About us
Circle Square Ranch Grand River in Brantford, Ontario
We’re all about creating a safe, exciting place for friendship, adventure, and joy.
Our passion for excellent summer camp is fuelled by our hope that every child and retreat guest will know they are uniquely loved by Jesus Christ.
Campers and guests come from many different faith backgrounds and perspectives, and everyone is wholeheartedly and respectfully welcomed.
Steve & Andrea Richardson
Executive Directors
Steve and Andrea Richardson have been part of Circle Square Ranch since 1993 and have served as co-directors since 1999. For more than 30 years, they have helped shape the Ranch into a place where thousands of children have been cared for, challenged, encouraged, and welcomed.
They live with their family on the Ranch property and bring decades of experience in camp leadership, program development, administration, and caring for the place and community they call home.
- Email Steve at sricardson@csranch.ca
- Email Andrea at arichardson@csranch.ca
Year-round staff team
Some of our staff raise financial support to serve at camp. You can help make their work possible by supporting a member of our team.
A look into Circle Square Ranch history
1970s & 80s:
A TV show becomes a real camp
Circle Square Ranch began in an unusual place: television. In the 1970s, Crossroads Christian Communications created Circle Square, a children’s TV program featuring a fictional summer camp where kids had adventures, built friendships, and learned about God.
Families loved the idea so much that they began asking how they could send their own children to Circle Square Ranch. Eventually, the fictional camp became real, with Circle Square Ranch locations opening across Canada.
Circle Square Ranch Brantford, now called Circle Square Ranch Grand River, welcomed its first campers in 1985.
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About InterVarsity Canada
Circle Square Ranch Grand River is a ministry of InterVarsity Canada, a Christian charitable organization that serves children, youth, students, and young adults across the country.
For more than a century, InterVarsity has created communities where young people can build friendships, develop as leaders, and explore and grow in Christian faith. Today, its ministries include high school, university, and workplace communities, as well as nine summer camps across Canada, including Circle Square Ranches and Pioneer Camps.
