Summer Camp 2026 Details

When:

Niibin Camp - July: July 13th-17th, 2026

Makwa Camp: July 27th-31st, 2026

Niibin Camp - August: August 10th-14th, 2026

Mitig Camp: August 18th-21st, 2026

Time: 

8:30am-3:30pm

Where:

TRACKS Tipi at Camp Kawartha Environment Centre and Trent University's Gathering Space

*We also utilize the nature areas/trails surrounding the tipi, and some indoor/outdoor spaces on Trent University's East Bank

Who:

6-12 year olds

*Our Niibin camps are open to Indigenous and non-Indigenous Youth

*Our Makwa camp is open to all BIPOC (Black, Indigenous, Person of Colour) Youth

*Our Mitig camp is open to all Indigenous (First Nation, Metis, Inuit) Youth

Price:

Sliding scale between $105 ($21/day) and $525 ($105/day).

A NOTE ON PRICE:

We strive to find a balance between remaining accessible to families, while also ensuring that we are pricing our camp programs in a way that is sustainable and does not necessitate our reliance on external funders. We also want to maintain our sliding scale model, where families have the option to identify the price they can afford to pay for camp. 

Our hope is that by providing a sliding scale where the median price covers TRACKS' baseline costs per camper, we will be able to strike the right balance between accessibility and sustainability within our camp programs. We ask that you honour this pay scale by paying as much as your circumstances allow, as fees help support our programming.

We hope this will also allow families to find their own balance between supporting our program and maintaining a sustainable family budget. Miigwech for your participation in this process. If you have any questions about the pricing of our camps, please reach out to camps@tracksprogram.ca 

Registration Policies

Registration:

By submitting the Camper Information Form, you are adding your camper to a registration queue. Once you submit this form, please check your email (including your Spam folder) for an auto-response. If you do not receive this auto-response, please reach out to us as there may have been a typo in your form and we will not be able to reach you to confirm your registration.

You are not considered registered for TRACKS Camp until you receive another confirmation email from us. We will send this confirmation email as soon as we can.

New this year, we will be requiring a $21 deposit to hold your place at camp. This deposit helps us cover the administrative costs of camp. Your deposit will be due 2 weeks after your confirmation email from us. If we do not receive your deposit by that time, you will be placed on a waitlist. Once we receive your deposit, your space at camp is confirmed. Your deposit may then be used to pay the remainder of your camp fees. Please indicate in your registration form if this deposit price is limiting.

If your plans for the summer change, you must let us know 14 days before the first day of your camp session to receive a refund of your deposit. We are unable to refund camp deposits if registration changes are made within the 14 days before camp, or during the week of camp. Please note this does not apply for sick campers or campers and families who experience personal emergencies. 

Availability of Subsidy:

Our camps are priced on a sliding scale between $105 ($21/day) and $525 ($105/day) to ensure financial accessibility. We hope that this will be accessible for most but please indicate in the form if this baseline price is limiting and we will be able to provide a full subsidy (we would follow-up with you via email as this requires a separate Subsidy Application Form).

Waitlist:

Campers are registered on a first-come, first-served basis. Feel free to sign your camper up for as many sessions as they are interested in and eligible for! Our capacity is always fluctuating, but typically we are able to host 20-25 campers per camp. We want everyone to be able to experience a TRACKS camp and we do our best to accommodate everyone! TRACKS is dedicated to creating spaces for Indigenous youth, so we will prioritize spaces for Indigenous campers.

• If you have been registered for the waitlist: You will receive an email confirming this, and if a spot opens up for your camper we will reach out to you. We may continue to fill waitlist spots until the week before camp. 
• If your plans for the summer change at any point in the coming months: Please let us know as soon as possible so that we can reach out to our waitlist. If we do not receive your registration forms and payment within two weeks of camp (or we do not receive communication about when we will receive these) then your camper's spot will be given up to someone on the waitlist.

Please email camps@tracksprogram.ca with any questions, concerns or special requests.