Toronto
Penelope Pygmy Hippo – Toronto Zoo
Here is a list of events and activities happening across Greater Toronto Area during family day long weekend: Friday, February 15, 2019 – Monday, February 18, 2019
Only family specific activities are listed in this article. For other events happening on the weekend of February 15 – 18, 2019 including exhibitions like Toronto Light Festival/Winter Stations/IceBreakers, music/ film festivals, concerts, and theatre – See Toronto this weekend. For upcoming weekend events for kids in Toronto, see Things to do with Kids this weekend.
Family Day Weekend in KW Region
Family Day Weekend in Hamilton
Free Fishing Weekend: Canadians can fish in Ontario Waters without a license from February 16 – 18, 2019. Fishing regulations still apply.Details
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Family Day Long Weekend Activities within City of Toronto
Rink Social
Rink Social will transform community facilities into hubs of free activity on and off the ice. Rink Social will take place in parks in different areas of the city for one weekend each, with enhanced outdoor community space featuring warming huts, skate lending, on- and off-ice winter play, crafting and cozying up by the fire for a feast of family fun. Food and drink vendors will offer comfort and nourishment to brave the cold. Details.
February 16 to 18, 2019
Regent Park Athletic Grounds Rink, 480 Shuter St.
FREE
Sea the Sky Family Package
Sea and save with this Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada and CN Tower combo package. Bring the whole family to the best combination of sea and sky for one low price.
Open Daily — May be purchased from Friday, February 15, 2019 to Friday, February 22, 2019.
Ripleys Aquarium & CN Tower
2 Adult & 2 Child Combo Tickets: $165+HST
Additional Child Tickets (4-12): $20+HST
Escape Room
Come and experience a fun-filled holiday adventure like no other! Details
Through March 31, 2019
Mysterious Minds Escape Rooms, 322 Bloor Street West, Toronto
$17 – $22
Looking Glass Adventures
Book one of our family friendly adventures and stay for some extra fun and activities after your game! Details
February 14 to 18, 2019
Looking Glass Adventures
2944 Danforth Ave, Toronto
$20 – $25
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Memorable Munsch
Some of your favourite Robert Munsch stories acted out by a lively cast in their jam-jams. Wear yours to come see it! Details.
February 9 – May 5 2019
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre – Wychwood Theatre, Artscape Wychwood Barns
$20
TSYO Winter Concert
Toronto Symphony Youth Orchestra (TSYO) concert! Details.
Sunday, February 17, 2019 | 3:00 PM
Toronto Centre for the Arts, 5040 Yonge Street, Toronto
$28 +charges
Improv Showdown
Get ready Toronto, The Second City is taking family entertainment to a mind-blowing new level!
Two hilarious teams of top-notch improvisers will face off in a winner takes all comedy showdown – and they’re going to need your help!
Specially designed for kids (and the old people in charge of them), this show has it all.
Family Day Weekend, and all March Break
The Second City Theatre
51 Mercer Street, Toronto
$12 – $15
Rose: A New Musical
In the idyllic mountain town of Somewhere, everyone knows exactly who they are and what their place is. Except for Rose. Rose is different, and she knows it. Rose has big questions about the world around her, and embarks on the adventure of a lifetime to find the answers for herself.
Details.
January 17 to February 24, 2019
Young Centre, 50 Tank House Lane, Toronto
$36 to $97
Saturday Family Clay
Every Saturday is a family day at LucSculpture. Call us and book a spot for your family and friends to make clay sculpture and hand built pottery. We will fire the clay pieces for you!
Details.
