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Family Things to Do in Toronto & GTA this Halloween
A list of Halloween activities and events (including free ghoulish fun) for Kids in the GTA.
1. City of Toronto
2. Durham
3. Halton
4. Peel
5. York
You might like Adult Halloween Events in & around Toronto.
For Hamilton, see Halloween in Hamilton
For Fall-themed festivals, and pumpkin-themed events, see Things to Do With Kids This Weekend.
Across GTA
Pumpkin Patches
Farms in Greater Toronto Area and Hamilton welcome families to enjoy fall season at the farm offering tasty treats, farm fun activities, wagon rides along with the opportunity to pick the perfect pumpkin for that spooky Jack-O-Lantern! Pumpkin Patches in Greater Toronto Area
Corn Mazes
Jump into the new season with an attempt at completing the ultimate fall activity: the corn maze! These often challenging, lengthy mazes through the cornfields are a very fun and puzzling activity to try. Toronto and Hamilton are bursting with some farms perfect for a fall day trip. Corn Mazes Near Toronto
Halloween Events for Kids in Toronto
Credit: Casa Loma
Halloween Nights of Lights & Pumpkinville
This year’s experience will feature more than 1.5 million LED and RGB lights animated and synchronized to your favourite Halloween tunes. Continue the fun inside Pumpkinville, a fun fair located at the end of the Nights of Lights trail featuring larger-than-life pumpkin sculptures and village. Details
Legends of Horror
The grounds of Casa Loma will once again be transformed into an immersive theatrical experience, Legends of Horror. Done in the presentational form considered “promenade theatre”, in which the audience walks at their own pace through a 2 km trail commencing in the lower gardens of Casa Loma and winding its way through the castles tunnels and darkest spaces never before open to the public. Details
Halloween at the Village
Prepare for eerie excitement at the Village this Halloween. Take part in ghastly activities and hair-raising happenings!
Help with grisly experiments during the Slimy Science Show, using gooey concoctions to bring a pumpkin to life! Enjoy trick or treating among our heritage buildings, then spill your guts to the Village’s doctor while learning about messy medicine.
High Park Halloween Howl
This all outdoor event will begin with a lantern lit night hike through the woodlands. We’ll stop to learn the not-so-scary truth about owls, bones, bats and zombie trees. Finish off the night by warming up around our campfire. Details
Halloween at The Zoo
Join us for a spine-tingling adventure during the Boo at the Zoo weekends and experience Halloween magic! Embark on an intergalactic journey and encounter iconic Star Wars & DC Comic characters that will transport you to a galaxy far, far away.
Pumpkinfest in Kingsway
Come celebrate the spooky Halloween season with us! your best costume and decorate pumpkins, Crafts, treats, face painting, raffles & so much more! Details
3055 Bloor Street West
Free
Riverside Howl-O-Ween
All ages and pets welcome for free activities: pumpkin patch, live music, quiz game, treats, face painting, cotton candy, and more surprises. Costumes encouraged!
Free
Halloween Food Truck Festival
This year’s event promises to be even more phenomenal, with an array of exciting new additions including a Halloween movie screening in the courtyard for the kids. Enjoy food, drinks, kid-friendly activities, costumes, treats and live entertainment! Dress up in your most imaginative costumes and join in the festive spirit! Details
$20 for Family
Howl-o-ween Unleashed
Your furry friends will be able to show off their costumes for some treats before hitting the dog park. Trick or (dog) treat!
Dogsview Park, 70 Canuck Ave, North York
Halloween Family Fun Program
This Halloween, introduce your children to Ontario’s Legislative Building during a free, interactive 2-hour program taking place at the historic Legislative Building located in downtown Toronto. Children ages 6 to 12 years old will enjoy a scavenger hunt, crafts, a dress-up activity and a tour exploring the Legislature.
Saturday October 28, 2023 | 10:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.
Ontario’s Legislative Building, 111 Wellesley St. West, Toronto
Ghost Walks Exhibition Place
Exhibition Place is known for its bright lights, shows and events, but lurking below the surface are a few well-kept secrets that were known only to staff who work the late shift. Details
Bump in the Night
Join us at the Zoo for an exciting evening of discovery as the sun goes down! Learn more about the unique characteristics of nocturnal creatures and how they manage to live in the dark. Then, take a moonlight hike to see what we can find and get a chance to “communicate” with our Arctic wolves. This night will leave you howling with excitement! Details
Fort York After Dark
Tour the grounds of Fort York at night, and hear stories about this national treasure and the history that surrounds it. From the haunted lighthouse to the bloody Battle of York, the lantern tour should not be missed. You will also visit two military cemeteries near the Fort. This event is not recommended for children under 10 yrs. Details
Halloween at Toronto Public library
Multiple Halloween themed events at local branches.Details
Nosferatu
It’s the return of our spooky Halloween-themed concert with Dracula like you’ve never experienced him before. Watch Nosferatu (1922), one of the most famous silent movies ever made, as we perform a spine-tingling soundtrack by JUNO-nominated Toronto-based jazz composer and bassist, Andrew Downing, and his bloodthirsty eight-piece combo.
