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Here is a list of events and activities happening across Greater Toronto Area during family day long weekend: Friday, February 16, 2018 – Monday, February 19, 2018
Only family specific activities are listed in this article. For other events happening on the weekend of February 16 – 19, 2018 including exhibitions, 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
Visit Point Pelee National Park
Free Fishing Weekend: Canadians can fish in Ontario Waters without a license from February 17 – 19, 2018. Fishing regulations still apply.Details
YMCAs of GTA Family Day Activities – Details
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Family Day Long Weekend Activities in Toronto
PA Day Cooking Class
Celebrate the lunar new year with Chef Janet and make Green Onion Pancakes, Potstickers, Sczechuan Salted Chicken, House Special Fried Rice, and Classic Almond Cookies. Join us for a morning of delicious food, friends, and fun. Happiness and prosperity in the year of the dog! Details.
Friday, February 16th | 09:00 AM – 12:50PM
Cookery, 303 Roncesvalles Avenue, Toronto
8 – 12 years old – $89
P.A. Day Family Drop-In
Drop in for family fun! Join us for a take-home craft and a guided tour of our historic homes.
Friday, February 16th | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Todmorden Mills
67 Pottery Rd, Toronto
Regular Admission
Memorable Munsch
Four popular Robert Munsch books are strung together and played out in the style of live improv shows and comedy troupes, with high-energy physical humour and animated acting, using the audience’s help along the way. Details.
February 17 – May 6, 2018
Solar Stage Children’s Theatre – Wychwood Theatre, Artscape Wychwood Barns
$20
The Wizard of Oz with Live Orchestra
Perfect for Family Day weekend! Join the TSO to journey over the rainbow and down the Yellow Brick Road to the Emerald City. Every scene of this classic movie’s timeless enchantment is enriched with the unique glories of a live orchestra! Details.
February 17 & 18, 2018
Roy Thomson Hall – 60 Simcoe Street, Toronto
$56 to $116
The Misfit League
A young heroine must find her way in a small town where it seems that everyone has mastered their ultra-cool, super hero strengths – except for her that is. Labelled a misfit by everyone, she’s in for a brand new adventure as she fights to save the day using the most unconventional super powers the townspeople have ever seen! We invite you along for the ride as this wonderfully playful tale explores why you should REALLY never judge a hero by their powers.
Details.
February 17 to 19, 2018
The Second City Theatre
51 Mercer Street, Toronto
Kids (12 and under): $12 + tax.
Adults: $15 + tax
The Dakota Tavern Bluegrass Brunch
Canada’s best bluegrasses musicians warm up the stage and set the tone for a wonderful family friendly music and food experience. All you can eat scrambled eggs, pancakes , sausages, fruit salad , home fries and coffee served up family style. Always drink specials for grown ups and prizes for the little ones who show their best dance moves under the disco ball.
Details.
February 17 to 19, 2018 | 10:00 AM, 11:30 & 1:00 PM
The Dakota Tavern – 249 Ossington Avenue, Toronto
$15.00 – $29.50
Wonder Phil’s Family Day Magic Show
WonderPhil’s magic show is packed with laughs and amazing feats that’s perfect for entertaining the whole family. His award winning brand of magic features tons of audience interaction, colourful routines, and even a magical jacket! It will surely be the highlight of your Family Day Weekend.
Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 1:00 PM
The Drake Underground, 1150 Queen St. W.
Toronto
$10.00 – $30.00
Chinatown CNY Celebration
In 2018, we will celebrate the year of the “Dog.” Representing royalty and wealthy, dogs have been popular in the Asian Community. Chinese have a traditional belief that dogs can predict when good or bad things are happening. Details
February 17 & 18, 2018 | 12:00 PM to 5:00 PM
Dragon City Mall & Chinatown Centre, Toronto
FREE
TIFF Kids presents: digiPlaySpace
TIFF’s award-winning technology playground allows kids 3-13 (and adults!) to experience what it’s like to become part of a classical artwork and watch a machine draw a picture based on how it feels. The exhibition brings together interactive games, projections, mind-bending augmented-reality installations and innovative coding activities that showcase the creative potential of new technologies. Details.
