By Natalie Tuesday, February 25, 2025

Didn’t plan a trip outside of Ontario this year and looking for things to do with the kids? No problem! This March Break pack the car and explore the different Maple Syrup Festivals across Ontario, because it’s Maple sugaring season! Each festival has activities and events that will feature outdoor family fun including sweet yummy treats. We’ve found some of the best Maple Syrup Festivals happening during March Break this year that the whole family will enjoy!

Maple Syrup Festivals in Central Ontario

Pefferlaw Creek Farms (Uxbridge)

March 8 to April 19 (Weekends Only)
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Experience and taste maple syrup being made fresh on site. Take a tour of the grounds, try maple taffy and see the evaporator on full boil making maple syrup. Walk the forest trails and try delicious pancakes from the pancake house. No bookings required.

Maple Syrup in the Park at Island Lake Conservation Area (Halton Hills)

March 13 to 16, 22 and 23
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Learn about Indigenous methods of syrup-making at Sweetwater Discovery, watch historical demos of how settlers created maple syrup, and check out the Tool Shoppe for a peek at both traditional and modern maple syrup tools. New for 2025, explore the Maple Hills Sugarbush to see how sap is collected, or take a wagon ride into the sugarbush itself. Other highlights include Fireside Chats around a traditional sweat lodge, a Maple Mystery Challenge, a Maple Mural Colouring Activity, face painting and so much more. After you’re done, fill up at the Pancake House and hit the Maple Shop for maple products to take home.

Maple Syrup Festival in Eastern Ontario

Wheelers Pancake House and Sugar Camp (Lanark Highlands)

Open Tuesday-Sunday
9 a.m. to 3 p.m.

This is a sugar bush, farm, museum and pancake house all in one spot! Visit this beautiful location known for its delicious organic maple syrup, try maple products and experience the sugar bush. At the barn you can visit all the farm animals, you can hike the many trails, kids can play on the playground and try out the zip line. Visit the Maple Heritage Museum and Forest & Ham Museum to learn about maple syrup and the production of it.  Reservations are required.

Maple Syrup Festivals in the GTA

Maple at the Village at Black Creek Pioneer Village (Toronto)

March 10 to 14
11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Learn all the maple syrup making tips and tricks from costumed entertainers and educators and hear stories about how Indigenous Peoples perfected this age-old craft. Get hands-on with backwoods skills in the sugarbush and enjoy a taste of maple-flavored treats cooked right on a wood-burning oven. Dive into the maple fun with storytelling sessions and a lively sugar shack party and of course try the pure, golden syrup treats.

Maple Syrup Festivals in the Ottawa Region

Fulton’s Sugar Bush (Pakenham)

March 1 to April 20
Mon – Fri: 10 am – 3 pm. Sat & Sun, Good Friday and the Ontario March Break: 10 am – 4 pm

Fulton’s is a 400-acre farm that has been producing maple syrup since 1840! Hop on a sleigh ride, try some maple taffy, ski or snowshoe the 8 kms of beautiful trails, take a guided tour of the Sugar Camp where the syrup is produced and enjoy live music and campfires on select dates.

Sugarbush at the Log Farm (Ottawa)

Starts early March

Learn how maple syrup is made through a special hands-on experience, taste maple taffy, take a wagon ride out to the sugarbush and walk through the trails of the sugar maples. Step back in time at the pioneer farmhouse for a guided tour and see what family life would have been like in the 1860s. When you’re done, make your way to the main farmyard where you can feed and meet tons of farm animals!

Proulx Maple & Berry Farm (Cumberland)

March 1 to April 21
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Visit the century-old maple syrup production shack where you’ll learn how it’s made, explore the area on a wagon ride, warm up by the fire pits, run around and have fun on the play structures, the maze, and the 4-loops trails where you can walk, snowshoe or cross-country ski. Don’t forget to stop by the petting zoo to meet and feed all the animals!

Maple Syrup Festivals in Southwestern Ontario

Blyth Creek Maple Farm Sugar Bush Tours (Blyth)

Open March & April

Take part in the old tradition of making maple syrup, learn sugaring techniques of Canada’s first people, with the heating of hot rocks in a fire and transferring them into a sap filled, hollowed-out log. Want to give archery a try? Grab a bow and arrow and see if you can hit the target! Take a walk along the trails and you’ll come across a pioneer camp to explore. Grab a saw and see how much wood you can saw using this traditional technique. Fast forward to modern times, you’ll see how sap is collected and turned into maple syrup today. Grab some maple syrup goodies like a maple milkshake and visit with the cute farm animals.

White Meadows Farms (Pelham)

Weekends from March 1 to April 13.

Daily During March Break (March 10-14) 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

With 4 flavours of Maple Syrup made on site, this farm has a maple syrup flavour for everyone. Choose from golden, amber, dark and very dark or why not try them all! During March Break and on weekends until April, book tickets for their Sugar Bush Trek where you’ll head out on a guided tour of re-imagined Native and Pioneer Camps where you and the kids will get to solve mysteries and learn about the maple syrup process throughout the years. Then try some pioneer inspired old fashioned wood-cutting and make maple taffy in the snow!

Maple Syrup Festivals in the Niagara Region

Agape Valley Sugar Bush (Ridgeville)

March 1 to March 29
8:30 AM to 3 PM

Enjoy the Pancake House serving up a classic breakfast of pancakes and sausage (no reservations required). Then, hop on a free Sugarbush Tour, where a hayride shuttle will take you through the forest to learn about the fascinating process of maple sap collection and syrup production. Don’t forget to visit The Maple Store for a taste of locally made maple syrup, honey harvested from on-site hives, and delicious maple treats, including the iconic Maple Taffy on snow—a sugary delight for only $2! A parking pass is required per carload,

Richardson’s Farm & Market (Dunnville)

March 8 to March 22
10 AM to 2 PM

Hop on a wagon ride of the sugar bush, walk the groomed sugar bush trails, try maple taffy, meet Farmer James and learn how they boil sap into pure maple syrup using an evaporator. For a more immersive, hands on, guided experience check out their award winning experience “The Sweetest Smell on Earth“ where you will head out to the Carolinian forest to tap a tree, boil the sap in a hollowed log, make maple taffy on snow, and taste sap at different stages. Finish with a tasty brunch drizzled with pure maple syrup. This interactive, hands-on experience is one you won’t want to miss!

For more ideas of what to do this March Break check out our Event Calendar or choose a region to explore and check out all the different categories like our Attractions and Museums Category! Happy March Break everyone!

Natalie