Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015
Maple Syrup Events are Weather Dependent – Please remember to always call ahead & wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
Location
Date
Time
Alvinston Maple Syrup Festival
Alvinston - A.W. Campbell Conservation Area – located
on Shiloh Line, 3 km. east of Alvinston off County Rd. 79
(Exit 44 of Hwy 402), southwest of Strathroy.
March
21-22,
2015
9am – 4pm
(519) 254-3710
www.scrca.on.ca/events/maple-syrup-festival/
Event Name & Special Activities
The Alvinston Firefighters will be providing their traditional
pancake and sausage meals at the Alvinston Community
Centre, just a 5 minute drive from the Conservation Area.
Visitors to the Festival will be able to travel into the past and
see how maple syrup was produced by Native Canadians
and early pioneers. Demonstrations of modern syrup
production will also be highlighted.
Entrance to Conservation Area $2 per vehicle
Maple Sugar Bush at Horton’s Tree Farm
Aurora – 5924 Slater Rd. From Bloomington Rd head
north on Warden Ave, turn left on Slater. Approx. 5km
east of Aurora.
(905) 888-1738
March 14 –
April 14,
2015
9am – 4pm
Weekends
Adults $6.50, Seniors/Students $5.50, Kids (5-12) $4.50
**Cash only please
www.hortontreefarms.com/maple_syrup.html
Springwater Maple Syrup Festival
Aylmer – Springwater Conservation Area,
8079 Springwater Rd. From Aylmer, head west on
Hwy 3, turn left/south on Springwater Rd.
(519) 773-9037
www.catfishcreek.ca/pages/public-calendarevent?id=23&recurrence_number=1
March
7–29,
2015
Weekends
and daily
during
March Break
Guided tours (lessons in maple syrup production, trees,
nature appreciation and ecology, wagon rides, sap and syrup
samples, log cabins, museum, hiking trails, pancakes, pure
maple syrup and maple products and more.
Dogs on leash welcome.
10am – 3pm
Enjoy wagon rides through the Springwater Forest. Tour the
old-fashioned sugar shanty for demonstrations on maple
syrup production. Maple products are available for sale. Dine
at our pancake house which is operated by local community
organizations.
Admission to Springwater: Adults - $7.50 , 12 & under - $4
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Location
Shaw’s Maple Syrup Farm
Barrie Area – Just north of Barrie. Hwy 11 to OroMedonte Line 14 South
(705) 325-4347
www.shawscatering.com
Spring Tonic
Barrie - Tiffin Centre for Conservation 8195 8th Line of Essa. From Barrie take Hwy 90 west
towards Angus, turn left (south) on the 8th Line of Essa,
follow for 4km, and watch for Tiffin on the left.
Date
Pancake
House open
daily
Feb 9 –
April 12,
2015
Time
8am - 4pm
Call ahead during March and April to see if the sap will
be boiling during your visit.
9am-3pm
April
11-12,
2015
Event Name & Special Activities
Self-guided tours of the sugar bush and production plant.
Horse drawn sleigh/wagon on Saturday and Sunday for a
small fee (Adults $5, Kids $3), sap boiling, and pancake
house!
Breakfast
served until
2pm.
(705) 424-1479
See how maple syrup is made today, then join our reenactors & learn how it was made in the past. Horse-drawn
wagon rides, live music, build a bird box for $5, & Zoo To
You animal show including a python & alligator.
Adults $10, Children (2 – 12) $5, Infants free (breakfast includes
pancakes with maple syrup, sausage & refreshments)
www.nvca.on.ca/events-education/events
**Cash only please
Belmore Maple Syrup Festival
Belmore – Belmore Community Centre
From Highway 9 west of Walkerton, turn south onto
Bruce County Road 12, travel approximately 17 km to
Belmore.
(519) 335-3748
http://southbrucetourism.org/can-you-ever-get-tired-of-pancakesmaple-syrup/
April 9
Seniors Day
All are
Welcome
and
April 11
2015
48th Annual
Apr 9
9am - 3pm
Apr 11
8:30am 6:30pm
Delicious, pancakes and sausages with applesauce. Along
with local musical entertainment, craft show, local pork
products for sale, homemade baking, maple products, and
maple syrup making demonstrations. Dance April 12
featuring the James Cameron Band.
Free admission.
Meal price - Adults - $10, Children (6-11) - $5.
Children 5 & under - free
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Location
Date
Time
Delta Maple Syrup Festival
1
Brockville Area - Delta – Delta Fairgrounds, 110 Mill
Creek Dr
Approx. 40km northeast of Brockville. From Athens follow
Reg. Rd 5 tale Plum Hollow Rd
April 18-19,
2015
9am – 3pm
(613) 928-2800
www.thegreatwaterway.com/events/delta-maple-syrupfestival/
Maple Saturdays
Gibbons Family Farm Maple Sugar House & Museum
Brockville Area - Frankville – 41 Leacock Rd, 30km
north of Brockville off County Rd 29.
