B.C. Family French
Camps
The whole family goes to camp. Students from
ages 5 to 16 will have an outstanding chance to have fun, be involved in
challenging events and sharpen their French skills. Remember, it's the students
and counsellors who speak French, not the parents. Parents must be CPF members
and have three locations to choose from:
- Okanagan Lake:
- Gwillim Lake:
- Vancouver Island:
For more information, visit the BC Family French Camp website or email info@bcffc.com.
Bulkley Valley French Day Camp
For Bulkley Valley Frech Immersion students in Grades K-8, offered one day
during June.
For more information, email Crystal Beebe.
Burnaby
Summer Day Camps
Children aged 6 to 11 years
old practise their french while enjoying all the fun of summer day camp. Arts
crafts, games, sports and other exciting activities are all offered "en
francis" by CPF - Burnaby and Burnaby Parks and Recreation.
For more
information, call Louise Rushe at (604) 540-5904.
Camp d'ete
The CPF North Vancouver Chapter sponsors this long running summer camp
for students who have completed grades 3 - 6. Camp is located at the beautiful
Strathcona Park Lodge on Vancouver Island,
near Campbell River. Transportation from North Vancouver to Strathcona
is included (bus and ferry). Students stay 4 nights and are immersed in
a French environment while participating in a wide variety of outdoor
activities. Visit Vancouver and send your kids to camp! Parents must be
CPF members. Maximum 40 students.
Early registration fee is $350 and deadline is February
25th, 2005 (last year the camp was full before the early
registration deadline). The
regular registration fee is $375, registration closed April 1st, 2005.
Camp Coordinators: Laurie Haynes and Joanne
Perreault.
Richmond Summer Day Camp
CPF - Richmond hosts this summer
day camps at the Steveston Community Centre where arts and crafts, games and
sports are included along with indoor and lots of outdoor play.
(604)
276-4300.
Associations des
camps du Québec
4545 Pierre-de-Coubertin
C.P. 1000 Succ. M
Montreal, QC, H1V 3R7
(514) 252-3113, 1-800-361-3586.
Collège
Northside
The camp offers intensive tuition in the mornings, outdoor activities
with French speaking instructors each afternoon and immersion activities
on evenings and weekends. The camp is co-ed and welcomes students aged
16-19.
CP 480, 916é918 14th Ave., Val-Morin, Quebec, J0T 2R0
819-322-1133 email: admin@college-northside.qc.ca
Camp Bernard
Sooke area of Vancouver Island
French immersion students can volunteer to work at a French camp for
children aged 5-12.
Junior Monitors (14-16 years) and Monitors (16-18 years)
can call Joanne Cowan at (250) 478-6821 or Seaparc at (250) 642-6311, Fax (250) 642-4710.
Camp-Ecole International French Immersion Summer Camp
Collège St.-Augustin, Quebec City
Each week morning participants attend a French workshop with a teacher. They
spend the rest of the day participating in sports, outdoor activities, arts crafts
and cultural visits. Students between the ages of 11 and 17 are divided according to
their level of French for workshops and according to their age level for all other
activities.
Call (418) 692-0937, Fax (418) 692-1950.
Camp d'été francophone/Centre for Leadership and Adventure in Nature (and for French Immersion students)
Powell River, B.C.
With the cooperation and support of the Francophone School Authority of British Columbia (CSF), CLAN (Centre for
Out-door Leadership and Adventure) invites 12 to 17-year-olds to a great adventure in French in the paradise known
as B.C’s Sunshine Coast. From sea kayaking to rock climbing, we explore all aspects of the great outdoors.
Our programs are designed to allow campers to find their strengths and the roles they can play in the group.
Call (604) 485-8412, Fax (604) 485-8460 or email:
clan@csf.bc.ca
Camp Ouareau
Private girls camp.
St.Donat, Quebec
(819) 424-2662, Fax (819) 424-4145
Le Camp de Jour de Maillardville
Place Maillardville, B.C.
Maillardville day camp for children 5 to 12 years old. Camps include sports,
theatre, painting drawing, science experiments, ecology workshops, canoeing,
hiking and acqutic activities.
Call Société Maillardville-Uni (604) 936-0039 or email:
smu@maillardville.com
Camp Ouareau
Private girls camp.
St.Donat, Quebec
(819) 424-2662, Fax (819) 424-4145
Camp Soleil
Held at West Point Grey Community Centre, open to immersion and francophone
students aged 6-9 years.
For information call (604) 257-8140.
Camps de vacances
List of Canadian and American French summer camps.
Camp
Virgule
Le Centre culturel francophone de Vancouver offers day camps for children
from 6-12 years of age. Children can enhance and learn French the fun
way. Camps run on a weekly basis from July 5th to August 21th at two locations:
Rose-des-vents School in Vancouver and Abdré Piolat School in North Vancouver. Call (604) 736-9806
for more information.
Camp Wakeski Lake
St-Joseph
Wakeboard and water skiing camp located near Quebec city for ages 10 and
up.
6081 route Fossambault, Fossambault-Sur-Le-Lac, Quebec, G0A 3M0
416-875-0008 email: info@wakeski.net
La Compagnie
des Nomades
Bilingual cycling camps in Quebec and Paris for teenagers 13 to 17 years
old. Contact the Director François
Oligny or call (819) 827-5264 or 1-866-Nomades.
