Welcome to Fall in Ontario! The season of vibrant colours and cool breezes is perfect for family fun. Join in the Fall Harvest celebrations as farms come alive with festivals, corn mazes, apple and pumpkin picking, and don’t miss out on Halloween excitement in October!
Explore GTA’s Fall events below. New event additions are on the way, so check back soon! 🍂🎃
Note: Many events offer advanced tickets, so please plan ahead.
FEATURED EVENT
Halloween Nights of Lights
- September 28 - October 31, 2024
- CF Sherway Gardens, 25 The West Mall, Toronto
- 15% Off with Code: CHILDSLIFE
Back for it’s fifth year for the 2024 season, this year’s experience features NEW installations with more than 1.5 million LED and RGB lights animated and synchronized to your favourite Halloween tunes. Continue the fun at the end of the trail, inside of Pumpkinville, featuring larger than life pumpkin sculptures and village.
Toronto Waterfront Festival
Sep 14
to Sep 15, 2024
Sugar Beach
BOW WOW! The Toronto Waterfront Festival returns September 14-15 to Sugar Beach with the Canine Watersports Canada competition. Watch adorable pups dive, jump, and fetch in a 45ft pool built on land and stand in the splash zone to see dogs fly through the air all weekend. Other ...
TIFA Kids
Sep 19
to Sep 29, 2024
Harbourfront Centre
Canada’s largest and longest-running festival of words and ideas, returns to Harbourfront Centre September 19 to 29, 2024. This year’s Festival invites children and youth of all ages to TIFA Kids, with a vibrant programme the entire family can enjoy for free! From superheroes to graphic novels, whimsical ...
70th Anniversary Celebration
Sep 21
to Sep 21, 2024
Halton County Radial Railway
Halton County Radial Railway is 70 this year! We’re planning a day of celebration and fun for the whole family on September 21. Event includes unlimited streetcar rides, activities for kids, food trucks (Curbside, Ice Cream 4 U, Beavertails), display barns, trolley parade, entertainment, ceremony and more. See ...
Fall into Nature at Kelso Conservation Area
Sep 28
to Oct 26, 2024
Kelso Conservation Area
Ready to experience the colourful fall leaves at the height of their beauty? Starting September 28, fall chairlift rides at Kelso are back Saturdays and Sundays until October 27 (weather permitting)! Take a ride to the top of the hills on the Updraft Chairlift and down on the ...
Spooky at illumi
Oct 3
to Oct 31, 2024
7174 Derrycrest Dr, Mississauga, ON
SPOOKY AT ILLUMI offers an ultimate fall experience for people of all ages and will feature Halloween scenes, iconic horror film soundtracks, whimsical jack-o-lanterns, scarlet spiders, neon skeletons, glowing ghouls and more. The journey spans across 600,000 square feet, which is the equivalent of 10 football fields and ...
Diwalicious - Taste of Diwali 2024
Oct 4
to Oct 6, 2024
Mel Lastman Square
Get ready to indulge in the flavors and festivities of Diwali at Diwalicious! Join us at Mel Lastman Square in North York from October 4th to 6th 2024 for a tantalizing celebration of food and culture. Mark your calendars for a delectable experience like no other! 🎉🍽 Indulge ...
Coopers Corn Maze in the Dark
Oct 4
to Oct 4, 2024
Coopers Farm & Maze
Head out to Cooper’s Famous Farm Maze on a Friday evening in October! See if you can find your way out in the dark! This is a family event, it is not a scary maze. Maze is wide enough for strollers, wagons, wheel chairs (paths are still bumpy) ...
Clearwater Farm Harvest Celebration
Oct 5
to Oct 5, 2024
Clearwater Farm
Experience fall on the farm during the ClearWater Farm Harvest Celebration! Enjoy shopping local vendors and our seasonal farmstand, harvest themed family photo ops and art activities, good food and drinks, and more! Bring your family and friends for a day of fall family fun and community spirit ...
Coopers Corn Maze in the Dark
Oct 11
to Oct 11, 2024
Coopers Farm & Maze
Head out to Cooper’s Famous Farm Maze on a Friday evening in October! See if you can find your way out in the dark! This is a family event, it is not a scary maze. Maze is wide enough for strollers, wagons, wheel chairs (paths are still bumpy) ...