March
21 & 28
April
4 & 11
2015
1-877-440-7887
Activities
8:30am –
4:00pm
Breakfast
8:00am –
12:00pm
www.rideau-info.com/gibbons/events.html
Event Name & Special Activities
48th Annual
Come & enjoy all you can eat pancakes flooded with maple
syrup in the Main Exhibit Hall at the Delta Fairgrounds along
with a Silent Auction, Craft Tables, Maple Syrup Vendors
and Entertainment.
In the Village - Tours at the Old Stone Mill National Historic
Site with a Milling demo on Saturday at 1pm plus the
Blacksmith will be on-site both days, and a Used Book Sale
at Old Town Hall both days.
Pancakes – Adults - $9, Children under 12 - $5
Tours of sugar house and museum, walk to the maple bush
to view buckets and pipeline, boiling sap in a traditional pot
kettle. New this year – Parrot Partner on Site with all sorts of
beautiful parrots for you to pose for pictures with
Free admission
Enjoy a pancake Breakfast provided by St. Thomas Anglican
Church in the Church Hall, Frankville. This includes a bake
sale.
Adults - $8, Kids under 12 - $3
**Maple Sugar House & Museum open 7 days a week year round
Buckhorn - 2191 16th Line of Smith, 5km south of
Buckhorn and 25km north of Peterborough.
(705) 657-2134
www.mcleanberryfarm.com
March
14-15,
22-22,
28-29
2015
9:30am – 4pm
22nd Annual
Sugar bush walking tours, horse drawn, pancakes with
maple syrup, farm animals, and taffy on snow, live music, try
tapping a tree, visit the farm animals and so much more.
Admission: $7.00 per person, $25 per family of 4 (tax included)
Horse drawn hay rides - $1
**No pets please
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Location
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Burlington - 1km north of QEW on Burloak Drive
between Oakville & Burlington
(905) 827-6911
www.brontecreek.org
Crawford Lake Conservation Area Sweetwater
Season
Campbellville - South of Campbellville at Steels Ave and
Guelph Line
(905) 854-0234
www.conservationhalton.ca/events
Date
Weekends
in March
and
Time
9:30am - 3pm
Daily during
March Break
2015
Feb 28 –
April 5
Weekends,
Holidays &
daily during
March Break
2015
Event Name & Special Activities
Maple Syrup Festival - traditional maple syrup festival set
around an 1899 farmstead, guided tours with costumed
interpreters, pancake house, candy shanty, maple syrup
history trail, gift shop, wagon rides, farm animals, heritage
house tours, demos and pancakes.
General Admission: $16 per vehicle, meals extra.
Park opens at
8:30am
Activities
10:00am 4:00pm
Visit the reconstructed Iroquoian Village and learn how
maple syrup was discovered and used by Ontario’s First
Peoples as you take in an interactive (and edible!) Sweet
Water demonstration. Nostalgia is served warm and gooey
in the afternoon as staff demonstrates how to make taffy on
snow. Maple themed crafts and discovery hunts for kids.
Weekdays - Enjoy a range of exhibits in the newly
constructed, heated Deer Clan Longhouse.
Adults - $7.50, Kids (5-14) - $5.25, Seniors (65+) - $6.50
Mountsberg Conservation Area
Maple Town
Campbellville - Between Guelph Line and Milton - take
the Guelph Line exit from 401, south to Campbellville
Turn west on Campbellville Rd for 4 km and then go
north on Milburough Line for 1 km to park entrance.
(905) 854-2276
www.conservationhalton.on.ca
Feb 28 –
April 6
Weekends,
Holidays&
daily during
March Break
2015
Park opens at
8:30am
Activities
10:00am 4:00pm
See how sap is magically transformed into sweet, sticky
syrup and smell the fragrant steam rising from simmering
kettles, enjoy piping hot pancakes smothered in fresh maple
syrup outdoors, climb, jump, and run in the Play Barn and
see birds of prey demos hourly from 11am – 3pm.
Adults - $7.50, Kids (5-14) - $5.25, Seniors (65+) - $6.50
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Location
Date
Time
Sand Road Sugar Camp
Cornwall Area - Moose Creek, 20 min north of Cornwall
- Hwy 417 east to Hwy 138, travel south for 10km, turn
right on Sand Road
(613) 538-2991
Feb 28 –
Apr 26,
2015
9:00am –
4:00pm
Tuesday to
Sunday
www.sandroadsugarcamp.com
Event Name & Special Activities
Pancake house and gift shop, wood fired evaporator,
horse-drawn sleigh rides on weekends; all you can eat
buffet, maple syrup process, taffy on snow, self-guided
demonstration, forest walking tour, children’s play area
Free Admission
Maple Farm Buffet; $16.95 Adults – 6 – 12 yrs $11.95
5 & under $7.95
March Break & Easter weekend:10 am to 2 pm
Easter Egg Hunt on Sat & Sun only
Closed Easter Monday
Cumberland Lion’s Maplefest
Cumberland - 2552 Old Montreal Road at the Maple
Hall. Approx. 30km northeast of Ottawa along Cty Rd
174.
