Canada's Maple Syrup Time--Sugaring Off

Fun Spring time getaways to catch the end of Winter activities, maple syrup festivals, and sugaring off Canadian style. The great sugaring off period in Central and Eastern Canada takes place throughout March and April and often coincides with the Ontario March Spring Break holiday period.

Canada Travels for Maple Syrup Harvests and Festivals

“Maple Syrup Medley” at 17^th Wye Marsh Sweetwater Harvest

Midland, Tay Township………………The cheerful and sweet sounds of contemporary and traditional Canadian music will filter through the Maple Sugar bush along with the aromas from boiling sap and bannock cooking over an open wood fire. Events for the entire family will include taffy tasting, cooking demonstrations, Woodcarvers and Wildflower Gardeners exhibits, live animal shows, children’s crafts and face painting, horse–drawn wagon rides. The annual Sweetwater Harvest celebration takes place on Saturday March 29^th and Sunday, March 30^th. Individual Admission to Sweetwater Harvest is $5.00 and children 3 and under are free. For an additional $5.00 visitors can dine on the famous indoor or outdoor pancake, sausage and maple syrup breakfast including coffee, tea or juice.

See additional Maple Harvest Festivals in Ontario and the Harvests in Nova Scotia, Quebec, and New Brunswick

Photo: Children Love Fresh Maple Snow Taffy (Wye Marsh)

Travel Canada to Maple Syrup Time

Travel Canada to Maple Syrup Harvests, Producers, and Festivals.
According to the Government of Canada web site “Canada produces about 85 per cent of the world’s maple syrup. It is the world leader in exports, selling about 30,000 tonnes valued at $147 million to more than 40 countries in 2003. In Canada, the maple syrup industry is surpassed only by frozen French fries in single horticultural commodity exports.”

This is certainly one of Canada’s Seven Wonders and a unique gift to the rest of the world. To visit the provinces that produce Maple Syrup and find additional information on the the sugaring off process see Links to Maple Syrup Producing Provinces and Maple Syrup Festival