Saturday | 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
LucSculpture School & Studios
663 Greenwood Ave. Toronto
$15 to $20
Scarborough Y’s Grand Unveiling & Free Family Day
Enjoy FREE ACCESS ALL DAY SUNDAY & MONDAY to explore the many new and improved programs that are available. Make sure to purchase your membership at any point during Family Day Long Weekend and receive an exclusive YMCA Gym Bag. Details
February 17 & 18, 2019
Scarborough Town Centre Ct. YMCA Centre
FREE
Toronto-Qinhuai Lantern festival
The 7th Toronto-Qinhuai Lantern Festival, organized by Ontario-Jiangsu Friendship Association will be held on Family Day. Celebrate Family Day & the Lunar New Year of the Pig! The Festival will present 23 sets of large handmade Qinhuai lanterns and show hundreds of handmade medium & small size Qinhuai lanterns, which are part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of China, a popular traditional handmade folk art for over 2,000 years. Details
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 5:30 PM – 9.30 PM
1500 Birchmount Road, Scarborough
FREE
Kuumba
From exhibitions, films, comedy, panel discussions and a spectacular vogue ball, we cover a plethora of events spanning the whole month. Details.
February 01 to 28, 2019
Harbourfront Centre – 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Free & Ticketed events
Family Fun Fest
Family Fun Fest features a large indoor amusement park, just for Family Day weekend! Boasting an impressive line-up of Kiddy Rides, Jumping Castles, Giant Slides, Obstacle Courses, Arcade Games, Attractions, Carnival Games and Interactive entertainment! Best Family day weekend event in Toronto! Details.
February 16 to 18, 2019
Studio 3, Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall Road, North York
Adults $8.00 + HST
Kids $25.00 + HST
Family Fun at the Legislative Assembly of Ontario
Spend two hours exploring the historical legislative building with fun and interactive activities. Learn how parliament works, go on a scavenger hunt and create a craft. This program is free, but registration is required.. Details
Saturday, February 16th, 2019 | 10:00 AM & 01:30 PM
Queen’s Park, Toronto
FREE
Cirque Éloize: Hotel
Acrobatics, theatre, dance and live music, will draw spectators into a colorful, timeless world. Avant-garde stage design, inspired by the elegance of the great hotels, will carry the narrative. All that remains is to enter through the lobby door and get swept away by the grandeur and poetry of HOTEL. Details.
February 6 to 16, 2019
St Lawrence Centre & 27 Front St. E., Toronto
$67.75 – $96
+charges
Fort York Family Day
There are no shortage of activities to celebrate Family Day. Come and have your face painted, dress up in period costume and experience unique interactive pop-up exhibitions, performances and crafts. Sip hot chocolate and devour roasted marshmallows in a magical authentic historical environment. Details.
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Fort York National Historic Site – 250 Fort York Blvd., Toronto
FREE
Family Day at Evergreen Brick Works
Enjoy the many activities Evergreen Brick Works has to offer this Family Day. Join us for a wide variety of food, drinks, and outdoor activities for the whole family. Adults can sit and sip local beers from Brewer’s Backyard while the kids explore our Children’s Garden’s activities. Details.
Free Public Skating at Evergreen Brick Works – Friday to Monday.
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue. Toronto
FREE
AGO Family Day Fun
Come dance, play and make art on a day of fun for the whole family. Cut, paste, assemble and embellish in an all-day collage party. Learn dance moves from the house dance crew FlowHER House Collective. Build readymade sculptures with strange objects, make a puzzle or create a zine. Details.
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W. Toronto
Regular Admission
Family Day Clay Activity
This Family Day, join us in the Community Clay Studio for a fun mosaic workshop led by ceramist and mosaic artist Valentina Guevara. Details.
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 11 AM – 3 PM
Gardiner Museum, 111 Queen’s Park
Regular Admission; Free 18 & Under
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre Family Day
The Centre has a whole lineup of family oriented programming scheduled in addition to activities that everyone can enjoy. For families, there is Family Gym including bouncing castles and sporting activities. Visitors to the Centre can also try out the fitness Centre, pool, indoor track, and climbing wall all free of charge. Details
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 08:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, 875 Morningside Ave., Toronto
FREE
TBFF Kids Film Festival
TBFF Kids Film Festival wants to inspire and empower children through the discovery of filmmaking, story-telling and more. Details.
Monday, February 18 | 11AM to 9PM
Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton St., Toronto
Free & Ticketed Events
Bata Shoe Museum Family Day
Chill with us on Family Day Monday and experience a magical winter wonderland! Kids can enjoy winter-themed arts and crafts, play a game of I Spy in the galleries and try on some funky footwear. Details.
