Orienteering Ottawa offers outreach programs: customizable orienteering and adventure sessions for your school, scout group, business, or friends.

We also offer instructor-training to school teachers and camp directors who wish to add Orienteering to their curriculum.

We have partnerships with the OCSB and the OCDSB, offering access to our library of over 65 mapped parks, teacher resources such as lesson plans and activity sheets, videos, teacher clinics, PD-day sessions, and more.

How it works

However you want it to work. We've done sessions for running groups, business outings, and various non-profits, so we're very open to whatever works for you. Just send us an e-email (outreach@ottawaoc.ca) letting us know what it is you're looking for and we'll see what we can do for you.  Activities are a good fit for several parts of the school curriculum.

A typical hour-long classroom session might look something like the following:

• 15 minutes of introduction to our sport and direct outdoor instruction with our facilitators;
• 40 minutes of orienteering in the park or school yard;
• 5 minutes wrap up and review.

A longer two hour session can be done at your school or at one of the areas Orienteering Ottawa has mapped*. In two hours we often provide the following:

• 15 minute introduction to the sport and direct outdoor instruction with our facilitators;
• 45-60 minutes of orienteering ;
• 10 minutes of debrief and feedback from our facilitators;
• More time on the course or other orienteering activities such as team relays to wrap up.

These sessions can be done on foot, skis, or snowshoes.

*Land use permissions need to be secured for many of our maps so we do not guarantee the availability of all areas at all times.

Another fun option for younger school groups is orienteering in a gym (great for all times of the year!):

What it costs

Because each session is individualized and there are many factors contributing to how much a session costs we work out a quote for each session depending on what you are looking for. Contact us to get a quote.

A typical two hour session will cost about $200 for up to 30 students. For that you get:

• Two experienced coaches;
• rental orienteering equipment;
• the set-up and take-down of all equipment;

Maps

Contact us at outreach@ottawaoc.ca for a list of nearby mapped spaces suitable for your students or participants. Or, have a look at our maps page.

Book a session

You can book a session with our instructors by e-mailing outreach@ottawaoc.ca.