March Break Events, Activities, Day Camps For Kids
March Break in Ontario offers a long weekend or week long getaway opportunity for kids and families and romantic couples. Learn with ski and snowboard camps, cultural events, a science museum visit, making art, or acting lessons. See how maple syrup is made! Many activities include parents and kids only activities. Pick March Break fun activities from featured members.
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Follow 400 north for March break activities and events in various geographic areas. Resort destinations include Maple Syrup festivals. The things to do below are for day trips and overnight visits.
Alliston & Orangeville, Algonquin Area, Barrie
Area, Collingwood-Blue Mountain, Haliburton Area, Midland Area, Muskoka, North
Bay Area, Ontario Parks, Orillia Area, Ottawa Area, Parry Sound, Peterborough/Kawarthas, Sudbury
Area
Featured March Break Picks
Art Programs
Maclaren Art Centre Barrie Art Classes During March Break
March 2013 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
To register, call the MacLaren at 705-721-9696
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Barrie, ON, Barrie hotels on-line
March Break Ski & Snowboard Resorts 2013
Blue Mountain Village-Events
Hardwood Ski and Bike- Calendar
Horseshoe Resort-Events
Snow Valley-Events
Sir Sam's Ski and Bike-Kids Ski Camps
Alliston & Orangeville
- Dufferin County Museum: Maple Syrup Festival during March Break
March 11-15, 2013– Celebrate with the Maple Syrup Festival at the museum during March Break.
- Alliston Earl Rowe Provincial Park-Winter hiking, skiing, walking trails
In addition to Earl Rowe, there is the Borden Military Museum nearby. Alliston is central to many activities and events in Simcoe County. Consider a stay at a full service resort like Nottawasaga Resort, or The Red Pine Inn
Algonquin Area
- Frost Centre Skli & Snowshoe Trails -Algonquin Highlands
20130 Hwy 35, 12km south of the Town of Dorset.
Cross country Ski on 26km of groomed and trackset trails for the morning, take a break or eat lunch by the woodstove in the historic towermans cabin and then head out for an afternoon of snowshoeing on 11km of backcountry snowshoe trails overlooking beautiful St. Nora Lake.
~ $30/person+tx includes skis, boots, poles, snowshoes and trail passes for the day (A $53 value!).
~ Incredible restaurants and accommodations are available nearby.
- The Friends of Algonquin Park bookstore will be open daily during March Break .. Stop by the Visitor Centre to check out this amazing deals and support education and interpretation in Algonquin. As well during march break the ski trails and skating rinks are open for the family in Algonquin Park.
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels in the Algonquin area
Barrie Area:
- Maclaren Art Centre Art Classes During March Break
March 11-15, 2013 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Join us at the MacLarenArtCentre for an engaging week of art making, the perfect way to keep the kids busy during March Break! Students will work with a variety of media including painting, printmaking and sculpture. Participants will engage in a guided tour of exhibitions and be encouraged to discuss what they see as inspiration for their own art making. Register for the week or choose your dates. To register, call the MacLaren at 705-721-9696
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Barrie, ON, Barrie hotels on-line
Collingwood-Blue Mountain
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March Break at Blue Mountain Village
Blue Mountains
March 9-17, 2013
March Break @ Blue. Pack up the kids and head to Blue Mountain Village this year for an action packed week on and off the slopes. Student lift ticket discounts with themed events and prizes each day, the Village is filled day and night with free activities for kids of all ages. Scavenger hunts, Columbia Guided Snowshoe Tours, Skating on the Mill Pond, Birds of Prey Shows, face painting, Fire Dancers, Glow in the dark Broomball, indoor movies for resort hotel guests, March 14! March 15th FREEOutdoor Concert with one of Canada’s up and coming bands THESE KIDS WEAR CROWNS
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Collingwood-Blue Mountain Area, Collingwood Hotels on-line
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Scenic Caves Nature Adventures
March Break 2013
Experience a snowshoe trek across Ontario's longest suspension footbridge at Scenic Caves Nature Adventures. Enjoy groomed beginner and intermediate cross country ski and snowshoe trails winding through a 200 year old forest rich with wildlife.
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Collingwood-Blue Mountain Area, Collingwood Hotels on-line
Haliburton Area:
- Yours Outdoors-Haliburton
Ontario Maple Syrup "Toes" Spa Treatment & Maple Syrup Getaway Package
March 14-16, 2013
This unique package will take visitors on snowshoes into the sugar bush. "The Art and Syrup of Maple" . Discover the art and science of producing maple syrup by participating in traditional and modern day maple syrup operations, exploring a sugar bush on snowshoes, dining on maple cuisine, visiting Moon Shadow Estate Winery to taste their signature maple wine. Guests can indulge in a maple sugar spa foot treatment, and a glassblowing workshop to create a maple syrup pitcher. You will stay at the Inukshuk Manor B&B where your hosts, Brian and Dorothy Menton produce their own maple syrup.
