Cheapies & Freebies

Cheapies Category

Raising a family is an expensive proposition these days, and everyone’s piggybank could use a little break, right? So we’ve compiled this list of Cheapies & Freebies to help lessen the load!

Downsview Park: Jr. Forest Explorers

Downsview Park hosts Jr. Forest Explorers throughout the year, their FREE nature program for toddlers (between 18 months and 3-1/2 years) and their guardians. This continuing event takes place on select Monday mornings, exploring the many seasons of nature, and including themes such as Winter World, Muddy Mayhem, Bird Buddies,
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Evergreen Brick Works: Free Indoor Winter Movie Nights

Evergreen Brick Works presents their Free Indoor Winter Movie Nights series on select Saturdays in January and February. Get cozy with your family to enjoy kid-friendly movies, purchase snacks and drinks at the Evergreen Bar, and use the free shuttle service from Broadview subway station that is extended for these
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Tobogganing
Guide to the Best Spots to Go Tobogganing in Toronto (Updated for 2025-26)

Toronto is a tobogganing kind of town: we don’t have mountains or a fancy skating canal or enough snowfall to build a long-standing structure, but what we do have is hills, hills and more hills. Due to geographic elements (ravines carved into the ground by flowing rivers from the Canadian
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Cineplex Cinemas: Family Favourites Saturday

Cineplex Cinemas’ Family Favourites program lets you enjoy discounted family-friendly movies every Saturday for only $3.99* a ticket! It’s an affordable way to spend time with your little ones, so grab some popcorn and check out the upcoming line-up of fun films. Upcoming Schedule: January 17 — Madagascar 20th Anniversary January
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Free Cheap Winter
Guide to the Best Cheap and Free Winter Activities in Toronto and the GTA (Updated for 2025-26 Season)

It happens every year: you’ve spent all month buying your holiday presents, decorating the house and baking goodies… and now you have to keep the kids busy and entertained for two or three months more of cold weather?! It’s a daunting task, but never fear, you and your family this
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Skating Events
Guide to the Best Skating Events in Toronto

Winter weather can be pretty topsy-turvy here in Toronto. There may not always be snow on the ground, but there is always ice! Thanks to city-run rinks with cooling equipment, as well as independent organizers, there are numerous well-maintained spots to go skating around town. So, why not get the
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Harbourfront Centre: DJ Skate Nights

Harbourfront Centre hosts another season of DJ Skate Nights, featuring a different guest DJ every Saturday night until Valentine’s Day (plus a New Year’s Eve party) as skaters enjoy gliding under the stars and along the shores of Lake Ontario. Admission is free and is fun for all ages, plus
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Outdoor Skating
Guide to the Best Spots to Go Outdoor Skating in Toronto (Updated for 2025/2026 Season)

It’s officially chilly in Toronto and that has everyone thinking about outdoor winter activities. Opportunities for ice skating have become more plentiful in the city in recent years, with freeform paths being built in parks and even under highways! Outdoor skating is one of those rare activities that families of
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The Bentway Skate Trail

Embrace winter at the Bentway when its Skate Trail opens for the 2025-26 season, from their opening day just before Christmas and continuing all the way until Family Day! Events through the season include the Polar Bear Skate, free rentals nights, family programming, and more, so come out and skate
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YZD: Hangar Skate

Hangar Skate returns to YZD, with a free pop-up skating rink at the vibrant 370-acre neighbourhood at the former Downsview Airport lands. The event features complimentary indoor arts programming, Friday DJ Skate Nights and special events for New Year’s Eve and Family Day, along with affordable skate rentals, dates dedicated
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