The thing about summer camps is that.... The Canada summer jobs program is a really wonderful grant that helps summer camps fund their wage costs—one of the highest costs an outdoor centre has—through their main operating season, which is July and August for most summer camps.
Where the Canada summer jobs program does not help a summer camp is during the rest of the year. Many camps operate in shoulder seasons and off-seasons in areas like outdoor education. Currently, the Canada summer jobs program does not apply to that operating season, which is often just as expensive as running a summer camp. If this grant were expanded, or a new program came in that offered funding outside the eight weeks of summer camp, that would be incredible for camps across this entire country.