Maple syrup festivals are annual spring events in Ontario, Quebec and some northern states in the USA. Where can you find a maple syrup festival in Toronto, or in a nearby community in Ontario?
The links to the sites are near the end of this article.
Two Choices for an Annual Toronto Maple Syrup Festival
You have two choices for a maple syrup festival in Toronto. Both run from March 1st through April 6th, 2014. (Updated for 2014).
These conservation areas will be open 9:30am-5pm weekdays and until 5pm on weekends.
Each site features maple syrup demonstrations and hikes through the sugar bush.
The cost per person is $10 or less.
The Bruce’s Mills Conservation Area is at 3291 Stouffville Road, Stouffville.
Take Highway 404 north from Hwy 401 to Stouffville Road; head east past Warden Avenue. The entrance is between Warden and Kennedy, on the south side.
Bruce’s Mills is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays.
The Kortwright Centre for Conservation is at 9550 Pine Valley Drive in Woodbridge.
Take Highway 400 north to Rutherford Road and head west, then take Pine Valley Drive north. You will pass Davos Road on the east, but the Kortwright entrance is a bit further north and on the west side. If you reach Major Mackenzie Drive, you’ve gone too far.
Collecting Maple Sap for Maple Syrup
The picture shows a plastic pail, hung beneath a spigot that taps a sugar maple tree. That’s the simplest way to collect maple sap, but pretty labour intensive to lift and carry each pail.
In a commercial sugar bush, these spigots would be connected to hoses or pipes that drain downhill to a central vat. It’s more work to set up, and has a greater risk that a moose will stumble through and ruin the plumbing.
Maple sap runs through the tree during the spring thaw. The amount of sap depends on moisture in the ground and the proper temperatures, including the difference between the daytime high and nightly low. That directly affects the quantity, and often the price, of the finished products including maple syrup and maple candy.
A Month of Maple Syrup in Oakville, Ontario
(Added March 1, 2014): The Bronte Creek Maple Syrup Festival celebrates the annual run of sap all through the month of March. Bronte Creek Provincial Park staff dress in 1890s costumes to explain old-fashioned sugaring techniques.
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Bronte Creek Provincial Park, southwest of Oakville, is approximately bounded by: the QEW (Queen Elizabeth Way), aka Hwy 403; Burloak Drive; Dundas St. West; and Bronte Road.
The Annual Elmira Maple Syrup Festival in Ontario
The annual Elmira Maple Syrup Festival might be the most famous in Ontario, but maybe I’d known about it from relatives who live in the area…and who had worked the festival when younger. It’s a nice day trip from Toronto, if you have a car and access to Hwy 401.
The 2013 date is Saturday April 5, 2014 in downtown Elmira, Ontario; it runs from 7am to 4pm. (Updated March 1, 2014).
Take Hwy 401 west from Toronto; exit at Hwy 8 north to Kitchener-Waterloo. Take the Hwy 7 and 85 exit north, although it’s also called the Conestoga Parkway. Eventually it narrows down to Hwy 85 and later becomes Arthur Street, which leads into Elmira.
(Added April 4, 2013): I just noticed an advertisement offering a bus ride from Toronto for the Maple Syrup Festival in Elmira. That’s a sweet deal if you don’t drive, or want to avoid dealing with parking in Elmira during their festival.
If You Miss the Maple Syrup Festivals
You can still buy authentic maple syrup products even if you miss the annual festivals.
Enjoy certified organic maple syrup. Tapped in Quebec, this natural product is free of additives. This maple syrup is amber grade, which is between the light and dark shades of maple syrup.
Special occasions call for special momentos, such as maple syrup gift baskets for your clients or maple syrup wedding favours for your bridesmaids or guests.
Links to References about Maple Syrup Festivals in Ontario
Both the Bruce’s Mills and Kortwright maple syrup festivals are at one site. I found it took a fair bit of clicking on internal links to find all the details that are shared in this article.
Bronte Creek Provincial Park’s web page has several sections, including the map. (Added March 1, 2014).
The Elmira Maple Syrup Festival lists its information on one page with a few links for extra details. (Updated March 1, 2014).
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