16 du Roc ouest, Chelsea, Quebec, J9B 1T2
Email: cienomades@videotron.ca
CanAdventure
Education
CanAdventure Education offers leadership and teamwork programs, but goes
further by offering an unparalleled experiential curriculum that educates
campers through hands-on learning and wilderness expeditions.
787 Melody, Victoria, BC V9E 2A2
1-877-544-2267 email: info@canadventure.ca
Canoe Island French Camp
Located on a private island amid the Puget Sound and the San Juan Archipelago, this non-profit camp was
founded expressly to introduce young people to the language, culture, and history of France, as well
as give them a unique perspective on their own country.
PO Box 370 Orcas, Washington 98280-0370
(360) 468-2329 email: info@canoeisland.org
Performing & Visual Arts Summer Camps
Performing & Fine Arts day camps in Kelowna and Vernon. Children are
inspired to discover and express their artistic passion. Different camps for children ages 4-16.
Call (250) 212-7594 or (250) 860-5480 in Kelowna
or email: angela@expression.bc.ca
EduKick
Edukick teen Soccer camps are the ultimate in study abroad. Provides professional
soccer training combined with quality language instruction and chapteroned
cultural excursions. France excursions available.
2029 Grand Oak Trail, Suite A, Oakville, ON L6M 4T1
1-866-338-5425 email: jb@edukick.com
Ekocamp International
Language and summer school for children ages 7 to 16 in Quebec.
Val-Morin, Quebec
(819) 322-7051, Fax (819) 322-2872.
French Extreme Summer
Camp (Wilderness Leadership)
The West Vancouver School District Community Learning introduces new French
summer camps for students aged 10 to 13.
604-981-1045.
French Immersion
in Quebec
L'Auberge du Mont
Valcartier, Quebec
200 boul. Saint-Sacrement
St-Gabriel-de-Valcartier, QC, G0A 4S0
Call 1-888-317-3771, Fax (418) 844-2517.
HR
MacMillan Space Centre
Summer Cosmo Camps for French Immersion and francophone kids completing grades 1-3. Vancouver’s H.R. MacMillan Space Centre offers campers a chance to embark on a series of adventures and challenges through the Solar System and go where no human has gone before!
1100 Chestnut St.
Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9
Call (604) 738-7827 ext. 280 or email: jcp@hrmacmillanspacecentre.com.
École
Internationale de Français
Université de Québec at Trois-Rivières, Quebec
French camp for students from 12-16 years. For a brochure, call (toll
free) 1-888-343-8645.
École
de langue française et de culture québécoise
This French Immersion summer program for teens aged 14 to 17 supervised and run by
the École de langue française et de culture québécoise of the Université du Québec à
Chicoutimi which has been offering French Immersion Programs for the last 25 years.
École
de langues Immersion inc.
Summer activity programs for teens 15 to 18 years old.
Maillardville French Summer Daycamp
For children ages 6 to 12 are given the opportunity to have fun in French! Lead by qualified, talented and enthusiastic counselors and offers something for everyone, whether you love sports, art, music, dance, history, cooking, swimming or just plain having fun!
Call La Société Maillardville-Uni at 604-936-0039.
National School of Languages (NSL)
Established in 1998, the NSL is actively involved in a variety of language related activities namely teaching English and French to international, government and corporate clients; organizing language instruction plus activities in English & French to young Canadians; teacher training to those who wish to teach French to government employees or who are interested in teaching French while traveling overseas. They offer courses in Ottawa, Toronto and Montreal.
Call (613) 232-8908 or toll free: 1-866-557-7705. or email: admin@nationalschool.ca.
Nova Languages
Nova Lnaguages offers a unique experience learning French for a month at its annual summer school in Saint
Marlo, followed by an exciting week holiday in Loire Valley, Normandy and Paris. Call (902) 679-6691 or
email: novalang@ns.sympatico.ca.
Sooke Summer Day Camp
Aug 9-13 & 25-29 French day camp including hiking, nature studies, biking, games
and adventuring in the surrounding area. Run from St. Mary's of the Incarnation
Church in Metchosin. Contact Joanne Cowan at 1-800-506-3396. Enthusiastic volunteers
who speak French are needed, email stay@cycleinn.com
or call 250-478-6821.
Tamwood Camps
For children ages 10 - 14, learn French or practice and improve your French by attending a French camp in Whistler, BC. Campers take
French classes 4 days per week (3 hours per day) and then do fun activities such as kayaking, rock climbing, and mountain biking with French
speaking camp counselors. In the evenings they mix with campers in the other camp programs for fun social activities. They make new
friends and see and learn more about this wonderful area of Canada. Classes are designed for beginner to intermediate French speakers.
Tamwood’s carefully designed French curriculum ensures proper instruction of all skills including grammar, listening, speaking, writing, reading
and pronunciation. All teachers are native speakers and university graduates.
Email: tamsin@tamwood.com or call 604-899-4480.
Vacances sans frontières
French Immersion summer camps in France for children 6 to 16 years old.
Vancouver Museum
1100 Chestnut St.
Vancouver, BC V6J 3J9
Call (604) 734-7368.
Windwalker - ImmersioNature
This nature exploration program at Strathcona Park Lodge
program is designed especially for French Immersion and
francophone students from 10 to 14 years old. Parents are welcome too!
Contact: Wes Gietz, (250) 339-3197 or
email: wgietz@windwalker.ca
The information on this page was late updated: June 6, 2006.
This page was last modified June 13, 2006.