YMCA Day Camps

YMCA Day Camps

The YMCA Day Camps are exciting environments for campers to meet new friends and participate in a variety of fun-filled activities. Parents will see their children build confidence and learn skills that will last a lifetime. Camps include swimming, arts and crafts, sports, and field trips within our community.

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Registration for YMCA Summer Day Camps from July 3 – August 31

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Four times the excitement at 4 Locations!
 ✓COMMUNITY YMCA
✓ JOHN W. LINDSAY YMCA
✓ WEST END HALIFAX
✓ DARTMOUTH

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Summer Day Camps

Our YMCA Summer Day Camps run from Monday to Friday for eight weeks and are offered at four locations: 

Community YMCA (2269 Gottingen St Halifax)

John W. Lindsay YMCA (5640 Sackville St. Halifax)

 West End Halifax (6670 Bayers Road Halifax, NS)

Dartmouth (10 Lancaster Dr, Dartmouth, NS B3A 4Y9)

Registration for YMCA Day Camps will be offered on a weekly basis, allowing families the flexibility to choose which weeks their campers will attend.

PD Days at the Y

Our PD Days offer a fun-filled day for campers to meet new friends and participate in activities. Parents will see their children build confidence and learn skills that will last a lifetime. Camps include daily swimming and field trips within our community.

March Break Day Camps

The YMCA March Break Day Camps are exciting environments for campers to meet new friends and participate in a variety of fun-filled activities. Parents will see their children build confidence and learn skills that will last a lifetime. Camps include daily swimming and field trips within our community.

Child Protection Information

For Child Protection, everyone entering our YMCA must scan their membership card at the welcome desk, or sign in with our welcome desk team with a Government-issued photo ID.

Sign-in/out policy:

  • At the beginning of the class, participants 12 years old and under must check in with the instructor with an adult (16 yrs+).
  • At the end of the class, participants 12 years old and under must check out by the same adult.

 

Parents who are not in the water can observe lessons from the pool-level windows or from the Great Hall. Videography and photography are not permitted to ensure our member’s privacy.

Admission Policy

  • 13 years and up can access the facility without adult supervision.
  • 9 – 12 years can access the facility with an adult/guardian in the building (adult/guardian must be at least 16 years of age).
  • 13 years and up can access the cardio and strength conditioning levels without adult supervision
  • 9-13 years can access the cardio and strength conditioning levels with adult/guardian supervision at all times
  • Aquatic Centre: 9 – 12 years must be accompanied in the water by a parent/guardian (adult/guardian must be at least 16 years of age) if they require a PFD or are unsuccessful in completing a swim test.
  • For all successful swim test completions, adults/guardians must remain in the facility, and 8 years and under must have a parent in the pool with them.