March
28–29,
2015
(613) 833-2330
http://cumberlandlions.ca/
Proulx Sugar Bush
Cumberland - 30 min. east of Ottawa – located at
1865 O’Toole Rd, south of Hwy 17.
(613) 833-2417
www.proulxberryfarm.com
March 1 –
April 12
2015
Weekends &
daily during
March Break
Weekends
9am - 5pm
March Break
9am - 4pm
Weekdays
By reservation
Easter
9am – 3pm
Come spend a day in the country minutes from the city. You
can smell the maple vapour from the sap being transformed
into real maple syrup still on a wood fire. Enjoy a meal of
homemade pancakes or the traditional sugar shack buffet.
Enjoy a horse drawn wagon ride or, take a walk on the trails.
Kids can play at the many different parks or visit the petting
farm.
Admission & Guided Tours - $5 per person, Meals extra
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Location
Date
Time
Elmira Maple Syrup Festival
Elmira - North of Kitchener-Waterloo on Hwy 85.
1- 877- 969- 0094
March 28,
2015
Fri
6pm-9:0pm
www.elmiramaplesyrup.com
Sat
7 am – 4 pm
Elmvale Maple Syrup Festival
8am – 5pm
Various locations throughout the town. Elmvale is 20km
north of Barrie on Hwy 27.
April 25,
2015
(705) 322-6613
www.elmvalemaplesyrup.ca
Midway open
Fri Apr 24
3pm,
Re-opens
Sat 9am
Forest - Ipperwash Maple Syrup Festival
Grand Bend Area - Thedford – Thedford Community
Centre/Legacy Centre. From Hwy 21 head south on
Northville Rd/79 to 16 Allen St, 20 min south of Grand
Bend.
(226) 520-0144
www.tourismsarnialambton.com/events/ipperwash-maple-syrupand-pancake-breakfast/
March
21-22
&
28–29,
2015
Pancake
Brunch:
8:30am – 2pm
Event Name & Special Activities
51st Annual
World’s Largest Single Day Maple Syrup Festival
Fri Mar 27 - Antiques & Collectibles Show & Sale at the
Elmira Arena and the Toy Show & Sale at the Lion’s Hall
Sat Mar 28 – Pancake breakfasts, sugar bush tours, Dog
Shows, pancake flipping contest, Old MacDonald’s Farm,
outdoor mall, quilt show, craft show, toy show, antique show
and so much more. Some fees apply – check website for
more details
50th Annual
All day pancake breakfast, sugar bush tours, vendors line
the streets with offerings of maple syrup, food galore, book
sales, log sawing contest and the firefighters pancake eating
contest, pony rides, midway, craft and quilt shows, and so
much more. Some fees apply
17th Annual
It’s time for the annual Ipperwash Pancake Festival, hosted
by the Kiwanis Club of Forest and Williamson Farms. The
Kiwanis Club will be cooking up pancakes, sausages, baked
beans, fruit cocktail, coffee and tea.
Williamson Farms – 7739 Lakeshore Rd
Drop in for a free tour of the Sugar Shanty
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Location
Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Festival
Halton Hills – Terra Cotta Conservation Area, 14452
Winston Churchill Blvd, north of Georgetown.
1-800-367-0890
www.maplesyrupfest.com
Date
March
7-8, 14-15,
21-22, 28-29
2015
Daily during
March Break
and Easter
Rolling Ridge Maple Syrup Festival
Ilderton - 22681 Vanneck Rd, just west of Ilderton on the
corner of Ilderton and Vanneck Road.
March 7 –
April 5,
2015
(519) 666-3257
www.rollingridgemapleproducts.ca
McLachlan Bros. Maple Syrup Camp & Pancake
House
Komoka - southwest of London, 2km south of Egremont
Dr (Hwy 22) at 10279 Lamont Drive
(519) 666-1846
Feb 28 –
Apr 4,
2015
Closed
Easter Sun
Time
Event Name & Special Activities
10am – 4pm
Come out and tap into spring! Enjoy demonstrations, wagon
rides, activities and of course pancakes and real maple
syrup! Plus special family-fun activities on weekends and
March Break.
Adults - $7, Kids (6-14) - $4, Seniors (60+) - $5.60
Sugar Shanty
Mon-Sat
10am-5pm
Sun
11am-4pm
Pancakes
Sat
10am-2pm
Sun
11am - 2pm
9am–3:30pm
*Grill is off at 3pm
Come see how maple syrup is made, and browse the
selection in our gift shop.
Pancake Brunches at the Vanneck Church on Weekends In
March
Adults $10, Children (4-10) $4, Children Under 3 - Free
Horse drawn wagon rides only on weekends and during
March Break
Educational nature trail, pancake house, sugar camp, maple
products
Adult Brunch - $12, Child Brunch (12 & under) - $6.50 or
3 pancakes & drink - $6
http://mclachlansyrup.ca/
**Wheelchair accessible
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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015
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Location
Date
Time
Temple’s Sugar Bush
Lanark – 1700 Ferguson’s Falls Road (Cty Rd 15)
Just a short drive west of Ottawa between Carleton Place
& Perth, just minutes from Hwy 7.