February 17, 2018 – April 22, 2018
TIFF Bell Lightbox, 350 King Street West, Toronto
$11 to $13
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 17 to 19, 2018
Studio 3, Downsview Park, 40 Carl Hall Road, North York
Adults $8.00 + HST
Kids $25.00 + HST
Play LEGO Games
LEGO LEAGUES welcomes you to take part and play three of the best LEGO titles at a local movie theatre this year! Join us to experience the best live-action family-gaming events on the big screen!
Challenge friends in the Battle Arenas for a fun-filled weekend and the chance to win some great prizes!
Drop-in for our free-to-play kick-off events at select theatres Nationwide. Details
Saturday, February 17, 2018 | 11:00AM – 3:00PM
Cineplex Cinemas Scarborough
FREE
Lunar New Year celebrations
Guests and community members are invited to experience magnificent displays including life-sized décor pieces, a traditional Lion Dance, Choy Cheng (traditional lion dance blessing) and an eye-dotting ceremony. The God of Fortune will also be handing out lucky red pockets to shoppers along with a chocolate coin symbolizing the holiday’s gifting tradition. Details.
Saturday, February 17, 2018 | 2:00PM
CF Fairview Mall, 1800 Sheppard Ave. E, Toronto
FREE
Fort York Family Day
Explore the history of Toronto and Fort York. Visit the Fort’s historic kitchen and sample some baking from the hearth. Hot chocolate and a roaring fire will make this a heartwarming and memorable visit. Kids can try an 1812 drill class, Officers’ Sword Drill and some old-fashioned games, as well as a fun-filled kids’ activity book. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 11:00 AM to 6:00 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 and take part in songs sung around the campfire. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 11:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue. Toronto
FREE
COLOUR-full Family Day Fun
Celebrate Family Day at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO) with COLOUR, music, movement and interactive activities for the whole family! Dance the day away at an all ages dance party led by Movement Lab, try abstract painting with and without paint, get creative and sticker the walls of the rainbow room, or get popping in the famous bubble wrap room! Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 10:30 AM – 4:00 PM
Art Gallery of Ontario, 317 Dundas St. W. Toronto
Regular Admission
Family Day Clay Activity
Celebrate Family Day by working together with your family on a clay collage. Create part of an object or picture with clay, then put them together to discover an exciting new work of art. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 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 19, 2018 | 08:30 AM – 3:30 PM
Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre, 875 Morningside Ave., Toronto
FREE
TBFF Kids Film Festival
The Toronto Black Film Festival (TBFF) is thrilled to be introducing the TBFF Kids Film Festival on Ontario’s Family Day. TBFF Kids Film Festival wants to inspire and empower children through the discovery of filmmaking, story-telling and more. Details.
Monday, February 19 | 11AM to 9PM
Carlton Cinema, 20 Carlton St., Toronto
$6 to $12
Family Day – Open House
This Family Day head to the Historic Zion Schoolhouse to explore this rare, one-room schoolhouse in the heart of North Toronto and contribute to our book drive! Take a step back in time with schoolmistress Miss Coulson and learn how to write with a steel nib pen or on a slate. Enjoy storytelling, craft making and other activities all afternoon! Children must be accompanied by an adult at all times. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Zion Schoolhouse – 1091 Finch Ave East, Toronto
FREE
Innovation Day
Explore 19th-century innovation and creativity, city building, science, technology and design as exemplified by John Howard at Colborne Lodge. The site was built in 1837 and is located at the south end of High Park. The park’s 165 acres were originally the property of the Howard family and included the Lodge and a variety of farm outbuildings. John and Jemima Howard gifted the property to the City of Toronto to be used as a public park. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Colborne Lodge – 11 Colborne Lodge Drive, Toronto
FREE
Family Day with Roseneath Theatre – Fundraiser
The day will be anchored by a colourful performance focused on Diversity, Family, Identity, and Teamwork. Escape the cold of Toronto and travel to Hawaii with junior bird watcher, Sarah, as she makes a new friend in Violet who introduces her to the world of the Laysan albatross, a native species of bird that has a different kind of family from others. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Workman Arts, 651 Dufferin Street, Toronto
Adults: $40, Child: $10, Family: $80
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
Celebrate Family Day with a Purim twist at the MNjcc! Play in our Jungle Gym · Go on an Adventure with Belle, Elsa and Moana · Get your face painted · Do Family Yoga · Play Volleyball · Snack on Hamentaschen · Discover your hidden superpower! Costumes encouraged. Details.
