From Halloween haunts to glowing pumpkins and Fall fairs, there are plenty of fun and fabulous activities to do with your family and friends on Thanksgiving weekend. Here is a list of 80+ things to do this Thanksgiving weekend across Ontario.
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80+ Things to Do This Thanksgiving Long Weekend in Ontario – 2025
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Across Ontario
Ontario Culture Days
Culture Days is a nationwide celebration of arts and culture held annually in September. Organizers in Ontario produce a province-wide festival, allowing the public to engage in 100+ activities for free. Festival Hubs, including local partners like galleries and cultural departments, serve as community leaders, offering additional arts programming and fostering connections within the local community during the festival.
Ontario Provincial Parks Fall Trips
Ontario’s fall scenery offers varied views, from north to south, east to west, and between the Great Lakes. Visit a few of the best provincial parks for fall colours this Thanksgiving weekend.
Visit Ontario Small Towns & Cities This Weekend
Each Ontario town or fall destination has its own unique reasons to visit. These come from the local fall or Halloween events, harvest and farm fun, apple and pumpkin picking, or birding for the migration season.
1. Windsor-Essex Region
Pumpkin Spice Fest
Visit Colasanti’s Tropical Gardens for a celebration of all things autumn, featuring seasonal treats and pumpkin themed-delights from your favourite local businesses.
Immersive Dinner Experience at the Scarehouse
Have Thanksgiving dinner at a haunted attraction. Enjoy a multi-course meal and then venture through all 3 of Scarehouse Windsor’s attractions. @ 1441 McDougal Ave.
Windsor
Go Raptor Watching
See raptors on their fall migration. Windsor-Essex region boasts fabulous parks where you can enjoy the glorious colours of Fall and see these majestic birds.
Visit some or all of these parks this weekend:
- Point Pelee National Park
- Holiday Beach Conservation Area
- Hillman Marsh Conservation Area
- Pelee Island Bird Observatory
- Jack Miner Bird Sanctuary
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2. Chatham-Kent
Bakery Trail
It is Thanksgiving, and the holiday season is right around the corner. So why not head on a bakery tour to taste and shop for delicious pies and other baked goodies?
Fun at Rondeau Provincial Park
Rondeau Provincial Park protects North America’s best examples of a Cuspate Sandspit. It is also a birding hotspot! Visit this provincial park as there are plenty of fun events happening this Thanksgiving weekend, including Live Bird of Prey Show, Fall Colour Crafts, and Mindful Hikes.
3. Elgin County
Clovermead Pumpkin Festival
Celebrate the wonderful world of pumpkins this weekend at Clovermead Honey Shop & Adventure Farm. Enjoy a wagon ride, or bee train ride, visit farm animals, get lost in the corn maze, and enjoy the fall decorations and family photo spots and more during Clovermead Pumpkin Festival.
Port Stanley Terminal Rail Scenic Train Ride
Ride the rails and travel through the beautiful auburn-coloured woodlands of scenic Kettle Creek Valley. The 13.6 km round trip from Port Stanley to Whytes Park scenic ride is sixty-minute long.
4. Norfolk County
Norfolk County Fair & Horse Show
Visit the largest outdoor horse show in Canada! You’ll also find wonderful displays, competitions, art, a wide variety of food, indoor local markets, and top-notch concerts (Owen Riegling – Friday, October 10 & Big Wreck – Saturday, October 11, 2025)! You don’t want to miss this celebration.
Big Creek Guided Kayak Tour
Enjoy a serene and relaxing paddle up and down Big Creek as it winds through the breathtaking beauty of the Carolinian forest awash in Fall colours. Experience towering Sycamore and Black Walnut trees covered with wild grape and Virginia creeper vines that lend Big Creek its nickname, the Canadian Amazon.
5. Haldimand County
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Fox Lair Stables
Visit Fox Lair Stables to enjoy a Fall colour trail ride through the 100-acre property. Rides are by appointment for individuals or groups and vary in length from 1-4 hours.
