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Fall Foliage, Fall Colours or Autumn Colors?

What is the difference between fall foliage and fall colours or colors? We are really looking at the perception and familiarity of terms when differentiating between Americans and Canadians. This is especially true when we look at the spelling of color. Another important distinction is the notion of the “Leaf Peeper”, a term describing the tourists that flock to the North East New England area of the U.S. during the fall foliage season. Peepers tend to get arrested in Canada.

The British (English) prefer Autumn, as do many descendents of the United Empire Loyalists. However, Canadians being somewhat different than either the Brits or Yanks know the real “New England” is really Upper Canada, and the Province of Ontario. The dense hardwood forests of Maples, Oaks, and Birch are abundant and display some of the best fall colors and foliage in North America. Many would say the best colours in the world are in Ontario during the autumn season.

 

Fall Colour Drive Routes

Algonquin Park Area Fall Colour (Color) Drives-Choice of 3 routes | Barrie To Elmvale, Wasaga Beach Return via Minising Fall Colours (Colors) | Barrie to Horseshoe Valley to Orillia Return to Barrie Fall colours (colors) Route | Barrie to Orangeville Fall colours (colors) Route | Bruce Peninsula-Owen Sound to Wiarton Return Fall Colour Trip | Bruce Peninsula-Northern Section | Collingwood Beaver Valley Fall colours (colors) Route | Georgian Bay Fall colours (colors) Route | Haliburton - Huntsville Fall colours (colors) Route | Lake of Bays North Muskoka Via Bracebridge, Baysville, Dorset, Dwight, North Portage, Baysville, Bracebridge Fall colours (colors) Route | Lake Simcoe Fall Colours (colors) Circle Tour | Lake Ontario Shores From Grafton to Picton (return) | Lakefield to Barry’s Fall colours (colors) Bay | Mostly Muskoka Fall colours (colors) Route | North Bay to Timmins, Gogama, Sudbury, North Bay Fall Colors (Colours) | North Bay - Sudbury Fall Route colours (colors) | Old Fort Road Fall Tour To Midland Ontario colours (colors)* | Peterborough - Kawarthas Fall Route colours (colors) | Sault Ste. Marie Fall Route colours (colors)

Peak Color Season

There are a number of great road trips and fall colour drive tour opportunities in Ontario to provide for an exceptional vacation at the peak of the fall colour season. Trying to determine the peak colour is often elusive, as color changes rely on diminishing sun, and rely on a hard frost to initiate the most spectacular leaf color changes. We recommend a minimum of 2 days with an overnight or weekend stay at the many resorts, inns, hotels, and cottages, north of Toronto. Significant colour changes usually coincide with the official first day of Fall during the third week of September, on the 21, 22, or 23 day.

Ontario’s Fall Classic “The Real Canadian Scenic Drive”

What better location to view the fall colours then between Lakefield north of Peterborough, to Bancroft, Maynooth, Combermere, and Barry’s Bay where you will drive through the hamlet of “Maple Leaf” Ontario. This is one of the historic towns and villages you will drive through on a scenic fall foliage color drive tour north of Toronto.

We recommend a minimum of 2 days with an overnight or weekend stay at the many resorts, inns, hotels, and cottages, north of Toronto.
See the Lakefield to Barry’s Bay Scenic Fall Colour Route.

Maple Syrup and Fall Colors

There are many locations selling Maple Syrup, however it should be noted that Maple Syrup Production takes place in the spring before the leaves are on the maple trees, and not during the fall season.

Ontario Fall Colours Contest

Win one of 10 Maple Trees
During the Fall Colour Season.
Send us your perfect fall colour
photo.

Ontario Road Information

Official Road Map of Ontario

The Highway 400 and Highway 11 interchange is the travel gateway to cottage country, Northern Ontario and the major tourism areas north of Toronto. A must stop going North is the Travel and Tourism Information Centre

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View a gallery of the beautiful colours at various properties in Ontario

 

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