Celebrate the 2025 maple syrup season in Ontario

Lanark County and the Ottawa Region

The knowledge and use of sweet sugar maple sap originated with the Indigenous Peoples of the Eastern Woodlands who valued it for centuries. In and around Ottawa, maple syrup production continues today. So much so that Lanark County, located within an hour’s drive southwest of Ottawa, is hailed as “Ontario’s Maple Syrup Capital”.

Lanark County Maple Experience

Choose your own adventure on a self-guided tour of seasonal maple sugar bushes and camps, as well as other year-round maple-related stops at shops, restaurants and breweries.

Location: throughout Lanark County

Fulton’s Sugar Bush and Maple Shop

Nestled between the communities of Pakenham and Almonte in Mississippi Mills, Fulton’s is like the godfather of maple with over 170 years and six generations of experience.

Explore the property trails, book a horse-drawn sleigh ride, visit the maple shop and learn all about maple tapping and production.

The sugar bush season runs from March 1 to April 20, 2025

Location: 399 Sugar Bush Road, Pakenham

Sand Road Maple Farm and Sugar Camp

Just east of Ottawa, this fully operational maple farm opens its gates to visitors to witness the traditional maple syrup-making process. And, of course, to enjoy a homemade pancake and maple syrup buffet-style feast, available on a first-come-first-serve basis.

The syrup season typically begins in March and runs until the sap stops flowing.

Location: 17190 Sand Road, Moose Creek

Wheelers Pancake House, Sugar Camp and Maple Heritage Museum

Book a reservation for a meal at Wheeler Pancake House, where you can enjoy delicious pancakes made from scratch. Visit Wheelers Maple Heritage Museum, which holds the Guinness World Record for the “Largest Collection of Maple Syrup Artifacts.”

Wheelers Maple Farm and Pancake House will be open Tuesdays to Sundays from late February to mid-April. Check Wheelers Maple 2025 hours for more information.

Location: 1001 Highland Line, McDonalds Corners, Lanark Highlands

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Balderson Village Cheese Store for maple crunch chocolate and maple butter.
• Top Shelf Distillers in Perth for maple-infused Reunion French Toast Moonshine.
• Beau’s All Natural Brewing Co. in Vankleek Hill for Maple Rush, a robust porter made with organic maple syrup.
• Perth Brewery for the O’Canada Maple Ale.
• SuzyQ in Ottawa’s Hintonburg neighbourhood for maple bacon donuts.

Kingston and Prince Edward County

From family-friendly events to maple-themed wine and dining experiences, there are great opportunities to enjoy Ontario’s favourite sweet treat in and around Kingston.

Kingston’s Maple Madness

A seasonal highlight for families, the annual maple syrup event at Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area involves demonstrations of sap boiling as well as wagon rides and trails to explore.

Location: 1641 Perth Road, Glenburnie

PEC March Maple Madness

March Maple Madness celebrates local sugar bushes, maple farms and maple treats in The County.

Create your own itinerary from the dozens of participating maple syrup producers, wineries, breweries, cideries, restaurants and accommodations.

The event takes place every Saturday and Sunday throughout March.

Location: Prince Edward County

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Black River Cheese for melt-in-your-mouth, artisanal maple cheddar with cracked pepper cheese log.

Muskoka and Haliburton Highlands

Each spring, communities across Muskoka and Haliburton Highlands turn their attention to maple in a big way.

Muskoka Maple Trail

Create your own maple adventure on a self-guided culinary tour of maple treats, gifts and attractions at over two dozen sweet stops. Discover maple drizzled waffles, smoky-maple ribs, maple-infused candles and a sweet and savoury maple cocktail.

This event takes place from March 7 to April 26, 2025.

Location: throughout Muskoka

Muskoka Maple Festival

Hailed as spring’s sweetest party, this family-friendly event celebrates all things maple with an entire day of fun activities, performers and entertainment, and, of course, a myriad of maple syrup-inspired foods.

This event takes place on April 26, 2025.

Location: Main Street, Huntsville

Maple Weekend in Haliburton Highlands

During the first weekend in April each year, Haliburton Highlands invites you to explore all the ways this region celebrates Ontario’s favourite springtime treat, from sugar bush trails and demonstrations to pancake breakfasts and maple syrup products.

Location: throughout Haliburton Highlands

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Winterdance for amber, dark and very dark maple syrup flavours.
• Sugarbush Hill just outside of Huntsville for maple syrup pie and Maple Creemee, a maple and vanilla soft ice cream.
• Muskoka Roastery Coffee Co. for Muskoka Maple coffee.
• Muskoka Lakes Farm and Winery in Bala for Red Maple Dessert Wine, a balance of sweet maple and tart cranberry.

