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There are many clubs in central Canada that meet regularly to collect rocks, learn about the earth sciences and do lapidary arts. If you are interested in rocks and minerals and are interested in joining a club or meeting other rockhounds, then contact a club near you.

There are 5 clubs that are active in the Greater Toronto Area. Each club has it’s own "flavour", so visit a few before deciding which one to join. Some people join the club nearest to the place they live or work; other people join the club that seems to be more active in the area that interests them. Many rockhounds belong to more than one club. Every club welcomes visitors. Don’t feel that you need to make a commitment before you come and visit for a few times.

If you already have a club, or are thinking of forming a club, and would like to enjoy the benefits of being a CCFMS affiliated club, please visit our page on How to Become a Member Club



Club

Meetings / Focus

Bancroft Gem and Mineral Club

Meeting: 1st Wednesday of each month (except August & December). 7:30pm in The Door Next Door Cafe, 23 Bridge St. W., Bancroft.
Focus: Monthly meetings, field trips, annual show
Contact: Dick Farmery dfarmery@nexicom.net
Address:
P.O. Box 1749, Bancroft, ON, K0L 1C0

Barrie Gem & Mineralogical Society 

Meeting: 1st Wednesday of the month Jan to June & Sept to Dec, 7:30 pm
Building D, Room 122 Georgian College, Barrie Campus
Focus: Monthly meetings, field trips & newsletters
Contact: Kathleen Reid, liv_laf_lov@yahoo.ca
Address:
100 Donald Street, Barrie, Ontario L4N 1E3

Brampton Rock and Mineral Club 
(GTA) 

Meeting: 3rd Thursday of the month, 7:30 pm September to June
Knightsbridge Community Centre, 2A Knightsbridge Rd.
(across from the Lester B. Pearson Civic Centre), Bramalea, ON
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletter, field trips
Address: P.O. Box 51049, Brampton, ON, L6T 5M2

Brantford Lapidary and Mineral Society  

Meeting: 3rd Friday each month (except July & August) 7:30 pm Woodman Park Community Center, 491 Grey Street., Brantford
Focus: Monthly meetings, lapidary workshops, annual show, field trips
Contact: brantfordlapclub@live.ca  
Address: c/o 1 Sherwood Drive, Brantford, ON, N3T 1N3
Website: http://www.brantfordlapidarymineral.ca/

Club de minéralogie de Fermont
 

Meeting: 2nd Thursday and 3rd Tuesday of each month (except June - September) 19:00 to 21:00 at the Centre d'Interprétation de Fermont Place D'Aviault, Fermont, Québec.
Focus: Fields trips, minerals identification and exchange, lectures, museum involvement, mineral collection.
Contact: mineralogie_fermont@hotmail.com
Address: c/o PO Box 327, Fermont, Québec, G0G 1J0

Club de minéralogie de l'Outaouais
 

Meeting: 3rd Wednesday each month (except July) 7:00 pm at Le Collège de l'Outaouais, 333 boul. Cité-des-Jeunes, Gatineau (secteur Hull), Québec
Focus: Monthly meetings, workshops, mineral exchange, field trips, lectures and museum visits.
Contact: Anne Bigras (Pres) Bigrasaa@rogers.com
Address: 26, rue de l'Argile, Gatineau (secteur Hull), Québec, J8Z 3G2
Website: mywebpage.netscape.com/ratyvon/CMO.html

Club de minéralogie du Saguenay Lac Saint-Jean
 

Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 19h Université du Québec à Chicoutimi room P2-3080.
Focus: monthly meeting (talk on either a mineral, a locality, a mineralogical phenomenon, a technique, etc.) and field trips.
Contact: Paul Bedard, pbedard@uqac.ca
Address: c/o Paul Bédard, Sciences de la Terre, Université du Québec à Chicoutimi, 555 boul. Université Chicoutimi, Québec, G7H 2B1
Website: wwwdsa.uqac.ca/~pbedard/mineralo.html

Kawartha Rock and Fossil Club Inc. 

Meeting: 7:00 pm on the 2nd Tuesday of each month all year round in the Orientation Centre at the Peterborough Zoo.
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, field trips, annual show
Contact: Bob Beckett (pres.) rbeckett @ numet.com
Address:
1211 Kenneth Avenue, Peterborough, ON K9J 5P8
Website: http://www.rockandfossil.com/

Kingston Lapidary and Mineral Club 

Meeting: 6:30PM on the 2nd Friday of each month, October to April, 370 King St. West, Kingston, Ontario 
Focus:
Monthly meetings and newsletter, annual show, field trips and Silver Smithing.
Contact: Paul Blaney (pres.) paulrichardblaney@hotmail.com 
Address: 370 King St. West, Box 9, Kingston, ON K7L 2X4
Website: www.mineralclub.ca/

Kitchener-Waterloo Gem & Mineral Club 

Meeting: 7:30 pm 1st Friday of the Month, September to June, Waterloo Community Arts Center
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, annual swap & show
Contact: Gary Winkler (pres.) kwgemandmineralclub@hotmail.com 
Address:
c/o Reiner Mielke, WCAC, 25 Regina St S, Waterloo Ont, N2J 1R8
Website: www.calaverite.com/kwgmc/

London Gem & Mineral Society 

Meeting: 1st Thursday of month 7:30 – 9:30 pm London Archaeology Museum, 1600 Arrawandaron Rd., London
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, field trips
Contact: Tim Jokela tjokela@execulink.com
Address: c/o Tim Jokela Jr., 320 Strathroyal Ave. Strathroy, ON, N7G 3G4
Website: www.element51.com/lgms.htm 

