Adventure Camp

Exploring the wild wonders of Toronto’s lush ravine systems in the heart of the Lower Don Valley.

Season has ended for 2023 but please check back soon for next years details.

2
month
2
days
18
hours

About our Adventure Camp

Build friendships and environmental passion through outdoor play.

 

Our Adventure Camp activities will invite campers to develop new relationships with their peers and the natural world as they spend each day building with natural materials, exploring habitats and trails, identifying plants and animals, sharing stories and ideas, crafting with clay and natural materials or maybe even observing the resident beaver in the quarry!

 

Our camp programs are designed to inspire a new generation of environmental caretakers, as we strongly believe in the power of outdoor play and how that activates the body and the mind.

Details

Evergreen’s Adventure Camp offers both one and two-week camp programs, focusing on exploring and connecting with nature through inquiry-based outdoor play and learning. Campers aged 6–14 will get up close and personal with nature through new discoveries and adventures in the urban wild.

 

With more nature than any other city of its size in North America, Toronto offers young naturalists and campers alike an ideal and unique opportunity to uncover the wilderness that lies within our ravine systems in the Lower Don Valley!

GroupAges
Junior ExplorersAges 6-7
Intermediate ExplorersAges 8-9
Senior ExplorersAges 10-11
LIT and Trail BlazersAges 12-14

Learn more

To get a full sense of the program download our Day in a Campers Life and our official Handbook.

Do you offer a Learn-To-Ride Program?

Yes, campers who wish to stay back or are not yet ready for hitting the bike routes will be paired with our experienced bike camp counsellor who runs our Learn-to-Ride program. In this program, campers will gain confidence in pedaling, balancing and bike knowledge.

If your camper is not comfortable participating in our Learn-to-Ride program, they are welcome to partake in other activities such as arts and crafts or join another group

What happens if a camper is sick during the program?

If a camper falls ill while at camp, they will be placed in an isolated area with camp staff. Caregivers will be contacted to pick up their camper immediately. The caregiver will be asked to take the child to a COVID-19 assessment center to be tested. If a negative result is confirmed the child will be allowed to return to camp once symptoms have resolved for 24 hours.

Please reach out to camp@evergreen.ca to notify the camp team should your camper be staying home due to feeling ill or sick.

My camper has an account credit. How can I use the account credit towards Adventure Camp?

Please contact our camp office if you’re interested in transferring your account credit towards Adventure Camp

What happens in the event Evergreen cancels camp due to unforeseen circumstances?

If Evergreen is forced to cancel camp, we will notify you via email. Refunds will be issued, however, 10% of camp fees will be retained as an administration fee. Evergreen retains the right to change our refund policy without notice to adapt to the evolving public health situation or other unforeseen circumstances

Do you have a Lost & Found office?

Our Camp Office is our lost and found office! The Camp Office is in the alleyway leading up to the Children’s Garden. Please write to camp@evergreen.ca if your camper has forgotten or lost any item at Evergreen Brick Works. See here for our visitor map.

 

Please note, we strongly encourage campers to avoid bringing items deemed as valuable to camp. Evergreen is not responsible for lost or stolen items.

Is there an extended after care program?

Yes, we are pleased to offer an extended aftercare program from 3:30-5:30pm for an additional fee of $90/week for weekly camps or $18/day for day camps. Please contact our camp office for more information.

My camper is too old for your camp. What other opportunities are there at camp for them?

We are always looking for volunteers to support our camp program and to grow our camp community! Please contact our camp office if you’re interested in volunteering.

We also have our LIT and Trail Blazers programs for campers ages 12-14. To learn more about our leadership programs, you can refer to our LIT & Trail Blazers PDF.

What do we do in inclement weather?

We’re outside as much as possible! We love the outdoors and spend as much time outside as we can. That being said, in case of extreme or unexpected weather such as thunder, lightning, hail, extreme heat/cold, we will be moving camp programming in a sheltered space or indoors for campers to continue to have fun while staying safe.

 

In case of flooding at Evergreen Brick Works, or other unforeseen circumstances, Evergreen has the right to cancel camp programming as weather conditions may change unexpectedly, cancellation may be issued after camp programming has started.

Can my camper be in the same group as their friend?

Building a fun, friendly and accepting group of campers is a key goal for Evergreen Adventure Camp, and we encourage all campers to build new friendships while at Evergreen Brick Works.

 

To ensure this, we accept friend requests only if the campers are in the same grade program and session, and we limit the requests to one per camper. Friend requests that are not in the same grade and session group will not be considered.

 

Please write to camp@evergreen.ca with your friend request with your camper’s information as early as possible including their full name, registered camp session along with their friend’s camp information. We will try our best to accommodate, however, know that we are unable to guarantee friend requests.

Where can I park?

Evergreen’s Day Camp programs offer registered camp families a free parking window in all parking lots at Evergreen Brick Works from 8:45am-9:15am and 3:30pm-3:45pm for each day of camp.

 

Your parking passes will be shared with you in your Camp welcome email approximately one week prior to your camp session. We strongly recommend printing your parking passes to avoid being ticketed during pick-up and drop-off.

 

Those registered for Extended After Care will receive a separate parking pass. If parking outside those hours, you must pay at the meter. For our shuttle bus timings, please see here.

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