Before your child attends CampTO, After-School or Recreation Discovery and Recreation Adventures programs, review the following information:
For policies and procedures regarding our recreation programs, visit Recreation Program Policies and Procedures.
Pending Council approval, summer CampTO participants at 89 locations would receive a free mid-morning snack this year. A variety of healthy foods would be available.
While we aim to provide fully accessible content, there is no text alternative available for some of the content on this site. If you require alternate formats or need assistance understanding our maps, drawings, or any other content, please contact Recreation Client Services at 416-396-7378, option 1.
Download the Participant Information form.
This form ensures that staff have medical information regarding your child, your emergency contact information and authorization for who may pick up your child at the end of a program. This form must be completed and submitted in person to on-site staff before your child attends a CampTO, After-School and/or Recreation Discovery and Recreation Adventure program.
Some additional forms to complete may include:
If your child has any health needs or carries medication, caregivers will be required to complete additional forms
These forms must be completed and submitted in person to on-site staff before your child attends a CampTO, After-School and/or Recreation Discovery and Recreation Adventure program.
Participants with an auto-injector (e.g. Epipen®) and/or asthma puffers must have their labelled medication with them at all times during program hours. Medication cannot be kept on-site after program hours. It will be sent home each day with participants.
Participants are encouraged to:
The City is not responsible for lost or stolen items.
For all camps, every day, pack:
In the event that your child forgets their lunch, where possible, our staff will endeavour to have nutritious snacks on hand that align with Canada’s Food Guide and do not contain common allergens. Staff will notify parents or caregivers when lunches are forgotten.
Themed days will be listed on the camp schedule – such as pyjama day or superhero day.
Every day, pack sturdy shoes and socks for physical activities.
For these specific Early Years programs, pack:
Safe arrival and departure procedures are in place for all of our After-School, CampTO, Extended Care, Early Years Programs without Caregiver (more than one hour in duration) and Professional Activity (PA) Day Programs. Staff are responsible for ensuring parents and/or caregivers (or participants where applicable) have completed a Participant Information form before the program start and for documenting participant sign-in and sign-out. Participants will only be released to authorized caregivers as indicated on the Participant Information Form. Staff may ask for photo identification.
If you are delayed, let staff know so arrangements can be made for a staff member to stay with your child until you arrive.
With the exception of unforeseen circumstances, from the second time onward, a pickup fee of $1 per minute per child will be applied to your program registration account, to be paid in full before future registrations will be permitted.
If you’re running late or won’t arrive, let staff know as soon as possible. As part of our Safe Arrival and Departure Policy, staff will contact you if your child is supposed to be at a program and isn’t. Program attendance is recorded daily by staff to ensure that your child has arrived safely to the program, so if you can’t make it that day, call your local community centre or local program phone number and let us know. If we are not told your child will be absent, our emergency protocols will be put into place and could include a call to non-emergency police to ensure your child’s safety.
If you and your child don’t attend the first day and you haven’t let us know, staff will call to ask if you would like to remain in the program.
Trips are fun, safe and supervised, and children are encouraged to attend. We follow trip and transportation procedures that put safety first. Camps will travel by public transit, chartered bus or by foot for most outings. We ensure safety procedures are followed when using public transportation to take children to and from activities.
In order to participate in an outing or trip, an Off-location Trip Permission Form must be completed and signed for each child and returned to camp staff in advance. Verbal permission will not be accepted.
Parents and/or caregivers who do not wish their child to attend a trip may be required to provide alternate arrangements for their child(ren) for the trip’s duration. Due to our Staff-to-Participant Ratio Policy, staff may not be able to accommodate alternate supervision for participants who don’t attend scheduled outings or trips.
During trips, we make sure that children are not wearing nametags that disclose their names in public places to protect their privacy. We have program t-shirts, wrist bands and other ways to make sure we can identify children.
During severe weather conditions, such as thunderstorms, high UV ratings, smog alerts or other potentially harmful conditions, program activities will be adjusted to keep your child safe.
Check in with staff for program changes.