Toronto and Region Conservation Authority

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration: Any week(s) from June 30th to August 29th, 2025

Volunteer Hours: 35 hrs/week

Work Location(s): Lake St. George Field Centre

Number of Vacancies: 6 per week

Division: Education & Training

How you will contribute as part of the TRCA Volunteer team:

Attention high school students! Gain experience working with children and get your volunteer hours in an active outdoor setting at Lake St. George's day camps this summer! You will support staff in leading a fun and safe camp experience, creating summertime memories for children from ages 4 -12. We offer a variety of themes such as Wilderness Survival, Backcountry Canoe Adventures, and Forest Magic. This position is ideal for those who love working with children, enjoy the outdoors, want to learn new skills or gain experience in an outdoor education setting. 

What you will do as a volunteer: 

• Assist camp counsellors with various camp related activities
• Engage campers with activities
• Assist with set up and clean up of activities
• Support TRCA staff with games and activities
• Make camp fun for kids!
• Other duties as assigned

What will you need to succeed: 

• Must be at least 15 years old as of July 2025
• Must be able to commit to at least one full week
• Enjoy the outdoors
• Enjoy crafts & games
• Enjoy working with children
• [Please be advised that successful volunteers 18 years of age and over may be required to undergo a vulnerable sector screening, with the cost incurred by the volunteer]

While the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) thanks all volunteer applicants for their interest, only those under consideration will be contacted for interviews. 

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code,  Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and TRCA Policies, accommodation will be provided at any point throughout the volunteer selection process, provided the volunteer candidate makes their accommodation needs known to the TRCA. We welcome volunteer applications from all qualified persons. 

Personal information you provide through the TRCA volunteer recruitment, selection, and onboarding process is collected under the authority of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27. Collection of this personal information is necessary for the proper administration of this volunteer recruitment process for volunteer opportunities with TRCA. Personal information is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any question regarding this collection activity should be directed to the Manager of Records and Information, 5 Shoreham Drive, Toronto, ON, M3N 1S4, (437) 880 2308.

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration: Weeks of July 7, 12, 21, 28; August 11 & 18, 2025

Volunteer Hours: 35 hrs/week

Work Location(s): The Nature Centre at Bruce's Mill

Number of Vacancies: 2 per week

Division: Education & Training

How you will contribute as part of the TRCA Volunteer team:

Attention high school students! Gain experience working with children and get your volunteer hours in an outdoor setting at Bruce's Mill's day camps this summer! You will support staff in leading a fun and safe camp experience, creating summertime memories for children from ages 4 -9. We offer a variety of themes such as Wilderness Survival, Amazing Animals, and Spy camp. This position is ideal for those who love working with children, enjoy the outdoors, want to learn new skills or gain experience in an outdoor education setting. 

What you will do as a volunteer: 

• Assist camp counsellors with various camp related activities
• Engage campers with activities
• Assist with set up and clean up of activities
• Support TRCA staff with games and activities
• Make camp fun for kids!
• Other duties as assigned

What will you need to succeed: 

• Must be at least 15 years old as of July 2025
• Must be able to commit to at least one full week
• Enjoy the outdoors
• Enjoy crafts & games
• Enjoy working with children
• [Please be advised that successful volunteers 18 years of age and over may be required to undergo a vulnerable sector screening, with the cost incurred by the volunteer]

While the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) thanks all volunteer applicants for their interest, only those under consideration will be contacted for interviews. 

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code,  Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and TRCA Policies, accommodation will be provided at any point throughout the volunteer selection process, provided the volunteer candidate makes their accommodation needs known to the TRCA. We welcome volunteer applications from all qualified persons. 

Personal information you provide through the TRCA volunteer recruitment, selection, and onboarding process is collected under the authority of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27. Collection of this personal information is necessary for the proper administration of this volunteer recruitment process for volunteer opportunities with TRCA. Personal information is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any question regarding this collection activity should be directed to the Manager of Records and Information, 5 Shoreham Drive, Toronto, ON, M3N 1S4, (437) 880 2308.

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration:

• March Break Camp: March 10th - March 14th 2025
• PA Day Camp: June 6th, 2025
• Summer Camp: multiple weeks between June 30th and August 29th, 2025

Volunteer Hours:

• March Break and Summer Camps: 35 hrs/week (minimum 1 week commitment) 
• PA day camps: 7hrs/day

Work Location(s): Tommy Thompson Park

Number of Vacancies: Multiple

Division: Education and Training

How you will contribute as part of the TRCA Volunteer team:

High school students! Gain leadership experience and community service hours this summer by volunteering at Tommy Thompson Park (TTP) Summer Nature Day Camp. Spend your summer days exploring the meadows, forests, and wetlands of Toronto's urban wilderness.