Algoma Country

There are a handful of dedicated maple syrup producers in this region, specifically on St. Joseph Island, just over half an hour’s drive from Sault. Ste Marie. With its abundance of maple trees, the island produces 18% of Ontario’s total maple syrup. 

St. Joseph Island Maple Syrup Festival

Meet local maple producers and other craft vendors and fill up on pancakes, sausages and delicious, golden, local maple syrup at the annual Maple Syrup Festival held at the Royal Canadian Legion Branch 374.

This event takes place on select days in early April.

Location: 1534 10th Side Road, Richards Landing

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Gilbertson’s Maple Products and Pancake House, one of Ontario’s largest syrup producers, features a signature line of maple- flavoured gourmet foods from mustard to dressings to nuts and candies.
• Garside Gardens in Hilton Beach on St. Joseph Island for premium maple and birch syrup products, including a unique blend of the two. “Birple” is great for salad dressings, baking and on pancakes.

York, Durham and Headwaters 

Visit these highly-anticipated maple syrup festivals across the York, Durham and Headwaters region.

Elliott Tree Farm Maple Syrup Experience

Purchase tickets for a fun-filled maple syrup experience, which includes all-you-can-eat pancakes, topped with award-winning maple syrup, and a walk along the sugar shack trail to see how maple syrup is made.

This event opens February 15-17 and runs every weekend through April 6, plus March 10, March 14 and April 4, 2025.

Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario

Elliott Tree Farm is also the home of the Maple Syrup Museum of Ontario (formerly of St. Jacobs). Visit the museum to see an extraordinary collection of early tools used to make maple syrup.

The Museum remains open during the Elliott Tree Farm Maple Syrup Experience (see information above).

Location: 9467 Erin East Garafraxa Townline, Hillsburgh

Sugarbush Maple Syrup Festival

Enjoy family activities, demonstrations and delicious maple products during York Region’s maple syrup festival, which is held at two locations: Bruce’s Mill Conservation Area and the Kortright Centre for Conservation.

The festival takes place from March 8 to April 6, 2025.

Locations:
Bruce's Mill Conservation Area, 3291 Stouffville Road, Whitchurch-Stouffville
Kortright Centre for Conservation, 9550 Pine Valley Drive, Woodbridge

Maplefest at Brooks Farm

Guided and self-guided sugar bush tours, a campfire, wagon rides, a barnyard playground and pancakes are some of the highlights that families will love during Maplefest at Brooks Farm.

Location: 122 Ashworth Road, Mount Albert

Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival

Enjoy daily activities, such as maple syrup demonstrations, self-guided hikes through the sugar bush and shopping at the Heritage Store.

Special events include a sugar bush lantern walk with maple syrup tastings. Festival activities take place over weekends in March.

Location: 38 Coates Road East, Oshawa

Sunderland Maple Festival

During this outdoor event, you can look forward to music, entertainment, local maple producers and other vendors, pancake breakfasts and even iron forging demonstrations.

Try local festival recipes like maple garlic chicken wings and maple butter tarts.

This event takes place on April 5 and 6, 2025, with free admission and parking.

Location: 1 River Street, Sunderland

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Spirit Tree Estate Cidery in Caledon for the wood-fired Maple Bacon Pizza, maple butter tart, scones and so much more.
• Crave Doughnuts in Whitby for farm maple glaze and candied bacon donuts.

Kawarthas and Northumberland

From sap to syrup, the maple syrup making process is a time honoured spring tradition that’s celebrated throughout this region.

Kawarthas Northumberland Maple Festival

A collection of farms, communities and sugar bushes host events and activities during the maple syrup season. From Maplefest at McLean Berry Farm to tree tapping at Elmhirst’s Resort, build your perfect maple themed getaway.

Location: throughout Kawarthas and Northumberland

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Sandy Flat Sugar Bush for wood-fired maple syrup, maple butter, sugar and maple-infused syrups.

Orillia and Lake Country

When winter gives way to spring across Ontario’s “snowbelt,” the annual sap-to-syrup traditions begin.

Tap into Maple

Take a self-guided maple-themed tour along the “sweetest route” to local operating sugar shacks and sugar bushes to experience the harvesting and boiling process of maple syrup production.