Don’t miss this bloodcurdling event of film and music… if you dare.
Friday, October 20, 2023 | 7:30 PM
Anime North
Come celebrate Halloween with Anime North at the Japanese Canadian Cultural Center. There will be an Artist Alley, videos, gaming, contests and prizes, and more! Costumes not required but we’d love to see as many as possible.
Friday, October 27, 2023 | 6 PM – 11 PM.
Halloween Haunt UP
Activities include trick ‘r treating, live DJ stations, face painting, spooky slime making, pumpkin carving, kids costume contest, pets costume contest, caricature, bouncy castles and more!
Saturday October 28, 2023 | 11 AM to 6 PM
Día de los Muertos
Join us between October 28 and November 5, 2023, as we gather to honour deeply rooted traditions, celebrate life, and remember those who have passed into the realm beyond. Experience meaningful ceremony, captivating performances, original artwork, and traditional food—we genuinely cannot wait to create another momentous and memorable Día de los Muertos Celebration with and alongside you.
Saturday, October 28, 2023 | 4:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Halloween Fun
Visitors will have an enhanced experience in the museum with hands on crafts and a creepy display. Who or what have the sheep disguised themselves as? Can you spot them all? Enjoy some Halloween Fun.
Wednesday to Sunday, October 14 to 29, 2023
5172 Yonge Street
Halloween Fun Workshops
Join Scarborough Museum for family-friendly, Halloween-themed craft workshops on weekends in October! Enjoy some Halloween Fun. From diorama to collage, there’s something to enjoy for guests of all ages.
October 21, 22, 28, 2023
1007 Brimley Rd
Halloween Family Weekends
Visitors of all ages can connect with family and friends at Todmorden Mills for light-hearted Halloween fun. Tour two historic homes and compare past seasonal celebrations to visitors’ own stories, create drop-in crafts, sample seasonal treats, and enjoy games and toys from the past.
October 28 & 29, 2023
67 Pottery Rd
Steampunk Halloween
Visitors will revel in the fantastical world of Steampunk.
Steampunk is the science fiction charged genre fusing technology and the aesthetic designs of 19th century industrial steam powered machinery. Visitors are encouraged to attend in Steampunk costume to take part in crafts for all ages, or borrow something from our Streampunk Trunk and take a photo to remember!
October 28, 2023 | 11:00 am – 4:00 pm
1091 Finch Ave E, North York
Halloween in the Tavern
Enjoy live music and stories in the historic Inn. Creepy displays in the historic house. Enjoy some Halloween Fun! Food and drinks available for purchase from the bar. Event hosted by Adam Bunch, author of The Toronto Book of the Dead. Kid-friendly but recommended for ages 8+ due to moderately frightening content.
October 29, 2023 | 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm
4709 Dundas St W
St. Joseph’s Toronto West Halloween Fest
Get your costumes ready to join your family and neighbours at St. Joseph’s Toronto West Halloween Fest. Your support by coming together as a community will help fund our most critical needs like emergency care, mental health programs and new technology. Details
Celebrating Day of the Dead
In celebration of Hispanic / Latin American Heritage Month, join artist and socio-cultural facilitator Lourdes (Lumy) Fuentes Castillo and fellow artists from Canada Nos Une (CNU) and the Taller Talento Arte Sano (TTAS) for a hands-on, drop-in clay workshop where you’ll create pieces inspired by the annual Day of the Dead heritage celebration.
Participants will learn how to shape clay into objects traditionally featured on Day of the Dead altars, including calaveritas, alebrijes, Catrinas, candlesticks, and more!