Rock Point Provincial Park
Enjoy a lovely walk along the beach and see whether you can spot Monarch butterflies while combing the limestone shelf with exposed fossils.
6. Niagara Region
Ball’s Falls Thanksgiving Festival
Enjoy the 49th season of the Ball’s Falls Thanksgiving Festival. The festival will feature 50+ in-person craft and artisan vendors, delicious foods, craft beverages and wines, local farmers’ market vendors, live acoustic music and children’s entertainment, historical demonstrations, heritage tours, and nature hikes.
Boo at the Zoo
Get a head start for Halloween and enjoy the family-friendly event at Safari Niagara. Trick or treat your way through the park and enjoy local vendors, exhibits, and activities. Don’t forget to enter costume contests for your chance to win great prizes!
Sourpalooza: Craft Beer Festival
Enjoy samples while touring the Exchange Brewery, outdoor patio, and beer garden in Old Town at Niagara-on-the-Lake. This year’s event features a refreshed lineup of unique Ontario brews, offering visitors a chance to discover new and exciting flavours from across the province.
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7. Brant-Brantford
Burford Fall Fair
Burford Fall Fair is back for the 164th edition featuring Horse show, Captain Corbin Pirate Show, Demo Derby, Kids Pedal Pull, Talent Show, Agricultural displays and more!
Fall colour paddling
Go on a guided Fall colour paddling on the Grand River, experiencing Canada’s most bio-diverse region with hundreds of species of fish, birds and plants, including 400 rare plants & animals with guides from Grand Experiences Outfitters.
8. Oxford County
Fear Farm
Visit Fear Farm during the 2025 season and enjoy the world-famous hayride and outdoor haunts and the Hiller House if you choose.
Alpaca Walks, Goat Cuddles
Experience the charm of Alpaca Walks at Udderly Ridiculous. Take a leisurely stroll in the countryside alongside gentle and humorous alpacas, each participant paired with one. Capture fun alpaca selfies and enjoy treats for both you and your new alpaca friend. Additionally, relive carefree moments with goat cuddles, where you interact with goats, learn about their personalities, and even snuggle with newborns during kidding season.
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9. Lambton
Brigden Fair
Head to Brigden for Lambton County’s largest fair. This is one of the oldest and largest fairs in Ontario, with livestock shows, vendors, live entertainment, parade, and more. Not to mention, great food and great rides.
Korney Korners Fall Fun
Visit Sarnia’s Korny Korners Farm take a hay ride to the pumpkin patch, play a game of putt putt, or visit the animal farm and more!
Reapers Realm Haunted Forest Ride
Take Canada’s only haunted ride through a southwestern Ontario forest this Halloween. The haunted ride isn’t the only attraction at Reaper’s Realm, they also have many other things to do including Bickford Oaks House of Nightmares and The Vault of Terror.
10. Huron County
Ghost Tours @ Huron Historic Gaol
Listen to the staff tell untold stories of inmates who perished in jail, as well as the circumstances that landed criminals, vagrants and ‘lunatics’ behind bars as you go on a night-time tour of the Huron Historic Gaol. Explore the dark side of over 130 years of Huron County history with the tragic and sometimes strange tales of the men, women and children who lived and died at this national historic site. (On Fridays). Or you can get some spooky Halloween themed items from the Pop-up Boo-tique on Saturday.
Barn Quilt Trail
The Quilt Trail takes you on a journey throughout the highways and back roads of Huron County where you experience not only the beauty of the county’s agricultural landscape during Fall.
11. Stratford & Perth
McCully’s Fall Harvest Festival
Bring your family to scenic McCully’s Hill Farm and enjoy wagon rides, corn maze. pumpkin catapult, barrel train, sand mountain and more! Don’t forget to pick your pumpkin for Jack O’ Lantern!
Bike Guelph to Goderich (G2G) Rail Trail
Plan a Fall colour bike ride of the Perth County portion of the Guelph to Goderich (G2G) Rail Trail. One of the top cycling routes in Ontario, the G2G Rail Trail stretches 127 km between Guelph and Goderich.
