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short on purpose — we read the websites so you don't have toActivityScoop lists 19 activities and programs, plus 40 camps, for children and teenagers in Prince Edward County, run by 24 local organizations — and, for each one, the date registration opens. Everything is free to browse and every listing is checked against the provider’s own page.
The programs cover Dance, Hockey, Skating, Soccer, Visual arts, Horseback riding and more, from preschool classes through to teenage leagues. Camps include summer day camps and overnight camps, March Break camps and PA-day camps. Towns covered include Picton, Bloomfield, Prince Edward County.
Sign-ups for popular programs often fill within hours of opening, which is why every listing carries its registration date, and why the registration calendar shows what opens month by month.
19 programs from 12 organizations, listed with ages, locations and the date registration opens.
Baxter Arts Centre · Visual arts · ages 4–18 · Baxter Arts Centre, 3 Stanley St, Bloomfield
A Bloomfield arts centre built on learning through play, making and doing — painting, drawing, circus arts, dance and more, at every skill level.
Cost: See provider site
County Acrobatics & Pure Joy Dance · Dance · ages 3–18 · 9 McFarland Dr, Picton
Registration opens July 2, 2026.
Acrobatics and dance at PEC's home for both, on McFarland Drive in Picton. The full 2026-27 timetable is on the studio's DanceStudio-Pro portal — Wee Ones acro for the youngest, colour-level acro and ballet/acro combos, Acro/Jazz 5+, tap, hip hop, musical theatre, contemporary, pom cheer and competitive groups — and registration for the year opened July 2.
Schedule: Mon-Sat: Wee Ones and colour-level acro, ballet/acro combos, Acro/Jazz 5+, Beginner Tap 5+, Hip Hop 6-9 and 10+, Musical Theatre 6-9 and 10+, Contemporary 10+, Pom Cheer 7+, competitive jazz & technique groups, pointe
Cost: See provider site
Classes cap at 12 students and camps at 25, so places are genuinely limited.
Payment is credit card only, in full or monthly — and registration isn't complete until the fall session is paid.
After-school care is arranged by email rather than the registration system.
Registration and details from County Acrobatics & Pure Joy Dance
County Acrobatics & Pure Joy Dance · Dance · 9 McFarland Dr, Picton
A Friday-afternoon dance class written for every ability, on the studio's 2026-27 timetable alongside its acro, ballet, jazz, hip hop and musical-theatre classes. 45 minutes in the Smile studio at 9 McFarland Drive.
Schedule: Fridays 4:30-5:15pm
Cost: See provider site
Listed as 'Everybody Dance: All Abilities' on the studio's DanceStudio-Pro portal, where you register.
Classes cap at 12, so ask early if this is the one you want.
Registration and details from County Acrobatics & Pure Joy Dance
County Acrobatics & Pure Joy Dance · Dance · 9 McFarland Dr, Picton
starts September 19, 2026. runs to April 17, 2027.
One Saturday evening a month the studio turns into a drop-off play zone so parents get a night out — 4:30 to 8:30pm at the McFarland Drive studio in Picton. Eight dates are booked for 2026-27, September 19 through April 17, each one registered separately on the studio's class portal.
Schedule: Saturdays 4:30-8:30pm — Sept 19, Oct 17, Nov 21 and Dec 19, 2026; Jan 16, Feb 20, Mar 20 and Apr 17, 2027
Cost: See provider site
Each evening is its own booking on the studio's DanceStudio-Pro portal (the 'Play Zone & Parents Night Out' section) — book the date you want, not the season.
The fee isn't shown until you log in to the portal.
Parents Night Out Saturdays on the studio's portal (read September 12): September 19, October 17, November 21 and December 19, 2026, then January 16, February 20, March 20 and April 17, 2027.
Registration and details from County Acrobatics & Pure Joy Dance
County School of Dance · Dance · ages 3–18 · County School of Dance, 311 Main St, Picton
Registration opens May 1, 2026.
A Main Street Picton studio where the schedule runs Monday to Friday across ballet — including exam grades and pointe — jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop, musical theatre and competitive Irish. The year's calendar is handed to every family at the first class in September.
Schedule: Mon-Fri after school and evenings — ballet (incl. exam grades), jazz, tap, lyrical, hip hop, musical theatre, Irish, stretch & strength
Cost: Tuition by hours per week — cheaper per hour the more you take; over 6 hours a week, extra classes are free
Registration opens May 1st each year for the following September — book in before the spring rush.
No registration fee, and all fees include HST.
Family discount: combine your children's hours up to six for a bigger saving. Scholarships are available.
Inner City Art Studio (Wellington) · Visual arts · ages 7–17 · Wellington Pottery, Wellington
A pottery and ceramics studio in the heart of Wellington running children's classes after school and through the school holidays, alongside its adult evening and weekend classes. Booking is done per class on their site.
Cost: $288 for a six-class term, all materials included
Children's classes run after school and during school holidays — the adult classes are evenings and weekends.
