Looking for Nova Scotia 2025 March Break Camps and activities? Here’s what’s going on for children and families during March Break across mainland Nova Scotia and Cape Breton Island, March 10-14.
March Break Activities at Your Local Library
See your local library branch for what’s happening in your area or click on the link above to find yours.
YMCA Day Camps
All Across Nova Scotia – contact the YMCA near you, or click on the link above to find yours.
HALIFAX AND AREA (HRM)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Art Camp
Halifax
Ages 5-12. $250
ArtWorks Halifax FULL
Ages 5-13, 9am-4pm, $40 for the half day, $80 for the day or $350 for the week, March 10-14
Create masterpieces using a variety of media – from clay to painting and printmaking.
Atlantic Cirque FULL
Dartmouth
March 10-14, 9am-4pm (early dropoff/late pickup available)
Age 7-12, $325 + tax
Students will learn everything from trampoline, juggling, stilts, human pyramids, aerial apparatus (trapeze, cerceau, rope) and more. We also play camp games and prepare routines to present at the end of the week.
Brain Awareness Week Activities
March 10-14 at the Brain Repair Centre, LSRI, 1348 Summer Street, Dalhousie University
Thursday March 13th: Brain Fair 10am – 2pm
A public event with games, competitions, prizes, experiments, demonstrations, interactive booths and all kinds of brain-related information. Open to all ages. No fee. No booking required, just show up.
Canada Games Centre March Break Camp
Halifax
March 10-14, 8:30am-5pm
Primary to Grade 6. Members: $200, Non-Members: $235
Typical days will include everything from swimming, playing physically active games in our Field House, crafts, and classroom activities, as well as outdoor play opportunities on our playground.
Dalhousie University Camps
Halifax
March 10-14 camps for kids and teens
Active Kids
Age 6-10. $275-$330. 9-4:30pm at Dalplex.
Climbing Skills
Ages 8-14. $275-$315. 9-4:30pm at Dalplex.
Basketball Camp (Co-ed)
Ages 8-15. $275. 9am-4:30pm.
Soccer Camp
Ages 8-14. $275-$333. 9am-4:30pm at Studley Gym.
Deanery Project March Break Programs
751 West Ship Harbour Rd, Lower Ship Harbour
March 10-14
Ages 9-12
For more information, email thedeaneryproject@gmail.com or phone 902-845-1888
Discovery Centre March Break Camps
Halifax
March 10-14, 8:15am-5pm; $280 non members; $260 members
STEAM! Primary to Grade 1 and Grade 2-4
Digital Discovery: Grade 4 to 7
Equestrian March Break in Beaver Bank
Rocky Hollow Ranch, Beaver Bank
Youth will learn how a ranch works as well and experience many animal adventures (grooming, leading, riding and learning about large animal care). We go on trail walks, ride. decorate horses, and have different themes for all our camp days (e.g. unicorn, donkey dashing, puppy jumping and more.)
Email rockyhollow2017@gmail.com for more info.
For Pete’s Snakes Educational Serpent Encounters
Steele Wheels Motor Museum, 166 Otter Lake Court, Halifax
March 8th, 10am-1pm
Hatfield Farms Open Family Round-Up Adventure
Hammonds Plains
March 10-16, daily departures at 11am and Noon. $24.99/person +HST, children under 24 months are Free.
2 Hour Adventure with Wagon/Sleigh Ride, All-You-Can-Eat Hot Dogs, Unlimited Juice, Pop, Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate, Unlimited Time in Heated Rubber Rodeo with the Inflatable Games, Playground & Petting Pen.
Lego March Break Camp at Cole Harbour Place
Dartmouth
March 10-14. 7:30AM-6:00PM. $245.00
MAMBEC has 350 lbs of Lego and Robotics. We will have daily Lego/robotic challenges for campers end of the week we pick the challenge winners 1st place $100.00 2nd place $50.00 3rd place $25.00 gift certificate. Campers swim Monday/Wednesday and Friday. Martial Arts/ Life Skills. Library.
Literacy March Break Camp
Lower Sackville
Sackville Arena, 91 First Lake Drive
March 10-14.. 9am-4:30pm.
Age 5-9
Fun-filled memories: arts & crafts, bouncy castle, outdoor activities.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Halifax
Daily adventures from 10am-3pm, March 8-16th.
Watch website for more details.
Museum of Natural History
Halifax
Open Monday-Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm
Check website for which exhibition is now on view.
Neptune Theatre School March Break Camps
Halifax Grammar School, 945 Tower Rd, Halifax
March 10-14
Ages 4-12, $305. Full day children’s camps, choose from:
– Capes and Curtains for ages 4-6
– (Musical) Storybook Superstars for ages 4-6
– (Drama) Legends and Lore for ages 7-9
– (Musical) Spotlight on You! for ages 7-9
– (Drama) Olympian Odyssey for ages 10-12
– (Musical) Broadway Bound for ages 10-12
Ages 13+ Free Leader in Training Program. 8:30am-4:30pm. Training students in arts leadership and instruction. Mornings: training and learning sessions. Afternoons: assigned a classroom to shadow in children’s camps.
