For troops and crews in Michigan and neighboring states, the easiest way to participate in an international Scouting event is to travel to Ontario.  There are two Scout Associations in Canada that are members of WOSM (World Organization of the Scout Movement).  The largest one and the one you will encounter in Ontario is Scouts Canada.  You can learn about the Scouts Canada guidelines for U.S. Scouts to participate in their events at International Participation in Canadian Events.  The other WOSM member Scout Association in Canada is the French speaking Association Des Scouts du Canada with members mostly in Quebec.

There are many regularly scheduled weekend international camporees in Ontario:

• Can-Am Camporee – Held in early May at Camp Attawandaron near Grand Bend, Ontario

• Dorchester International Brotherhood Camporee - Held on Mothers Day weekend at Camp Bell near Dorchester, Ontario

• International Friendship Camporee – Spring Camporee near Belleville, Michigan – Fall Camporee near Amherstburg, Ontario

• Loyalist Area World Brotherhood Camporee - Held every September, in even years, in the US at Wellesley Island State Park in the Thousand Islands across from Clayton, NY, and in odd years in Canada at Riverside Cedar Provincial Park near Morrisburg, ON.

• Owen Sound Scouts Winter Camp - Held every January at Harrison Park in Owen Sound, Ontario

• Scope - Extended weekend exchange between Ontario Scouts and Pennsylvania Scouts

• Scout Brigade of Fort George - The third weekend in September each year at Niagara-on-the Lake, Ontario, reenacting the War of 1812.

• Stoney Creek International Scout Camp - Held in early June at Confederation Park in Stoney Creek, Ontario

• Tri-District - Rotated between Ontario, Quebec, and New York state

• Wellington International Camporee - late September, Guelph Lake, Guelph, Ontario

There is also a week-long international camp, The Great Lakes Jamboree, which is held every even numbered year at Camp Bel in Dorchester, near London, Ontario

Scouts Canada holds both National Jamborees and Provincial Jamborees to which BSA troops and crews are invited. To find out about upcoming jamborees in Canada, go to the Scouts Canada Canadian Events Calendar.

There are many Scouts Canada camps in Ontario, including Haliburton Scout Reserve, the largest Scout camp in Canada, 5000 acres located 150 miles north of Toronto.  Chief Okemos Council troops have used and recommend Camp Manitou near Campbellville, the Bruce Trail, and the Niagara Escarpment climbing areas, and Camp Wetaskiwin in St Catharines, not far from Niagara Falls.

Troops and crew traveling to Ontario might also be interested in Ontario Parks, an excellent source of information on Ontario Parks which includes VR tours of Bon Echo and Killarney Provincial Parks and a downloadable canoeing map of Algonquin Provincial Park.