(613) 253-7000
www.templessugarbush.ca
Wheelers Maple Heritage Centre
Lanark Highlands/McDonalds Corners –
1001 Highlands Line. 1 hour from Ottawa
(613) 278-2090
www.wheelersmaple.com
March 1 –
April 26,
2015
Wed to Sun
9am – 3pm
Open Easter
Mon
Open Year
Round
Sugar
Season
Late Feb –
Mid April
2015
Pancake Meals, self-guided tours, maple taffy-on-snow,
nature trails, children’s playground, visit the oxen and the
9 am – 3 pm sheep. Learn how maple syrup is made. Horse/tractor drawn
sleigh rides on weekends and during March Break.
Mar 14-22 Maple taffy-on-snow, pancake meals, snowshoeing, &
self-guided tours of maple syrup production
Apr 3-6 – Easter Weekend activities include a free egg hunt
through sugar bush all weekend
Tap into Maple
Lake Country & Springwater Township- The area
north of Barrie which includes 5 districts: Orillia,
Oro-Medonte, Severn, Rama, Ramara plus Springwater
Township.
March 1 –
May 31,
2015
Event Name & Special Activities
We are a family owned restaurant and maple farm in the
heart of Lanark County, the Maple Syrup Capital of Ontario.
A wide variety of breakfast and brunch selections are
available during the maple season in March and April, with
local entertainment, activities and walking trails. We offer a
gift shop with maple syrup products year-round.
Hours vary by
location
See website
for details
Come and experience all things maple on the sweetest route
in Ontario’s Lake Country and Springwater. Visit the 29
maple destinations, get your passport stamped (min of 3
stamps required to enter contest) to enter the draw for a
chance to win great prizes.
www.tapintomaple.com
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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015
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Location
Annual Maple Festival at Crinklaw’s Sugar Bush
London - Travel Wonderland Rd. S. over Hwy 402 (at
exit #100) and watch for the signs to Crinklaw's Sugar
Bush (Lambeth/London).
(519) 457-4550
www.crinklawmaplesyrup.com
Fort Rose Maple Company
London (Parkhill) - 2.5 miles west of Nairn to Cty Rd 17
to Fort Rose Rd to Coldstream and follow the signs
(519) 232-9041
http://fortrose.ca/brunch.html
Kinsmen Fanshawe Sugar Bush
London - Hwy 401 exit onto Airport Rd, follow to Huron
St., turn right, left on Robin’s Hill Rd. Left on Rebecca,
follow signs
(519) 461-1073
http://home.primus.ca/~greaterlondonkinsmenclub/
Date
Time
Event Name & Special Activities
10am – 3pm
Experience the ambience of an authentic working sugar
bush producing pure Canadian Maple Syrup and stroll
amongst the displays and heritage barns. Help collect the
sap, sample the first fresh drops of syrup, taste the magic of
sugar on snow and welcome spring!
Sugar House
Mar 1 –
April 11,
2015
Wed – Sun
Store
Apr 18 –
May 2,
2015
Sat’s only
Feb 28 –
Apr 5,
2015
Weekends
and daily
during
March Break
March
7-8, 14-15,
16-22,
28-29,
2015
Weekends &
March Break
9:00am 2:00pm
9:00am 4:00pm
Last tour at
3:30pm
Maple Festival – March 21 - 22 from 10am – 3pm
Wagon rides, tours, samples, sugar on snow, fresh maple
syrup and the Goodah Gastrotruck will be serving up
gourmet grilled cheese sandwiches including the amazing
MAPLE grilled cheese.
** No pets please
Visit the sugar house, buffet brunch with pancakes,
sausages and maple baked beans, wagon rides, maple
products year round, sample fresh syrup and maple butter
Admission: Adults $12, Children 12 & under $7
Enjoy the guided tours, hayrides, demos, displays &
brochures. Buy fresh maple syrup and other maple products,
and visit the sugar shack and Pancake Pavilion for delicious
pancakes, sausages & pure maple syrup. Come see the
improvements made for 2014!
Dress warmly, boots recommended.
Adults- $3, Children (12 & under) $2, Max per car - $10
**Cash only please
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Location
Date
Time
Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm
Metcalfe – Olde Maple Lane Farm, 2452 Old York
Corner Rd. Heading east out of Ottawa on
Hwy 417, take Exit 104-Cty Rd 27 south to the village of
Metcalfe.
(613) 821-5221
Feb 28 April 12,
2015
Weekends
9am – 3pm
Weekends
March Break
Tues-Fri
10am – 2pm
www.stanleysfarm.com
Sweetwater Harvest Maple Syrup Festival
Midland - Wye Marsh, 16160 Hwy 12 in
Midland – across from The Martyr’s Shrine
(705) 526-7809
March
28-29,
2015
www.wyemarsh.com/Sweetwater
Maple Sugar Festival at Brooks Farm
Mount Albert – Brooks Farm, 122 Ashworth Rd
From Hwy 48 follow Mount Albert Rd To Ashworth Rd
(905) 473-3246
www.brooksfarms.com/maple.html
March 7 –
April 5,
2015
Weekends,
daily during
March Break
& Easter
(Apr 3-5)
10am - 4pm
Event Name & Special Activities
Come out for our famous All-You-Can-Eat Pancake Brunch!
Enjoy a sleigh ride, some taffy on the snow, and don’t forget
to visit to our heritage sugar shack, our gift shop and the
petting farm in the barn.
