Toronto 
It is sugar water season and you can enjoy the first taste of spring with a trip to sugar bushes and sugar shacks near Toronto this month. If you are looking for a date night or a special family outing, then consider after-dark maple bush tours.
Credit: TRCA
Three conservation areas near Toronto are offering sugar bush tours in the evening – Purple Woods Conservation Area in Oshawa, Mountsberg Conservation Area in Campbellville and Terra Cotta Conservation Area in Halton Hills.
Purple Woods Conservation Area
Join Sugarbush Lantern Walk at Purple Woods Conservation Area for a cozy evening exploring the sugarbush by lantern light. Savour a treat made with Purple Woods Maple Syrup, sip cedar tea, and taste different grades of maple syrup while learning its history by firelight.
When: March 27 & 28, 2026 | 7:30 P.M – 9:00 P.M.
Where: Purple Woods Conservation Area, 38 Coates Road East, Oshawa
How Much: $12
Mountsberg Conservation Area
Step into a maple-sweet evening at Mountsberg Conservation Area, offered for two nights only. Guests can enjoy a moonlit wagon ride, explore the Sugar Bush, and learn how sap becomes syrup during an Evaporator Talk. The night also features maple syrup tasting, Indigenous food samples, live fiddle music, and classic maple taffy on snow, plus a stop at the gift shop.
When: Saturday, 28, 2026 | 5:00 pm to 9:30 pm
Where: Mountsberg, 2259 Milburough Line, Campbellville
How Much: $24.50 to $34.50
Terra Cotta Conservation Area
Credit Valley Conservation Area
The adults-only evening event at Terra Cotta Conservation Area begins with an enchanting wagon ride through the forest to an illuminated sugarbush, where the story of maple syrup in Canada comes to life. Enjoy warm maple syrup samples, maple taffy, and a maple-inspired tasting menu, paired with a cocktail or mocktail in a souvenir glass. Witness tree tapping demonstrations, then unwind by a crackling campfire as live music by Rag Maple Music fills the night.
Where: Terra Cotta Conservation Area, Winston Churchill Boulevard, Terra Cotta
When: Saturday, April 11, 2026 | 7:30 to 9 p.m. or 9 to 10:30 p.m.
How Much: $70 plus tax per person
