Maple Syrup in the Park – Terra Cotta

Experience the Canadian tradition of maple syrup production through interactive demonstrations and kids activities at Terra Cotta Conservation Area. Explore the outdoors as you take a wagon ride to the sugarbush. End your visit with a pancake breakfast with real maple syrup and a treat from the Park Store.

Enjoy a variety of family-friendly activities, including:

• Take a trackless train ride that’s fun for the whole family.
• Sweetwater Discovery: Learn about possible ways that Indigenous Peoples may have made syrup and sugar from maple sap.
• Settled into Spring: Watch historical demonstrations of how settlers created maple syrup.
• The Tool Shoppe: Don’t miss this interactive demonstration of both traditional and modern tools used for making maple syrup.
• The Maple Hills Sugarbush: Hike the Sap Bucket Trail to the sugarbush and watch how sap is collected from sugar maple trees.
• The Sugar Shack: Learn how maple syrup is made using modern techniques.
• Fireside Chats: See a traditional sweat lodge (Madoodiswan) and learn how Indigenous Peoples honor Mother Earth’s sacred connection to healing. Listen to traditional helpers (Oshkaabewis) while a fire keeper shares stories and songs that reflect our responsibilities to the land.
• Solve the Maple Mystery Challenge: Find out which of Terra Cotta’s woodland animals has been sipping all the sap in the sugarbush.
• Enjoy a wagon ride to the sugarbush to see how sap is collected from sugar maple trees.
• See daily entertainment, including magic or puppet shows, roaming entertainment and blacksmith demonstrations.
• Go on a maple-themed storybook walk along the Wetland Trail.
• Play in the Family Activities Area with giant games.
• Make maple memories at the Photo booth.
• Get creative with the Maple Mural Colouring Activity.
• Participate in face painting for all ages.

Admission:

Adult (ages 15 to 64): $16
Adult – People with Disabilities: $12
Youth (ages 6 to 14): $10
Youth – People with Disabilities: $8
Child (ages 0 to 5): Free
Senior (ages 65 and older): $12
Credit Valley Parks Passholder: 15 per cent discount.
Prices do not include HST and food items.

How to get tickets?
Buy Online

Date & Time:

March 19 to 22, 28 and 29, 2026
9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Venue: Terra Cotta Conservation Area
14452 Winston Churchill Blvd, Terra Cotta, ON L0P 1N0

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