Booking is per class through the individual class pages rather than a season-long registration.
The studio also does mould making, glass casting, painting and drawing.
Registration and details from Inner City Art Studio (Wellington)
Prince Edward County Public Library · Library & reading · ages 0–12 · PEC Public Library — Picton branch, 208 Main St
Free children's programming across the County's branches, with a heavy summer schedule.
Cost: Free
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Public Library
Heal With Horses Therapeutic Centre · Horseback riding · Heal With Horses farm, 997 Danforth Rd, Hillier
A charity farm in Prince Edward County offering therapeutic riding and small-animal programs for all ages and abilities — plus bookable family farm visits with dwarf goats, mini-pigs and a pony ride for the littles.
Cost: Family Farm Fun $100 for a group up to 5; program fees vary
Everything here is booked as individual sessions rather than a programme with a start date — equine therapy (healwithhorses.ca/equine-therapy) and small-animal therapy (healwithhorses.ca/small-animal-therapy) are each arranged directly with the centre.
Riding experience isn't needed — programs adapt to each rider, including kids with special needs.
Children must be accompanied by an adult for farm sessions.
Registration and details from Heal With Horses Therapeutic Centre
Prince Edward County Minor Baseball Association · Baseball · ages 3–19 · Prince Edward County diamonds
The County's minor baseball association, running divisions from age three right through nineteen.
Cost: See provider site
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Minor Baseball Association
Prince Edward County Minor Hockey Association · Hockey · ages 6–10 · Prince Edward Community Centre, 375 Main St, Picton
The equipment-included learn-to-play program, run in the County the same way it is in Belleville and Trenton.
Cost: See provider site
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Minor Hockey Association
Prince Edward County Minor Hockey Association · Hockey · ages 8–17 · Prince Edward Community Centre, 375 Main St, Picton
registration closes September 1, 2026.
Recreational hockey for every age group at the Prince Edward Community Centre, with B and Select teams layered on top for kids who want more.
Cost: See provider site
Registration is open until September 1 — after that there's a late fee.
The OMHA's Shift Forward parent training is now required.
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Minor Hockey Association
Prince Edward County Minor Hockey Association · Hockey · ages 4–4 · Prince Edward Community Centre, 375 Main St, Picton
The County's first-skates program for four-year-olds, before divisions and standings enter the picture.
Cost: See provider site
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Minor Hockey Association
Prince Edward County Skating Club · Skating · ages 3–12 · Prince Edward Community Centre, 375 Main St, Picton
Learn-to-skate with NCCP-certified coaches at the County's own Skate Canada club.
Cost: See provider site
2026-27 registration is already open, through the Uplifter platform.
registrar@pecsc.ca for program questions.
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Skating Club
Prince Edward County Skating Club · Skating · ages 6–18 · Prince Edward Community Centre, 375 Main St, Picton
The next steps after CanSkate: Rising Stars for developing skills, then StarSkate across the five figure-skating disciplines — free skate, dance, artistic, synchro and skating skills. A synchro team and a new PowerBlade stream run alongside.
Cost: See provider site
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Skating Club
Prince Edward County Soccer Association · Soccer · ages 3–4 · Johnson Street soccer fields, Picton
Registration opens February 1, 2027.
The gentlest possible introduction — a parent-alongside program for the very smallest players at the Johnson Street fields.
Cost: $125, uniform and medal included
The association's site says registration for 2027 will open February 1st.
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Soccer Association
Prince Edward County Soccer Association · Soccer · ages 5–18 · Johnson Street soccer fields, Picton
Registration opens February 1, 2027.
House-league soccer through the County summer, finishing with the Gary Parks Soccer Festival in August — a proper weekend of it, food trucks and all.
Cost: See provider site
Financial assistance is listed openly on the club's own site.
Registration runs through PowerUp.
The association's site says registration for 2027 will open February 1st.
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Soccer Association
Prince Edward Fitness & Aquatic Centre · Community & multi-sport · ages 4–17 · PEFAC, 13263B Loyalist Pkwy, Picton
Land-side programming for kids at the same centre — Splash and Dash for 1-3s, Gym and Swim for 5-12s, plus Babysitting and Home Alone courses. Every one of these was listed as 'not currently being offered' when we checked, so ask reception what is coming back before planning around them.
Cost: See provider site
Published prices when they run: Splash and Dash $100, Gym and Swim $105, Babysitting $50 + HST (ages 11+), Home Alone $30 + HST (ages 10+).
Registration and details from Prince Edward Fitness & Aquatic Centre
Prince Edward Fitness & Aquatic Centre · Swimming & water polo · ages 0–17 · PEFAC, 13263B Loyalist Pkwy, Picton
starts October 13, 2026.
The County's not-for-profit pool, run by a volunteer board for nearly twenty years. Group swimming lessons — Parent & Tot through Swimmer 6 with Rookie and Ranger Patrol — open for registration in September, with lessons starting in October. Public swims run weekday afternoons, Wednesday evenings, and a toonie swim the third Tuesday of the month.
