Day Camps
Calling all Animal Crazy Kids Grades 1-9!
Calgary Humane Society Spring Day Camp is a place where kids connect with animals. Our goal is to provide an opportunity for children to interact and learn about the animals that share our world. An enthusiastic staff of instructors and friendly animals, give your child an enriching experience filled with hands-on animal encounters, fun activities, and crafts and guest presenters. As they have fun, campers learn respect, compassion, and how to provide a lifetime of care for animals.
Activities are age and developmentally appropriate. With camps being a full week, we have a different theme each day, ensuring diverse experiences.
Campers will learn about animal characteristics, behavior and proper pet care as well as meeting and interacting with the following animals if behaviorally and medically appropriate critters are in the shelter at the time of camp: bunnies, cats, dogs, reptiles, birds, and more!
Summer camp themes and schedule for 2020 can be found on the right hand side of this page.
Join us for Day Camps with Calgary Humane Society
Spring Camp Dates (Grades 1-6 Only):
Due to concerns regarding COVID-19 Spring Camps in March and April have been cancelled. Please review your email if you have registered for Spring Camps for further details. If you have any questions please contact our Humane Education team at Humane.education@calgaryhumane.ca.
Please note that there are two weeks of spring camps being run this year as the Public and Catholic school system’s breaks do not align. Please be mindful of the date you select to ensure that your youth will in fact be on break during that time. Register for camp by clicking on the dates below.
- Monday, March 23rd to Friday March 27th (in line with spring break for the Public School System). This is a 5 day long camp, when registering your camper you are signing up for all 5 days.
- Tuesday, April 14th to Friday April 17th (in line with spring break for the Catholic School Board). This is a 4 day long camp, when registering your camper you are signing up for all 4 days.
Camp hours:
9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Spring Camp does NOT have before and after care. Drop off will begin at 9:00am, and campers must be picked up no later than 4:00pm.
Summer Camp Dates (Grade 1-9):
Register for camp by clicking on the themes below. Your child MUST be a minimum age of 6 years to attend camp and grade grouping will be dependent on the grade your youth will be entering in the Fall. Camps are sorted by specific themes, please read more on each theme here to make sure this suites your child’s interests.
Summer camp registration has ceased at this time and will reopen when more information regarding COVID-19 has been obtained. Please look back for future updates regarding registration reopening. For those who have already registered we will keep your registration until further information regarding COVID-19 has been provided. If you have any questions please contact our Humane Education team at Humane.education@calgaryhumane.ca.
Week 1 (July 6th-10th):
Week 2 (July 13th-17th):
- Creative Critters (Grades 1-3)
- Walk on the Wild Side (Grades 4-6)
- NEW! Shelter Through the Eyes of Animals (Grades 4-6)
Week 3 (July 20th-24th):
Week 4 (July 27th-31st):
- Critters in Motion (Grades 1-3)
- Walk on the Wild Side (Grades 4-6)
- Animal Investigations (Grades 7-9)
Week 5 Short Week (August 4th-7th):
- Pets 101 (Grades 1-3)
- NEW! Animal Enrichment (Grades 4-6)
- NEW! Shelter Helper: Volunteering 101 (Grades 7-9)
Week 6 (August 10th-14th):
- Critters in Motion (Grades 1-3)
- NEW! Shelter Through the Eyes of Animals (Grades 4-6)
- How Animals Learn (Grades 7-9)
Week 7 (August 17th-21st):
Week 8 (August 24th-28th):
- Walk on the Wild Side (Grades 1-3)
- NEW! Animal Enrichment (Grades 4-6)
- How Animals Learn (Grades 7-9)
Please contact the Humane Education Department if you have any further questions.