Canadian culture has some very specific icon images and maple syrup is one of them. Every year in March, you will find a variety of locations hosting Maple Syrup Festivals and Farms. This is why we have rounded up the Best Maple Syrup Festivals in Ontario that you should visit in 2026!
Maple Syrup Neat Facts:
Maple Syrup has been part of Canadian culture as Canada produces over 85% of the world’s Maple Syrup as it is produced in Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Maple syrup is Canada’s favourite pancake topper, so why not celebrate with a Sugar Bush visit with the whole family this season and enjoy a pancake breakfast. A visit to a Maple Syrup Farm is one of the fun winter activities our region has to offer.
Maple products are so engrained in Canadian culture that our flag features the Red Maple leaf in the Centre. The Maple tree is an important part of our Canadian landscape as we have forests full of red, black and sugar maples that mixed with the right temperature creates a large supply of maple syrup that can be tapped from the trees.
Did you know that a Maple Syrup Farm is known as a Sugar Bush? Sap is tapped from the sugar maple trees and boiled in the Sugar Shack so it was nicknamed the Sugar Bush. Maple Season runs from Early March to Mid April in Ontario and can be a great outdoor family experience. Don’t miss out on visiting these Maple Sugar Shacks and enjoying all things maple!
When is Maple Syrup Season in Ontario?
Maple Syrup Festivals are an annual event that occurs in late winter (February to March). Winter is the perfect time to enjoy family fun activities like visiting a sugar house and learning more about the gallons of sap that become gallons of syrup each year in Ontario.
Maple Festivals in Ontario Near You:
- Maple Magic – Mississauga
- Maple Town – Milton
- Maple Syrup in the Park – Halton Hills
- Maple Syrup Festival – Orangeville
- Maple Syrup Experience – Erin
- Sweetwater Festival -Milton
- Westfield Heritage – Rockton
- Maple Syrup at the Village – Toronto
- Bronte Creek Maple Festival – Oakville
Why visit a Maple Syrup Farm or Sugar Bush?
Learn all about the process of creating maple syrup and how it transforms into sweet maple syrup that we use on our pancakes. You will enjoy a hike through the forest, watching maple trees become tapped, enjoy maple syrup on pancakes and other maple treats like maple cotton candy, maple lollipops and much more! Maple Syrup Festivals are an annual event that occurs in late winter (February to March).
Map of Maple Syrup Farms and Sugar Bushes Near Me
Ontario Maple Experiences, Events, and Festivals Round Up
***All descriptions were taken from event websites for accuracy purposes.
Maple Magic
The annual City of Mississauga Maple Syrup Festival – Maple Magic – hosted at Bradley Museum, will take place this year March 16-22. Enjoy a variety of maple-themed activities for all ages, and learn more about the history and creation of maple syrup. Activities include: Pancakes with real maple syrup, Outdoor guided tours of the maple sap line with Museum interpreters, Visit the historic Bradley House, where Museum interpreters will re-enact the seasonal activities of the Bradley Family, Learn about Indigenous seasonal food traditions from Elder Mark Sault of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (March 14 and 15 only), Petting zoo (March 21 and 22 only), Crafts and games, Gift shop with maple syrup and treats by Canadian producers.
Location: Bradley House
Dates: March 16-22
Mapletown at Mountsberg
It’s the sweetest time of year at Conservation Halton with Mountsberg Mapletown! The Mountsberg sugarbush has been producing maple magic for more than 150 years and educating the public for over 40 years. The park will tap about 300 sugar maples this spring and the crystal-clear sap will be magically transformed into sweet maple syrup in the Sugar Shanty. Purchase a delicious pancake meal, maple themed sweets & treats!
The sugar bush will offer park visitors independent exploration and guided tours throughout the park during their visit to Mountsberg (Tours are require a reservation and additional fees apply)
Offered weekends, holidays, and March Break this is one of Conservation Halton’s classic Maple Season offerings. Join us in the sugar bush at Mountsberg and enjoy independent exploration of the various demonstrations, exhibits, and tastings around Maple Town. Of course, don’t forget the pancake breakfast*
Activities include: – Learn all about tree tapping, sap collection, syrup making and our amazing Sugar Maples!
– Learn about the history of syrup making
– Explore the Maple Trivia Trail and other Mountsberg trails
– Sample maple sugar and syrup
– Enjoy maple taffy on snow available for purchase on site
– Enjoy fresh pancakes and treats by the fireside (Additional fees apply)
– Sugar Rangers Challenge for kids! Earn your Sugar Rangers certificate by completing fun maple challenges!
