Bussing is available for a $100/week round trip. For a detailed schedule including times and pick-up and drop-off locations, please review the bus schedule for Toronto Island.

Drop off and pick up for junior, senior and leadership campers will be on the grassy knowles to the west of the ferry terminal. You will see staff in blue shirts ready to greet you.

Please look for the red, yellow, blue and green YMCA Flags. Line up at the flag based on your last name and a staff member will sign your camper in!

Red: A - F

Yellow: G - L

Blue: M - R

Green: S - Z

There is paid parking available walking distance away from Jack Layton Ferry Terminal. Learn more here.

In order to be placed in the same group as a friend, campers must be in the same age group and registered in the same program. For us to efficiently track the requests, you will need to complete this form for each individual week you are making a request for.

Please ensure your request is sent at least 2 weeks before the start of the program. We do our best to accommodate all requests, however we can not guarantee. If requests are submitted with less than 2 weeks before the start of the program we can not accommodate the request. Please note, one family will submit the request for both campers. Please only submit the request for your camper and one friend.

Thank you!

Submit Friend Request

Although we try to keep campers' items in their backpacks, occasionally things are forgotten. Any items lost at camp are collected daily and kept in the camp office. If your camper loses an item, contact the Camp Director immediately and they will try to find it. All lost items will only be stored on-site for one week, after which they will be donated to a local charity. Unfortunately, the Y cannot take responsibility for lost items. Please check your camper's possessions daily to ensure they arrive home with them.

Day Camp staff work between the hours of 8am - 6pm, Monday to Friday. Following Ontario Bill 27 and in keeping with our values, the YMCA of Greater Toronto is committed to supporting the health and wellbeing of employees. A Right to Disconnect policy has been initiated effective of June 2, 2022. The policy is intended to support work/life balance and staff wellbeing by ensuring that employees have the right to disconnect from their work outside of their scheduled hours regardless of whether they are in a centre/office or working remotely.

If you have urgent concerns after hours, you can reach out to our Contact Centre until 8pm by phone, 1-877-303-2267 or email, register@ymcagta.org.

Campers will take a chartered bus from the ferry terminal at 9:00 am to YMCA Cedar Glen Outdoor Centre on Thursday morning. While at Cedar Glen, campers will participate in leadership activities such as rock climbing, high and low ropes, swimming and a camp fire. Upon arrival campers will be provided with lunch, dinner in the dining hall and an evening snack.
Campers sleep in the Cedar Glen Grove Cabins which accommodate 8 per room, with a nearby washroom. On Friday, campers will be provided with a hot breakfast and lunch before departure. Campers will return to the ferry terminal for pick-up or bus departure at 4:00pm.

For more information on the overnight accommodations at Cedar Glen, please visit their website.

In our overnight programs at YMCA Day Camps, we will have girls, boys and all-gender cabins. We will allow children to pick the cabin that they feel most comfortable in.

The Y understands that the term "boy" includes cisgender and transgender boys, and "girl" includes cisgender and transgender girls. We understand that gender is a spectrum. The purpose of having all-gender cabins is to ensure all campers regardless of gender identity, including but not limited to Two-Spirit, gender-queer, transgender, cisgender, and non-binary youth, can be in a space that they feel comfortable as themselves in, and can connect with others. 

If there is anything you would like to communicate before the overnight, please reach out to the Camp Director.

In our overnight programs at YMCA Day Camps, we will have girls, boys and all-gender cabins. We will allow youth to pick the cabin that they feel most comfortable in.

The Y understands that the term "boy" includes cisgender and transgender boys, and "girl" includes cisgender and transgender girls. We understand that gender is a spectrum. The purpose of having all-gender cabins is to ensure all campers regardless of gender identity, including but not limited to Two-Spirit, gender-queer, transgender, cisgender, and non-binary youth, can be in a space that they feel comfortable as themselves in, and can connect with others. 

If there is anything you would like to communicate before the overnight, please reach out to the Camp Director.