FAQ’s

Applications for Kids in Camp camperships for the summer of 2027 will be available on November 26, 2026, via accredited day and overnight camp of the Ontario Camps Association (OCA). Select your camps at www.ontariocamps.ca and contact the camp directly to see if they will sponsor an application to our charity for your child.

Absolutely! Find a camp by visiting the Ontario Camps Association’s (OCA) website: www.ontariocampassociation.ca Select your preferred camp(s) after researching the options and contact the Camp Director(s) and discuss your situation. Determine if there is space at the time you have selected and if so, ask the Camp Director if they will agree to apply to Kids in Camp on your child’s behalf. All OCA Accredited Camps have received information from KIC about how to apply for a camper subsidy. Please have a camp contact us directly if they have any questions about Kids in Camp.

Kindly note that KIC’s mandate is to support summer season campers at OCA accredited day and overnight camps, in the province in which the camper resides, with the exception of campers living in Ontario attending an OCA Accredited camp in Quebec or campers living in Quebec attending an OCA Accredited camp in Ontario.

Kids in Camp will fund to a maximum of 3 weeks at one overnight camp per child per summer and to a maximum of 4 weeks at one day camp per child per summer. As the length of sessions vary with each camp it is something you should discuss with the camp director.

Kids in Camp accepts applications from camps on behalf of families where the child will be between 4 and 17 at the time of camp. Kids in Camp supports the submission of campership applications from candadates for LIT and CIT programs, provided they are 17 at the time camp begins.  Please discuss this with the camp director.

The family is expected to pay a portion of the camp fee, along with another portion being subsidized by the camp, and the other part as awarded by KIC with a successful application. These amounts are arranged between the family and the individual camp during the application process. There are never any fees or charges from Kids in Camp for any part of the application process, either to the camp or the family. (Or from the camp to the family.)

The amount awarded for a successful application from Kids in Camp varies and is dependent upon many factors, including but not limited to: The total amount of funding available to Kids in Camp from our generous donors, the total number of applications received by Kids in Camp for any one summer, if the camp is day or overnight, and the length of your child’s session at camp. For 2026, the maximum amount of funding a successful applicant could receive would be 600.00 per week to a maximum of 3 weeks at an overnight camp or 350.00 per week to a maximum of 4 weeks at a day camp. In all cases the camp is asked at least to match KIC’s contribution amount. (In many cases the generosity of the camps is in fact equal to more than the Kids in Camp’s amount). The family must also contribute toward the camper’s fee. This amount is worked out between the camp and the family.

This will be discussed with your camp director if they agree to support an application on your behalf to Kids in Camp. They will provide you with a Kids in Camp application from to fill in (separate from the camp’s own application forms). In addition, for 2027 you will be required to supply for submission to Kids in Camp, confirmation of income in the form of Canada Revenue Agency Proof of Income Statements OR Notice of Assessments for 2025 or 2026 for all parents and other income providers residing in the home. (T4 Slips are not acceptable.) The camp will also complete a separate Kids in Camp Application form that they will submit directly to us, along with your Kids in Camp application form and your income verification documents.

Camperships are determined by the Kids in Camp Campership Committee and are considered based on need, the camp director’s recommendation, and the funds available. The Kids in Camp Campership Committee members always give careful consideration to every application and to all comments included on every application. Applications are adjudicated after the submission deadline by the KIC Campership Committee.

This is arranged in discussion with the individual camp director.

The deadline to apply to Kids in Camp for the summer of 2027 is Friday, April 2, 2027. The application package must come to Kids in Camp via the camp. Applications received from the family directly to Kids in Camp will not be considered. Families will need to reach out to camps by Friday March 26, 2027 to allow for the approximate amount of time (one week) for the camp to help the family to finalize their application, before the camps sends it to Kids in Camp on behalf of the family.

Kids in Camp will notify the camps of our final decisions on all applications on Monday May 3rd, 2027. (sooner if possible). The camp will then quickly relay that information to all applicant families.

Please discuss this with the camp director, as each camp has its own fee policies, including those surrounding a deposit payment.

Yes, provided that all of our application criteria are followed on each application and that the camp is in support of all applications.

You may apply to multiple camps, however Kids in Camp will only accept 1 application per camper per summer. Please discuss this with each camp you approach and prioritize which camp you wish to apply to KIC via.

You may apply for children to attend at different camps, provided those camps are fully accredited by the Ontario Camps Association. You will need to make application to Kids in Camp via each camp and the different camps must agree to support your application(s).

Yes, provided that the family continues to qualify, an application is submitted each year, that application follows Kids in Camp’s current guidelines, and the camp supports that application, there is no limit on the number of summers that a camper may re-apply. Close to 40% of our approved campership applicants are repeat campers…camp is NOT a one year thing!

Yes, however you must provide details of that other source(s) on our application form and you must notify the camp when you receive a reply from the other funding source(s) so that they in turn can notify Kids in Camp.

Any campership amount, if awarded, is paid from Kids in Camp to the camp and deducted from the family fee by the camp. Any family’s portion of a camp fee is paid directly to the camp by the family. Please speak with your camp director or camp office about this.

For 2027 applications, all income earners in the home where the child lives 50% of the time or more, must submit Notice of Assessment Notices or Proof of Income Statements from Canada Revenue Agency for 2025 or 2026. (All Notices must be for the same tax year from each person in the household). The maximum combined GROSS income we can consider is $ 85,000.00. In cases where there is a verifiable special need in the home with any child (even if not the child applying) we can look at applications up to incomes of $ 95,000.00.