– Shop for delicious maple treats at the Country Store in the sugar bush or the Gift Shop in the Discovery Centre
– Visit the Animal Barn, Raptor Trail and Raptor Centre
– Play on the natural playground
– NEW! Meet a Raptor: Stop by the Raptor Centre Flyway to meet one of our Raptor Centre staff and a bird
_ Add on a wagon ride, Talons & Tailfeathers, or a maple sugar making workshop (Additional fees apply)
Included in your Maple Town Experience:
- Raptor Centre
- Cameron Barn
- Maple Taffy on Snow (additional fee applies)
- Wagon Rides: Additional fee applies, available first come, first served. Purchase tickets at the Discovery Centre or Country Store. Wagon rides are available 10am-2:30pm.
- Candy Cabin: Watch our educators whip up a batch of delicious maple sugar on the woodstove and try a free sample of this tasty treat!
- Pancake House (additional fees apply): What’s maple season without a piping hot stack of pancakes covered in maple syrup! Pick up yours in the pancake house!
- Sugar Shack: The Sugar Shack is where the maple magic happens. Watch our skilled sugar makers turn watery maple sap into sticky sweet maple syrup in the evaporator. Our educators lead formal presentations every twenty minutes.
- Historical Sites: From the first Indigenous sugar makers to pioneer cast iron kettles to the flat pan, this area takes you through the changing technology used to make maple magic over the years.
- Country Store: Pick up a bottle of maple syrup or some maple candies to take home and enjoy!
- Maple Trivia Trail: Take a stroll through the sugar bush and pick up some maple trivia as you check out the 150-year-old maple trees and watch the sap drip into the pails!
- Talons and Tailfeathers (Additional fee applies): If you are looking for a closer encounter with the Mountsberg Raptors, you’ll love Talons & Tailfeathers! This limited group experience offers a meet and greet with some of our birds of prey while learning all about the adaptations that make them exceptional hunters through the exploration of bio artefacts! Dogs not permitted.
Location: Mountsberg – 2259 Milburough Line
Dates: February 28 to April 5, 2026, Daily during March Break March 16–20, 2026 and Easter Egg Extravaganza
April 3–5, 2026
Cost: Adult $12.50 + HST, Senior $10.25 +HST, Child (age 5-14) $9.25 +HST and Children 4 and under free
Tip: Rent a Halton Conservation Pass from the Public Library to save!
Maple Syrup in the Park at Terra Cotta Conservation Area
Come out and explore Terra Cotta Conservation Area this spring at our maple syrup event: Discover Maple Syrup in the Park. Enjoy pancakes and real maple syrup, try taffy and tour our maple syrup demonstrations and enjoy free samples. Take a storybook walk with the kids and learn from our Indigenous partners.
Activities include:
- Interpretive tour: Sweetwater Discovery, Settled into Spring, The Tool Shoppe, The Sugar Shack and Changing Seasons
- Scavenger hunt
- Family activities
- Tales on the Trail
- Taffy (additional cost)
- Pancake House (additional cost)
- NEW! Take a trackless train ride that’s fun for the whole family.
Don’t forget to take some maple treats home with you, available for purchase in our Park Store!
Location: 14452 Winston Churchill Blvd., Terra Cotta
Dates: March 19 to 22, 28 and 29 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Cost: Adult $14, Youth $8, Kids 5 and Under Free
Credit Valley Parks Passholders are free
Maple Syrup Experience at Elliott Tree Farm
Enjoy the 2026 Maple Syrup Experience and maple syrup harvest and explore the sugar bush first hand. Our 2026 Maple Experience Opens Family Day long weekend (February 14, 15 and 16) and runs every weekend through April 5, plus Monday, March 16 & Friday, March 20 of March break as well as Friday, April 3rd (Good Friday)
Embark on your maple journey with our renowned pancake breakfast/brunch in the cozy Horse Barn Canteen. Continue the experience with a delightful 10 to 15-minute stroll along the sugarbush trail, immersing yourself in the wonders of the sugarbush. Explore our sugar shack, inspect sap buckets, and savor the flavors of raw sap, partially cooked sap, maple sugar, and maple toffee against a backdrop of glistening snow.
The Maple sugar shack awaits, welcoming visitors as they have 4 seatings for our pancake breakfast you can choose from during checkout: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm. After your venture in the Sugar Bush, return to our Heritage Barn to explore the Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario. Indulge in the tasting of our Award-Winning Maple Syrup grades, available for purchase alongside an array of maple products, locally sourced gifts, hot chocolate, and coffee.
- Each ticket Includes:
- Free Parking
- Entrance to the Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario
- All you can eat pancakes with pure maple syrup and a side of sausage and bacon with a hot coffee or cider, juice, water inside our warm Horse Barn Canteen.
- Farm entrance and maple sugar trail access
- Learn about the history of maple syrup and maple syrup production.
- Taste raw sap, partially cooked sap, fresh maple sugar and fresh maple toffee from maple syrup.
- Sugarbush and sugar shack experience
- Checking sap buckets in the forest
- Campfire
- Complimentary toboggans for the sugar shack trail.
- *Our pure maple syrup products, local gifts, hot chocolate, coffee, and treats are available for purchase at the Heritage Barn following your experience.