Visit some animals
Take the kids to see a variety of animals, including fallow deer, a llama, donkeys, goats, and a range of birds such as ducks, geese, peacocks, pheasants, chickens, and turkeys, at Mitchell Lions Park.
12. Middlesex County
Thanksgiving Day
Explore the heritage buildings at Fanshawe Pioneer Village, celebrate Harvest and join the Villagers for the last day of the regular season.
Kustermans Fall Festival
Enjoy acres of family fun and farm-fresh food at the Kusterman’s Adventure Farm. Enjoy acres of family fun and farm-fresh food at the Kusterman’s Adventure Farm.
Dorchester Fair
The Dorchester Fair is celebrating it’s 170th Fair, and there is a Saturday Parade, Agriculture Displays, Midway, Homecraft Exhibits, Mini Tractor Pull, Fair Ambassador Program, Outdoor Entertainment Stage.
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13. Kitchener-Waterloo
Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest
The famous Thanksgiving Day parade is back! Don your Tracht, raise a stein, enjoy delicious Bavarian cuisine from local restaurant partners, polka around and toast all that we love about Bavarian Culture during Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest.
Heritage Hopper
Take a fall colour train ride, which is over 90 minutes in length, travelling through Woolwich Township’s and Waterloo Region’s beautiful farming landscape, rich in Mennonite heritage, with Waterloo Central Railway.
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14. Guelph-Wellington
Erin Fair
Enjoy pumpkin carving contest and Mini Tractor Pull, Midway, Vendors, Homecraft Displays, Ag Awareness Display, Livestock & Horse Shows, Truck, Tractor & Horse Pulls, Live Entertainment, Concessions, Demo Derby, Ontario’s Only “Equine Tent”, Kid’s Pedal Pulls, 4H Achievement Days, Fireworks and more!
Harvest Fun at Strom’s Farm
Visit Strom’s Farm for fall fun, including Pumpkin Chuckin’, Wagon Rides, Puppet Shows, food trucks and more!
More ideas:
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15. Hamilton
Rockton World’s Fair
There truly is something for everyone at this fair, billed as Ontario’s largest fall fair. There is Demo Derby, Agricultural exhibits, Heavy Horse show, Ag. Education Tent, Alpaca Show, Rabbit Hopping, Family entertainment, D.A. Campbell Midway and more!
Spencer Gorge Conservation Area
Spencer Gorge Conservation Area showcases the stunning Niagara Escarpment, with panoramic views from the escarpment brow to the lush gorge below. Spencer Gorge Conservation Area is home to Webster and Tew Falls, impressive waterfalls with breathtaking gorge vistas.
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16. Halton Region
Chair Lift Rides
Take a chairlift ride up the escarpment and admire the changing colours above the treetops at Kelso Conservation Area.
Pumpkins After Dark
Witness magnificent works of pumpkin artistry – 6,000 hand-carved pumpkins, creating more than 100 sculptures, displayed among a series of jack-o-lanterns all illuminated after dark at Country Heritage Park.
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17. Peel Region
Downey’s Farm Pumpkinfest
Each Fall season at Downey’s Farm Pumpkinfest is exciting. There will be plenty of fun activities and entertainment throughout the farm.
Tastes of South East Asia
This year’s theme celebrates the timeless beauty of lanterns – symbols of hope, luck, and unity throughout Southeast Asia. Stroll through breathtaking displays, savour authentic street food, and enjoy stirring live performances that bring the spirit of the region to life.
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18. York Region
Woodbridge Fair
Celebrate Thanksgiving weekend at the Fair! Now in its 177th year, the Woodbridge Fair offers so many things to see, learn and do! A jam-packed weekend with activities for the whole family including Midway rides & games, and the Music main stage.
Screemers
Enjoy an ultimate Halloween experience at SCREEMERS, where one ticket gives you access to all seven terrifying haunted mazes, packed with over 120 live actors ready to scare!