Osprey March Break Camps
Halifax – Armbrae Academy
March 10-14. To start the registration process, click on the link above.
For details, email amd@armbrae.ns.ca Registration usually closes March 1st.
Skating at the Emera Oval
Halifax
Public skates all day long. Free equipment rental, including skates and helmets.
CAPE BRETON ISLAND
Gaelic College March Break Youth Sessions
Registration deadline is March 1st.
Ages 5-18; Live-in student: $375+tax; Day student: $270+tax; Family rates also available
Session 1: March 8-10
Session 2: March 13-15
Sessions include Gaelic, fiddle, piano accompaniment, piping, step dance, highland dance, and guitar accompaniment.
Skating
Watch the following rinks for open skates this week:
Whitney Pier
New Waterford
Membertou
Dominion
Emera
Centre 200
Glace Bay
Sydney Mines
County Arena
Ski/Snowboard at Ski Ben Eoin
Ben Eoin, Cape Breton
Usually Ski Ben Eoin offers extended hours and a March Break camp for ages 6-11
Please contact office@skibeneoin.com or call (902) 828 2804 for more information
Northside Community Pool March Break Day Camp
March 10-14, 8:30am-3:30pm
Ages 6-11; $35 per day or $150 for the week.
Swimming, games, arts and crafts, and themed days.
CUMBERLAND COUNTY
Fundy Geological Museum
Parrsboro
Displays an ancient world and some of the oldest dinosaur bones in Canada. Meet some of the ancient creatures that lived here millions of years ago: the world’s first reptiles, early dinosaurs, giant dragonflies, an ancestor of frogs and a sow-bug-like creature as long as a baseball bat. Explore mineral treasures of Nova Scotia exposed when the great Fundy tides washed away the sea cliffs.
KINGS COUNTY
For Pete’s Snakes Educational Serpent Encounters
Greenwood Mall Centre Court, 1963 Central Ave, Greenwood
March 16th, 1-3pm
Ross Creek March Break Art Camps
Canning
For ages 4-16. March 10-14, 9am-5pm. $75 per day or $375 for the week.
Ages 4-7 Programming:
Monday: All About Me
Tuesday: Forest Friends
Wednesday: Tall Tales or Winter Wonders
Thursday: Tiny Towns
Friday: Treasure Island
Ages 8-11 Programming:
Monday: Act It! or Sculpt It!
Tuesday: Ancient Architects or Magizoology
Wednesday: Forest Adventures or Ancient Egypt
Thursday: World of Fashion or It’s Alive Animations!
Friday: Comic Creations or Jewellery
Ages 12-16 Programming:
Monday: Printmaking or Writing Studio
Tuesday: Sculpture Studio or Improv Studio
Wednesday: Photo Studio
Thursday: Graphic-Con or Jewellery/Metalcasting
Friday: Street Art or Fashion Studio
LUNENBURG COUNTY
March Break at Ross Farm
New Ross
Typically offers tours, wagon rides, and more from 10am to 4:30pm.
Watch the link above more information.
March Break Camps at the LCLC
Lunenburg County Lifestyle Centre
March 10-14
Pre-registration is required for each activity: Online: www.connect2rec.com Phone: (902) 530-4100
PICTOU COUNTY
Museum of Industry
Stellarton
March Break Activities typically run 9:30 – 4:30 each day.
Watch the website for more information.
SHELBURNE COUNTY
Black Loyalist Heritage Centre
Birchtown
Learn the story of the world’s largest free African population outside of Africa, in the late 18th century in Nova Scotia. Enjoy the view of Birchtown Bay when you climb up the Shaw Turret, which commemorates all Black Loyalist communities in Nova Scotia. Enter the Centre’s Lindsay Gallery and immerse yourself in the multimedia presentation of the Black Loyalist journey from Africa to the American colonies, then to Nova Scotia and back to Africa. Explore the virtual copy of the Carlton’s Book of Negroes and search for an ancestor who may have experienced part of this incredible journey.
WEST HANTS
Ski Martock Skiing and Snowboarding March Break Camps
Windsor Forks
Daily March 10-14; Age 5-15, $160+HST
Skiing or snowboarding. Beginner to advanced. 4 hour group lesson: 9:30 to 11:30am. Lunch. 12:30 to 2:30pm.
WINDSOR
For Pete’s Snakes Educational Serpent Encounters
West Hants Sports Complex, 116 Centennial Drive, Windsor
March 1th, 1-3pm
YARMOUTH
Firefighters’ Museum of Nova Scotia
Discover the history of firefighting in this province. See the types of fire engines used from the 1800s to the 1930s. Marvel at antique hand-drawn and operated engines such as Canada’s oldest horse-drawn steam engine, an 1863 Amoskeag Steamer. Take the wheel of a 1933 Chev Bickle pumper and see collections of antique toy fire engines, shoulder crests, patches and badges from fire departments around the world.
Do you know of an activity I have missed? Let me know and I will add it to the list of Nova Scotia 2025 March Break camps and activities. Thanks!
Love, Luck &
Laughter,
