment and what we can do to protect it. There will be all environmentally friendly crafts and games to make sure that this carbon footprint is as small and fun as possible!

• Register for camp with regular hours   
• Register for camp with extended care hours

Is your child ready for camp?

To support your child's enjoyment and safety at camp, as well as the enjoyment and safety of the other campers, it is important to ensure your child is "camp ready." To help determine this, we have put together a checklist as guidance.

• Participants are able to take instruction and direction from staff

• Participants are comfortable and able to interact in a group environment

• Participant are able and willing to actively participate in the program and all of its activities

• For programs with specialty skill requirements, participants must be able to demonstrate the basic skill (ie. Swimming)

• Participants are able to successfully participate in group activities

• Participants are able to participate in a manner that is safe for themselves and others

• Participants are able to use the washroom on their own

Please remember that campers must be 5 years of age by the end of the calendar year to register for summer camps.

Participants who are attending a program and not demonstrating that they are ‘camp ready’ may be withdrawn from the camp at the sole discretion of the Supervisor of Recreation Programming.

Summer Camp Information Form

Please complete the Online WRC Summer Camp Information Form after your registration is confirmed with payment. By completing this form it DOES NOT confirm your spot in camp. Forms need to be completed by July 1, 2024. 

If you are looking to register please use the links above for the specific courses, or browse through them on RecWeb. 

We ask each camper to bring a Nut free lunch including snacks and a refillable water bottle.

Please bring appropriate running shoes and clothing as well as a swim suit and towel as campers will have the opportunity to swim and will be playing outdoors throughout the week.

Please note that we do not allow any electronic devices of any kind at camp.

Rules and expectations

Our goal is to keep every child safe and to ensure that they have an enjoyable camp experience. While at camp, it is expected that campers will act in an appropriate manner at all times. To aid in this positive behaviour we have outlined four camp rules that must be followed.

1. Hands and feet must be kept to yourself at all times
2. Speak to others the way you would want them to speak to you
3. Do not touch things that do not belong to you 
4. Stay in the activity area at all times, leaders must be notified if you are leaving and are to accompany you

Zero Tolerance Policy:

There will be no hitting, kicking, shoving, spitting, stealing, or damage of another person or their property while at camp. If this occurs, parents will be contacted immediately and the child will not be welcomed back at camp after their first incident at the parents expense. No refunds will be issued.

Support at camp

The Township of Wilmot aims to integrate all campers into our camp programs. To help us best support your camper’s experience at camp, we ask that any additional needs be disclosed during registration. Feel free to reach out to the Supervisor of Recreation Programming at any time.

A summer camp staff member will reach out after registration to discuss how we can best integrate your camper into our group programming.

Please note that we are unable to provide one to one support for campers with additional needs. However, we welcome volunteers or support workers provided by the family in this capacity. Volunteers or support workers must be 16 years or older and complete additional forms provided by the Supervisor of Recreation Programming.

Swimming during camp

Swimming at camp happens Tuesday and Thursday afternoons weekly. Please list your camper as Beginner, Intermediate or Strong Swimmer during the registration process. 

Campers are divided into three different groups based on their swimming abilities. Please note that groups are made up of the  registered campers, which may result in your camper being in a different group each week they are at camp with us. 

Swimming ratios are minimum 1 Instructor/Lifeguard and 1 Camp Staff to 10 swimmers. If volunteers are present during your child's week of camp, they are placed with the lowest group and then spread out from there.  Please note that both beginner Intermediate level swimmers will spend their pool time entirely in Personal floatation devices (i.e. a life jacket).

Regular camp drop-off times are 8:50-9:00am and pick-up is 4:00pm. We do require campers to be signed in AND out.  If you are unable to make these drop-off and pick-up times, please ensure that you are registered in the extended care camp which has drop-off starting at 8:15am, and pick-up until 5:00pm. 

All campers must be dropped off and picked up by people authorized by their primary contact. In an effort to ensure the safety of your child, you or whoever is picking up the child may be asked to show a picture I.D. Please make sure to inform the individual picking up your child of this policy to avoid any confusion or frustration at the time of pick-up. 

In the event of an emergency and there is an additional person doing a pick-up, written notice to the Supervisor of Recreation Programming is required. 

Please note that we have a late fee of $5.00 per camper for every 15 minutes past the required pick up time; that will be required to be paid at Customer Service the day of.  

ie. If you are 15 minutes late for 2 campers, that is a total of $10.00

If fewer than 12 children are enrolled in a camp session, a full refund will be given. If a refund is requested a 20% Refund Administration Fee will be applied (up to $40.00).

Refunds are not permitted within 5 days of the day camp starting unless there is an extenuating circumstance which will be decided upon by the Supervisor of Recreation Programming.

Please note: If you completed enrollment online, the processing fee amount is non-refundable.  

• Ages 13 to 19 (must have completed grade 7)
• Participate in an interview with summer camp staff 
• Complete required online training prior to the first day of camp
• Successfully complete an in person training from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. on Saturday June 22, 2024 and a 3-hour orientation Friday June 28, 2024.
• Participate in a 3 hour SafeGuard Training for pool time. This is a registrable program and must be registered through the Supervisor of Recreation Programming.

• Be available during regular camp hours, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and may be assigned either an early or late shift
• Help with the creation of activity plans and prepare for each camp day
• Apply for the camp weeks you wish to assist with though the application form
• Please be aware that if your application is accepted, you may not receive all of the weeks you have requested  
• Campers swim at the Aquatic Centre twice throughout the camp week, volunteer are responsible for swimming with campers in the supervised and guarded pools during these swim times
• Volunteers are required to wear appropriate camp clothing and footwear