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52 OF 52 PROGRAMS · 19 OPEN NOW

Alberta Youth Choir

Choir Alberta
  • Two singing weekends and a residency in 2027
  • Ages 16-22
  • Alberta
Nov 226 days left
Details

SHAD Canada

SHAD Canada
  • 4 weeks (summer)
  • Grades 10–11
  • Various Canadian campuses including Alberta
Jan 691 days left
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Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival

Lethbridge and District Music and Speech Arts Festival
  • April 12 to 23, 2027
  • All ages
  • Lethbridge
Has a fee
Jan 29114 days left
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Calgary Performing Arts Festival (CPAF)

Calgary Performing Arts Festival Society
  • Festival April 16 to May 7, 2027
  • All ages up to 26
  • Calgary
Has a fee
Jan 31116 days left
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National Youth Orchestra of Canada (NYO Canada)

National Youth Orchestra of Canada
  • About 7 weeks, mid-June to early August 2027
  • Ages 16-28
  • Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
Pays you
Feb 1117 days left
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Grande Prairie and District Music Festival

Grande Prairie and District Music Festival Association
  • March 21 to April 30, 2027, with a Grand Concert on May 2
  • All ages
  • Grande Prairie
Has a fee
Feb 11127 days left
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Harvard Summer School Secondary School Program

Harvard Summer School
  • Four-week or seven-week sessions, June to August 2027
  • Ages 16–18
  • Residential at Harvard in Cambridge, Massachusetts, commuting, or online
Has a fee
Mar 31175 days left
Details

4-H Alberta Senior Program

4-H Alberta
  • Club year, October to September
  • Ages 15 to 20 (Senior division)
  • Alberta-wide (club and regional events)
Has a fee
Open nowno deadline
Details

TELUS Spark Science Centre Volunteering, Calgary

TELUS Spark Science Centre
  • Varies (ongoing volunteer shifts)
  • Ages 16+ (14+ for summer camps)
  • Calgary (in-person, TELUS Spark Science Centre)
Open nowno deadline
Details

The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award

The Duke of Edinburgh's International Award, Canada, Alberta and NWT Division
  • Self-paced across Bronze, Silver and Gold levels
  • Ages 14 to 24
  • Alberta-wide (completed in your own community through a school, cadet corps, Scouts group or independently)
Open nowno deadline
Details

TELUS World of Science Volunteering, Edmonton

TELUS World of Science, Edmonton
  • One 3–4 hour shift a week for three months (about 40 hours)
  • Ages 15+
  • Edmonton (in-person, TELUS World of Science)
Free
Open nowno deadline
Details

Youth Volunteer Corps, Calgary

Youth Central
  • Flexible: one-day projects to ongoing ones
  • Ages 12–18
  • Calgary (in-person)
Free
Open nowno deadline
Details

Canada Service Corps

Government of Canada (Employment and Social Development Canada)
  • Flexible (at least 120 hours over 12 months) or full-time placements
  • Ages 15–30
  • Across Canada, including Alberta (in-person and remote)
Free
Open nowno deadline
Details

Canadian Cadet Program (Air, Army and Sea Cadets)

Department of National Defence, with the Air, Army and Navy Leagues
  • Year-round, weekly parade nights at a local corps or squadron
  • Ages 12–18
  • Local corps and squadrons across Alberta
Free
Open nowno deadline
Details

Venturer Scouts, Scouts Canada

Scouts Canada
  • School year, weekly meetings plus expeditions
  • Ages 15–17
  • Local Scout groups across Alberta
Has a fee
Open nowno deadline
Details

Rangers, Girl Guides of Canada

Girl Guides of Canada
  • School year, meeting weekly or every other week
  • Ages 15–17
  • Local units across Alberta
Has a fee
Open nowno deadline
Details

Interact Clubs, Rotary

Rotary International, sponsored by local Rotary clubs (Districts 5360 and 5370 in Alberta)
  • School year
  • Ages 12–18
  • Clubs at high schools across Alberta; start one at yours with a local Rotary club
Open nowno deadline
Details

