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City of Toronto releases summer recreation program listings

Afroza Hossain

Beginning today, City of Toronto summer recreation program listings are available to view online to help residents prepare for registration next month.

Registration for the City’s summer recreation programs at all locations across the city starts at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7.  These programs begin the week of Monday, July 4.

This summer, more than 6,500 registered courses with approximately 114,500 spaces will be offered, including arts, fitness and wellness, sports and swimming. The City is Toronto’s largest provider of recreation programs for people of all ages, skill levels and interests.

Program and registration information is available at on the City’s Recreation webpage.

After-school recreation care and after school programs for the 2022/2023 school year are also available to view online. Registration starts at 8 a.m. on Monday, June 6. More information is available on the City’s After-School Recreation Care webpage.

Spaces are still available for CampTO, CampTO Plus (specialty camps), Adapted CampTO and Virtual Adapted CampTO. Camps are set to run from July 4 to Friday, September 2. More information is available on the CampTO webpage.

The quickest and easiest way to register is online. Phone registration will also be available for summer recreation programs at 416-396-7378, beginning at 7 a.m. on Tuesday, June 7. Call centre hours will be extended on Monday June 6 from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. to help customers in advance of registration.

For in-person registration support, five community centre locations will be open on June 7, from 7 a.m. to noon:

  • Centennial Recreation Centre, 1967 Ellesmere Rd.
  • Dennis R. Timbrell Resource Centre, 29 St. Dennis Dr.
  • Driftwood Community Recreation Centre, 4401 Jane St.
  • Masaryk-Cowan Community Recreation Centre, 220 Cowan Ave.
  • Wellesley Community Centre, 495 Sherbourne St.

Residents need a family and client number to sign up and are encouraged to have them ready before registration day. To get a client and family number, residents can set up a new account or retrieve their existing numbers online or by phone.

Welcome Policy yearly credit

The Welcome Policy credit can be used to register for City recreation programs. Those who receive social assistance (Ontario Works) and live in Toronto are pre-approved to receive this credit and should speak to their caseworker. More information is available on the Help with the Cost of Recreation webpage.

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