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19. Toronto
Toronto Pumpkinfest
Toronto Pumpkinfest has something for all ages. Come experience this family event over 3 days with great food, vendors, entertainment and loads of pumpkins!
Diwali Festival of Lights
Visit Nathan Phillips Square for a grand Diwali event like no other. Experience the vibrant colors, festive spirit, and cultural richness of India right in the heart of Toronto.
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20. Durham Region
Spooktacular Light Show
Experience over 2 million lights on a 2KM route of friendly characters, a pumpkin-filled drive-thru tunnel, from animated display to 3D, music lights and much more this Halloween. Let’s rock this spooky season!
Pingle’s Harvest Festival
Spend the day navigating through Corn Maze, have some farm-tastic fun in the Playland, take in the farm views & fresh country air on a wagon ride, pick-your-own delicious apples in the apple orchard and top off your day with some yummy savoury & sweet food & drinks!
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21. Simcoe County
Sainte-Marie among the Hurons
Flashlight Corn Maze
Can you solve our interactive maze puzzle to find the secret…in the dark? Bring your flashlight and try to navigate your way through the twists and turns. Try not to get lost! at Rounds Ranch, Elmvale!
Pumpkinferno at Discovery Harbour
Visit Discovery Harbour for a ghoulishly good time! Experience PumpkInferno’s magical outdoor exhibits of artificial hand-carved pumpkins! Favourite features include dozens of carved ‘faux Fun-kin’ displays, the Macabre Mansion and roving performers!
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22. Grey County
Blue Mountain
Blue Mountains Apple Harvest Weekend
Fabulous fall colours, crisp autumn air and even crisper apples. Apple Harvest Weekend features live music, family activities, fall colours hiking, apple pie eating contests, cider tasting, sidewalk sales, Agora Path of Light and more!
Salmon Run in Owen Sound
One of the easily accessible places in Ontario to see Salmon Run backdropped with glorious fall colours is Owen Sound. And no matter how you choose to take the Salmon Tour, begin your adventure at Kaslo Beach and Owen Sound Harbour. Along each of these routes are the four waterfalls that are part of Owen Sound’s waterfall tour.
Irish Mountain Lookout
From the top of the natural vista, you’ll be able to take in breathtaking Fall views of Georgian Bay, Nottawasaga Bay, and some of the Niagara Escarpment. Rolling hills, orchards, sparkling water, majestic trees- you’ll be able to see it all. @26556 Side Road 25, Meaford
22. Dufferin County
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Amaranth Bale Trail
Dufferin County is beautiful in the Fall. Take the kids and drive around Amaranth Township in search of amazing and whimsical bale sculptures.
Golf amid fall colours
Tee off at Hockley Valley Ski Resort’s 18-hole championship golf course, designed by Canadian course architect Thomas McBroom. You will also get to enjoy some spectacular fall colours.
23. Bruce County
Ascent Ariel Park
Experience a zip line like no other at the Ascent Ariel Park, which features Canada’s first ‘zip coaster!’ The zip line is fixed along a roller coaster track, suspending the rider below the frame while attached to a trolley.
Lions Head Lookout/Dark Sky Deck
Enjoy breathtaking Fall scenery from Lions Head Lookout (McCurdy Drive Parkette, Bruce Trail, Lion’s Head).
October is when you can enjoy the Orionid Meteor Shower. Visit the Peninsula Observational Deck near Lion’s Head Marina to enjoy night sky views.
Online reservations are required for the McCurdy Drive parking lot in Lion’s Head.
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24. Muskoka
Cranberry Harvest
Visit Cranberry Marsh and take part in an experience that is unique in North America!! See how 27 acres of marsh that produce around 300,000-400,000 lbs of cranberries are harvested!
Explore Lake of Bays on a Scenic Drive
Take the roughly 80km journey around central Ontario’s Lake of Bays this weekend. The Lake of Bays Scenic Drive is arguably best during the fall season.The location of the Lake of Bays within Ontario’s densely forested areas makes the scenery bright, warm, and colourful during the fall months.