Key Club, Kiwanis

Kiwanis International, Western Canada District
  • School year
  • High school
  • Clubs in Brooks, Calgary, Edmonton, Lloydminster and Medicine Hat; start one with a local Kiwanis club
Open nowno deadline
Details

Calgary Young People's Theatre (CYPT)

Calgary Young People's Theatre
  • Fall and winter class sessions, a season of productions, and summer camps
  • Ages 4-18 (teen classes and camps)
  • Calgary
Has a fee
Open nowno deadline
Details

TeamUP Science

TeamUP Science (University of Alberta)
  • One- and two-day workshops; the summer camp runs six weeks
  • High school
  • Edmonton, Camrose
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Destination Exploration, University of Lethbridge

University of Lethbridge
  • Summer (varies by camp)
  • High school
  • Lethbridge (in-person)
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Inside Education Youth Summits

Inside Education (Alberta)
  • 2–3 days (regional summits)
  • High school
  • Various Alberta locations (regional, in-person)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Dual Credit, Medicine Hat Public School Division

MHPSD with Medicine Hat College, Olds College, SAIT and Lethbridge Polytechnic
  • 12–16 weeks per course
  • Grades 10–12
  • Medicine Hat and Southeastern Alberta (in-person)
Opens laterdate not posted
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Medicine Hat College Summer STEM & Tech Camps

Medicine Hat College (MHC)
  • 1–2 weeks (summer camps)
  • High school
  • Medicine Hat (in-person, MHC campus)
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Let's Talk Science, University Chapter Symposia

Let's Talk Science / University chapters (UAlberta, UCalgary)
  • 1 day (annual symposia events)
  • High school
  • Edmonton and Calgary (university campuses)
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

MacEwan University Design Summer Camp

MacEwan University
  • 5 days (July 27–31, 2026)
  • Grades 9–12
  • Edmonton (in-person, MacEwan University campus)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Alberta University of the Arts, University Prep Programs

Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts)
  • 2 weeks (Arts-Bridge, summer)
  • Ages 16+; entering or completing Grade 10, 11 or 12
  • Calgary (in-person, AUArts campus)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Rise for the World

Rise, a program of Schmidt Futures and the Rhodes Trust
  • Application project over several months, then lifetime membership if selected
  • Ages 15 to 17 as of July 1 of the cohort year
  • Worldwide; the application is online and the summit is in person
Opens laterdate not posted
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Explore French Immersion Bursary

Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, funded by the Government of Canada
  • 31 to 33 days for ages 16 and up, spring or summer; 19 to 21 days for ages 13 to 15, summer only
  • Ages 13 to 15 and 16 and up, depending on the host institution
  • Host universities and colleges across Canada, including Quebec and the Atlantic provinces
Opens laterdate not posted
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Junior Zoo Guides, Calgary Zoo

Wilder Institute / Calgary Zoo
  • One year: 60 hours in summer plus 20 hours at fall and winter events
  • Ages 14–17
  • Calgary (Wilder Institute / Calgary Zoo)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
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Alberta Aviation Museum Youth Volunteer Program

Alberta Aviation Museum
  • Varies
  • Ages 13–17
  • Edmonton (Alberta Aviation Museum, Blatchford)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Métis Youth Summer Employment Program

Rupertsland Institute (Métis Nation of Alberta)
  • 6 to 16 weeks between May and August
  • Ages 15–30
  • Employers across Alberta
Pays you
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Alliance for Young Artists & Writers
  • Submit work each fall; regional then national judging
  • Grades 7–12 (age 13+)
  • Online (US and Canada, excluding Quebec)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

UBC Future Global Leaders

UBC Extended Learning
  • Summer courses and mini schools in July and August
  • Ages 15–18, Grade 10 completed
  • UBC Vancouver campus (residential option) or online
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Canadian Improv Games, Alberta