*Maple candy, pure maple syrup and gifts available at the Heritage Barn – Now accepting Cash, Credit and Debit
Location: Elliott Tree Farm – 9467 Erin East Garafraxa Townline, Hillsburgh, ON N0B 1Z0
Dates: Opens Family Day long weekend (February 14, 15 and 16) and runs every weekend through April 5, plus Monday, March 16 & Friday, March 20 of March break as well as Friday, April 3rd (Good Friday)
Cost: Adult Admission (13 and up): $39.50, Youth Admission (6-12): $19.50, 5 and under: Free
Maple Mystery at The Village
Step into springtime at The Village where something suspicious has happened in the sugarbush!
Snoop around the site looking for clues to help us solve the case. Families will work alongside our very own Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to solve riddles, uncover clues, and question villagers to find the sticky culprit.
Location: Black Creek Pioneer Village
Dates: Monday, March 16 to Friday, March 20, 2026 11-4PM
Cost: $27.45 + HST per adult (15+)*
$24.95 + HST per Senior/Student*
$22.50 + HST per child (ages 4 to 13)*
Conservation Parks Members: 10% Discount
March Break Special: 50% off kids (up to 3 children with the purchase of adult or senior tickets)
Westfield Heritage Place
The Westfield Heritage Village Conservation Area stands as a dynamic blend of a living history museum and a vast conservation area. Positioned among Ontario’s captivating historical sites, it showcases an impressive assembly of more than 35 meticulously restored historical structures, set amidst 204 hectares of conservation land adorned with woodlands, meadows, and scenic trails.
While the historical buildings are not regularly accessible every day, visitors have the opportunity to stroll through the Village and partake in hikes throughout the week. On designated special and event days, a curated selection of buildings opens its doors, accompanied by costumed interpreters offering engaging demonstrations and guided tours.
Westfield Heritage Village is offering a special maple program on This family favourite event takes place on Sundays, March 1, 8, 15, 22, and 29, and March Break days, Wednesday, March 18, and Thursday, March 19.
Due to the popularity of events at Westfield Heritage Village, visitors must reserve a time slot for their visit.
Things to see while visiting:
- Modern sugar shack in operation
- Three kettle method demonstration at the Lockhart House
- Maple information panels
- Maple trivia trail to walk
- Maple Syrup sample tasting
- Pancakes available to purchase in the Ironwood Hall
- General Store and Gift Shop open to purchase maple treats
- Two scavenger hunts to try
- A selection of historical buildings open
Location: Westfield Heritage Place – 1049 Kirkwall Road, Rockton
Dates: Sundays, March 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31; March Break days Wednesday, March 13 and Thursday, March 14; and Good Friday, March 29.
Cost: This event is free for HCA Membership Pass holders, but they will be required to pay a $10.00 reservation fee.
Non-HCA Member Pricing – Reservation Fee: $10.00, Vehicle Fee: $11.00 and Per person Fee: $5.00 per person. Ages 5 and under are free.
Crawford Lake Sweet Water
Learn about how the Indigenous people would harvest Sweet Water (maple syrup) in this interactive exhibit. You can also explore a 15th century Longhouse Village, enjoy the Deer Clan Longhouse gallery, and learn more about the maple sugaring from past to present.
Enjoy a sample of delicious taffy on snow, an Indigenous treat, or try a tasting flight of different grades and types of syrup before heading to the giftshop to pick up a tasty souvenir. Sweetwater demonstrations will run throughout the day where guests can gather by the fire and learn all about the history of maple sugar making. There will also be guided maple syrup tasting flights offered where you can try different grades of maple syrup, similar to a wine tasting.
Location: Crawford Lake
Dates: Weekends & Holidays
February 28 to April 5, 2026, Daily during March Break, March 16–20, 2026 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Cost: Non-member:
Adult $10.50 + HST
Senior $8.25 +HST
Child $7.25 Child (age 5-14) +HST
Children 4 and under free
Maple Weekend with Sweet Ontario
Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival –
Fresh Ontario maple syrup begins flowing at Bronte Creek Provincial Park on the first Saturday in March when the park’s annual Maple Syrup Festival gets under way. The maple syrup festivities are open to the public from 9:30am to 3:00pm every weekend in March and March Break.Plan to enjoy at least 2 hours exploring the festival! Join a guided tour of Maple Lane, watch as maple candy or taffy is poured and tour the 120+ year old house. Our farm animals and wagon rides are always a crowd favourite. Browse all the maple goodies in the gift shop or pick up a jug or 2 of syrup from our maple express shop. The Pancake house staff will be serving up pancakes and those yummy sausages every weekend in March + the week of March Break.
Location: Bronte Creek – 1219 Burloak Drive, Oakville
Dates: 9:30 a.m. – 3:00 p.m every weekend and March Break
Cost: $18 per car
Food and purchases extra
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