Free admission and parking.
Horse Drawn Wagon Rides - $4.75, Taffy on Snow $2.50
All You Can Eat Pancake Brunch - $7.50 to $17.50
**No pets please
Celebrate a uniquely Canadian tradition in a distinctively
Canadian landscape.
Activities include sugar shack tours & demo's, cooking
demos, taffy tasting and bannock roasting, wilderness
survival and woodcarving demos, birds of prey &
reptile/amphibian shows, live music and all day breakfast.
Admission - $10, Family Rate - $30, Breakfast - $5
**Cash only please
Pancake House serving pancakes with real maple syrup,
train or wagon ride, Barnyard Playland (weather permitting)
self-guided & guided educational tours, sap & syrup tastings,
camp fire in sugar bush, maple sugar products for sale.
Admission - $8, Under 2 - Free
Easter Egg Hunt – Apr 3 – 5
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Location
Date
Time
Holstein Maplefest
Mount Forest Area - Holstein - Love’s Sugarbush –
located at #392098 Grey Rd 109 between Durham and
Mount Forest.
April
11-12,
2015
(519) 334-3490
Sat
9am - 4pm
Sun
10am - 3pm
www.holsteinmaplefest.com
Windermere Lions Club Pancake Social
Muskoka - Windermere - Bill Veitch’s Sugar Bush, 1539
Doherty Rd
April
18 - 19,
2015
10am
2pm
(705) 385-3729
www.windermerelionsclub.com/Pancake%20Social%20.html
Maple Syrup Days
Niagara Region - Pelham - Agapé Valley Bible Camp,
392 Killman Rd, 15km south of the QEW
(905) 892 4273
March
7, 14,
16-21, 28,
Apr 4,
2015
8:30am
3:30pm
Event Name & Special Activities
21st Annual
Bring the whole family for a day in our 40 acre sugar bush.
Enjoy Pancake & Sausage breakfast all day long, a free craft
sale with over 30 original vendors, plenty of demos in the
sugar bush including the Fergus Highlands Pipe Band,
Blacksmith, Taffy Pull, Ice Cream Making, Candle making,
our new Rope Bridge and plenty more.
Adults (14+) - $8, Kids – Free.
Breakfast: Small: $5; Medium: $7; Large: $9
The pancakes are mouth-watering, drizzled with Veitch’s
Maple Syrup and delicious sausages on the side. Coffee,
Tea, Juice and Hot Chocolate are offered.
This event is famous in Muskoka and all the family will enjoy
this old fashion experience. Hope to see you there to
celebrate the beginning of spring!
Come with family and friends to enjoy a delicious meal and
take a FREE sugar bush tour to see how maple syrup is
produced. All the proceeds go towards our day camp, to
keep the cost affordable for all families.
www.agapevalley.ca
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Location
Date
Time
Optimist Club Maple Festival
Orangeville – Island Lake Conservation Area, 673067
Hurontario St South. Head west on
Hwy 9, turn right on Hwy 10, turn right on Buena Vista
Dr., left on Hurontario
March
28-29,
2015
10:00am –
4:00pm
Admission: $10 (Ages 12 & up), Kids under 12 - Free
Breakfast: Large - $7, Small - $4
Tel: (519) 278-4262
www.orangevilleoptimists.ca
Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival
Oshawa – Purple Woods Conservation Area north of
Oshawa at the southeast corner of Simcoe Street and
Coates Road. Just east of Hwy 7/12.
(905) 579-0411 Ext. 126
March Break
March
7–8,
14-22,
28-29,
2015
10:00am –
2:30pm
** Tickets ONLY available on-line, no tickets will be sold on-site
Maple Sugar Moon Festival
1-877-473-9766
www.greyroots.com/programs-events/events/?I=5931
40th Annual
See how maple syrup was made over 400 years ago through
to the modern methods of today, take a horse-drawn wagon
ride and enjoy some hot pancakes.
Admission: Adults - $5, Kids 2 & under – Free
Pancakes and wagon rides priced separately
www.cloca.com/msf
Owen Sound – Grey Roots Museum & Archives –
Located at 10259 Grey Rd 18, just south of Owen Sound
Event Name & Special Activities
22nd Annual
Lots of fun for the whole family! Maple bush tours, learn how
syrup is made, taste testing, sugar shack tours, horse drawn
wagon rides, face painting, kids crafts, bird of prey demos,
local vendors, chainsaw carving and a whole lot more!
March 28,
2015
11am – 4pm
**No pets please
Come on out to Grey Roots and rejoice at this traditional rite
of spring. Learn its history from the early days of our
Aboriginal people to our first European setters and beyond.
Enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, test out your ability to bore
a hold and sink a spile in a tree trunk, then, top of your visit
with pancakes and maple syrup. Yes, that's right, the Kiwanis
Food Truck will be here cooking up a storm. What a better
way to spend a day; fun, learning and pancakes!
Adults - $8, Children - $4, Family - $20, pancakes sold
separately
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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015
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Location
Date
Time
Maple Syrup Tour and Art Show & Sale
Owen Sound Area/Kemble – Kemble United Church,
319 940 Kemble Rock Rd.