Monday, February 19 | 10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Miles Nadal Jewish Community Centre
750 Spadina Avenue at Bloor
$5/person
Winter Family Games at Casa Loma
Join us for our inaugural Winter Family Games. Participate in fun and interactive sports theme experiences, take in awe-inspiring performances of athleticism, meet and greet your favorite athletes and much more. Proudly supporting our Canadian athletes participating at the Winter Olympic Games. Join us in giving the next generation their own mini winter games! Details.
February 17-19, 2018 | 9.30 AM – 5:00 PM
Casa Loma, 1 Austin Terrace , Toronto
Included in general Admission
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 16, to Sunday, February 18, 2018
TIFF – 350 King Street W., Toronto
Free for under 25
Family Day at the Hockey Hall of Fame
Head down to the Hockey Hall of Fame where a thrilling experience awaits the entire family. Try your hand at goaltending, shooting, play-by-play calling, and even hosting your own sports broadcast. Revel in the world’s greatest collection of hockey artifacts. Catch the Hall’s newest exhibit The Mask presented by Imports Dragon. And best of all, get your family portrait with the coveted Stanley Cup! Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 10.00 AM – 5:00 PM
Hockey Hall of Fame, Brookfield Place, 30 Yonge Street , Toronto
Included in general Admission
WinterRouge
Get outside and active this Family Day long weekend at Rouge National Urban Park with a full day of winter activities and traditional games guaranteed to warm up the entire family! Details.
Sunday, February 18, 2018 | 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Rouge National Urban Park – 1749 Meadowvale Road, Toronto
FREE
The Secret Garden
February 5 to March 17, 2018
Young People’s Theatre – 165 Front Street East, Toronto
$20 to $41
Little Penguin Kids Art Workshops
In these workshops, children will be guided through various forms of mixed media and printmaking projects that involve creative thinking. Both parents and children will be encouraged to work together with simple tools and techniques to create art and express themselves while having fun. Details.
February 18, 2018
Artscape Youngplace
180 Shaw Street, Toronto
$35 per class, per child
Princess Knight by Tom McGee
Original play, actors, puppets, screwball comedy, heartwarming coming-of-age story. When Kate and Timmy learn they are mandated to be a Princess and a Knight (respectively), they struggle with those royal gender roles because their talents are better suited to other things; it’s their teamwork and mutual support on their foretold quest that help them discover who they’ll become. Details.
Saturday, February 03 to Sunday, February 25, 2018
Solar Stage – Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie Street, Toronto
$20
February Weekends
Saturdays & Sundays, February 03 to 25, 2018 | 12:00 PM t0 4:00 PM
Scarborough Museum – 1007 Brimley Road, Toronto
PWYC
The Addams Family
Gomez, Morticia, Wednesday, Pugsley, Uncle Fester, Grandma, and Lurch – there’s no family creepier, kookier, or funnier than the Addams Family! Based on the famous cartoon from The New Yorker Magazine and made popular by the classic television series and films, The Addams Family is the Tony Award-nominated musical that’s sure to be ghoulishly delightful for the whole family. Details.