Cost: See provider site
Group lesson registration opens in September, with programming starting in October — the centre posts it on its aquatic programmes page.
Private and semi-private lessons are listed with package rates from $22 a half-hour, but were marked 'currently unavailable' when we checked — ask at reception.
Watch the SAVE PEFAC banner: the centre is campaigning for its own survival, so its schedule can shift.
Registration and details from Prince Edward Fitness & Aquatic Centre
Wildhearts PEC Forest & Nature School · Nature & outdoors · ages 5–12 · Prince Edward County
Child-led outdoor learning in the County woods through the school year, with camp weeks in summer. For 2026-27 the school is running Forest Kindergarten, Forest Fridays and Forest Wednesdays (grades 1 and up) and a monthly Forest School for grades 3 and up; registration is open and, as of mid-August, only a few spaces were left.
Cost: See provider site
Register by emailing wildheartspec@gmail.com or through the link on their Instagram/Facebook — the website was not loading in early September.
Their August 14 post said only a few spaces remained for the coming year, so ask early.
Registration and details from Wildhearts PEC Forest & Nature School
Full & half days when school is out: summer, March Break, PA days and winter break. Programs that run week to week through the year are in Browse activities.
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40 camps — summer day camps and overnight camps, March Break camps and PA-day camps — with ages, locations and sign-up dates.
Baxter Arts Centre · Visual arts · Camp · ages 4–13 · Baxter Arts Centre, 3 Stanley St, Bloomfield and other County sites
A wide spread of week-long camps — circus arts, visual art, dance, Dungeons & Dragons, nature hikes — in several County locations.
Cost: See provider site
The 'Send a Kiddo to Camp' campaign funds free camp registrations for local children each year; ask about it if cost is the obstacle.
Camps run at multiple locations, not only at the Bloomfield building.
Young Creators Studio · Visual arts · Camp · ages 5–12 · The Eddie, Bloomfield
A creative studio week in Bloomfield for five- to twelve-year-olds, with a discount for booking a pair of siblings or friends.
Cost: See provider site
Priced per camper with a cheaper rate if you book two together.
As of September 19 the studio's 2027 sessions on its site are the Toronto ones (March Break and two July weeks); its Prince Edward County session page was not up yet.
Music at Port Milford · Orchestra & strings · Camp · ages 10–19 · Bloomfield Town Hall and Milford, Prince Edward County
A summer chamber-music academy that has been bringing young string players to the County for decades — serious coaching in a very small place.
Cost: See provider site
There are separate age streams, roughly 10-13 and 13-19.
A one-week introductory program runs in Bloomfield as well as the longer academy.
Music at Port Milford also runs a Choral Day Camp, which is a much lighter commitment than the chamber sessions.
Camp Can-Aqua · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 5–17 · Dickey Lake, Cardiff
A watersports-and-arts sleepaway camp south of Bancroft where campers build their own daily schedule — the wakeboarding and waterski program is the standout. The 2026 season has finished. Next summer's dates and registration haven't been posted yet.
Cost: $1,695-$1,850 (1 wk) to $5,875 (4 wk) + tax
Camp Davern · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–16 · Maberly, north of Westport
A traditional co-ed sleepaway camp about an hour away in Maberly — 150 acres, running since 1946. The 2026 season has finished. Next summer's dates and registration haven't been posted yet.
Cost: $885 (1 week) / $1,700 (2 weeks)
Family camp weekends run in late August if you'd like to try it together first.
Camp IAWAH · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–14 · Wolfe Lake, Godfrey
A Christian overnight camp on Lake Wolfe with junior, senior, canoe-trip and day-camp options. The 2026 season has finished.
Cost: $425 (3 nights) to $1,695 (2-week teen program)
Day camp registration opens in January, alongside campground bookings.
2026 pricing was Jump Start $425, Junior Camp $850, Senior Camp $850, Explorer Canoe Trip $850 and Day Camp $200 a week including hot lunch.
A deposit holds the place — $100 for summer camps, $75 Jump Start, $50 day camp — with the balance due June 15. After June 15 it is full payment up front.
Camp Kagama · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 6–15 · Morrison Island, St. Lawrence River
A small not-for-profit overnight camp on the St. Lawrence, going since 1936 — just 48 campers a session. A traditional programme: canoeing, swimming, hiking, sports, arts and crafts, campfires and singalongs, with Grace at meals and Vespers about tolerance and respect. Summer 2026 has finished; registration for summer 2027 has not opened yet.
Cost: See camp site
The online registration store still lists only the 2026 season and has no sessions in it, so there is nothing to book for 2027 yet — the camp says to check back.
Only 48 campers per session, by design — it's deliberately small.
Open to youth of any race, creed or religious affiliation.
Camp Kennebec · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 6–18 · Kennebec Lake, Arden
An overnight camp near Arden built for campers aged 6 and up with autism, ADHD, OCD, Down Syndrome, anxiety or social difficulties — two campers per staff member. You choose a session from one to eight weeks. The 2026 season ran June 28 to August 22 and has finished.
