Looking for Nova Scotia 2026 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 16-20, 2026.
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 your local YMCA for March Break Day Camp details, or click on the link above to find your YMCA.
HALIFAX AND AREA (HRM)
Art Gallery of Nova Scotia Art Camp REGISTRATION CLOSED
Halifax
Ages 5-12. $300
ArtWorks Halifax March Break Camps
Ages 5-13, 9am-4pm, $40 for the half day, $80 for the day or $350 for the week, March 16-20
Create masterpieces using a variety of media – from clay to painting and printmaking.
Click on the link above or email info@artworkshalifax.com.
Atlantic Cirque
Dartmouth
March 16-20, 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 16-20 at the Brain Repair Centre, LSRI, 1348 Summer Street, Dalhousie University
Thursday March 19th: 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.
Camp de Jour March Break Camp
Dartmouth AND Halifax
March 16-20, 8:30am-4:30pm
Camp de Jour: Ages 4-9, $250
Camp en Action: Ages 10-13, $275.
100% in French. A basic level of French is required. Arts and crafts and outdoor games.
Dalhousie University Camps
Halifax
March 16-20
Active Kids = FULL
Age 6-9. $275-$340. 9-4:30pm at Dalplex Studio 1.
Dal Tigers Coed Basketball Camp
Ages 8-15. $85-300. 9am-4:30pm.
Dal Tigers Coed Soccer Camp
Ages 8-14. $260-$340. 9am-4:30pm at Wickwire Field.
Discovery Centre March Break Camps
Halifax
March 16-20, 8:15am-5pm; $280 non members; $260 members
Grades 1-7.
STEAM‑themed day camps at the Discovery Centre, exploring science, technology, engineering, arts, and math through hands‑on activities.
Hatfield Farms Open Family Round-Up Adventure
Hammonds Plains
March 16-20, daily departures at 11am and Noon. $25.99/person +HST, children under 24 months are Free.
2 Hour Adventure with Wagon/Sleigh Ride, Hot Dogs and Fries, Unlimited Juice, Pop, Coffee, Tea and Hot Chocolate, Rubber Rodeo, Playground, Zip-lines, and Petting Pen.
Kids & Company Spring Break Camp
Locations: Bedford, Hammonds Plains, Eastern Passage, Sackville
March 16-20.
Ages 6-12.
Themed days, hands-on activities, sports, games.
Lego March Break Camp at Cole Harbour Place
Dartmouth
March 16-20. 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. Camp includes martial arts and swimming.
Maritime Museum of the Atlantic
Halifax
Check the website for March Break hours and special programs for 2026.
Museum of Natural History
Halifax
Open Monday-Sunday 9:30am-4:30pm
Check the website for March Break hours and special programs for 2026.
Neptune Theatre School March Break Camps
Halifax Grammar School, 945 Tower Rd, Halifax
March 16-20
Ages 4-12, $315. Full day children’s camps, choose from:
– Fantasy Friends (Musical) for ages 4-6
– Superstar Sensation (Musical) for ages 4-6
– Dinosaur Discoveries for ages 4-6
– Spaceship Shenanigans for ages 7-9
– Spells and Sorcery for ages 7-9
– Pop Palooza (Musical) for ages 7-9
– Mega Movie Musical for ages 10-12
CLOSED – Ages 13-18 $50 + HST 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, 1400 Oxford St.
Pre-Primary to Grade 8; Cost $375 ($350 for Armbrae students)
March 9-13: Choose from Robothink (PP-Gr 3), Drama Camp (Gr 2-5), Sport Ball (PP-Gr 2), Young Leaders (Gr 6-8)
March 16-20: Choose from Robothink (PP-Gr 6), MCAD Camp (PP-Gr 1 and Gr 2-4), Young Leaders (Gr 6-8)
Sackawa Canoe Club March Break Camp
Lower Sackville
March 16-20, 9am-4pm. $215
Ages 8 and up.
Hiking, snowshoeing, outdoor fun, arts, and crafts, swimming, and skating.
Skating at the Emera Oval
Halifax
Public skates all day long. Free equipment rental, including skates and helmets.
TideView Nature School March Break Forest Camp
Cole Harbour
Outdoor forest school camp at Cole Harbour Heritage Park with hands‑on, nature‑based learning such as shelter building, nature art, tree climbing, hiking, and map skills. The 2026 session runs March 16–20, 2026, Monday–Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. (extended‑day hours built in). Check their March Break 2026 page for age groups, pricing, and registration details
CAPE BRETON ISLAND
Gaelic College March Break Youth Sessions
Registration is CLOSED.
Ages 5-18; Live-in student: $375+tax; Day student: $270+tax; Family rates also available
March 17-19
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
Ages 6-11, March 16-19
1 day: $100, 2 days $190, 3 days $270, 4 days $340
Daily Lift Ticket $20, Daily Equipment Rental $20
Please contact office@skibeneoin.com or call (902) 828 2804 for more information
Northside Community Pool March Break Day Camps
March 16-20, 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
Check the website for March Break hours and special programs for 2026
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
Ross Creek March Break Art Camps
Canning
For ages 5-16. March 16-20, 9am-5pm. $85 per day including lunch and materials.
Day arts emphasizing creativity, the outdoors, and play. The Art Bus is available at $25 per day or $120 for the week (Monday bus already full). Register on the Ross Creek Centre for the Arts website at the link above.
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 for 2026 information.
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.
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.
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