Canada Diwali Razzmatazz - Mississauga
Oct 12
to Oct 13, 2024
Mississauga Celebration Square
Join us for a celebration to kick off Diwali with fun and food for all ages. Initiated by Indo-Canada Arts, Diwali RazzMatazz provides joyous festive celebration for the entire family. Stage programming includes Bollywood Headliner Performances, Musical Concerts, Dance Performances, Diwali Bazaar, Kids Rides, Diwali Lucky Draw and ...
The Great Pumpkin Trail
Oct 18
to Oct 20, 2024
Hendrie Park
The Great Pumpkin Trail returns to RBG! Follow the candlelit glow of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns deep within the recesses of the Hendrie Valley. Savor the flavors of the season with a selection of sweet and savory delights while enjoying live entertainment and pumpkin themed activities. This spook-tacular event ...
Boo Fest
Oct 19
to Oct 19, 2024
Assembly Park
Step right into the spooky world of BooFest! This Halloween extravaganza combines the enchanting allure of our spine-tingling haunted house, thrilling carnival games, delectable treats, and so much more! We cordially invite you to immerse yourself in a realm where every corner is adorned with the spirit of ...
Queen's Park Fall Festival
Oct 19
to Oct 19, 2024
Queen’s Park
Join us for the Fall Festival at Queen’s Park on Saturday, October 19 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., featuring an assortment of free, family-friendly activities both on the grounds and inside the historic Legislative Building. Take a self-guided building tour and learn about Ontario’s Legislature while experiencing ...
Celebration Scare, presented by Tim Hortons
Oct 19
to Oct 19, 2024
Mississauga Celebration Square
Get ready for a spook-tacular afternoon at Celebration Scare! This family-friendly Halloween bash will brim with frightful fun at Celebration Square. Ghosts and ghouls of all ages can enjoy programming and activities in four distinct zones onsite: – Stories and songs live on the Franken-stage – The Pumpkin ...
Creepy Crafts
Oct 19
to Oct 19, 2024
Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum & Community Centre
Get into the Halloween spirit with this registered program! Participants will enjoy all things creepy with staff-led crafts and science experiments, including pumpkin painting and mask making. $10 per child. Recommended ages 3-10. Pre-registration required online at www.townofws.ca/active using Barcode 34014. Required adult chaperone free of charge.
Boo Fest
Oct 20
to Oct 20, 2024
Assembly Park
Step right into the spooky world of BooFest! This Halloween extravaganza combines the enchanting allure of our spine-tingling haunted house, thrilling carnival games, delectable treats, and so much more! We cordially invite you to immerse yourself in a realm where every corner is adorned with the spirit of ...
The Great Pumpkin Trail
Oct 25
to Oct 27, 2024
Hendrie Park
The Great Pumpkin Trail returns to RBG! Follow the candlelit glow of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns deep within the recesses of the Hendrie Valley. Savor the flavors of the season with a selection of sweet and savory delights while enjoying live entertainment and pumpkin themed activities. This spook-tacular event ...
The Great Pumpkin Trail
Oct 25
to Oct 27, 2024
Hendrie Park
The Great Pumpkin Trail returns to RBG! Follow the candlelit glow of hundreds of jack-o-lanterns deep within the recesses of the Hendrie Valley. Savor the flavors of the season with a selection of sweet and savory delights while enjoying live entertainment and pumpkin themed activities. This spook-tacular event ...
Night at the Creepy Creek
Oct 25
to Oct 25, 2024
Cold Creek Conservation Area
The Township of King presents the Night at the Creepy Creek, our creepiest creek event of the year and fun for the whole family. Featuring a Halloween crafts, a haunted hike, candy and more! The event takes place at the Cold Creek Conservation Area located on 14125 11th ...
Coopers Corn Maze in the Dark
Oct 25
to Oct 25, 2024
Coopers Farm & Maze
Head out to Cooper’s Famous Farm Maze on a Friday evening in October! See if you can find your way out in the dark! This is a family event, it is not a scary maze. Maze is wide enough for strollers, wagons, wheel chairs (paths are still bumpy) ...
Halloween Harvest Festival 2024
Oct 26
to Oct 27, 2024
Bradley Museum
Join us in costume and enjoy some old-fashioned Halloween, settler and Indigenous fall traditions. Visitors can enjoy: Heritage demonstrations in the Bradley House Traditional Indigenous harvest foods by Mark Sault of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation at the fire pit Games, crafts, face painting and live music ...