April 11,
2015
Tour
10am – 4pm
Art Show
9am – 4pm
(519) 534-1211 (Anita) or church 519 371-9159
www.kembleunitedchurches.ca/kemble_maple_syrup_tour.php
Event Name & Special Activities
Tour - Visit 7 local farms, Set-ups range from a homemade
evaporator processing sap from 35 taps for personal
consumption, all the way up to Miners' Maple Syrup Products
with 6200 taps on a vacuum system and using reverse
osmosis. Producers are on hand to answer questions, and
sometimes to sell their product. Meet along the way including
elk, sheep, and highland cattle to name a few.
Tour Passports – call for pricing
Art Show - Talented & unique Grey Bruce Artists will be set
up at the Kemble United Church on tour day.
Maple Infused meal available at the Church 8am – 3pm
Old-Tyme Maple Syrup Festival
Paisley/Grey Bruce – Saugeen Bluffs Cons. Area, 3km
north of Paisley off Bruce Rd 3
(519) 367-3040
March
28–29,
2015
10am – 4pm
www.saugeenconservation.com/maplesyrup.php
Come out and enjoy the largest outdoor Maple Syrup Festival
in Grey and Bruce Counties! Enjoy pancakes and fresh
maple syrup, history in action displays, dog agility shows,
horse drawn wagon rides, kid’s activities, family games,
sheep shearing, food vendors, sugar bush hikes & much
more.
Adults - $8, Kids - $3, Under 5 – Free
Fulton’s Pancake House and Sugar Bush
Pakenham - 399 Sugar Bush Rd. From the 417 take
Kinburn Side Rd/Cty Rd Exit to Pakenham, south on Cty
Rd 29, right on Cedar Hill Side Rd & follow the signs.
(613) 256-2624
www.fultons.ca
Feb 14 –
April 19,
2015
Daily
9am – 4pm
Weekend
Activities
11am – 3pm
**No pets please
Self-guided sugar bush tours, pancake house, walking trails,
horse-drawn wagon/sleigh rides, playground, maple shop,
maple taffy on snow, face painting, etc. Certain activities
only available on weekends check website for details.
Special events for March Break – March 14-22
Easter Weekend Celebration Apr 3-6– Easter Egg Hunt on
Sat & Sun only from 10am-2pm
Free admission and parking.
**No pets please
**Cash only in restaurant
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Maple Syrup Events are Weather Dependent – Please remember to always call ahead & wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
Location
Date
Time
Killbear Prov. Park’s Maple Syrup Festival
Event Name & Special Activities
All day pancake breakfast, wagon rides through Killbear,
guided tours of the sugar bush and sugar shack, visitor
Centre and Nature Shoppe open
Parry Sound - Follow Hwy 400 north of Parry Sound for
12 km. Take exit #241 for Highway 559. Killbear is
located at the end of Hwy 559.
Admission to the park is FREE
(705) 342 5492
www.friendsofkillbear.com
Festival of the Maples
Perth – located along Hwy 7, southwest of Ottawa.
1-888-319-3204
April 25,
2015
http://perthchamber.com/chamber-events/festival-of-themaples/
Powassan Maple Syrup Festival
Powassan – Approx. 30km south of North Bay on Hwy
11.
April 25,
2015
(705) 491-0379
39th Annual
The grand finale to the month-long maple celebration takes
9 am – 4 pm place in downtown Perth. Maple products and taffy sales,
displays of maple syrup production, entertainment, midway,
pony rides, petting zoo & children’s activities. Live musical
entertainment, over 160 Craft, Artisan and Food Vendors,
Classic Antique Car Display, etc.
Pancake
Breakfasts
Start at 7am
Events wrap
up by 4pm
www.powassansyrupfestival.ca
Ganaraska Maple Syrup Day
Port Hope Area - Ganaraska Forest Centre – Exit Hwy
401 at Port Hope and travel north on Cty Rd 28 to Cty Rd
9. West on Cty Rd 9 for 16km, watch for signs.
March 28,
2015
10 am – 1 pm
18th Annual
Start your day by attending one of our delicious Pancake
Breakfasts. Then enjoy the Street vendors, Lumberjack
Shows, live music and lots of fun family events that are
planned.
Free admission
**No pets please
Take a trip back in time with historic characters that will
enlighten you on this sweet tradition. Tour the sap collecting
route and visit the sugar shack before creating crafts, having
your face painted and playing pioneer games. Then settle in
for some great live music while you enjoy a pancake feast!
(905) 797-2721
www.ganaraskaforestcentre.ca/NewsAndEvents.html
Adult - $12, Child - $6
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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015
Maple Syrup Events are Weather Dependent – Please remember to always call ahead & wear appropriate clothing and footwear.
Location
Date
Time
Maple in the County
Prince Edward County – South of Belleville on Hwy’s
62, 48 & 33.
Includes Bloomfield, Picton and Wellington.
