Some people may think that Toronto is like Lego Batman (“I only work in black and very dark grey”) but amongst the concrete and glass of the business district and the green of parks and playgrounds strewn all around town, there are various interesting architectural icons and historical gems to
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Join the Markham Museum with their 25-acre site transformed into a ghoulishly grand Halloween town at ScaryFest, where you and your little ghouls and goblins can enjoy crafts, games, a Monster Mash dance party and more! A family event perfect for kids 10 and under, feel free to come in
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Creep over to the Bata Shoe Museum this Halloween where they will be celebrating with free admission and a trick-or-treating scavenger hunt throughout the museum, as well as hands-on crafts for the whole family, iSpy game cards and a try-on station. Plus, kids dressed in costume can show off their
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Introduce your kids to Ontario’s Parliament this Halloween at a free, interactive two-hour interactive program and tour at the historic Legislative Building. Children aged 6-12 can also participate in a parliamentary scavenger hunt, and take part in a mock debate, including dressing up in a traditional robe. Note: Pre-registration is
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Bradley Museum in Mississauga invites families to put on costumes and participate in old-fashioned Halloween and harvest traditions with on-site activities, including heritage demonstrations, traditional Indigenous harvest foods at the fire pit, games and craft making live music, and a vendor craft market. There is also an augmented reality scavenger
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For a classic take on Halloween festivities, Black Creek Pioneer Village hosts some hair-raising happenings at their Halloween at the Village event, including trick-or-treating among the village’s beautiful heritage buildings. There’s entertaining and educational shows and activities for kids, like grisly experiments, messy medicine, monster crafts and creepy carnival games.
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City of Toronto’s History Museums are hosting family-friendly Halloween events again this year, including crafts, musical performances, historical tours and ghost stories! While some special events incur a fee, some activities are free or with a suggested donation. Plus, remember that all Toronto History Museums offer free general admission all
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Go back in time this Halloween at Fort York National Historic Site for their After Dark lantern tour, with this year’s theme of Lurking in the Shadows, to hear chilling and eerie tales of the historic buildings and surrounding grounds. Learn about the bloody Battle of York, explore the military
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Bring your ghosts and ghouls in-training to Toronto’s First Post Office to make a fun pumpkin paper craft at the Happy Halloween Kids Social! Suitable for kids aged 4-10, they can also watch screening of Halloween classic “Its the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown”. Toronto’s First Post Office: Happy Halloween Kids
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Celebrate the haunted history of Pickering over the Halloween season and take a walk on the eerie side at the Pickering Ghost Walk. Join a guided tour at the historic Pickering Museum Village at night to hear stories about paranormal investigations that have found evidence of spirits and ghosts, and
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