Maple Syrup Festivals And Events In Durham Region
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Enjoy all things sweet at a Maple Syrup Festival in Durham Region! Tap into your inner child at a maple syrup demonstration, pour your heart out over pancakes, and make memories that are bound to stick. Each year, as winter winds down, the longer days and rising temperatures welcome the harvest of fresh maple syrup! Events kick off in March and run through May—giving families and friends ample time to discover the sweet taste of maple syrup. Enjoy fresh maple syrup taffy, stack-tacular pancake breakfasts, informative maple syrup demonstrations, and more fun activities.
Check out our list of upcoming festivals and events to make the most of maple syrup season in Durham Region.
Pefferlaw Creek Farms Maple Syrup Festival
March 7 to April 19 (weekends only) | 12300 Concession Road 6, Uxbridge
Soak in the sights, sounds, and sweet smells of fresh maple syrup at Pefferlaw Creek Farms Maple Syrup Festival! Visit the sugar bush to enjoy a tapping tour, a sugar shack tour, hiking, fresh taffy, live music (on select dates), and a delicious pancake meal—made with a beloved family recipe, whole ingredients, local farmers' sausages from Willowtree Farm, and fresh maple syrup! The festival runs on Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., excluding Easter Sunday. This is a cash only event. Tickets are $10 per person upon arrival; kids 12 and under are free. Pancake breakfast is additional.
Brooks Farms Maplefest
March 7 to April 19 (weekends only) and March Break | 122 Ashworth Road, Uxbridge
Visit Brooks Farms Maplefest for a festival so sweet, you’ll want to come back year after year! Enjoy a train or wagon ride, self-guided and guided educational tours, evaporator demonstrations, maple syrup tastings, and a campfire in the sugar bush with marshmallows. The barnyard playland is also open (weather permitting) with animals, a pirate ship and more. Tours take place from 10 a.m. with the last tour of the day starting at 2 p.m. You can purchase individual tickets to Maplefest or bundle your admission with a delicious pancake breakfast. Children under two are free. Maple sugar products are also available for an additional cost.
Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival
March 14 to 22 and March 28 to 29 | 38 Coates Road East, Oshawa
Take a self-guided tour to visit a modern evaporator, enjoy games, activities, horse-drawn wagon rides, and watch as sap is collected from the sugar maple trees and boiled into delicious maple syrup at the Purple Woods Maple Syrup Festival. Enjoy all-day breakfast pancakes with Halenda's sausages and Purple Woods Maple Syrup! Gluten free pancakes are also available. Check out their event schedule before you go for special activities and guests, and don't forget to stop by their Heritage Store to take some sweet maple treats home! Entries are timed from 9:30 a.m. to noon or noon to 2:30 p.m. Tickets are $8 per person online or $11 per person upon arrival; children two and under are free.
Purple Woods Sugarbush Lantern Walk
March 27 and 28 | 38 Coates Road East, Oshawa
Don’t miss your chance to experience a beautiful nighttime Lantern Walk at Purple Woods Conservation Area. For two nights only—Friday, March 27 and Saturday, March 28—guests can experience the illuminated sugarbush by candlelight. Start your adventure with a tasty treat made with real maple syrup, then head out with a lantern to explore the sugarbush, enjoy a cup of cedar tea and syrup samples, and learn about the history of this liquid gold, told by firelight. The event takes place from 7:30 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $12 per person.
Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival
April 11 to 12 | 1 River Street, Sunderland
Each year, people travel near and far to experience the Sunderland Maple Syrup Festival! This well-loved event offers a great opportunity to discover the many things that make Sunderland special, while celebrating the Canadian tradition of making maple syrup. Enjoy the local sugar shack tour, a historical bus tour, live entertainment, air bounce adventures, bathtub races, and—of course—a delicious pancake breakfast! Explore Sunderland's local shops and wander through the vendor market to shop everything from syrup to toys, hand-crafted items, clothing and other great finds. Admission and parking are free.
Bowmanville Maplefest
May 2 | King Street East, from Scugog Street to George Street, Bowmanville
The highly anticipated Bowmanville Maplefest showcases local syrup producers who offer up the best of the region. You'll be delighted to find maple treats including doughnuts, cheese, candy, nuts, fudge and much more. From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., stroll along the four city blocks to explore unique items from craft and food vendors, and browse the many independent shops and restaurants in historic Bowmanville.
Maple Syrup's Sweet History
Did you know that Indigenous Peoples living in northeastern North America were the first to produce maple syrup? Zhiiwaagamizigan is the Anishinaabe word for maple syrup, and it’s prized for both its medicinal properties and sweet taste. The earliest method of sap collection was done by cutting a ‘v’ shape into the bark of a maple tree, then placing a wedge at the bottom of the cut and letting the sap flow into a bucket at the base of the tree. Today, the collection process has changed, yet the result is that same sweet liquid gold. You can discover this original method of processing maple syrup by visiting Harlaine Maple Products during the Sunderland Maple Festival.
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