March
28–29, 2015
See website
for schedule
1-866-845-6644
Celebrate the first harvest of the 2015 season in Prince
Edward County.
www.mapleinthecounty.ca
Gilbertson’s Pancake House
Richard’s Landing – 3090 Huron Line/Hwy 548, Just 40
minutes east of Sault Ste. Marie
March 9 –
April 25,
2015
Mon – Sat
8am – 8pm
(705) 246-2066
www.gilbertsonsmaple.com
Westfield Heritage Village
Rockton – 1049 Kirkwall Road (formerly Regional Road 552),
off Highway 8 in Rockton between Cambridge & Dundas.
1-800-883-0104
www.conservationhamilton.ca/component/ohanah/maplesyrup-festival
Event Name & Special Activities
Visit one of the participating sugarbushes, enjoy pancake
breakfasts with fresh maple syrup, taffy on snow, S'mores,
petting zoos, BBQ sausages, fire trucks, lumberjack show,
artisan vendors, wineries and more.
March
8, 15, 18,19,
22, 29 &
Apr 3, 5,
2015
10am – 4pm
Walk the trails through the bush, learn interesting facts about
maple syrup. Next, come inside and see the modern
methods used to collect, store, boil and package the smooth
golden taste of syrup. Learn how the process works from
start to finish. Our experienced workers invite your questions
and are pleased to explain syrup making. Then head to the
restaurant for your fill of pancakes and syrup and browse the
gift shop. Enjoy a free wagon ride most Sat’s through the
sugar bush. We are Ontario’s largest maple syrup producer.
**Wheelchair accessible
The village’s gorgeous rural setting is a fun place to learn all
about how maple syrup is made. Free horse and wagon
rides, a trip to the sugar bush and a chance to taste one of
Canada’s sweetest traditions make for a great day out.
Westfield is a unique place for families, with something
interesting to see and do around every corner.
Adults $11, Seniors $10, Kids 6-12 - $6.50, Under 5 - Free
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Location
Date
Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Festival
Stouffville – Bruce’s Mill, 3291 Stouffville Rd
Located east of Hwy 404 between Warden and Kennedy.
Feb 28 –
Apr 6,
2015
(416) 661-6600
Time
Event Name & Special Activities
Come out and tap into spring! Enjoy demonstrations, wagon
Event Hours
rides, activities and of course pancakes and real maple syrup.
9 :30am –
5pm
Special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break!
Maple Demos
Bruce’s Mill is closed Mon and Tues with the exception of
10am –
March Break and Easter Monday.
4:30pm
www.maplesyrupfest.com
Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival
Sunderland - Approx. 25km north of Port Perry on Hwy
7/12.
March
28-29,
2015
www.maplesyrupfestival.ca
White Meadows Farms Sugar Bush & Pancake House
St. Catharines - QEW to 7th St, South to Regional Rd 81,
turn left, right on 5th St - #2519
(905) 682-0642
www.whitemeadowsfarms.com/stuff-to-do/sugar-bushadventure/
Sugar Bush
Weekends
Feb 14 –
Mar 29,
2015
Pancake
House
Weekends
Open every
weekend year
round
Friday
Midway open
4pm-9pm
Saturday
9:45am 4pm
Sunday
10am-3pm
Sugar Bush
9:30am –
3:30pm
Pancakes
served
8am - 2pm
20th Annual
All day pancake breakfast, Pancake eating contest, sugar
bush tours, dances, midway, craft and book fair, fine art
show, craft show, horse and buggy rides, bath tub races, and
much more.
Free admission
A modern maple syrup operation, pancake meals, taffy on
snow & maple products. Sit a spell at our fires, listen to
native stories, dance with our fiddlers, use a hand drills to
tap trees, saw like a lumberjack, have your face painted, see
what bird you are, eat yummy taffy, roast a hot dog, get lost
in the maze, cross a rickety bridge, and if you are not careful
you may learn a little somethin’ maple before you get the
shuttle back to the farm
Adult $9.50, Youth (13-17) $8, Kids (2-12) $6
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Location
Date
Time
McCully’s Hill Farm
St. Mary's - 4074 Perth Line #9, just east of St. Mary’s
(519) 284-2564
March
7–29,
2015
10:00am –
2:00pm
Weekends
www.mccullys.ca
Event Name & Special Activities
Come out to the farm and learn how maple syrup is made!
Take a horse drawn wagon ride through the sugar bush, and
see how we collect the sap and then visit the sugar shack to
learn how we make maple syrup. Make a stop in the barn
and see what the animals are up to and then stay for a
delicious pancake brunch featuring McCully's own maple
syrup!
March Break – 1.5 hour walking tours of the sugar bush $3
Sugar Bush Tours - $6 Pancake Bruch - $7
Warwick Fire Dept. Pancake & Sausage Breakfast
Warwick – Fire Hall located at 7074 Egremont Rd.
Warwick is approx. 30km east of Sarnia on
Cty Rd 22, just north of Hwy 402.
March 22,
2015
9am – 1pm
www.warwicktownship.ca
Adults - $8 Kids (5-12) - $5
Warkworth Maple Syrup Festival at Sandy Flat Sugar
Farm
Warkworth – Southeast of Peterborough at the junction
of Cty. Rd 25 and 29.
(705) 924-2057
www.warkworthmaplesyrupfestival.ca
The time changes to Daylight Savings Time on the Sunday of
our festival. That means you’ll need to get up an hour earlier to
take it all of the festivities on Sunday!