This event takes place March 1 to April 7, 2025 

Location: Throughout Lake Country

Sweetwater Harvest Weekend at Wye Marsh

For a weekend in March, you’re invited to witness how maple syrup was made a long time ago at one of Ontario’s most unique family-friendly nature preserves.

This events takes place on March 22 and 23, 2025. 

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Chelsea Chocolates in Craighurst for maple treats such as maple truffle and buttercream.
• Apple Annie’s Café and Shop for maple walnut fudge.
• Shaw's Maple Syrup for delicious maple syrup and maple goodies like maple butter and maple candy.

Stratford, St. Jacobs and Elmira

Explore maple goodness from the maple-infused chocolate treats in Stratford to the maple syrup farms and products in St. Jacobs, Elmira and more communities in Ontario’s Mennonite country.

Elmira Maple Syrup Festival

Elmira has been celebrating Ontario’s liquid gold since the spring of 1965 with pancakes and maple syrup. Visit the family fun area and enjoy farm displays, pony rides, and a play area with inflatables, climbing wall, and more

The annual maple syrup festival will take place on Saturday, April 5, 2025.

Location: Downtown Elmira

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Rocky Mtn Chocolate, along the Stratford Chocolate Trail for their decadent Maple Fudge.
• Rhéo Thompson Candies, also in Stratford, is a fan favourite for the Maple Nut Fudge.
• Edrene Maple Syrup in the St. Jacobs Farmers’ Market for maple butter, candies and taffy cones.
• Shady Grove Maple Co. in Woolwich near Guelph for maple and birch syrup

Norfolk, Haldimand and Oxford Counties

Maple syrup production is a long-standing tradition in many of Southwestern Ontario’s agriculturally rich communities.

Richardson’s Farm and Market

Take a wagon ride to the sugar bush for a guided tour about maple syrup history. Purchase tickets for the hands-on Family Maple Experience, which includes brunch. This exclusive experience engages the senses and includes tapping the trees for sap, collecting and tasting sap at different stages of boiling and making taffy on snow. 

Location: 131 River Road, Dunnville

Find more maple-inspired highlights at:

• Chambers Pure Maple Product, just east of Waterford, is an eclectic little spot where you can stock up on jams, preserves and sweet or savoury maple BBQ sauce.
• Jakeman’s Pure Maple Syrup in Woodstock is one of the largest maple syrup packers in Ontario selling premium buttermilk pancake mix and a host of sap inspired treats like maple ice wine-syrup, cream cookies, maple sugar and popcorn.

Windsor and Essex Region

Ontario’s southernmost region celebrates maple madness with exciting local events and trails.

Maple Syrup Festival

Join the Maple Syrup Festival during three weekends in March at two locations connected with the Maple Trail.

Special events include the First Taste of Spring, the Lumberjack Weekend and the Taster’s Weekend featuring maple-inspired activities like the Maple Taffy pour.

Locations:
Holiday Beach Conservation Area, 6952 County Road 50, Amherstburg
John R. Park Homestead Conservation Area, 915 Essex County Road 50, Essex

Niagara Region

Explore Niagara Region's maple history at a maple farm or at the world’s only indoor maple sugar bush located minutes away from the falls.

Sugar Bush Trek at White Meadows Farms

Get on board the Sugar Shuttle wagon for a scenic ten-minute ride through the countryside. At your destination, a guide will lead a 45-minute walking tour, where you will learn about the history of maple syrup and how it’s produced. Enjoy maple taffy on snow, explore the forest and enjoy your own sample of fresh maple syrup.

This experience is available on weekends from March 1 to April 13 and daily during March Break, from March 10 to 14. Advanced booking is recommended.

Maple Syrup Days at Agape Valley

Take a hayride shuttle to the sugar bush at Agape Valley and enjoy a guided walk through the forest to see how sap is collected and made into maple syrup. Stop by the pancake house for a delicious pancake breakfast and treat yourself to delicious maple taffy.

Open weekends in March and daily during March Break, from March 10 to 14. A parking pass is required for admission.

Location: 392 Kilman Road, Ridgeville

Maple Leaf Place

Shop for maple products and get all your maple syrup questions answered. Experience the world’s only indoor maple sugar bush, where you can take an audio and visual tour about the history of maple syrup, sample a flight of different maple syrups and enjoy free maple taffy. You can also learn about different grades of maple syrup and how to use maple syrup in baking and cooking.

Admission is free.

Location: 4199 River Road, Niagara Falls

Visit ontariomaple.com for more info on Ontario’s maple makers and events. Always check weather, reservations, dates and hours of operation in advance, as some event details may change.