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Experiences Canada offers group exchanges for youth aged 12 to 17 and their chaperones, and covers all group travel costs from your community to your twin group!
Youth Forums
Our youth forums bring together youth from across Canada to explore current issues facing Canadian society. They serve as a safe inclusive space for youth to learn outside of a classroom setting.
Learning Resources
Our learning resources provide youth and youth educators with curriculum-based interactive lessons that examine a variety of topics relative to today’s youth
How can we help?
About Experiences Canada
Experiences Canada is a national registered charity that helps young Canadians to explore their country in ways they never may have imagined through reciprocal exchanges, forums, conferences and other opportunities to connect with one another.
Every year, we send on average 4,500 youth on exchange somewhere in Canada. That’s hundreds of thousands of young Canadians who have benefited from a student exchange experience since we began over 80 years ago.
Experiences
From Urban to Arctic
Building Bridges Between Youth in Naujaat and Ottawa
On April 7th, 2024, students and teachers from Glebe Collegiate Institute (GCI), in Ottawa, Ontario embarked on our journey to Naujaat, Nunavut. After four flights, we finally landed in Naujaat…
Discovering Montreal
A Life-Changing Youth Exchange Between Nuvviti School and St-Jean-Vianney College
Our student exchange trip from Nuvviti school, Ivujivik, QC to St-Jean-Vianney College, Montréal, QC expanded our students’ minds and futures to new possibilities…
Connecting Hearts and Cultures
A Transformative Journey on the Paulatuk Exchange
We had an exciting time showing them some of the many attractions in our area, but the REAL excitement for our students was the opportunity to travel to Paulatuk in April 2023…
Discovering Alberta
A Journey of Friendship and Growth
This student exchange allowed us and our classmates to grow closer. It even gave us the opportunity to learn more about people we thought we already knew well…
Powdered Paths
Ski Adventures from Kelowna to Ottawa
In January 2023, my ski team and I embarked on an unforgettable trip to Ottawa. The excitement was palpable as we departed …
Uniting Cultures
A Transformative Exchange Between Netsilik School And Elmvale High School
In a world that is becoming increasingly interconnected, the importance of cultural exchange and understanding cannot be overstated…
Feature Friday
Alumni Shelby Yoder
Alumni Shelby Yoder took the time to answer some questions and share what she has been up to since her time with Experiences Canada…
Lifetime Connections
My experience in Victoria with our varsity basketball team was extraordinary. While in Victoria, there was never a dull moment. I had the opportunity to experience so many things with my team, and these opportunities will inspire me for a lifetime.
Our Trip to Ottawa
Our trip to Ottawa was a great opportunity to bond as a team, with our host families, and to explore another province. Our six days were spent visiting Ottawa’s various tourist attractions, with the occasional basketball game sprinkled in (we played SMT and Glebe)….
Something to Remember
My trip to Sylvan Lake, Alberta really was not one to forget. I met so many new, great people as well as saw so much beauty in nature that I would never be able to see in my hometown province of Ontario.
4500 km and a million stories between them!
Heather Mcphail, group organizer, and her students from Central Peel Secondary School in Brampton, Ontario visited an indigenous reserve in Hay River, Northwest Territories! Sixteen multicultural students in grades 10-12 were chosen to travel with 3 chaperones.
Diversity and Acceptance: My Trip to Vancouver
My best memory from the trip is the time I went swimming in the Pacific Ocean. At that moment, the sun was setting and its rays were reflected by the water, which reminded me of how lucky we were to go on this trip.
WAYS TO GIVE!
Get involved and help inspire a generation of young Canadians to share their passion and shape our future!
WHY DONATE?
Youth Empowerment and Education:
Experiences Canada is dedicated to providing unique and impactful learning opportunities for Canadian youth.
Cultural Exchange and National Unity:
Experiences Canada offers programs that promote intercultural understanding and strengthen the bonds between different regions of Canada.
Positive Social Impact:
Your donation to Experiences Canada goes beyond individual growth and development; it has a broader positive impact on communities and society.
Youth each year
GROUPS EACH YEAR
PROVINCES & TERRITORIES
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Get In Touch
Location: 2148 Carling Avenue, Suite 202,
Ottawa, ON K2A 1H1
Telephone: 613-727-3832 or Toll Free 1-800-387-3832
The Experiences Canada office is situated on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnaabeg People. We recognize and respect their sovereignty, history, and culture, and commit ourselves to the process of reconciliation and building positive relationships with Indigenous communities
Partners
Experiences Canada would like to thank our funding partners for their generous support.