Come out and enjoy all-you-can-eat pancakes, sausage,
eggs, toast, muffins, fruit salad, juices, coffee, and tea put on
by the Warwick Fire Dept. Being held at the Warwick Fire
Hall. All proceeds to Camp Bucko – a burn camp for kids
continuing the healing process
March
14-15,
2015
Sugar Bush
9am – 4pm
Village
Events
Sat
9am-5pm
Sun
10am - 4:30
Sand Flat Sugar Bush: Compare the native, pioneer &
modern methods of gathering & processing the sap, horse
drawn sleigh rides, nature trails, maple taffy on snow, log
sawing competition, pancake breakfasts & more
**No pets please
Warkworth Village: Art & photography sale, antique &
nostalgia Sale, craft show, petting farm, White Elephant
Sale, puppet shows, mini golf, petting farm, etc.
Sugar Bush - $4, Pancake Breakfast: Adult $7 & Child $3
Antique Show - $3
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Location
Date
Time
Watford Maple Syrup Festival
Watford Fire Hall – 520 Ontario St
Watford is located just west of Strathroy, south of Hwy
402 at exit 44.
March 28,
2015
8am – 6pm
Event Name & Special Activities
Pancakes & locally produced maple syrup with sausages
served all day! Maple syrup for sale. Hosted by the Watford
Fire Department.
Pancakes & Syrup -$5, Pancakes & Sausage - $7, Kids - $4
(519) 876-3406
http://warwicktownship.ca/news-events/events/8-events/247-maple-syrup-festival.html
MapleRidge Syrup
Waterford - 10 mins north of Simcoe, go north of Hwy
24, right on Conc. 11 and watch for signs.
(519) 426-5295
www.mapleridgesyrup.com
March
14-15,
19-22,
28-29,
2015
Sat & Sun
8am - 2pm
March Break
9am – 1pm
Wiarton Rotary Club’s Maple Magic
Wiarton Area – Regal Point Elk Farm - Head out of
Wiarton on Cty Rd 1 to Oxenden, turn right onto
Concession 24 and follow for 1.3 km to 462081 Conc. 24
March
21–22
&
28–29, 2015
9am – 1pm
(519) 534-1415
John R. Park Homestead & Conservation Area Maple
Events
Windsor Area – Located on the shores of Lake Erie
between Kingsville & Colchester at
915 County Rd. 50.
(519) 738-2029
www.erca.org
First Taste
of Spring
March 1,
2015
March
Break
March
17 & 19,
2015
March 1
12pm-4pm
March 17 &
19
1:30pm4:00pm
35th and Final Season
Maple Ridge Syrup and Pancake House is a fourth
generation family business now in its 35th and last season
as we're retiring and closing our doors forever. So stop by for
some pure maple syrup or bring family and friends for one
last delicious pancake meal. We welcome you to come
experience the sweetest part of Norfolk County.
Enjoy a pancake breakfast in the new dining building
overlooking the sugar bush, plus maple taffy on snow, and
other maple treats, take a guided tour to see the state of the
art maple syrup processing equipment at 10:30am daily, and
check out Mt. Haymore – a mountain of fun with climbing
challenges and slides. Log sawing competitions at 11:30am
daily, try the Tap Line Maze and Willies Bush Walk.
Maple First Taste of Spring: Essex County's only Maple
Syrup Festival! Make maple taffy in the snow and see syrup
made the pioneer way, enjoy a special maple-themed menu,
play pioneer games, and much more.
Family admission - $20
Maple March Break for Families: Get hands-on with this
fun and educational program for the whole family to enjoy.
Family admission - $20
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Maple Syrup in Ontario 2015
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Location
Date
Sugar Bush Maple Syrup Festival
Woodbridge – Kortright Centre, 9550 Pine Valley Dr
3km west of Hwy 400, just south of Major Mackenzie Dr.
Feb 28 April 6
2015
www.maplesyrupfest.com
Jakeman’s Maple Products
(519) 539-1366
www.themaplestore.com
Event Name & Special Activities
Event Hours
9:30am 5:00pm
Come out and tap into spring! Enjoy demonstrations, wagon
rides, activities and of course pancakes and real maple
syrup.
Special family-fun activities on weekends and March Break.
Maple Demos
Adults - $8.85, Seniors & Children - $5.75, Parking $4
10am-4:30pm
(905) 832-2289
Woodstock (Beachville) – 454414 Trillium Line, South of
the 401
Time
March
7-8, 14-15,
18, 21-22,
28-29,
2015
Pancakes
Served
Weekends
9am – 1:30pm
Gift Shop
Year round
Mon – Fri
9am - 4:30pm
Sat
10am-4pm
10th Annual
Enjoy a pancake breakfast then take a self-guided walking
tour in our Woodlot where you can see the actual sap lines,
learn how the sap is collected from the tree and then to the
evaporator. From there, visit the Sugar Shanty where you
will see the evaporating & finishing process. View our private
museum of farm and household implements used by the
generations of the Jakeman family. Visit our Farm Gift Shop
for special Maple Souvenirs.
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