Bracebridge Waterfall Tours
Do some waterfall hunting this Thanksgiving weekend in Bracebridge. While exploring Bracebridge, do so on a waterfall tour through town. There are three to see, and the tour will bring you right through town along the river.
Fall Colours at Arrowhead Provincial Park
Arrowhead Provincial Park provides all the same fall fun and activities as Algonquin and within the same colourful foliage, outdoor activities, and camping opportunities. Also near Arrowhead is the town of Huntsville with its own list of reasons for a fall visit. Combined, these two destinations create the perfect fall getaway.
More ideas:
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25. Haliburton
Sir Sam’s Ski & Bike
The Studio Tour
Wander through artist’s studios with a unique opportunity to speak to artists and see demonstrations. Discover unique art in glass, jewellery, mixed media, painting, pottery, woodworking, and more.
Explore Sir Sam’s Ski & Ride
Sir Sam’s Ski & Ride transforms into a magical place with its dense forests looking like a stunning painting with vibrant shades of fiery red, orange and gold. On Thanksgiving weekend, they hold the annual open house, where you can snag deals for the winter ski season.
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26. Peterborough – Kawarthas
Norwood Fair
The Norwood Fair is back with the theme “From Seed to Table.” Enjoy Animal Exhibits, Crafts & Crop Exhibits, Horse & Pony Events, Antique Tractor Pull, Antique Car Show, Lawn Tractor Races
and Entertainment.
Fenelon Falls Turkey Trot
The Fenelon Falls Turkey Trot is an inclusive health and fitness event held on the Saturday of Thanksgiving weekend. Participants run or walk a flat, fast out-and-back route along the Kawartha Rail Trail from Garnet Graham Park, featuring a 98% gravel surface. Afterward, visitors can enjoy Fenelon Falls’ charming shops, restaurants, and fall scenery.
Browning Reptiles Zoo Walk-Thru
Visit Browning Reptiles for a self-guided tour of “The Reptile Bar” and view over 50 individual creatures and how they live the rich and famous life in captivity.
Stalking Dead
Meet the undead and find out if you can survive the horrors of the night when Escape Maze’s Halloween event.
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27. Northumberland
Cricklewood Farm
Visit Cricklewood Farm, a scenic 8-acre apple orchard located along the north and eastern shore of Lake Ontario. You can enjoy corn mazes, pumpkin patches and more!
Salmon Run
Ganaraska River, which runs through Port Hope, is one of the best places to watch silvery coho salmon and migratory brown trout jump up the fish ladder.
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28. Prince Edward County
Scarecrow Festival
Make your very own scarecrow that you can take home with you during the Scarecrow Festival. Throughout the day, visitors can take part in family-friendly crafts, activities, and mini aerial arts lessons. Visit with the fortune teller or have your photo taken with the stilt walker! Then make your own scarecrow to take home or leave at the museum as decoration for the upcoming Halloween event.
Visit Birdhouse City
Visit this whimsical park located at Macaulay Mountain Conservation Area near Picton, which features 100 birdhouses that provide safe nesting places for wrens, bluebirds, chickadees, tree swallows, and purple martins.
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29. Hastings
Visit O’Hara Homestead
Thanksgiving weekend is the perfect time to visit this pioneer village. Enjoy fall colours as explore the famous Covered Bridge, Log Cabin, Sugar Shack and more!
Eagles Nest Park
Hike to the top of Eagles Nest Park for a true bird’s eye view of the Fall colours covering the town of Bancroft and valley below.
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- Why You Should Visit Bancroft During Fall – Adventures and Festivals
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30. Lennox Addington
Moonlight Corn Maze
Bring your flashlight and complete the Wynn Farms corn maze in the dark! When you are done, grab a caramel apple or cup of fresh warm apple cider and warm up by the camp fire.