Cost: 1 week $2,975 · 2 weeks $5,400 · 3 weeks $7,100 · 4 weeks $8,975 · 5 weeks $10,950 · 6 weeks $12,450 · 7 weeks $13,950 · 8 weeks $15,200, all plus HST
Sessions all start on a Sunday and end on a Saturday, anywhere from one week to the full eight.
Fees include lodging, meals, laundry, tuck and special group activities — but not HST.
Waitlists are normal, especially for the boys' cabins. If a week looks unavailable in their system, phone (613) 335-2114 or email info@campkennebec.com before giving up — they will discuss options or add you to a list.
Camp Oconto · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–16 · Camp Oconto, Eagle Lake (Tichborne)
Registration usually opens around the end of September (typical timing, not a confirmed date). starts June 30, 2027. runs to August 27, 2027.
A traditional all-girls sleepaway camp on Eagle Lake, running since 1924 — sessions of two or four weeks, with a short taster session for girls 6 to 8.
Schedule: 2027 sessions: June 30-July 27 (4 weeks) · June 30-July 10 · July 11-27 · July 31-August 27 (4 weeks) · July 31-August 14 · August 15-27
Cost: 2027: $3,500-$6,950 + HST by session; Robins five-day sessions $1,200; Chickadees weekend $575
The 2027 dates and fees are posted (read September 19): four-week sessions June 30-July 27 and July 31-August 27 at $6,950; shorter sessions June 30-July 10 ($3,500), July 11-27 ($4,640), July 31-August 14 ($4,350) and August 15-27 ($3,770). All plus HST.
For the youngest: Robins (ages 6-8) August 15-19 or August 22-26, $1,200, and a Chickadees weekend (ages 4-6) June 11-13, $575.
Applications for 2027 go through the camp's CampBrain portal (the Apply Now button). You create an account there before you can see the form. The camp replies with an acceptance or a place on its waiting list, so earlier is better.
Camp Opemikon (Scouts Canada) · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 5–15 · Christie Lake, southwest of Perth
An 80-year-old Scouts Canada camp on Christie Lake that welcomes non-Scouts too — archery, low ropes, paddling and backcountry options, in tents or cabins. The 2026 season has finished. Next summer's dates and registration haven't been posted yet.
Cost: See camp site (Scouts members get preferred pricing)
Sessions run from half-weeks up to two weeks, and payment plans are available.
Registration opened in late January this year.
Camp Otterdale · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–16 · Otter Lake, Lombardy
Registration usually opens around mid-November (typical timing, not a confirmed date).
A classic private overnight camp on Otter Lake, about 90 minutes from Kingston. Summer 2026 has finished. Registration for summer 2027 opens to new families in mid-November.
Cost: $994 (1 wk) / $2,395 +HST (2 wk) / $3,840 (4 wk)
August sessions still had space in late July — worth asking even mid-summer.
The camp states registration for new families opens in mid-November 2026.
Camp Ponacka · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–15 · Baptiste Lake, Bancroft
A family-owned boys' sleepaway camp on Baptiste Lake since 1947, teaching sailing, canoeing and riding as proper week-long courses.
Cost: $2,300 (2 wk, ages 7-10) / $4,250 (4 wk)
Boys 11 and up attend the four-week session.
Camp Quin-Mo-Lac · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–15 · Moira Lake, Tweed
The most affordable full week of sleepaway camp in the region, on Moira Lake near Tweed. A United Church camp that welcomes all faiths, running for over 70 years. The 2026 season has finished. Next summer's dates and registration haven't been posted yet.
Cost: $518 (4 nights) / $795 (full week)
Sessions ran from late June to late August 2026 at $518 for the four-night Mini Coed and $795 for a full week.
Camp Smitty (BGC Ottawa) · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 8–16 · Mink Lake, Eganville
The Boys and Girls Club of Ottawa's sleepaway camp on Mink Lake, with honour-system pricing: pay the reduced rate if you need it, no questions asked. The 2026 season has finished.
Cost: $1,200 full rate / $895 reduced — no documentation asked
2026 sessions ran June 29 to August 19.
It sells out — register early.
Deeper subsidies are available by application.
Camp Walden · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–16 · Palmer Rapids
A full-summer-only, screen-free sleepaway camp east of Bancroft on 750 private acres. Realistically waitlist-only — very few new-camper spots open each year.
Cost: $15,200 for the full 7-week summer
Included for completeness — most families should look at the camps with weekly sessions first.
Cedar Ridge Camp · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–16 · Wannamaker Lake, McArthurs Mills
Registration usually opens around November (typical timing, not a confirmed date).
A small arts, horseback and outdoors sleepaway camp in the Madawaska Highlands — every camper goes on a guided canoe trip matched to their age, from one to six nights.