October 29, 2023 | 11:00 am – 3:00 pm
111 Queen’s Park Toronto
Halloween Spooktacular
Join us for our annual Mall-O-Ween event and enjoy a safe, warm and fun-filled evening of retailer Tricks and Treats and a Spooktacular Magic Show you won’t want to miss! Trick-Or-Treating starts at 4pm, Magic show starts at 5pm. See you there! Details
Afterschool Spooktacular
Spooky season is upon us, and we’ve got a boo-tiful evening lined up to celebrate… you are cordially invited to the Downtown Yonge “Halloween Spooktacular”! Details
Pumpkin Parades
Take your jack-o-lanterns and a candle to the participating locations and give your Pumpkin a second chance to shine and come view the neighbourhood Jack-O-Lanterns on display. Details
Free
The Good Mourning Festival
The festival aims to bring different communities and cultures together to celebrate, commemorate and share experiences of death and grief. The festival invites the public to come together to reclaim death as a special part of life. There will be a diverse array of workshops, food, shopping, art installations, walks and more that you won’t want to miss. See below for details on each day.
November 4 & 5, 2023
Family / Kids Halloween Events in Durham
Pumpkinville | Ajax
Join us for a variety of activities including live shows by Great Canadian Lumberjacks, Jessica Towler, and Friendly Fables .
In addition to the live stage, we will also have children’s games and activities, interactive experiences, community displays and exhibitors, sensory zone, and our infamous haunted house!
Haunted Ghost Walk | Pickering
Take a guided walking tour of the historic village at night and hear stories from the past that still haunt us today. Learn about paranormal investigations that have found evidence of spirits and ghosts, and hear stories of past tragedies that actually took place in Pickering’s past. 12+. Details
Spooktacular Light Show | Pickering
Experience one of the largest Halloween Drive Thru Light Events in the GTA!
Spooktacular Light Show will be featuring over a million lights on a 2KM route of your family fun favourite characters, pumpkin-filled drive-thru tunnel, from 2D to 3D displays, music lights and much more this Halloween season!
Haunted Forest Trail & Zombie Laser Tag| Oshawa
Something dark is lurking in the shadows of the woods. Immerse yourself in your very own horror film by heading deep into the forest on our trail with nothing more than a flashlight. a flashlight.
Oshawa
Feargrounds Haunted Attraction | Uxbridge
An exciting new haunted attraction set in Uxbridge, Feargrounds offers multiple terrifying trails with dozens of terrifying, interactive scenes. State of the art technology combined with trained, terrifying actors will leave you screaming…for more. Created for ages 12+ audiences.
Firehouse Fright Night | Bowmanville
The annual Firehouse Fright Night trail of terrors will be inside the huge corn maze at Watson Farms again! ENTER the upside-down Firehouse Fright Night 2023 “Courtice, & the Voorhees Vengeance”!
Cannington Haunted Attraction | Cannington
A beast lives deep in the woods of MacLeod Park. Every year, this ravenous, blood-sick creature rises from its yearly slumber to satisfy its hunger at Cannington Haunted Attraction. Only when it has gorged itself on the atmosphere of fear, the sound of screams, and the uncomfortable laughs of false bravado can it return to its slumber to wait for next October.
Rebels or Prisoners: Escape the Cabin | Pickering
The year is 1837. The Upper Canada Rebellion has failed, and you and your rebel comrades are on the run from the local authorities. Remember – treason is a hanging crime these days. Thankfully, just as the militia are catching up, Mr. Smith offers you refuge in his cabin. What seems like a blessing at first quickly turns into a nightmare – once inside the cabin, you notice with dread that you have been tricked and locked inside.
Halloween at the Farm | Uxbridge
Join all the sanctuary animals for the spookiest event of the year! Spend the day Meeting all the animals + feeding them their favourite treats, Eating delicious food from Sausage Party Toronto, Taking photos in costume at our photo booth, Going on a spooky “haunted hay ride” in the fields
Adventures at the Boo-seum | Port Perry
The annual ‘Adventures at the Boo-seum’ at the Scugog Shores Museum Village is a great way to celebrate the season with your family! Make a creepy craft and try your hand at our mystery boxes, if you dare. Listen to spooky stories and visit the ‘haunted’ Lee house. If that isn’t enough toil and trouble, take a chance on our games and enjoy some treats.
Cooper’s Farm Night Maze | Uxbridge
Navigate the maze with the help of a flashlight. Details
After DARK Spooky Festival | Uxbridge
A spooky evening of fun, with 3 haunts, live entertainment, performers, wagon rides and more! Great fun for the whole family. We have an entire forest for trick or treating for the younger kids. As well as two new haunts in our sunflower maze and corn field for the braver souls. Details
Awalt Halloween Haunt | Oshawa
Steve, Amanda and Aleisha would like to invite you to enjoy a scare on Halloween night and raise funds for Sick Kids. Details
Fright at the Museum | Uxbridge
Come out for two evenings of spooky, family-friendly fun! There’ll be crafts, ghost stories and tours, Trick or Treating, a haunted house, and even a special visit from local medium, Shelly McConville to tell tales of her past investigations! Details
Pumpkin Patch Family Fest & Train Ride | Uxbridge
A Trip to the Pumpkin Patch, Kiddy Train, Wagon Rides- YES PLEASE! Join us for our Pumpkin Fest & Train Ride! This is a fall classic!