Fall Driving Tours
Scenic to serene, autumn is the perfect time to get you up close and personal with Mother Nature in Lennox and Addington. Lennox Addington has mapped six pre-planned route itineraries across the county where you can enjoy fabulous fall colours.
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31. Frontenac & Kingston
Fort Fright at Fort Henry
Kingston’s chilling haunted attraction, Fort Fright, is making its spine-tingling return for the 2024 Halloween season at the historic Fort Henry after a two-year hiatus. This immersive scare attraction transforms the 18th-century garrison and National Historic Site into a nightmarish haunted house, making it one of the most chilling experiences in North America.
Haunted Walk of Kingston
Experience the 75-minute walking tour of Kingston that has been captivating visitors and locals alike for over 25 years! The Original Haunted Walk is led by the best of local storytellers, dramatists, and amateur historians, who share some of the most hair-raising and spine-chilling real-life ghost stories from the area.
More ideas:
- Things to Do This Thanksgiving Weekend in Kingston
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32. Leeds and Grenville
Fall Colour Cruise
Go on a ‘Jewels of the St. Lawrence’ Cruise and enjoy seeing Brockville’s historic waterfront, palatial waterfront mansions, quaint island cottages and the many natural wonders of the 1000 Islands backdropped by fabulous fall colours.
1000 Islands Tower
Take the elevator to the top of the 1000 Islands Tower and enjoy breathtaking fall views of 1000 Islands & St. Lawrence River.
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33. Prescott & Russel
Festival of Small Halls
The Ontario Festival of Small Halls will feature a wealth of Canadian artists at numerous venues in the Ottawa Valley and beyond.
Fall Colours at Larose Forest
Hike the many trails of Larose Forest – the second-largest community forest in Ontario. It includes conifers, wetlands, mixed forest and is crisscrossed by the South Nation River, many smaller creeks and over 200 kilometres of roads and trails.
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34. SDG Counties
Pumpkinferno
Take a tour through this spectacular outdoor art exhibit of 7,000 handcrafted pumpkins all lit at night along a kilometre-long path in a picturesque 19th century backdrop.
Drive the Long Sault Parkway
Go on a leisurly drive on the Long Sault Parkway. This 10-kilometre-long road that connects a collection of eleven islands on the St. Lawrence River is visually beautiful and has significant history surrounding it, and a drive around the area allows you to explore the wonders and stories of the attractions along the way.
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35. Ottawa
Watson’s Mill Harvest Festival
Visit Watson’ Mill for the annual Harvest Festival on Sunday. There will be tours, lawn games, a community painting, crafts and a scavenger hunt as well as a $2 horse and wagon ride, and a milling demonstration!
Fall Fun at Cannamore Orchards
Have a family fun weekend at Cannamore Orchards. Activities include apple/pumpkin picking, Acres of Terror Halloween Haunts, petting zoo, hedge maze and more!
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36. Lanark County
Crown and Pumpkin Studio Tour
This Thanksgiving weekend, take a romp through the colourful and historic backroads of Mississippi Mills to see demonstrations of glass blowing and bead making, basketry, felting, pottery, sculpture and special knitting techniques and more!
Fall for Merrickville
Visit the charming village of Merrickville for the annual Thanksgiving Saturday event. There will be hay wagon rides, horse performances, pony meet & greets, live music, and 60 handmade vendors with many farm-fresh veggies, pumpkins and handmade treats!
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37. Renfrew
Calabogie Peaks Resort
Fall Colours Chairlift Rides
Visit Calabogie Peaks Resort and take the chair to the top of the mountain. Hike your way down, or hop off at the top to snap a few pictures of the sky high view & ride the chair back down to the bottom!
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38. Nipissing District
Duchesnay Falls Trails
The Duchesnay Falls Trails in North Bay are a 3km loop of trails that run past the incredible cascades and falls of the river. This is a must-visit in the region.
Haunted Hikes
On Friday nights a throughout the month of October, head to North Bay Museum for a spooky evening to remember. This 60-minute downtown walking tour has been revamped to include true crime stories on top of the well-loved ghost tales, and will ensure visitors see North Bay in a whole new light.