February 2 to 17, 2018
Theatre Scarborough, 3600 Kingston Road, Scarborough
$10 – $30
Toronto Light Festival
The Toronto Light Festival, the City’s first-ever light art festival, is returning for the second year to the Distillery Historic District! Visitors will be taken on a new visual journey and cerebral adventure, designed to entertain and inspire. The Festival will transform the picturesque historic neighbourhood into one of the largest open-air galleries in North America, lighting up the long winter nights with distinctive works from local and international light artists.. Details.
January 19 – March 4, 2018
The Historic Distillery District
55 Mill Street, Toronto
FREE
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.
Friday, December 8 – March 18, 2018
The West Island of Ontario Place, 955 Lake Shore Boulevard West
Toronto
FREE
The Wizard of Oz
Friday to Sunday, February 16 to 18, 2018
Lower Ossington Theatre 100 Ossington Avenue
Toronto
$54.99 to $64.99
Family Day at Harbourfront Centre
Spend Family Day at Harbourfront Centre! Featuring free skating lessons, rinkside dance breaks, emerging DJs, icy activities, a fireside outdoor lounge and more!! Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 11:00 AM – 05:00 PM
Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Free
Family Day at Spadina Museum
Come and enjoy a family-friendly tour where you will play games, and try cookie decorating in the historic kitchen – all set in this beautifully restored 1920s environment. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Spadina Museum
285 Spadina Rd, Toronto
Child: $4.87 | Youth: $5.75 | Adult: $7.96 | Senior: $5.75
Family Day at Montgomery’s Inn
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Montgomery’s Inn
4709 Yonge St, North York, Toronto
Child: $2.65 | Youth: $3.54 | Adult: $6.19 | Senior: $3.54
Family Day at Todmorden Mills
Join us on Family Day for family crafts, tours of our historic homes and more! Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Todmorden Mills
67 Pottery Rd, Toronto
Child: $2.65 | Youth: $3.54 | Adult: $6.19 | Senior: $3.54
Family Day at Mackenzie House
Scottish Dance troupe, Guthrie School of Dance, will be sharing Scottish Highland and Scottish Country dances and the history and stories that inspired them with visitors of all ages. Performances at 1:30 and 3 p.m. Family tours of the site, printing souvenirs on the 1845 press and cookie decorating in the historic kitchen continue all afternoon. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Mackenzie House
82 Bond St, Toronto
Child: $2.65 | Youth: $3.54 | Adult: $6.19 | Senior: $3.54
Family Day at the Bentway
Special all-ages programming for Family Day, on Monday, February 19, includes all-day skate rentals, family-friendly DJ sets by DJ Lucie Tic and DJ Cozmic Cat, onsite Skateez giveaway, a delicious array of treats from local food trucks, hot drinks in the Strongbow Lounge, and free admission and fun winter activities at Fort York. Details.
Monday, February 19, 2018 | 11:00 PM – 9:00 PM
The Bentway – 250 Fort York Blvd., Toronto
Free
Family Day Weekend at Ontario Science Centre
Catch the hottest show this winter! Spark your interest in the colourful chemistry of combustion with this illuminating demo. Get ready to encounter a seven-foot Tesla coil, a hair-raising Van de Graaff generator, burning bubbles and more to uncover the world’s ultimate source of power – all in the name of science! Sit back in Toronto’s only public planetarium as a Live Presenter takes you on a fantastic voyage to the Moon, the Solar System or beyond!Plug into current science at live presentations covering the latest hot topics in science and tech.
. Details.
Saturday, February 17 | 10 AM to 8 PM
Sunday, February 18 and Monday, February 19 | 10 AM to 5 PM –
Ontario Science Centre, 770 Don Mills Road, Toronto
Regular Admission
Family Funday Weekend: One World
Pack your Family Day Weekend with fun as we celebrate our rich multicultural landscape with musical performances, films, special workshops, and more! Details.
February 17 to 19, 2018 | 11:00 PM- 4:00 PM
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
Regular Admission
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