Cost: Contact the camp
The camp's Dates & Rates page says general registration for summer 2027 will open in November (read September 19).
Buses run from Toronto ($80 + HST) and Ottawa ($65 + HST).
Christie Lake Kids Camp · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 9–17 · Christie Lake, near Perth
A completely free sleepaway camp near Perth for families living below the Low Income Measure — three 8-day sessions each summer.
Cost: Free
The application portal opens in March, and a parent or guardian applies.
They've historically served Ottawa and Lanark families — confirm Kingston eligibility before applying.
The application portal goes live in March each year — apply in spring 2027 for the 2027 season.
Circle Square Ranch Big Clear Lake · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 6–16 · Big Clear Lake, Arden
Registration usually opens around November (typical timing, not a confirmed date).
A Western horse-ranch sleepaway camp near Arden, run by the Christian organization InterVarsity — trail rides or daily riding lessons on top of classic camp. The 2026 season has finished. Next summer's dates and registration haven't been posted yet.
Cost: $670-$780/week + HST (riding add-ons extra)
The ranch's page still shows the summer 2026 dates and rates.
Registration for next summer opens in November.
There's one girls-only week each summer, plus teen Extreme weeks.
Registration and details from Circle Square Ranch Big Clear Lake
Easter Seals Camp Merrywood · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 8–18 · Big Rideau Lake, Port Elmsley
A fully accessible sleepaway camp on Big Rideau Lake for kids and teens with physical disabilities — adapted pool, sailing and kayaking included.
Cost: Heavily subsidized through Easter Seals
Your child must be registered as an Easter Seals Ontario client before applying — do that first.
Session registration opens in January.
Eco-Adventure Camp (Queen's Biological Station) · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 13–17 · Elbow Lake, Perth Road Village
A four-day, three-night leadership programme for 13-to-17-year-olds at Elbow Lake — the step between camper and counsellor. The 2026 programme ran July 7-10, sold out, and has finished.
Cost: $425 +HST
Completing it can earn 33-50 community service hours, and strong participants are invited back to volunteer at regular camp sessions at no cost.
Registration and details from Eco-Adventure Camp (Queen's Biological Station)
Harbour Ridge Camp · outdoors · Camp · ages 5–14 · Harbour Ridge Camp, 1391 Wesley Acres Rd, Bloomfield
Registration usually opens around December (typical timing, not a confirmed date).
A West Lake camp running most weeks of July and August for five- to fourteen-year-olds — waterfront, woods and the usual happy exhaustion.
Cost: $374-$697 a week (tax included), earlybird until February 1
The camp's own page says registration opens in December — the line still read '2026 registration will open in December!' in September 2026, so treat it as the pattern rather than a 2027 promise.
Pleasant Bay Children's Camp · outdoors · Camp · ages 6–14 · Pleasant Bay Children's Camp, Consecon
Christian summer camp on the water at Consecon, in day and overnight form and at a price well below most residential camps in the region. Day camp takes 6 to 14 year olds and ran July 6 to August 7; the overnight weeks take 7 to 14 and ran July 12 to August 8. Both have finished for 2026.
Cost: Day camp $360/week; overnight $890/week; 3-day Discovery Camp $310
$360 a week — one of the more affordable camp weeks in the County.
Runs early July to early August.
A three-day Discovery Camp at $310 is the gentle way into a first overnight — two of them ran in July.
Prince Edward County Soccer Association · Soccer · Camp · ages 6–14 · Johnson Street soccer fields, Picton
Two week-long British-style soccer camps brought in each summer by Challenger Sports, on the Johnson Street fields.
Cost: $195-$230/week
Two weeks run each summer, usually early July and mid-August.
Around $195-$230 for the week depending on the age group and hours.
Registration and details from Prince Edward County Soccer Association
Prince Edward Fitness & Aquatic Centre · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 4–12 · PEFAC, 13263B Loyalist Pkwy, Picton
runs to August 28, 2026.
Summer day camp with a swim every single day — the reason a lot of County families pick it. In 2026 it ran July 2 to August 28, Monday to Friday 8:30am-4:30pm, booked by the day, week or month through reception.
Cost: $40/day, $165/week or $600/month
Swimming happens daily, not twice a week — pack a suit every morning.
Camp fee assistance across Prince Edward County comes from The Children's Foundation through their Camps of Hope programme — it applies to camps generally, not just this one.
Registration and details from Prince Edward Fitness & Aquatic Centre
Prince Edward Yacht Club · Rowing, paddling & sailing · Camp · ages 10–17 · Prince Edward Yacht Club — sailing programme at Waupoos
Seven weeks of learn-to-sail at Waupoos, from late June to mid-August — real boats, real wind, and one of the few sailing programs east of Kingston.
Cost: $393/week
Roughly $393 a week; seven weeks run from the end of June to mid-August.
Ten is the minimum age, and the water is genuinely open — swimming confidence matters.
RKY Camp · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 8–13 · RKY Camp, Eagle Lake (Parham)
Five days of winter sleepaway camp on Eagle Lake over March Break — snowshoes and toboggans instead of canoes.