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39. Parry Sound
Parry Sound Tower Hill Lookout
Experience autumn’s vibrant colours from above at the 30m (100ft) Lookout Tower on Georgian Bay’s shores. With 130 steps to the deck, enjoy stunning views of the bay and a volunteer-maintained heritage garden below.
Midlothian Castle & Screaming Heads
Visit Midlothian Castle in Burk’s Falls – an outdoor art gallery with one distinct feature: the art pieces are formed from concrete called Screaming Heads. The large outdoor gallery is a great visit duirng fall.
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40. Manitoulin Island
Astronomy Night
Plan a day and night at Manitoulin Eco Park and enjoy fall colours of the Island during the day and stars, planets, constellations and galaxies far beyond what you can see most anywhere else!
Bike Tour
Get a cycling map and explore the Island on two wheels.
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41. Sudbury
Credit: Science North
Spooktacular Fun
Carve out family fun and excitement at Dynamic Earth. The Halloween event will feature favourites like Pumpkinferno, the Bug Bistro, and the Big Nickel Halloween show. In addition, you can enjoy indoor attractions, including a family-friendly haunted maze!
Fall Harvest
Go on wagon rides, have fun with kids at the petting farm, and choose the perfect pumpkin while enjoying Fall family fun at Wagonwheel Ranch.
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42. Timiskaming
Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park
Located just off Highway 11, two kilometres south of Englehart, Kap-Kig-Iwan Provincial Park is a fabulous park to visit during the Fall season. The rushing Englehart River plunges down white-water rapids, over several cascades and waterfalls in a picturesque valley, which you can see when you hike the 2.5 km return Hell’s Gate Trail.
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43. Cochrane & Timmins
Cedar Meadows Wilderness Park
View many different species of Canadian wildlife, including moose, deer, elk, bison and mountain goats on a tractor-drawn wagon tour of 100 acres of Cedar Meadows Wilderness Park. Cedar Meadows is also a resort and spa located on the mighty Mattagami River, making it a perfect Northern Ontario getaway. Last minute trip, anyone?
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44. Algoma Country
Thomson Farms Cider & Winery
Get lost in the corn maze, and pick your perfect pumpkin and Fall treats at Thomson Farms Cider & Winery. The Pumpkinfest that runs during weekends in October features tractor-wagon rides
corn cannon, corn maze, pumpkin patch picking, bonfire with s’more kits, pumpkin coffee & hot apple cider and freshly baked treats.
Searchmont Resort Fall Colours Tour
Get ready to dive into a stunning spectacle of autumn colours at Searchmont Resort! Ride the lift up the mountain to enjoy the vibrant scenery, and then stroll back down at your own pace. Don’t forget to stop by the Kiln afterward for live music, delicious food and refreshing drinks to energize after your adventure.
Fall Colour Train
Plan a trip for next year’s Thanksgiving weekend across Agawa Canyon on Agawa Canyon Train Tours. Thanksgiving weekend train tour always sells out as soon as the ticketing opens (around August) for 2026 season. The journey will blow your mind, and you will see vast, magical forests, sparkling rivers, incredible rock formations and so much more.
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45. Thunder Bay – In & Around
Historical Walking Tours of Thunder Bay
Discover the heritage of Thunderbay this weekend on a self-guided walking tour! There are five different tours located in different parts of the city including Thunder Bay North Core Waterfront and Vickers Park Area.
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46. Kenora, Dryden – In & Around
Laura Howe Marsh
See how many migratory birds you can spot as you hike the trails of Laura Howe Marsh. There are viewing platforms throughout the Marsh.
Rushing River Provincial Park
Located only fifteen minutes from Kenora, the Rushing River Provincial Park is absolutely beautiful during Fall season. Hike the 1.8 km looped Lower Rapids Trail 1.8 km loop that begins at the entrance parking lot on Highway 71.
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