Niagara Peninsula Geological Society 
(St. Catharines)
 

Meeting: 3rd Friday of the month, September to June, 7:30 pm Brock University, Earth Sciences Building, Room D309, St. Catharines, Ontario
Focus: Monthly meetings & e-newsletters, children's program, field trips, shows
Contact: npgs@ccfms.ca
Address:
c/o John Tordiff, 120 South Drive, St. Catharines, ON, L2R 4V9
Website: www.ccfms.ca/Clubs/NPGS/  

Nipissing Lapidary and Mineral Club 
(North Bay) 

Meeting: 2nd Friday of the month, 7 pm, End of 1st Avenue at the Clubhouse, North Bay, ON
Focus: Monthly meetings
Address: P.O. Box 1351, Main P.O., North Bay,P1B 8K5

Northern Ontario Rock & Mineral Club
(Cobalt)
 

 
Meeting: 2nd Sunday of every month from Oct. to May at 7 Prospect Avenue, Cobalt, ON.
Focus: Monthly meetings, e-newsletters, field trips, annual show
Contact: ralph @ normc.ca
Address:
P.O. Box 89, Cobalt, Ontario, Canada, P0J 1C0.
Website: www.normc.ca/   

Ottawa Lapsmith and Mineral Club 

Meeting: 2nd Thursday of each month, except July and August, 7:30 PM  217 Bell St. North, Ottawa
Focus: Monthly meetings & e-newsletters, annual show, field trips
Contact: Dr. John Udd, (pres.) udd@magma.ca
Address: P.O. Box 39022, R.P.O. Billingsbridge, Ottawa, ON, K1H 1A1
Website: www.olmc.ca/

Sarnia Rock & Fossil Club 

Meeting: 2nd Friday of the month, February to May & September to December 7:30 p.m. at the Kinsmen Club, 656 Lakeshore Rd.  Sarnia, ON
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters
Address: c/o SRFC Secretary, Box 76, 3280 Egremont Rd. RR#1, Camlachie, ON. N0N1E0
Website: www.sarnia.com/groups/srfc/ 

Gem & Mineral Club of Scarborough
(Toronto)
 

Meeting: 1st Wednesday of the month, 8:00 pm, except July, August & November, Knox United Church Hall, 2369 Midland Avenue, Scarborough, ON
Northeast corner of Midland Avenue & Sheppard Avenue
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, wireworking workshops, annual show
Contact: Russ Bruce (pres.) 416-284-9797 rbruce@can.rogers.com
Address: 10 Chichester Place, Apt B1, Scarborough, ON, M1T 1G5
Website: www.scarbgemclub.ca 

Sudbury Rock & Lapidary Society 

Meeting: 2nd Tuesday of each month, September to June at 7:30 pm Naughton Community Centre (Old Naughton PS), Regional Rd. #55 Sudbury, ON
Focus: Monthly meetings, annual show, field trips, newsletter
Contact: Roger Poulin (pres.) rmineral@isys.ca
Address: c/o 3171 Romeo St., Val Caron, ON, P3N 1G5
Website: www.ccfms.ca/Clubs/Sudbury/ 

Upper Ottawa Valley Geology Club
 (Upper Ottawa Valley) 

Meeting: Variable, Program Room of Deep River Public Library, 55 Ridge Road, Deep River, ON
Focus: Educational lectures, exhibitions, public meetings and field trips.
Contact: Dave Guzonas (Pres.) dguzonas@magma.ca 
Address: c/o 11 Sumac Court, Deep River, ON, K0J 1P0
Website: www.magma.ca/~syatabe/GC_Website/ 

The Walker Mineralogical Club  (Toronto)

Meeting: 2nd Wednesday of each month, September – May  8:00 - 10:00 pm 
Room 2093 (2nd floor) U of T, Dept. of Geology (Earth Sciences Building), 22 Russell St., Toronto, ON
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, field trips, study of mineralogy, annual auction
Contact: Ray Hainsworth(Pres.) info@walkermineralogicalclub.com   
Address: c/o The Royal Ontario Museum, Earth Science Department, 100 Queens Park, Toronto, ON, M5S 2C6
Website: www.walkermineralogicalclub.com/  

Willowdale Gem and Mineral Club 
(Toronto) 

Meeting: 2nd Friday of the month, 7:45 pm Armour Heights Community Centre, 2140 Avenue Road, North York, ON
Focus: Monthly meetings & newsletters, annual show, annual auction
Contact: Ed McCabe edmund.mccabe@sympatico.ca
Address: P.O. Box 43094, Sheppard Centre, 4841 Yonge Street, North York, ON, M2N 6N1
Website: www.ccfms.ca/Clubs/WGMC/

Winnipeg Rock & Mineral Club
 

 
Meeting: 2nd Thursday of the month, 7:00 pm Lion's Place, 610 Portage Ave, Winnipeg, MB.
Focus: Monthly meetings, newsletters, field trips, annual auction
Contact: Anita Rondeau anitarondeau@shaw.ca
Address: c/o 23 Amundsen Bay, Winnipeg, MB, R3K 0V1
Website: members.shaw.ca/grantrondeau/  

Young Toronto Mineralogists Club 

Meeting: All meetings are held from 1PM to 3PM at the Ontario Science Centre Toronto, ON on the 4th Saturday of the month, September to May
Focus: Young people interested in the hobby, ages 9 to 15, meetings to study mineralogy, field trips
Contact: Len Buchanan contact@YTMC.org
Website: www.ytmc.org/  
 

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