Cost: See provider site
The 2026 session ran March 15-19; watch their site in winter for 2027.
RKY Camp · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 7–16 · RKY Camp, Eagle Lake (Parham)
Registration usually opens around late November at 7 am (typical timing, not a confirmed date).
An overnight camp on Eagle Lake, about 50 minutes north of Kingston, with one- and two-week sessions and a bus from Molly Brant public school. Summer 2026 has finished. The camp opens public registration in late November — Thursday November 27 at 7 am for the 2026 season — and had not yet posted the date for summer 2027 when checked on September 5, 2026.
Cost: $1,045 +HST for one week; $2,155-$2,280 +HST for two
Registration usually opens in late November at 7 am (November 27 in 2025 for summer 2026); watch rkycamp.org/summer-camp for the 2027 date.
Roughly one family in ten is helped by the Campership Fund — ask early.
There is also a March Break overnight camp and winter programming.
Roblin Christian Camp · Community & multi-sport · Camp · Roblin Christian Camp, 3100 County Rd 41, Roblin
A long-running church camp on its own grounds at Roblin, with a junior week in early July. The camp is a separate entity from the church that hosts its page, and it is currently raising money for a new dining hall.
Cost: See provider site
The 2026 season ran Jr. Camp July 6-10, a family picnic July 19, Teen Weekend July 31 to August 2, Family Camp August 15-23 and VBS August 17-21. 2027 dates are not posted yet.
The camp is at 3100 County Rd 41 in Roblin, and it is a separate organisation from Roblin Wesleyan Church even though they share a site — the church asks that camp payments not go through the church.
Ask about dates by phone on 613-388-2518. The camp explicitly asks not to be added to marketing lists.
Roblin Christian Camp · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 13–17 · Roblin Christian Camp, 3100 County Rd 41, Roblin
A short weekend camp for teenagers at the end of July — three days rather than a full week, which makes it an easier first camp than a residential week.
Cost: See provider site
The 2026 season ran Jr. Camp July 6-10, a family picnic July 19, Teen Weekend July 31 to August 2, Family Camp August 15-23 and VBS August 17-21. 2027 dates are not posted yet.
The camp is at 3100 County Rd 41 in Roblin, and it is a separate organisation from Roblin Wesleyan Church even though they share a site — the church asks that camp payments not go through the church.
Ask about dates by phone on 613-388-2518. The camp explicitly asks not to be added to marketing lists.
The Hub Child & Family Centre · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 4–12 · PECI and Kente Public School, Prince Edward County
Affordable summer day camp run out of two County schools by the local child and family centre.
Cost: $43 a day, or $20.32 with the CWELCC reduced base fee
Around $43 a day — the cheapest full-day option in the County.
Checked August 22: their site describes the programme but publishes no registration date or session schedule — contact them directly for timing.
Westlake WakeSurf School · Rowing, paddling & sailing · Camp · ages 8–17 · West Lake, Prince Edward County
Three-day wakesurf camps on West Lake — a genuinely unusual thing to be able to learn locally.
Cost: See provider site
YMCA Camp Otonabee · Community & multi-sport · Camp · ages 6–14 · Ottawa River, Dunrobin
The gentlest first-sleepaway format in the region: Monday-to-Friday overnight weeks on the Ottawa River, with a 4-day mini version for ages 6-8 and female, male and all-gender cabins. Summer 2026 has finished; the registration portal is still on the 2026 season, so summer 2027 sign-ups are not open yet. Spaces fill quickly when they do.
Cost: See YMCA registration portal
They run virtual information sessions through the year and a drop-in open house at camp in the spring — worth doing before a first sleepaway.
Camp Otonabee also runs outdoor DAY camps for ages 4 to 11, both general and specialty streams — worth knowing if a full sleepaway week is too big a first step.
Base31 · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 4–12 · Base31, Picton
A camp on the old air-base grounds combining art, science, nature and play, running every week of the summer on a site with more room than most camps know what to do with.
Cost: $250+HST/week
Around $250 plus HST a week.
Base31's own site no longer mentions the camp (checked September 5, 2026) — ask them directly before planning around it.
Gould Lake Outdoor Centre · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 12–15 · Gould Lake Outdoor Centre, Sydenham
Registration opens November 18, 2026.
Real wilderness canoe trips for middle-schoolers: Quest and the Girls Adventure Program pair 3 days at Gould Lake with a 4-night trip in Frontenac Park; Outreach steps up to 8 nights in Algonquin. No experience required. Registration for the 2027 courses opens Wednesday November 18, 2026 at 11:00am.
Cost: See provider site
GAP is the girls-only stream of Quest — same trip, same skills.
Registration for the 2027 summer programs opens Wednesday November 18, 2026 at 11:00am (Gould Lake's registration page, September 19). Read the 2027 registration policy on that page first.