Boo Fest
Oct 26
to Oct 27, 2024
Assembly Park
Step right into the spooky world of BooFest! This Halloween extravaganza combines the enchanting allure of our spine-tingling haunted house, thrilling carnival games, delectable treats, and so much more! We cordially invite you to immerse yourself in a realm where every corner is adorned with the spirit of ...
Halloween Food Truck Festival
Oct 26
to Oct 27, 2024
Variety Village
Eat. Drink. & Be Scary. Join us Saturday and Sunday, October 26th and 27th for a family-friendly extravaganza with up to 10 of the GTA’s best food trucks dishing out delectable treats, craft beer to quench your thirst, live entertainment to keep you grooving, and a variety of ...
Halloween in the Village
Oct 26
to Oct 26, 2024
Clarkson Village
Head to Clarkson Village in south Mississauga for their annual Halloween event! Wear your costume and participate in fun activities, trick-or-treating at local businesses, and much more! Check the BIA’s website for more information as details are confirmed. Please note that a ROAD CLOSURE will be in effect ...
Mattamy's Fall into Oakville Fun Event!
Oct 26
to Oct 26, 2024
Mattamy Homes Oakville Sales Office
Mattamy Homes invites the Oakville community to Fall Into Fun on Saturday, October 26, from 12 PM to 3 PM. Enjoy festive trick-or-treating for the little ones and capture the essence of autumn with our fall photo opportunities. Indulge in a delightful day filled with seasonal treats, including ...
Adventures at the Booseum
Oct 26
to Oct 26, 2024
Scugog Shores Museum Village
Get into your Halloween costumes and join us at the Museum… Or should we say Boo-seum! There’s something for the whole family to enjoy: kids crafts, family friendly Halloween tales, and carve your own pumpkin, too! Trick or treat with us before Halloween.
Spooky Stables
Oct 26
to Oct 26, 2024
The Grand Way
Join us for a spooktacular Halloween event on October 28th at the Grand River Raceway Stables! 4:00 pm – 6:30 pm: Family friendly for all ages (our decorations will be out but the lights will be on) 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm: We turn up the scare meter ...
Aurora’s Haunted Forest
Oct 26
to Oct 26, 2024
Sheppard’s Bush
Join the fun at Aurora’s Haunted Forest, presented by Healthy Planet. This event is geared to all ages with family experiences, as well as for those looking for a good scare. Date – Saturday, October 26, 2024 Time – 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Locations – Sheppard’s Bush ...
Halloween at Wye Marsh
Oct 27
to Oct 27, 2024
Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
Put on your Halloween finery, pick up a “passport” then explore our trails at Wye Marsh. Meet a variety of well dressed woodland “spirits”. Collect five or more stamps, and show your passport for a sweet treat* in the Visitors’ Centre. Join Darwin for a stroll at 10 ...
McMichael Halloween Tour
Oct 27
to Oct 27, 2024
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Join us – if you dare! For a spooky, arty, family-friendly Halloween tooooour of the McMichael gallery and grounds. Costumes are welcome! Step into the shadows of the gallery as ghostly whispers and mysterious echoes guide you through long-hidden tales behind haunting artworks. Feel the chill of the ...
Halloween Howl in High Park
Oct 27
to Oct 27, 2024
High Park Nature Centre
Come and celebrate all things spooky at this fun family Halloween event. This all outdoor event will begin with a hike through the woodlands. We’ll stop to learn the not-so-scary truth about owls, spiders, bats, decomposers, Witch Hazel trees and more. After the hike your group can warm ...
Park Your Pumpkin 2024
Nov 1
to Nov 1, 2024
Bradley Museum
Enjoy the carved creations as we give our Halloween pumpkins one last chance to shine. Join us at this free event to wander the pumpkin-lit Bradley Museum grounds while sipping warm apple cider and enjoying a fall treat. Pumpkins can be dropped off at Bradley Museum during the ...
Annual Apple Pie Contest and Fundraiser
Nov 9
to Nov 9, 2024
Collective Arts Toronto Taproom & Café
Seventh annual Apple Pie Contest and Fundraiser, hosted by The Trinity Bellwoods on Dundas BIA Local baking-enthusiasts are donating their freshly baked apple pies to compete for the coveted titles and cash prizes – and Torontonians of all-ages can stop by the event to pick up a slice ...
