What you need to know

Every Open Ice camp is free. There is nothing to pay, ever, and nothing to buy.

Our camps are for children aged five to ten.

Your child is given a full set of equipment to keep, fitted in person before they skate.

The next camp is Christmas Camp 2026, planned at four arenas across Toronto.

Your child does not need to know how to skate. Every child who joins Open Ice is new to hockey, and we teach skating from the very first step.

Bring your child, water and warm socks. We provide everything else, including lunch.

To apply, fill in the form on the Apply page, or send us an email. We reply to every family.

If English is difficult for you, write to us in your own language. We will find someone to translate.

Email openiceinitiative@gmail.com.

Camp Stories

Camp alumni continue at Horizons weekly sessions

Campers who want to keep playing move into Saturday sessions at Upper Canada College.

Open Ice InitiativeMar 20262 min read

Older campers lined up along the boards during a skills session

A camp is a week. Keeping a child in the game takes longer than that. Open Ice camp alumni transition into weekly Saturday sessions run through the Horizons program at Upper Canada College, by referral.

The sessions ran from January to March 2026 on Saturdays from 11:30 in the morning to 1:30 in the afternoon. They exist so that the skills and the equipment from camp week keep getting used.

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