Residents and visitors to our city love to celebrate Halloween, and we’re also home to numerous world-class museums. So, why not have fun getting spooked while learning something at the same time, right? Plus, you can take a walk on the wild side at our many amazing attractions! Check out special events and exhibits with our Guide to Halloween Events at Museums and Major Attractions in Toronto and the GTA…
Halloween Events at Museums and Major Attractions in Toronto
Casa Loma: Legends of Horror
Date: October 4 —November 1, 2025; Family Hours: October 4-5, 11-12, 17-31 & November 1, 2025
Spooks and surprises await as Casa Loma presents its annual Halloween installation, Legends of Horror, a self-guided tour of the historic building. Families can spend the early hours with younger children at Family Hours, which are less scary and without live actors.
City of Toronto History Museums: Halloween Events
Date: October 4-31, 2025
City of Toronto’s History Museums are hosting family-friendly Halloween events again this year, including crafts, musical performances, historical tours and ghost stories!
Fort York After Dark: Lantern Tour
Date: October 16-25, 2025
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.
Village at Black Creek: Halloween at the Village
Date: October 18-19, 25-26, 2025, Saturday-Sunday 11:00 AM – 4:00 PM
For a classic take on Halloween festivities, Village at Black Creek hosts some hair-raising happenings at their Halloween at the Village event, including trick-or-treating among the village’s beautiful heritage buildings.
Toronto Zoo Halloween: Boo at the Zoo
Date: October 18-19 & 25-26, 2025, Saturday-Sunday 11:00 AM – 2:00 PM
Go wild at the Toronto Zoo for Halloween with “Boo at the Zoo”, featuring half-off admission for kids 12 & under that are in costume and accompanied by an adult paying regular admission. Explore the Discovery Zone and collect goodies, meet some new wild friends with the special animal encounters, boogie down at the Monster Mash, and more!
Ontario Science Centre: Kids’ Night Out – “Spooky Science: Genes, Guts, and Goo”
Date: October 18 & 25, 2025, 4:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Kids can have an evening of Halloween fun without grown-ups! Kids aged 5-12 can play, experiment and learn with other kids in their age group, and enjoy a grilled cheese sandwiches with French fries for dinner.
Riverdale Farm: Boo at the Barn
Date: October 25-26, 2025
Riverdale Farm offers a free weekend of fun with pumpkin carving, crafts, face painting and exploring the spooky “Boo Barn”.
Trick or Treat at the Bata Shoe Museum
Date: October 26, 2025, Sunday 12:00 PM – 5:00 PM, Runway Shows 1:00 PM & 3:00 PM
Creep over to the Bata Shoe Museum this Halloween to celebrate with free admission and a trick-or-treating scavenger hunt throughout the museum, as well as hands-on crafts, iSpy game cards, try-on station and costume runway shows.
More Museum Halloween Events in the GTA
Canada’s Wonderland: Camp Snoopy and Halloween Haunt
Date: September 26 — November 2, 2025
Whether you’re a thrill-seeker or families looking for kid-friendly fun, Canada’s Wonderland has fun for everyone this Halloween season at two separate all-outdoor and immersive events.
LEGOLAND Discovery Centre: Brick-or-Treat Monster Party
Date: September 25 — October 31, 2025
Brick-or-Treat at LEGOLAND Discovery Centre in Vaughan Mills lets kids create LEGO-tastic Halloween-themed creations, join a costume party and seasonal scavenger hunt, and even collect sweet treats in this boo-tacular event for the whole family.
Bradley Museum: Halloween Harvest Festival
Date: October 18-19, 2025
Bradley Museum in Mississauga invites families to put on costumes and participate in old-fashioned Halloween and harvest traditions with on-site activities.
Pickering Museum Village: Halloween Fest
Date: October 25-26, 2025, Saturday-Sunday 10:00 AM – 3:00 PM (Last entry recommended at 2:00 PM)
Immerse yourself in history and have a one-of-a-kind Halloween experience at Pickering Museum Village with their Halloween Fest. Families can spend time outside in nature, sample sweets, enjoy fun-filled activities, create boo-tiful crafts and learn about Halloween celebrations of the past.
Markham Museum: ScaryFest
Date: October 25-26, 2025, 11:00 AM – 6:00 PM (last entry at 4:00 PM)
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, trackless train, live science shows, and more!
McMichael Canadian Art Collection: Halloween Artmaking Workshop
Date: October 25, 2025, 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM
Young ghouls and goblins aged 6-12 can conjure up their very own Halloween-inspired creations in this spooktacular and bilingual art workshop. Free with gallery admission (booked separately), parents can drop off their little artists for some quiet (a.k.a. childless) art appreciation time.
Ireland House Museum: Tricks for Treats
Date: October 25, 2025, Times Vary
Visit Ireland House Museum in Burlington for some classic Halloween family fun while touring this historic home, including old-fashioned games, pressing your own apple cider, and decorating your own trick-or-treating bag.
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