Calgary 
Registration is open for all summer camps (overnight or day camps) in Calgary! These summer camp options are an excellent opportunity for kids to make the most of the summer months based on their own interests.
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Summer camps in Calgary cover a huge array of interests. When it comes to sports and recreation, there is a summer camp in the city for almost any and all sports, including multi-sports camps. These camps also cover activities like nature education, wilderness skills, or wilderness and nature activities.
Beyond the active side of the camps, Calgary kids can also enjoy summer camp focused on arts, including both digital, traditional, or performing arts, or a week of camp centred on STEM, coding, or the trades.
The camps available will depend on your child’s age or ages while several of these Calgary summer camps offer a sibling sign-up-discount.
City of Calgary
The City of Calgary summer day camps will cover a wide variety of interests and activities for summer 2024. These camps are organized among age groups between 6-14 years old, and cover art, sailing, gymnastics, rock climbing, multi-sports, and outdoor or wilderness skills.
various across the city
$312-$830 per week per child
YMCA of Calgary
Calgary’s YMCA branch offer kids two different overnight camps to choose from, as well as several different options for day camps and themes. The day camps focus on activities like skating, swimming, visual arts, climbing, dance, basketball, soccer, and more. For one of the overnight options, campers stay in Calgary, while the other will take kids on a trip to Bow Valley Wildland Provincial Park, an hour west of Calgary.
6 YMCA branches across Calgary, Bow Valley Wildland PP
$-$ per week per child
Pedalheads Summer Bike Camps
The Calgary Pedalheads day camps are filling up quickly. These kids’ summer bike camps take place at various locations around the city for various age groups. Kids as young as toddler age can spend the day doing their best to learn how to ride for the first time. Other programs include basic city riding, and trail biking.
various locations
$190-$448 per week per child
Fitset Ninja
The Calgary Fitset Ninja Summer Camps will be available from both of the city’s Fitset locations. The Ninja summer camps get kids on the workout equipment, while supervised, and teach them how to use things like climbing walls or monkey bars. Plus, parents and kids can choose between full or half day experiences.
3691 19th Street NE, 240 90 Ave SE,
$219-$469 per week per child; single day options also available
TELUS Spark Science Centre
The Summer Science Camps are now scheduled for Calgary’s Spark Science Centre and are open to kids ages 5-12 years old. All you and your kids need to do now is choose a part of science to explore through camp: space, bugs, coding, dinosaurs, engineering, or animals! The camps are organized for groups of ages 5-6, 7-8, 8-10, or 9-12.
220 St. George’s Drive NE
$295-$365 per week per child
WinSport
WinSport are now offering registration for their summer camps, which could also be called adventure camps! The Winsport Summer Day Camp programs include mountain biking, archery, basketball, hockey, outdoor and wilderness skills, golf, rock climbing, ringette, or multi-sport. Age groups available range from 4-12 for each activity.
88 Canada Olympic Road SW
$90 – $680
Fort Calgary
Fort Calgary’s Summer Camps are open for registration and include artistic camps, as well as outdoor and wilderness learning camps. The Fort’s camps are suited to ages 6-11 with smaller groups also made up for certain camps. Kids can pick between the Fort’s Bison & the Bow, Artists on the Land, Creatures of the Confluence, Art of Drama, Eagles & Earthworms, or Curators of Creativity.
750 9 Avenue SE
$252-$315 per week per child
Heritage Park
There are two-day camps to choose from at Calgary’s Heritage Park this summer, as well as one overnight camp! The Home on the Range overnight camp is for age 12-15 and gives teens a unique opportunity for dancing to a live fiddle, exploring the park after dark, meeting with the animals, sleeping in an authentic bunkhouse, and relaxing around an open fire. The day camps also provide authentically historic opportunities like using the old schoolhouse or riding the steam train.
1900 Heritage Dr. SW
University of Calgary
There is a huge array of summer day camps offered from the U of C centred on active living for kids. These will cover several sports like gymnastics, swimming and aquatics, and outdoor education. Plus, the University offers camps centred on other activities like art and design, business, or animals and animal care.
2500 University Drive NW
TRICO Centre for Family Wellness
TRICO, a large aquatics and leisure centre in south Calgary, have a fun-filled summer of day camps planned for kids aged 4-14 years old! Kids will be divided into narrower age groups for each day camp which could centre on nature or outdoor adventures, science, sports, arts, or swimming.
11150 Bonaventure Dr SE, Calgary
$125 to $340 per week per child
Wilder Institute / The Calgary Zoo
This summer, the Calgary Zoo has camps now open for registration for kids aged 4-14. These experiences are available as full-day or half-day outings, with a hot lunch option available to add on for the full-day campers.
1300 Zoo Road NE, Calgary
$256-$320 per week per child
Butterfield Acres
Have your kids enjoying some time away from the city this year on their day camp outings with Butterfield Acres. The fun farm, located on the far northwest side of Calgary, provides the perfect escape without being too far from home, and will give kids a chance at interactive and hands-on farm and farm animal experiences. Parents also have the option to add snack packages to the kids’ experiences. These camps are open to kids aged 4-14 years old.
254077 Rocky Ridge Rd NW
$133.99-$423.99 per week per child
SAIT
All of SAIT’s experts are on deck to help kids learn about different parts of science and technology through this summer 2024-day camps. The SAIT summer day camps will have kids learning about and playing with codes or software engineering, with food and cooking, with the trades like welding, or with hands-on science experiments.
1301 16 Ave NW
$400-$680 per week per child
Laser City
Laser City North in Calgary hosts a handful of unique summer day camp options, all of which are available to book by the day. For summer 2024, Laser City are offering a mini paintball day camp, a laser tag day camp, and a Minecraft camp. Each of these day camps will involve additional activities on top of the main theme’s activity.
#125 572 Aero Drive NE & #18 9950 MacLeod Trail SE
$69 per day per child
Calgary Humane Society
No matter what part of the animal kingdom your kid or kids are interested in, the Calgary Humane Society likely has a summer camp for them. These Humane Society kids’ camps cover topics like critters, everything-animal, felines, wild animals, canines, vet care, and general animal care. The camps also support their Volun-Teens program in which teens get a more hands-on experience as shelter volunteers.
4455 110 Ave SE
$310 per child per week
Calgary Gymnastics Centre
These gymnastics-based summer camps from the Calgary Gymnastics Centre will be available at both locations and will involve much more than gymnastics for the kids. After time on the equipment, kids will also work on crafts, play games, and partake in a variety of activities. These camps are suited to kids 4-12 years old.
#60 – 2638 Country Hills Blvd NE, 179 Canada Olympic Road SW
$20-$30 per child
Studio Bell
Registration is now open for the Studio Bell summer day camps; plus, those who register their kids before April 12 get a 15% off early bird discount on fees. The 2024 summer camp is focused on helping kids work together as a band with their instruments. With this, kids are lead through songwriting, performing, and jamming or riffing.
850 4 Street SE
$425 per child per week