Monday, February 19 | 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Bata Shoe Museum, 327 Bloor Street West, Toronto
regular Museum admission
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre Fun Family Day
The Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre is keeping the “family” in Family Day with a full day of fun, interactive activities. Details.
Monday, February 18 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
750 Spadina Avenue at Bloor
$5/person or $15/family
DUKE on Ice Family Winterfest
A first-of-its-kind family fun event in winter in North York with food, music, ice-skating, and free giveaways on this Family Day! Admission is free. Come with your family and friends for an afternoon full of treats, music, giveaways and fun! Details.
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 01:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Champagne Centre
2 Champagne Drive, Toronto
FREE
TIFF Next Wave Film Festival
The TIFF Next Wave Film Festival, programmed for youth aged 14–18, brings the best in film from around the globe, along with an exciting slate of special guests, interactive workshops and a 24-Hour Film Challenge for young filmmakers! Details.
Friday, February 15, to Sunday, February 17, 2019
TIFF – 350 King Street W., Toronto
Free for under 25
Family Day Weekend at the Toronto Zoo
Why not spend Family Day Weekend with the Toronto Zoo including three of our newest family members Charlie, the Western lowland gorilla, Kiran, the greater one-horned rhinoceros and Penelope the pygmy hippo. Take in one of our daily Keeper Talks, Carnivore Feedings, award-winning exhibits, including our Tundra Trek, home to polar bears and arctic wolves or take part in our National Hippo Day celebrations, winter Orchid Oasis or sign up for our family Owl Prowl. Details.
February 16 to 18, 2019
Toronto Zoo, Scarborough
Regular Admission
Toronto Black Vegan Festival
A Vegan Feast of Delicious African and Caribbean Foods. Details.
Sunday, February 17, 2019 | 12:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Artscape Wychwood Barns, Toronto
Free
VIP Kids Day at the Hockey Hall of Fame
Kids receive VIP status this Family Day at the Hockey Hall of Fame – they’ll be greeted with a FREE GIFT, get to PLAY all day within five interactive zones, and can snap a PHOTO with HHOF mascot Slapshot, and of course, the Stanley Cup.
Cap off the visit with a FREE KIDS MEAL at The Bottom Line Restaurant! Details.
Monday, February 18, 2019 | 10.00 AM – 5:00 PM
Hockey Hall of Fame, Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge Street , Toronto
Included in general Admission
We Are All Treaty People
Two children – one Indigenous, one white – are told by the Trickster they cannot be friends due to the terms of Alberta’s Treaty 7. But the Trickster’s words inspire them to prove him wrong. Using history, song, story, dance and puppetry, this inspiring production from Quest Theatre embraces Truth and Reconciliation, forging understanding across cultures. Details.
Feb. 16, 17 & 18 | 2:30PM
Young People’s Theatre – 165 Front Street East, Toronto
$10-$39
The Canadian International AutoShow
With more than 650,000 square feet of exhibits, displays and attractions, the Canadian International AutoShow is not only the largest automotive expo in Canada, it is also the country’s largest consumer show — a leader in lifestyle, technology and all things automotive boasting more than 1,000 cars, trucks, SUVs, concept cars, exotics, classics, muscle cars, fully electric and autonomous vehicles.