Food is available for purchase on the grounds, and 1 pumpkin per family is included in your booking!
Family & Kids Halloween Events in Halton
Pumpkins After Dark
Pumpkins After Dark | Milton
This Halloween season, witness magnificent works of pumpkin artistry – 5,000 hand-carved pumpkins, creating more than 100 sculptures, displayed among a series of jack-o-lanterns all illuminated after dark. Pumpkins After Dark is an unforgettable night of fun and enchantment for the whole family!
$17.95 to $21.95
Spooktacular Light Show | Milton
This Halloween season, witness magnificent works of pumpkin artistry – 5,000 hand-carved pumpkins, creating more than 100 sculptures, displayed among a series of jack-o-lanterns all illuminated after dark. Pumpkins After Dark is an unforgettable night of fun and enchantment for the whole family!
$27.11 & up
Oakville Haunted House | Oakville
Demonic spectres hanging from trees, a mammoth gargoyle warning passersby to stay away and countless glowing skulls are just a few of the spooky sights awaiting trick-or-treaters. Details
Free, donations appreciated In Support of Oakville Fairshare Food Bank
The Great Pumpkin Trail | Burlington
It’s a magical evening on the Pumpkin Trail! Follow the candlelit glow of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns guiding your way through Hendrie Park, and along the South Bridle Trail. Details
Hendrie Park, 680 Plains Rd W, Burlington
$18 to $25
Mountsberg’s Evening Halloween Spooktacular | Campbellville
Bring your ghouls and goblins to Mountsberg and wander through the haunted barn or walk down a lantern-lit path to meet snakes and owls and make a spooky discovery! Then take a wagon ride with our ghostly driver through the deep, dark woods or make some memories by the outdoor fire. Details
Urban Pumpkin Patch
Pick your pumpkin at our Urban Pumpkin Patch in support of the Oakville Milton Humane Society and pose for an Instagram moment. Details
Halloween Spooktacular | Oakville
Join our Spooktacular Halloween Party: enjoy spooky games, a costume parade, prizes, eerie music, decor, family fun, crafting, and take home a candy-filled Halloween bucket!
6:30pm – 8:00pm
$23.99
Tiny Tots
Spend the morning trick-or-treating through Downtown Oakville with your little ones at participating merchants along Lakeshore and side streets. Look for the Participation Pumpkin on store windows. Details
Halloween Events in Peel.
illumi Mississauga – Halloween Special
illumi Mississauga
A magical and spooky nocturnal outdoor journey!
See ghostly goblins, witches and pumpkins all light up the night!
PumpkinFest | Caledon/Brampton
Tons of fun, and thousands of pumpkins! Corn Maze, Boo Barn, Bee Line Ziplines and more! Details
Halloween Hoopla | Mississauga
Join us for pumpkin painting, trick or treating, rides, ghoulish games, creepy crafts, and frighteningly delicious treats. With something for everyone, Halloween Hoopla is the perfect event for families and friends. Details
SPOOKTACULAR Halloween Party | Mississauga
Celebrate at our Spooktacular Halloween Party: enjoy spooky games, a costume parade, awards, creepy music, festive decor, family activities, craft station, and a candy-filled take-home bucket!
Fright Nights | Brampton
Join us for spooktacular family fun this October. Featuring family-friendly activities and entertainment, including balloon artists, marshmallow roasting, crafts and more. Details
Friday, October 13 — Professor’s Lake Recreation Centre
Friday, October 20 — Gore Meadows Community Centre
Saturday, October 21 — Gore Meadows Community Centre
Friday, October 27 — Century Gardens Recreation Centre
Saturday, October 28 — Century Gardens Recreation Centre
Halloween In The ‘Ville | Mississauga
Streetsville is getting spooky for Halloween. Bring the family for activities, pumpkin decorating, crafts and more. Decorate cookies, brave the haunted house, and collect treats. There will also be a vendor market for Mummies. Details
Halloweekend Roller Skate| Mississauga
Boogie and glide across the outdoor roller rink as our live DJ spins your fave Halloween classics, then feed your monster appetite with an ooey-gooey treat from the Mac & Cheese Festival by Street Eats.
Halloween Harvest Festival | Mississauga
Join Bradley Museum’s Halloween event, explore settler and Indigenous fall traditions through heritage demos, crafts, games, live music, scavenger hunts, and special animal shows. Details
Trick or Treating | Downtown Brampton
The Downtown Brampton BIA is pleased to present Trick or Treating in Downtown Brampton!
