Summer Camps

As Canada’s largest boarding school with an illustrious 100-year history, Shawnigan Lake School and its staff are no strangers to providing a leading-edge educational experience to students from all over the world. In addition to our regular academic and co-curricular programming, we are also proud to run our own athletic and academic summer camps. Run as boarding camps with some day attendance options, our current offerings include the Shawnigan Lake School Rugby Camp, Shawnigan Lake School Squash Camp and Shawnigan Lake School Academic Summer Programs. Using the first-class facilities available on our beautiful 270 acre lakeside campus, all camps are administered and run by our own experienced staff with professional coaches and leaders on-hand to provide an enriching, first-class experience for your child.

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  • Rugby

    Suggested Age: 12 - 18
    Date: Camp 1 is July 3 – 7; Camp 2 is July 10 - 14
    Day Camp: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: Day camp = $495 lunches included
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Clay Panga (cpanga@shawnigan.ca)
    Current coach at Shawnigan Lake School. BC Grassroots Founder & CEO, Rugby Canada U20 Women’s Skills coach, former Canadian International player and current Rugby Canada U20 coach. NCCP and World Rugby Coach certifications.
    Come learn the latest skills, tactics and strategies that are used at the highest level of play from a world class coach!

  • Girls Only Ice Hockey

    Suggested Age: 12 - 18
    Date: Camp 1 is July 17 – 21; Camp 2 is July 24 - 28
    Day Camp only: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: Day camp = $600 lunches included.
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Carly Haggard (chaggard@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Head Coach Girls U18 prep ice hockey team at Shawnigan. Former University of Guelph Coach, Team Canada U22, professional player in Switzerland, NCAA All-American at Dartmouth University.
    Do you want to play at a high level? University hockey? Come see what it takes to be the best – skill work, skating, game understanding

  • Boys Ice Hockey

    Suggested Age: 9 - 18
    Date: Camp 1 is July 17 – 21; Camp 2 is July 24 - 28
    Day Camp only: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: Day camp = $600 lunches included.
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Kevin Cooper (kcooper@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Director of Hockey and Head Coach U18 Boys prep ice hockey team at Shawnigan. Former professional player in North America and Europe, and NCAA All-American at Middlebury College.
    Do you want to play junior, university or pro hockey? Come learn from the best - skill work, skating, game understanding and off-ice sport specific strength and conditioning work!

  • Basketball

    Suggested Age: 12 - 18
    Date: July 10 – 14
    Day Camp: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: $495 lunches included.
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: John Dedrick (jdedrick@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Head of Basketball and coach at Shawnigan Lake School. Former University of Alberta - Augustana Vikings Head Coach, Assistant Coach University of Alberta & Assistant Coach GMAC Griffins, Alberta Provincial Team Coach with U15 and U17 and NCCP Basketball coaching certification. John has produced numerous provincially and nationally ranked players and teams that have gone onto to thrive at the university level of competition. Do you want to play hoops for fun? Do you want to play hoops at a high level? Either way come learn from the very best!!

  • Squash

    Suggested Age: 12 - 18
    Date: Camp 1 is July 3 – 7; Camp 2 is July 10 - 14
    Day Camp: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Boarding Camp: drop off 8:30am Monday, July 3rd and pick up Friday 4:00pm, July 7th.
    Pricing: Day camp = $495 lunches included; Boarding = $1200 includes all meals.
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Colin Whitney (cwhitney@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Head of Squash at Shawnigan Lake School. Former national level player, has coached Team BC and Team Alberta, coached Irish Junior national Team, professional players and ten national junior champions. Also, Colin has coached 4 players ranked in the top 100 of the world!

  • Field Hockey

    Suggested Age: 12 - 18
    Date: July 17 - 21
    Day Camp: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: $495 lunches included.
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Andi Conroy (aconroy@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Head of Field Hockey at Shawnigan Lake School. Former Zimbabwe National Team player and coach, Rhodes University U21 coach, has produced numerous Canadian National Team and university level players. Train with the best to be your best!

  • Multi Racket Sport – Tennis, Pickle Ball, & Squash

    Suggested Age: 12 - 18
    Date: Camp 1 is July 17 - 21; Camp 2 is July 24 – 28; Camp 3 is July 31 – August 4
    Day Camp: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: Day camp = $495 lunches included
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Colin Whitney (cwhitney@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Head of Squash at Shawnigan Lake School. Former national level player, has coached Team BC and Team Alberta, coached Irish Junior national Team, professional players and ten national junior champions. Also, Colin has coached 4 players ranked in the top 100 of the world!

  • Figure Skating

    Suggested Age: 12 - 18
    Date: Camp 1 is July 31-Aug 4; Camp 2 is August 7 - 11
    Day Camp: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: $495 lunches included.
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Peggy Ransom (pransom@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Head of Figure Skating at Shawnigan Lake School. Former competitive and club coach. Come learn more about this rapidly growing sport, and train with one of the very best – both on and off ice training as part of the experience.
    April Robson - NCCP certified coach who has produced Olympic calibre skaters! Come learn from this elite level coach!

  • Yoga & Dance

    Suggested Age: 10 - 18
    Date: Camp 1 is July 3 – 7; Camp 2 is July 10 - 14
    Day Camp: 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: $495 lunches included.
    Shawnigan Athletics t-shirt & sack pack included.

    Camp Director: Megan Hollingworth (mhollingworth@shawnigan.ca)
    Current Head of Curricular and Cocurricular Dance at Shawnigan Lake School. Come try both dance and yoga in this unique camp experience! Have fun and a great work out.

  • Elementary School aged Growdome Organic Garden Camp

    Suggested Age: 8 - 12
    Date: July 3 – 7 from 9:00am – 4:00pm
    Pricing: $530 lunches included

    Camp Director: Jasmine Bal
    A chance to work in our state of the art growing dome and beautiful organic garden with the Shawnigan Lake School horticulturist, Jasmine Bal, Agrologist and BSc. Food and the Environment. Come learn how to seed, transplant, prune, and harvest delicious, organic vegetables and fruits. Campers will be making fresh snacks with our harvests and their own preserves to take home. Additional topics include but are not limited to nature walks to discover and learn about the Indigenous crops that are in season and harvestable; vermicomposting; making our own compost; and agroecosystems.
We acknowledge with respect the Coast Salish Peoples on whose traditional lands and waterways we live, learn and play. We are grateful for the opportunity to share in this beautiful region, and we aspire to healthy and respectful relationships with those who have lived on and cared for these lands for millennia.
1975 Renfrew Road
Shawnigan Lake, BC V0R 2W1
250-743-5516
Shawnigan Lake School is an independent co-educational boarding school for ages 13 –18 on Canada’s beautiful West Coast. Our diverse, interdisciplinary and innovative programming helps shape the next generation of global leaders.