February 15 to 24, 2019
North and South Buildings, MTCC
$7 – $25
Toronto Animation Arts Festival
Get in from the cold and toast your body and mind to the warm glow of animated stories. Everything is possible with animation! Toronto Animation Arts Festival International, or TAAFI, brings you eye-popping shorts, features and the filmmakers behind them. Details
February 15 to 17, 2019
Hot Docs Ted Rogers Cinema, 506 Bloor St W, Toronto
$8-$139
Cooper Koo Family Y Free Family Day
Celebrate Family Day at the Y and get active with a variety of fun activities! Enjoy FREE ACCESS ALL DAY, and explore the many activities and programs that are available. Details
Monday February 18, 2019
Toronto Cooper Koo Family Cherry St YMCA Centre 461 Cherry Street, Toronto
Free
West End Y Free Family Day Activities
Celebrate Family Day at the Y and get active with a variety of fun activities! Enjoy FREE ACCESS ALL DAY, and explore the many activities and programs that are available. Details
Monday February 18, 2019
West End YMCA 931 College Street, Toronto
Free
Toronto Sheppard Ave. Y Free Family Day Activities
Celebrate Family Day at the Y and get active with a variety of fun activities! Enjoy FREE ACCESS ALL DAY, and explore the many activities and programs that are available. Details
February 18, 2019
YMCA North York 567 Sheppard Ave. E., Toronto
Free
Central Y Free Family Day Activities
Celebrate Family Day at the Y and get active with a variety of fun activities! Enjoy FREE ACCESS ALL DAY, and explore the many activities and programs that are available. Details
February 18, 2019
YMCA – Metro Central 20 Grosvenor Street, Toronto
Free
February Weekends
Go on Cupid’s scavenger hunt, then fuel up for more fun with fresh bread baked from the cast-iron wood stove. Scarborough Museum a great destination especially for this upcoming Family Day weekend. Details.
Family Winter Fun Day: Pose for selfies with historic props, play family board games, build a snowman and join an ice cube scavenger hunt. Warm up by the bonfire while you roasted marshmallows and sample hot chocolate, potato soup and fresh bread.
Saturdays & Sundays + Family Day| 12:00 PM t0 4:00 PM
Scarborough Museum – 1007 Brimley Road, Toronto
PWYC
Anime Movies
MIRAI: The latest from animation master Mamoru Hosoda (Boy and The Beast, Wolf Children and The Girl Who Leapt Through Time). Four-year-old Kun finds his role in his family has changed due to the arrival of his newborn sister. Confused by the new family dynamic Kun escapes through a magical gateway in his parents’ garden which propels him through time where he experiences hallucinatory visitations from family members: past, present and future. These visitations define for Kun what it means to be a family, and most importantly, what it means to be a big brother. The light-heartedness and fantastical film to reminds us of little things that make a family special.
LIZ AND THE BLUE BIRD: The latest film by director Naoko Yamada (A Silent Voice) based on Ayano Takeda’s bestselling novel. This magical and moving coming-of-age film revolves around Mizore and Nozomi, two best friends in their final year of high school. With Mizore on the oboe and Nozomi on the flute, as members of the school’s band club, they spend their time happily together — until the club begins to practice songs inspired by the fairy tale Liz and the Blue Bird…
Liz and the Blue Bird: Sunday, February 17, 2019 @ 01:00 PM
Mirai: Sunday, February 17, 2019 | 03:00 PM
Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre, 6 Garamond Court, Toronto
$10 JCCC member
$12 General
$5 Child (14&under)
Winter at Ontario Place
The West Island of Ontario Place is Toronto’s new destination for all your favorite winter activities. Take a stroll through the West Island to experience our beautiful winter setting and enjoy activities and attractions along the way. Details.
Through March 17, 2019
The West Island of Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Toronto
FREE
Family Day Weekend at the Bentway
Enjoy skating at the Bentway extended hours for family day and PA day. Details.
Through Mid March, 2019
The Bentway – 250 Fort York Blvd., Toronto
Free
Family Day Weekend at Ontario Science Centre
We’ve got plenty for you to see and do at the Science Centre! Discover the ancient art of papermaking! See how pulp made from cloth and plants turns into the paper that ends up in your recycling bin.Get ready to uncover the world’s ultimate source of power – all in the name of science!Get charged up at our classic Ontario Science Centre experience. Take a picture to capture your turn with our iconic Van de Graaff generator.
. Details.
Saturday, February 16 | 10 AM to 8 PM
Sunday, February 17 and Monday, February 18 | 10 AM to 5 PM –
Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto
Regular Admission
Family Funday Weekend
Pack your Family Day Weekend with fun as we celebrate our rich multicultural landscape with musical performances, hands-on activities, and more! Details.
February 16 to 18, 2019 | 11:00 PM- 4:00 PM
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Regular Admission
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