 Minden Hills Cultural Centre
March Break Culture Club
March 11-15, 2013
NEW this year each day is in two parts: morning is arts/crafts in a
number of exciting themes and the afternoon is outdoor education.
Click here for the complete itinerary
stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Haliburton, ON, Haliburton Hotels on-line
Midland Area:
- Wye Marsh Wildlife Centre
March Break Camp Cross Country Skiing and Snowshoeing
March 11-15, 2013
Looking for something fun, active and local for your kids to do on March Break. The Wye Marsh keeps things natural, for kids ages 6-12; we provide activities such as Cross country skiing, snowshoeing, orienteering, GPS navigation, bannock roasting, live animal demonstrations (birds of prey, reptiles and amphibians, trumpeter swans), feeding chickadees and crafts etc. For booking, costing and other information please call 705-526-7809 or email info@wyemarsh.com
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Midland, ON, Midland Hotels on-line
- Huronia Museum, Penetanguishene
March Break Camp March 11-15, 2013
Campers will make crafts, play games and enjoy a fun day at Huronia Museum. We will go skating at the North Simcoe Sports and Recreation Centre each day. Children must provide their own equipment for this. We will also be sledding on Campbell’s Hill each day, if weather conditions permit.
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Midland, ON, Midland Hotels on-line
Muskoka Area:
Bracebridge, Ontario
Bracebridge Resource Management Centre Located on the east side of Highway #11, just north of #117 exit, there is 8 km of groomed cross country ski trails. See more information on trails in Bracebridge. Stay in Bracebridge area resorts, hotels, inns
Gravenhurst, Ontario
Come and see why Gravenhurst is the Gateway to Muskoka and spend a day on skiis, sled or snowshoes. Stay in Gravenhurst area resorts, hotels,inns
Huntsville Ontario
Arrowhead Provincial Park: In the heart of the Muskoka snow belt, Arrowhead offers cross-country skiing, snowshoeing, tubing, skating and winter hiking. See more information on Arrowhead, Stay in Huntsville area resorts, hotels, inns.
North Bay Area:
- Coyote Mentoring North At Canadian Ecology Centre
Ontario's Near North - Canadian Ecology Centre, March Break March 11-15, 2013. Winter and wildernress survival. Nature awareness activities, games and crafts. GPS treasure
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels North Bay Area
Ontario Parks
- March Break at Provincial Parks
Ontario Provincial Parks celebrate March break in several locations north of Toronto, Including Quetico Provincial Park, Rondeau Provincial Park, & Presqu’ile Provincial Park. Activities include migratory bird watching, waterfowl weekend, cross country skiing and maple syrup production See March Break at Ontario Parks.
Orillia
Discover Orillia just north of Barrie and close to the Horseshoe Valley Resort destination.
Ottawa Area:
Parry Sound
- Parry Sound Area-Georgian Bay
Free skates, hockey games and outdoor winter fun highlight March Break in Parry Sound. See Town of Parry Sound. On March 10, 2013 There is an organized winter picnic to the Franklin Island on Georgian Bay.
Stay at Resorts, Hotels, Inns Parry Sound, On
Peterborough/Kawarthas
Area:
- Peterborough Museum & Archives
MARCH BREAK DISCOVERY at the Museum
March 11-15, 2013
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Peterborough, ON, Peterborough hotels on-line
- The Canadian Canoe Museum
March Break Arctic Afternoon Workshop
March 12, 2013
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Peterborough, ON, Peterborough hotels on-line
- Art School of Peterborough
March Break Art Camp March 11-15, 2013 8:30am - 3:30pm
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Peterborough, ON, Peterborough hotels on-line
- Art Gallery of Peterborough
March Break Creative Art Camps for Children
March 11-15, 2013
Stay at Resorts, Inns, Hotels Peterborough, ON, Peterborough hotels on-line
Sudbury Area:
Many individual Ontario resorts and hotels have arranged March Break Getaways for the family. Many destinations will feature events and festivals, Maple Syrup festivals and fun competitions. Watch for changing events and festivals listed for the March spring break period.
March Break-Spring Break will be taken by most school boards in Ontario from March 11-15 2013. March break history in Ontario goes back into the 1800's.
More Children-Family Activites and Events
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Kids
May Ski Free During March Break
Grade 4 and 5 students qualify for up to 3 free lift tickets and can ski
or snowboard free
at participating ski areas during the March Spring Break period reports
the Canadian Ski Council.
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