We invite you to dress up in costume and join us for a day of trick or treating at our local businesses!
Halloween at the Boo-seum | Brampton
Spook your way into Halloween with fun activities for the whole family as you explore the PAMA collections, exhibitions and create your own artworks.
9 Wellington St. E., Brampton
Halloween in the Village | Mississauga
Come in costume and trick-or-treat at businesses along Lakeshore Rd. W., and enjoy bouncy castles, games and more. Clarkson Village tote bags for trick-or-treating will be given to the first 500 kids in costume. This event will be held rain or shine. Details
Halloween @ The Library | Mississauga
Various themed events! Details
Davis Family Farms Ghostly Greenhouses | Caledon
Davis Family Farms will be hosting the annual Ghostly Greenhouses to raise money for The Canadian Celiac Association and Cystic Fibrosis Canada and MulligansForeMatthew. Details
Kids Halloween Events in York
Halloween Haunt | Vaughan
Camp Spooky | Vaughan
Camp Spooky features fun mazes, trick-or-treating, a kids’ Halloween costume parade, live shows with The PEANUTS gang, all your favourite rides, and much more! Details
Thornhill Woods Haunted House | Thornhill
Come and experience the Thornhill Woods Haunted Corn Maze…if you’re brave enough!! You will experience an in-your-face-fear-filled environment with true terror around every corner.
Haunted Hollows Scream Park | East Gwillimbury
Haunted Hollows Scream Park is what your Halloween fears are made of. With one and a half acres filled with over thirty individual scenes, professional animatronics and live actors, the scream park will heighten all of your senses. Details
Brick or Treat | Vaughan
This Halloween, the LEGO® Monsters have taken over LEGOLAND Discovery Centre and they’re throwing an awesome Brick or Treat Monster Party! Details
A Haunted Halloween| Aurora
Visit Hillary House National Historic Site for Halloween-themed children’s crafts, scavenger hunt, and spooky storytelling! Details
Schomberg Scarecrows | Schomberg
Visit Schomberg to see all of the incredible scarecrows that have popped up in various locations all around town! Details
Screemers – Halloween Haunted House | Vaughan
Brave 7 haunts – Carnivale of Carnage, Winter Horrorland, Zombie Prizon, Skull Castle, the Darkness, The Haunted House, Slasher Wax Museum. If You need a break from the horrors of the haunts, or just want calm your nerves before testing your meddle in one.10+ Details
Kreepy Kortright | Vaughan
Celebrate the Halloween spirit with spooky and scary activities at Kortright.
Discover a haunted house, a frightening forest walk, Halloween activities, bonfire, scary stories and live owls.
Trick or Treat | Markham
Store owners and scary characters on the street will be handing out treats or tricks? to those who dare to come! Awards for best, original, scariest and cutest costume! Details
Halloween on Main Street | Markham
Join us for a spooktacular Halloween celebration! Entertainment from Dan the Music Man, Balloon Twisting and more! Details
Haunted Halloween Trail | Newmarket
This October, take a walk through Newmarket’s new Haunted Halloween Trail. A portion of the Dave Kerwin Trail (approximately 1km) will be transformed with spooky decorations, lighting, sound effects and actors in costume. 10+ Details
Halloween Pool Haunt | Georgina
Get frightfully soaked at our 11th annual haunting of the pool with enchanting games, ghoulish giveaways and more hocus pocus. Details
Family Fright Fiesta | Georgina
Wear your costume and prepare for family-friendly fun including a magic show, eerie walk in the village, storytelling and more. Details
Youth/Adults 15yrs+: $2 +HST per person
Scaryfest | Markham
A ghoulishly grand Halloween event for children aged 10 and under! Trick-or-treat you way around the Museum grounds where you will encounter lively and not so lively characters! Come in costume, have fun and get spooky!! Details
Annual Halloween in the Village | Whitchurch-Stouffville.
Ghosts and goblins will soon be taking over the Community Safety Village of York Region in an effort to seek out tricks or treats. Children and their parents are encouraged to attend in costume. Members of York Regional Police will be present to pass along Halloween safety tips to trick-or-treaters of all ages. Details
We went to canada’s wonderland’s camp spooky last year and it was the worst halloween we’ve been too! There were only 3 stations and my 7 year old daughter, who was looking forward to the treats she was gonna get, was so disappointed ’cause she only got 6 little candies! You can’t imagine the disappointment in her face and the halloween attractions were boring. We ended up walking around.?
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Newmarket museum sucked very boring for kids.