December

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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Skating Provincial Parks
Guide to the Best Spots to Go Skating at an Ontario Provincial Park

You’ve skated on the city’s outdoor and indoor hockey rinks… but have you ever gone skating in the wilds of Ontario? It’s possible in our gorgeous province’s parks! Families can even camp in heated cabins and yurts for a fully immersive natural winter experience. Rush into our Guide to the
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Winter Farmers Markets
Guide to the Best Winter Farmers Markets in Toronto and the GTA (Updated for 2025/26 Season)

Just because Summer has passed, that doesn’t mean that you can’t enjoy fresh food from a farmers market! There may be less fresh produce, but there is always something interesting and delicious on offer. Look out for baked goods, maple syrup, chocolate, dairy products, meats, beer and wine, prepared foods,
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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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New Year's
Guide to the Best Family-Friendly New Year’s Events and Activities in Toronto and the GTA

Happy New Year’s! This special holiday is a chance to spend time with family and friends, celebrating another fantastic year. There are plenty of events happening all around the Greater Toronto Area and, thankfully for our tired wallets after all that Christmas shopping, most of them are free! Raise your
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Gift Experiences Guide
Give Experiences This Year with our Gift Guide for Toronto and the GTA!

Times have changed, and so has gift-giving! Between tight budgets and postal strikes, shoppers are less likely to buy expensive things that will soon become just another piece of clutter. Plus, many of us are also putting more thought and effort into our holiday purchases. Instead this year, families can
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Downhill skiing Snowboarding
Guide to the Best Spots to go Downhill Skiing and Snowboarding in the GTA (Updated for 2025/26 Season)

Ahh, the wind in your hair as you glide through the trees… Skiing and snowboarding is a way to get exercise, spend some time in nature and have (snow)balls of fun, all at the same time! Whether you shred, jib, carve or snowplow your way down the slopes, we’ve got
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The Panto Players: “Beauty + Beast = CAT!”

The Panto Players presents “Beauty + Beast = CAT!”, their 13th annual holiday pantomime, featuring singing, dancing, and interactive fun for the whole family. When the forgetful Bella wanders into the Beast’s enchanted home, she finds he’s stuck inside because he believes he still has COVID, with only a BlackBerry
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TO Live — Champions of Magic: Holiday Spectacular

Celebrate the season with TO Live and Starvox Entertainment as they present the Holiday Spectacular edition of Champions of Magic, full of dazzling illusions, breathtaking, grand-scale magic, and festive surprises for the whole family! Be amazed by this live show with impossible illusions and spectacular special effects, featuring illusions that
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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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