As a summer camp volunteer, you will be assisting TRCA staff with the delivery of hands-on learning and play for campers age 6-12 that is centered around building a connection with the Land. We offer a variety of themes, such as Birds in the City, Art in Nature, Science on the Spit, and Wildlife Adventures. This position is ideal for those who love working with children, enjoy spending time in nature, and want to learn new skills in an outdoor education setting. 

What you will do as a volunteer: 

• Assist with the set up and take down of games and activities
• Organize and care for educational materials and resources
• Maintain a safe, clean, and inclusive environment
• Assist with the delivery of nature-based programming
• Assist with leading guided hikes and ensure participant safety while outdoors
• Engage campers with activities and make camp fun for kids!
• Adhere to all TRCA safety policies and procedures

What will you need to succeed:

• Comfortable working outdoors in diverse weather conditions
• Strong communication skills and ability to take initiative in a team environment
• Knowledge of or interest in environmental topics, with a focus on local wildlife, native plants, and environmental conservation
• Experience working with children in a leadership position is an asset
• Must be 14 years of age or older by the start of their first camp week
• Successful volunteers aged 18 and above may be required to undergo a vulnerable sector screening, with the cost incurred by the volunteer

While the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) thanks all volunteer applicants for their interest, only those under consideration will be contacted for interviews. 

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code,  Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and TRCA Policies, accommodation will be provided at any point throughout the volunteer selection process, provided the volunteer candidate makes their accommodation needs known to the TRCA. We welcome volunteer applications from all qualified persons. 

Personal information you provide through the TRCA volunteer recruitment, selection, and onboarding process is collected under the authority of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27. Collection of this personal information is necessary for the proper administration of this volunteer recruitment process for volunteer opportunities with TRCA. Personal information is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any question regarding this collection activity should be directed to the Manager of Records and Information, 5 Shoreham Drive, Toronto, ON, M3N 1S4, (437) 880 2308.

Volunteer Role Details:

Duration:  April 2025 - November 2025

Work Location(s): Various locations across the GTA 

Volunteer Hours: Weekdays 9 am - 2 pm

Number of Vacancies: Unlimited

Division: Restoration and Infrastructure

How you will contribute as part of the TRCA Volunteer team:

The Citizen Science Volunteer Program provides volunteers with new skills that could be transferrable for future career opportunities in the environmental field or to provide unique and interesting learning activities for anyone who is passionate about the environment and would like to give back. Through the program, volunteers will help make areas more resilient and adaptable, increasing success and population growth.  We train and mentor volunteers to assist TRCA staff with a variety of priority projects. 

What you will do as a volunteer: 

Looking to either improve your tree and shrub identification skills or just to practice your ID skills? Volunteers with this opportunity will help staff maintain new plantings, identify trees and shrubs and collect data and record in a handheld Trimble Unit. The data collected help staff determine what species work well at each site for future restoration opportunities and to monitor the success rate of the material planted. This opportunity also involves some general site and infrastructure maintenance, watering, and is an amazing way to get into nature while focusing on citizen science.  

What will you need to succeed:

• Passion for or knowledge of environmental topics, with a focus on local wildlife, native plants, and environmental conservation
• Native plant identification skills is an asset
• Comfortable working outdoors in all weather conditions
• Physically able to walk on uneven terrain
• Willingness to learn
• Volunteers must be 14 years of age or older
• Experience with fieldwork and/or collecting data is an asset

While the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) thanks all volunteer applicants for their interest, only those under consideration will be contacted.

In accordance with the Ontario Human Rights Code, Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, 2005, and TRCA Policies, accommodations will be provided at any point throughout the volunteer selection process, provided the volunteer candidate makes their accommodation needs known to the TRCA.  We welcome volunteer applications from all qualified persons. 

Personal information you provide through the TRCA volunteer recruitment, selection, and onboarding process is collected under the authority of the Conservation Authorities Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. C.27. Collection of this personal information is necessary for the proper administration of this volunteer recruitment process for volunteer opportunities with TRCA. Personal information is protected from disclosure pursuant to the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. Any question regarding this collection activity should be directed to the Manager of Records and Information, 5 Shoreham Drive, Toronto, ON, M3N 1S4, (437) 880 2308.