2026 Summer Camp Registration Form

Welcome to the ORR Kayak Kids & Youth Summer Program Registration

This registration form can be used for all Level 1 (beginner) kids camps and youth courses and our Level 2 programs which are listed on the ORR website. You may check the availability of any camp spaces on the next page. You must click "Add First Person" to get to the page showing availability. The form will offer a waiting list if the week you wish to book is full already.

Camp Location Change Disclaimer

The Pumphouse whitewater facility is dependent on the Fleet Street Pumping Station for pumped water. The City of Ottawa occasionally requires that the pumps be shut off for maintenance work upstream. This has an impact on the water levels on the Pumphouse, and the suitability of the site as a whitewater paddling site. The ORR executives stay in contact with city staff, so that we receive warning of planned shut-offs. However, at the time that we plan and release our camps schedule, the timing of shut-offs in the summer is uncertain.

If water shut-offs are scheduled which interfere with us offering campers a whitewater kayaking experience, we may be forced to move to an alternate whitewater site for 1-2 days during a Level 1 camp. Our alternate site is the rapids at Champlain Bridge, accessed from Bate Island. If we make use of the alternate site, parents will be required to drop off and pick up children from the Bate Island park instead of at the Pumphouse, at the regularly scheduled times. The entire day of camp would be run at the island. If a shut-off is scheduled during the week of camp you register for, we will notify all parents by e-mail or phone as far in advance as possible.

For 2026, we do not anticipate many, if any, closures at all of the Pumphouse.

By continuing with this registration, you indicate that you are willing to transport your child to an alternate site in downtown Ottawa for 1 or more days of camp.

Club Membership

Although no club membership is required, note that there is a 25% discount, on the individual or famly membership, if you are a 1st time member, and are also registering for a course (pool course, summer camp, etc.).

Club membership will provide benefits such as:

  • access to additional programs and courses during the year
  • learning from other club members
  • ability to borrow club boats
  • access to the ORR's whitewater and flatwater slalom site downtown (The Tailrace/Pumphouse)
  • boat storage at the Pumphouse
  • participation in weekly river runs
  • membership in Whitewater Ontario

Club membership is done via another registration form.

WAIVER

Acknowledgment of Rules, Assumption of Risk, Consent and Waiver Agreement

Note: This is a general Club Waiver, and since this registration form is specifically for Summer Camps, there may be portions of this Waiver that are irrelevant.

The " Ottawa River Runners - Les Coureurs de la Rivière Outaouais
(Inc.)
" is hereafter designated as the Club. This document replaces all previous waivers signed by Club member(s) and/or the participant(s) in Club activities. The term "Club activities" in this document includes running rivers; participating in coaching or training sessions; participating in competitions and races; participating in instructional programs, camps and courses. Club activities do not include the travel and transportation arrangements associated with Club activities and does not include the loading and unloading of equipment or boats into or onto trailers and vehicles.

In consideration of being allowed to participate in Club activities, and enjoying the safety of boating with Club members and the participants in Club activities, I agree with all of the following. Parts 1, 2 and 3 are applicable to all Club members and all participants in Club activities. Part 4 is only applicable to Club members and the participants in Club activities who are eighteen years of age or older. Regardless of age, each Club member and the participants in Club activities shall sign where indicated below.

Part 1 Acknowledgment of Club Rules
I agree to abide by the following Club safety rules. While boating on rivers and lakes with the Club, I will at all times wear a personal flotation device. While boating in rapids with the Club I will at all times wear a helmet and my boat will be equipped with grab loops or lines. While boating in rapids with the Club, other than in a competition or race or during a coaching, training or instructional setting, my boat will be equipped with bow and stern flotation and I will carry a throw rope in my boat or on my person.
Part 2 Assumption of risk
I recognize that paddling in lakes and rapids is potentially hazardous and inherently risky. My personal safety while paddling is wholly my own responsibility, and I can not rely on the judgment or actions of others to assure my safety. I recognize that the Pumphouse/Tailrace is a combined sewer overflow area, and adverse water quality can occur. I recognize that the risks associated with the Club activities include, but are not limited to, collision, capsize, personal injury,
death, and loss and damage to personal equipment. I agree to assume all such risks associated with Club activities, including those not specifically named above..