Gould Lake Outdoor Centre · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 14–18 · Gould Lake Outdoor Centre, Sydenham
Registration opens November 18, 2026.
The serious end of the ladder: a 12-day Temagami canoe trip, Georgian Bay kayaking, moving-water courses at Palmer Rapids, winter camping, and instructor courses with trips as far as the Missinaibi River and Anticosti Island. Registration for the 2027 courses opens Wednesday November 18, 2026 at 11:00am.
Cost: See provider site
Registration for the 2027 summer programs opens Wednesday November 18, 2026 at 11:00am (Gould Lake's registration page, September 19). Read the 2027 registration policy on that page first.
Grow With Me Programs · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 5–10 · Demorestville, Prince Edward County
starts October 26, 2026. runs to May 31, 2027.
A full day outdoors on a PA day in Demorestville — nature exploration, outdoor games, crafts, seasonal activities and life-skill learning, for children 5 to 10. They are outside as much as possible, rain or shine. All four 2026-27 dates are posted and bookable now, at $55 a day.
Schedule: 9:00am-4:00pm
Cost: $55 a day
All four dates are open for booking: Monday October 26 2026, Friday November 20 2026, Friday April 23 2027 and Monday May 31 2027.
9:00am to 4:00pm, $55 a day, ages 5 to 10.
Space is limited and each date is booked separately, like buying a ticket — there is no season registration.
Milford Nature Camp · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 4–9 · Mount Tabor, Milford
A small nature camp for the younger end — four- to nine-year-olds, three weeks in July, based at Mount Tabor in Milford.
Cost: $250/week
Contact is by email: milfordnaturecamp@gmail.com.
Around $250 a week.
Paper Kite Farm · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 5–12 · Paper Kite Farm, Black River, Prince Edward County
A working-farm camp in the Black River corner of the County — animals, growing things and long days outside.
Cost: $710/week
Around $710 a week; it runs most weeks of the summer.
Queen's Math Quest · Coding & robotics · Camp · ages 13–15 · Queen's University campus, Kingston
starts August 10, 2026.
A week of hands-on mathematics for girls entering Grade 9, led by mathematicians, statisticians and physicists at Queen's. You can choose the overnight version with five nights in residence, or come as a day camper. The 2026 season has finished. Next summer's dates and registration haven't been posted yet.
Cost: See camp site (includes meals and a t-shirt)
Math Quest 2026 ran August 10-14, with both an overnight residential option and a commuter day-camp option.
Campers must be entering Grade 9 or returning to high school in September.
The residential option includes all meals and five nights in residence, Sunday through Thursday.
Struisvogel Ranch · Nature & outdoors · Camp · ages 6–10 · Struisvogel Ranch, 3555 Rednersville Rd, Carrying Place
Yes, an ostrich farm. A small camp for six- to ten-year-olds among some very large birds — the kind of week a child remembers for years.
Cost: $475/week
Around $475 a week, running two weeks each summer.
Everything that runs week to week — classes, lessons, leagues and clubs, term by term through the year. Camps and school-holiday programming live in Browse camps & school breaks.
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Registration fees are just the opening bid. The honest math on gear, association fees and extras — plus where Kingston parents actually find used equipment.
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Plus which sign-ups open this week. Free, one short email every Sunday.
Lots of sports have a provincial or national association fee on top of the program price — usually charged once a year, often in the middle of summer. We flag these on each program's page under "Also budget for." The usual suspects:
This one spans many activities — hockey, dance, cheerleading, basketball and more — and it can start younger than you'd think. The moment your child joins a competitive or rep stream, some events happen in other cities, and none of that is in the registration fee. There's no standard price tag (it depends entirely on how many events and how far), but every away weekend is built from the same pieces:
Questions to ask before the season starts:
Before tryouts, ask for last season's tournament list. The city names tell you more about the real budget than anything on the registration page — and it's a much easier conversation to have before your child makes the team than after.
Many competitive clubs — gymnastics and swimming especially — ask each family to commit volunteer hours, usually scaled to how many hours your child trains. Finish your hours and it costs nothing; leave them unfinished and the club bills the difference at season's end, often around $100 for every hour not volunteered. It's not a cash grab: these clubs run on parent power, and every volunteered hour helps keep everyone's fees down. But for an already-busy family it can be a real surprise — a cost paid in time, and expensive to buy your way out of.
What to know before you commit:
Budget the hours the way you budget the fees. Two working parents and a couple of kids' schedules can make ten volunteer shifts genuinely hard to find — it's much easier to plan them in September than to discover the bill in June.
Plenty of Kingston organizations quietly knock money off for siblings, second classes, or just for asking — and a few let your kid try before you pay anything. Nobody puts this on the front page, so here's every one we've verified so far. Each links to the listing; the same note appears on the program's own page.
Sibling & multi-class discounts
Free trials — try before you commit
Resident vs non-resident pricing
When a discount isn't posted, ask anyway. Several clubs told us their family rates exist but aren't written down anywhere. The worst answer is no — and know one whose discount we've missed? Use the button below and we'll add it.
