Day Trips

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There are so many beautiful nooks and crannies of our province to explore. Get inspired with ideas for fun family day trips right here!

Friday Harbour: Easter Weekend Fun

Friday Harbour has family fun over Easter Weekend, with egg-citing events including Easter egg hunts, tie-dying, crafts, face painting, and more. Plus, on Easter Sunday, kids can join in annual Easter Egg Hunt along the Promenade! Friday Harbour: Easter Weekend Fun Date: April 19-20, 2025 Time: 11:00 AM – 4:00
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South Simcoe Railway: Easter Bunny Express

South Simcoe Railway invites families to ride the “Rabbit Transit” this Easter and hop aboard the Easter Bunny Express, where every child can chat with the Easter Bunny and get some tasty chocolate treats too! Enjoy a spring trip on the railway line where the Conductor also shares games and
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Canadian Tire Motorsport Park: Victoria Day SpeedFest

Canadian Tire Motorsport Park hosts the Castrol Victoria Day SpeedFest with the NASCAR Pinty’s Series featured on the racetrack, plus fireworks lighting up the sky for a traditional Victoria Day display on Saturday night. There’s also off-track excitement for race fans of all ages with the Canadian Tire Fun Zone’s
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Stratford Festival 2025 Season

Stratford Festival returns with Shakespearean classics including “As You Like It”, musicals like “Annie”, and family favourites, such as “Anne of Green Gables”. Again this year, the renowned festival is also offering a family deal where you can get tickets for kids 18 and under for as little as $15.50
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Maple Festivals
Guide to Maple Syrup Events and Festivals in the GTA and Southern Ontario

Here in Ontario, we really, *really* love our maple syrup. So, head to the forest for special events where sweet tooths can seek out that “liquid gold”, with demonstrations and tastings! Families can also learn about historic and Indigenous practices while celebrating uniquely Canadian traditions. Wander into our Guide to
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Purple Woods Conservation Area: Maple Syrup Festival

Purple Woods Conservation Area hosts their annual Maple Syrup Festival, where you can experience a Canadian tradition in a sugarbush near Oshawa. Take a self-guided tour to see hundreds of sugar maple trees where sap is boiled on-site into delicious maple syrup, then enjoy games, activities, horse-drawn wagon rides and
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Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival

Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival takes over the town of Sunderland, south of Lake Simcoe, where families can celebrate maple syrup with a pancake breakfast and sugar shack tour. The weekend’s free events also include live entertainment, historical bus tour, Air Bounce adventures, petting zoo and animal shows, vendor market and
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Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority: Spring Tonic Maple Syrup Festival

Hosted by the Nottawasaga Valley Conservation Authority and Rotary Club of Barrie, the Spring Tonic​ Maple Syrup Festival​ at the Tiffin Conservation Area​ is a tradition spanning more than three decades. Visitors can take a trip back in time to explore how Indigenous people ​and Pioneers made maple syrup, along
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Conservation Halton: Maple Town and Sweetwater Season

At two of Halton’s conservation areas, guests can celebrate delicious and historic traditions by visiting Mountsberg’s Maple Town and Crawford Lake’s Sweetwater Season. Each are full of fun learning activities, entertaining staff, and delicious maple samples, while Mountsberg features amazing animal encounters and horse-drawn wagon rides, and Crawford Lake honours Indigenous
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Muskoka Maple Festival

Join Spring’s sweetest party at Muskoka Maple Festival in downtown Huntsville, and come hungry! With free admission, events include a Maple Marketplace, maple-inspired dining options, games such as mini golf​, live music as well as buskers, and the Kiwanis Sap Run. Muskoka Maple Festival Date: April 26, 2025 Time: 9:00
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