Canadian Improv Games, run in Alberta by Rapid Fire Theatre
  • Weekly practice September to March; Alberta tournament February 9–14, 2027
  • High school
  • Alberta regional tournament; national festival in Ottawa, March 23–27, 2027
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Bold Eagle, Canadian Armed Forces

Canadian Armed Forces (Canadian Army)
  • About 6 weeks, early July to late August
  • Grade 10 completed, age 16+
  • CFB Wainwright, AB
Pays you
Opens laterdate not posted
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Calgary Youth Orchestra

Mount Royal University Conservatory
  • September to June season
  • Ages 14-24
  • Mount Royal University, Calgary
Opens laterdate not posted
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Edmonton Youth Orchestra

Edmonton Youth Orchestra Association
  • September to spring season
  • Ages 11-24
  • Edmonton
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Calgary Stampede Showband

Calgary Stampede Foundation
  • Year-round: Tuesday evening rehearsals, a band camp weekend each month, and the Stampede in July
  • Ages 16-21
  • Stampede Park, Calgary
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Young Canadians School of Performing Arts, Calgary Stampede

Calgary Stampede Foundation
  • School year; Seniors train 12 to 15 hours a week, then perform in July
  • Ages 8-21 (Seniors 15-21)
  • Calgary
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Young Companies, Citadel Theatre

Citadel Theatre
  • A season of training ending in a spring production
  • Ages 16-21
  • Citadel Theatre, Edmonton
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Canadian Music Competition (CMC), Calgary Chapter

Canadian Music Competition, Calgary Chapter (Canadian Music Competitions Southern Alberta Committee)
  • Chapter audition in spring; national final in Montreal in July
  • Ages 7-25 (15-18 category for most high schoolers)
  • Calgary audition (Edmonton candidates audition in Calgary); national final in Montreal
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Alberta Honour Wind Ensemble

Alberta Band Association
  • One ensemble weekend and concert in late winter
  • High school and undergraduate
  • Edmonton (in recent years)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Edmonton Music & Speech Arts Festival (EMSAF)

Edmonton Kiwanis Music Festival Association
  • Two weeks in late April (April 20 to May 1 in 2026)
  • All ages
  • Edmonton
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival

Medicine Hat Rotary Music Festival
  • Two weeks, March 8 to 21, 2027
  • All ages
  • Medicine Hat
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts

Red Deer Festival of the Performing Arts Society
  • April 13 to 15 and April 26 to May 1, 2027
  • All ages
  • Red Deer Polytechnic and Sunnybrook United Church, Red Deer
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Alberta Provincial Music Festival

Alberta Music Festival Association (AMFA)
  • Provincial finals each summer
  • By recommendation from a local festival
  • Alberta (host city changes)
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Alberta High School Drama Festival

Alberta High School Drama Festival Association (AHSDFA)
  • Zone festivals in April; provincial festival in May
  • High school
  • Zone festivals across Alberta; provincial host changes (University of Lethbridge in 2026)
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Alberta Ballet School Summer Intensive

Alberta Ballet School
  • Three weeks: June 28 to July 16 or July 19 to August 6, 2027
  • Grades 9-12 (Senior); Grades 5-8 (Junior)
  • Calgary (residence available at Mount Royal University)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Reach for the Top

Reach for the Top
  • School year, with an Alberta provincial tournament in April and nationals in May
  • High school
  • School leagues; Alberta provincials; national championship (Moncton, NB in 2026)
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Write 2 Film, YouthWrite

YouthWrite Society Canada, with the Calgary Society of Independent Filmmakers
  • A week-long overnight camp in July
  • Ages 14-19
  • Rocky View County, near Calgary
Has a fee
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

Rotary Youth Program of Enrichment (RYPEN)

Rotary District 5360 (southern Alberta) and District 5370 (northern Alberta)
  • 4-day residential camp (May 7 to 10, 2027 in southern Alberta)
  • Ages 13-17 (southern Alberta); 14-18 (northern Alberta)
  • The Site, just outside Calgary (southern Alberta camp)
Free
Opens laterdate not posted
Details

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