Part 3 Parental Consent
Each minor under the age of eighteen and the custodial parent or guardian of such minor that signs this document hereby jointly authorizes the Club’s event leaders and their permitted designates, to act reasonably and in good faith in the exercise of their sole discretion, with regard to matters concerning the minor’s health, safety, care and discipline. This authorization begins when the minor assembles for a Club event or activity, is effective during the Club event or activity and includes the period immediately subsequent to the Club event or activity. This parental consent also includes, where applicable, situations involving transportation and lodging affecting the minor which are not Club activities.

Part 4 Release
Part 4 only applies to Club members and/or the participants in Club activities who are eighteen years of age or older.
The undersigned is a Club member and/or a participant in Club activities who is eighteen years of age or older and accordingly the undersigned for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators and spouses hereby release and forever discharge the Club, and its directors, officers, members, and participants (the Released Parties), of and from any and all demands, claims, actions, causes of action, suits and all other proceedings, whether in law or equity, and specifically including claims of negligence or breach of contract or breach of any other statutory or other duty of care against the Released Parties, that may arise in respect of, or in any way connected with, the death of the undersigned, injury to the undersigned, or loss or damage to the undersigned’s person or property, however caused, arising out of the undersigned’s membership in the Club and/or participation in the Club activities.
Furthermore, the undersigned will indemnify and save harmless the Released Parties from and against (i) any and all third party liability claims, demands, actions, causes of action, suits and all other proceedings whatsoever, which may or may not be made on the undersigned’s behalf, and (ii) all emergency treatment and rescue costs incurred by the Released Parties, which arise directly or indirectly out of the participation of the undersigned in the Club activities.

Note : Part 4 is not to be interpreted to constrain or limit in any fashion the responsibilities and potential liability associated with a motor vehicle owner or driver in the event of an accident or other loss. Neither the act of transportation in motor vehicles, nor the loading and unloading of equipment, is a Club activity. (Transportation is arranged privately and co-operatively, with the vehicle owner/driver usually being reimbursed for his or her reasonable costs.)

Those under the age of eighteen must , in addition to their signature as a member or participant, have a custodial parent or a legal guardian sign this document where indicated.

I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS DOCUMENT and by signing below accept and agree with all the foregoing terms and conditions.

(Approval instead of manually signing the hardcopy can be done online. Please go to the next step in the online registration.)

_____________________________________________
Signed by Club member or participant in Club activities
Dated:
_____________________________________________
Signed by custodial parent or legal guardian of the minor Club member or minor participant in Club activities

Note: You will be asked in the next Individual Level Field registration section, to agree to this waiver.

To check camp availability, proceed to the next pages by clicking "Continue" and then "Add First Person".

Registration open until Oct 01, 2026
Registration is Closed

Registration Fees

Option Price Remaining
Kids L1 FUNdamentals 4day | Jun29-30, Jul2-3 12
Younger Kids L1 FUNdamentals 4day | Jul 13-16 6
Kids L1 FUNdamentals   | Jul20-24 12
July 24th L1 Camp Drop In 2
Younger Kids L1 FUNdamentals 4day | Jul 27-30 6
Kids L1 FUNdamentals   | Aug 10-14 12
Youth Level 1 Primer (12-16) | June 25-26 6
Kids/Youth Wide Age Range (10-16) Level 1  | July 6-10 12
July 10th L1 Camp Drop In 2
Kids/Youth Wide Age Range (10-16) Level 1 4 day | Aug 4-7 12
Kids/Youth Wide Age Range (10-16) Level 1  | Aug 17-21 12
Kids/Youth Wide Age Range (10-16) Level 1 4 day | Aug 24-26 12
Youth Level 2 Kayak | July 13-17 7
Slalom Camp (ages 12-15) Jul 13-17 6
Youth Level 2 Kayak | July 27-31 7
Youth Level 2 Kayak | Aug 24-27 7
Early Drop-Off from 8:30 am
Late Pick-Up until 4:30 pm
Do you qualify for a discount on camps or courses?
 ↳ No (Single Child for One Camp or Course)
 ↳ Yes (Multiple Children) $-20.00
 ↳ 2 week level 1&2 option $-30.00
 ↳ N/A Waiting List Only
Waiting List Request