A discount is a price anyone can get. This is different — money set aside for the families who need it, and almost none of it is on a front page. It tends to appear once, in small type, halfway down a registration page, and then wait to be asked about. Several of these funds exist because other parents donated to them.
Two things worth knowing before the list. Most places want you to register or apply for a place first and settle the money afterwards, so don’t hold off signing up while you wait to hear. And where a form asks what you can contribute, an honest partial amount is genuinely useful — it’s how a small fund reaches more families.
Bursaries, campership funds & subsidies
Ask even where we haven’t listed one. This is the least-advertised thing on any club’s website, and an organization with no page about it may still have a quiet fund or know exactly who to point you to. Deadlines are the thing to watch — several of these close months before the season starts. The worst answer is no.
Deep breath. Yes, it's the expensive one — but it's less scary if you know the numbers going in, and much less scary if you buy smart. Kids grow out of gear long before they wear it out, which means Kingston is swimming in barely-used equipment.
Where the deals are:
The NHL/NHLPA First Shift beats the whole table above: $299 all-in gets a complete set of brand-new Bauer gear (professionally fitted), six on-ice sessions and insurance — for kids 6–10 who've never played, once per lifetime. Kingston's fall spots sell out fast (registration opens June 2 at noon each year), and winter sessions run in Godfrey and Amherstview. See the listings →
Class fees are the part you see when you register. The rest of the dance year arrives in pieces — shoes in the fall, a costume in the spring, tickets to the recital. None of it is enormous on its own; it's the timing that catches people out. Here's the shape of a year.
What to know before you register:
The costume invoice usually lands in late spring, close to the recital itself — months after you paid for classes, when nobody is expecting another dance bill. Ask in September what the spring will look like, and it stops being a surprise.
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Every activity has one — the fee nobody mentions until it arrives. If you've been caught out, tell the next parent: we check every tip, and the good ones become part of these guides.
Run a kids' program anywhere from Belleville to Brockville? You're probably already listed — every organization we can find is included, free of charge. Claiming your listing takes a few minutes and keeps your information exactly the way you want it.
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ActivityScoop started as one Kingston parent doing what she apparently does best: reading every kids' activity website she could find and noting when sign-ups open. Eventually it made more sense to build the site we all wished existed — the inside scoop on kids' activities, programs and camps from Belleville to Brockville, from the big hockey associations to the studios you'd only hear about from a friend.
Browsing is free and you don't need an account. We don't take registrations or payments — when you're ready, we send you straight to the organization.
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ActivityScoop is a directory you read, not a service you sign up for. No accounts, no profiles — and the little data we do handle is listed below, all of it. Last updated: August 1, 2026.
If you use the age filter ("only want what fits your kids?"), those ages are saved in your own browser and never sent to us. Same for your saved list — the hearts live on your device, not with us. Clearing your browser data clears both.
We ask first: a one-time choice at the bottom of your screen. Say yes and a visit-counting service tallies which pages get read, which activities parents look for, roughly which towns visitors browse from. It's statistics, not identities: no names, and addresses are anonymized. Say no and nothing is counted; the site works exactly the same. Change your mind anytime with "Cookie choice" in the footer.
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Aggregate, anonymous statistics — things like "swim listings were viewed 400 times in July." Numbers like these may appear in reports or be shared with the organizations and sponsors that keep the site free for parents. They're about pages, never about people: nothing in them can identify you or your kids.
A few outside services do the plumbing — one hosts the site and receives what you type into forms, one holds the newsletter list, one counts visits (and only after you say yes). Each sees just what its job requires, and we keep no servers or databases of our own. Some of these services are based outside Canada, so data may be processed in the United States. Curious which services? Ask — hello@activityscoop.ca answers honestly.
If how we handle data ever changes in a way that matters, this page changes first, the date above moves, and anything needing your consent gets asked for — not assumed. Something unclear, or want a note you sent deleted? Write to hello@activityscoop.ca — a real person answers.
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We list kids' activities across Kingston & area and the dates that matter, then link you to each provider's own website to register. We never handle registrations, payments or waitlists — all of that happens directly with the provider, on their terms. We're independent: not affiliated with, sponsored by, or endorsed by any organization listed here. Provider names and logos belong to their owners; we show them so parents can recognize who's who. Any provider can claim their listing, correct it, or ask us to remove it — hello@activityscoop.ca.
We check provider websites on a regular schedule and stamp every listing with a "last verified" date — but details change on the provider's side without warning, and sometimes faster than we can catch. So the site is offered as-is: always confirm with the provider before making plans or paying anyone. If something here is wrong, tell us and we'll fix it for every parent who comes after you — but decisions you make based on a listing are between you and the provider, and we can't accept responsibility for their programs, prices, schedules, cancellations, or anything that happens at an activity.
Browse, search, filter, save hearts, share links — it's free for families and always will be. Send a program page to every parent you know; that's the point.
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