Ottawa-area maple sugarbushes are opening for the 2026 season!

If you love maple syrup, maple sugar, maple taffy, maple butter—anything sweet and spring-like, basically—I have good news for you: Lots of maple sugarbushes (aka sucreries) across Eastern Ontario and the Outaouais are welcoming visitors in spring 2026! Here’s the scoop on who’s opening when, and what activities and food will be available.

Important: Sugarbush activities may be weather dependent, so do check your chosen site’s social media or website before heading out the door.

This post includes only those sugarbushes that are offering tours and other activities in 2026. However, that’s not the only way to support your favourite maple syrup maker! Please check this post for information on sugarbushes that are selling their products online or in a farm store.

I’m still confirming dates and hours for a couple of places, so keep checking back as spring goes on.

And, as always, if I’ve overlooked your favourite place, let me know and I’ll do my best to include it.

Cover photo by Luke Pennystan on Unsplash.

Ottawa maple syrup producers

• The Log Farm, Cedarview Road: The sugarbush will be open on weekends from February 28 to March 29, as well as March 19 and 20 during Ontario’s March Break and the four days of the Easter long weekend (April 3 to 6). Visitors can collect sap buckets, see how syrup is made, tour the pioneer farmhouse and visit the barn animals. You can book tickets online in advance or at the gate.
• Proulx Farm, Cumberland: Maple Fest is open on weekends from March 1 until April 12. It is also open from March 16 to 20 (Ontario March Break) and all four days of the Easter weekend (April 3 to 6). The pancake house opens for the season on March 1, and offers vegan and gluten-free options in addition to traditional fare. Depending on the day, you can visit the sugar shack, get s’mores to enjoy around the fire, pet farm animals, enjoy the outdoor playground, eat pancakes or desserts, enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride, or explore the outdoor trails. There’s a farm shop, too. You can buy tickets online or at the door.
• Stanley’s Olde Maple Lane Farm, Edwards: The sugarbush is open on weekends from February 28 to April 12, as well as March Break (March 17 to 20), with an animal barn, taffy on snow, tractor-pulled wagon rides, a small farm museum, an activity learning centre and a pancake house. Intriguingly, the pancake house buffet is priced by weight, so you can heap your plate with as much or as little as you like and pay accordingly. The farm shop (please check Stanley’s website for current hours) sells take-home meals and baked goods, as well as maple products. You can buy tickets online or at the gate. Note that the pancake house doesn’t take reservations.
• Vanier Museopark Sugar Shack: The sucrerie will be open to the general public Friday through Sunday from February 15 to March 15 and from April 3 to April 19. It is also open to groups of 15 or more (by reservation only, at least a week in advance), from Wednesday through Friday. As well as watching maple syrup being made, you can tuck into sausages, bacon, French toast, baked beans, pancakes, pea soup and more.

Sugarbushes elsewhere in Eastern Ontario

• Fulton’s, Pakenham: The trails and the maple shop at Fulton’s are open daily for the season from February 28 to April 19. Weather permitting, sleigh rides are available on weekends, as well as on weekdays during Ontario March Break (March 16 to 20) and over the Easter weekend (April 3 to 5; not Easter Monday). In the farm shop, you can pick up syrup, other foods and baked goods from a variety of local producers. There’s a $20 per vehicle admission fee if you want to use the hiking/snowshoeing/ski trails or enjoy other activities, but you don’t need to pay it to visit the shop (and you’ll receive a $10 farm shop credit).
• Fortune Farms, Almonte: Dates and activities for 2026 to be announced soon. Usually open daily in March and April, but check website for the latest info.
• Grants Settlement Farms, Foresters Falls: Dates for 2026 to be announced soon. Usually, sugar shack tours are available between 10am and 4pm on Saturdays (and, possibly, on other days—their website has details on who to contact to check). You can also buy maple syrup, sugar and other maple food products at the farm store, which you can visit on Saturdays or by appointment, year round.
• Hunter’s Maple Products, Spencerville: On Saturdays and Sundays from February 28 until April 26 (as well as Good Friday (April 3) and Easter Sunday (April 5)), you can dig into a pancake breakfast (8am to 2pm), see sap being made, see the maple taps and drop into the farm store. The farm doesn’t take reservations.
• Little Cataraqui Creek Conservation Area, Kingston: The sugarbush is open weekends throughout March and during Ontario March Break (March 16 to 20), from 9am to 4pm. You can take a tractor-drawn wagon ride, explore an interpretive trail, see the sugar shack in action and eat pancakes. Advance online registration required.
• Sand Road Maple Farm, Moose Creek: See sap being made, explore the nature trails, eat taffy made on snow and check out the maple buffet, among other fun activities. Opening for the season on March 1. Usually open from Friday through Sunday until late April; check the website for exact hours.
• Temple’s Sugar Bush, Lanark: Temple’s will be serving up buffet-style breakfasts and selling maple products from Wednesday through Sunday (9am to 3pm) from March 4 until at least Easter, weather permitting.
• Wheelers Maple Products, McDonald’s Corners: The pancake house, sugarbush and museums are open on Saturday and Sunday (plus Family Day) from January 5 until February 28; from Tuesday through Sunday (plus Easter Monday, April 6) until April 26; and open Thursday through Sunday from April 27 to June 28. Reservations strongly recommended.

Outaouais and other Quebec cabanes à sucre

• Le Domaine de l’Ange-Gardien, l’Ange-Gardien: The fun here includes sugar shack meals and snow tubing. If you want to eat at the sugar shack, you must reserve online in advance. You can also get sugar shack meals to go. Open weekends only until March 1, then Tuesday through Sunday (with some exceptions—check the website) until April 26.
• Erablière J.B. Caron, Gracefield: Tour the sugar shack, visit farm animals, go snowshoeing and enjoy traditional treats like pea soup, tourtière and maple ham. Open Saturday and Sunday from February 28 through April 25. Reservations strongly recommended.
• Le Vignoble de Chelsea, Chelsea: One of the newer sugarbushes in the region, this spot in Chelsea plans to serve sugar shack brunches and dinners this year. Dates for 2026 to be confirmed. Advance reservations recommended.
• Sucrerie de la Montagne, Rigaud: One of the region’s largest sugar shacks, this sucrerie is open seven days a week from February 21 until May 3. Visit the maple syrup operation, take a horse-drawn sleigh or wagon ride, eat taffy, hear some live music, visit the general store, or enjoy traditional Quebec specialties like baked beans, sugar pie and pea soup. Reserve in advance.
• Sucrerie du Terroir, Val-des-Monts: Open from Wednesday through Sunday from February 27 to May 3 this year (as well as April 6 and May 10), this Outaouais sugar shack offers an all-you-can-eat menu featuring pancakes, pea soup, pork tenderloin, taffy on snow and more—and you can BYOB. On certain evenings, musician Danny Richard provides live entertainment.

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