101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Toronto - 2024 | Kids Out and About Toronto

101 Ideas for Holiday Family Fun in Toronto - 2024

KidsOutAndAbout is the GTA's online guide to everything for kids, teens, and families!  The activities we've listed here are confirmed for this year, but many of the local options require reserving ahead of time, and please keep in mind that events could be canceled... so click through to make arrangements. Enjoy the holidays!

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Santa Sightings

Nov 13 - Dec 23, 2024 Meet Santa - The Distillery Winter Village
Nov 15 - Dec 24, 2024 Santa Photo Session - Dufferin Mall
Nov 16 - Dec 23, 2024 (select dates) Pictures with Santa - Canada's Wonderland Winterfest
Nov 15 - Dec 23, 2024*SOLD OUT Visit with Santa - CF Sherway Gardens
Nov 16, 2024 30th Nightime Santa Claus Parade - Brampton
Nov 16, 2024 Santa Claus Parade - Oakville
Nov 16, 2024 Santa Claus Parade - Town Of Newmarket
Nov 16, 2024 Santa's Parade of Lights - Oshawa
Nov 17, 2024 Country Heritage Holiday Market & Halton Buttertart Festival - Country Heritage Park
Nov 23, 2024 Santa Under the Stars Parade - Aurora
Nov 23, 2004 Cookies with Santa - King Heritage & Cultural Centre
Nov 24, 2024 Santa Claus Parade - City of Pickering
Nov 24, 2024 Original Santa Claus Parade - Toronto
Nov 29, 2024 Santa's Spectacle of Lights - Town of Ajax
Nov 29 - Dec 23, 2024 Visit Santa at Magical Christmas Forest - Kortright Centre for Conservation
Nov 29 - Dec 23, 2024 (select dates) Visit Santa - Brooks Farms
Nov 29 - 30, 2024 Family Holiday Photos with Santa - Bradley Museum
Nov 30 - Dec 22, 2024 Christmas at the Farm - Downey's Market
Nov 30, 2024 Markham Santa Parade - Main Street Markham
Dec 1, 2004 Santa Claus Parade - Downtown Burlington
Dec 6 - 23, 2024 Santa's Village - Holiday Fair in the Square
Dec 7, 2024 Winterdown Kids' Day - Waterdown Village
Dec 7, 2024 Annual Etobicoke Lakeshore Santa Claus Parade - Etobicoke
Dec 7, 2024 Whitby Santa Claus Parade - Town of Whitby 
Dec 7, 2024 Breakfast with Santa & The Mayor - Event Centre Lasalle
Dec 7-23, 2024 (select dates) Santa at the Village - Black Creek Pioneer Village
Dec 8, 2024 World's Biggest Christmas Party - Variety Village
Dec 6-21, 2024 (weekends) Photos with Santa - Winter Festival of Lights
Dec 6-21, 2024 (weekends) Santa Meet & Greet - Queen Victoria Place 
Dec 14-15 2024 Breakfast with Santa & Mrs. Claus - Royal Botanical Gardens

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Old Time Christmas

 
Nov 29, 2024 - Jan 31, 2025 Window Wonderland 2023 - The Junction
Nov 29 - Dec 23, 2024 Magical Christmas Forest - Kortright Centre for Conservation
Dec 7, 8, 14 & 15, 2024 A Storybook Christmas - Pickering Museum Village
Dec 5, 2024 - Jan 2025 Christmas at the Castle - Casa Loma 
Dec 7, 2024 A Main Street Christmas - Schomberg Village Association
Dec 7,14,21, 2024 Festive Nights - Black Creek Pioneer Village
Dec 8, 15, 2024 Chrsitmas in the Woods - Westfeild Heritage Village

 

Light Displays

Nov 1, 2024 - Jan 13, 2025 (select dates) Illumi Mississauga - Mississauga, Ontario
Nov 13, 2024 Tree Lighting Ceremony - The Distillery Winter Village
Nov 15, 2024 Light Up the Night - Town Square, Oakville
Nov 16, 2024 - Jan 4, 2025 (select dates) Christmas Light Show - Canada's Wonderland Winterfest
Nov 21, 2024 - Dec 30, 2024 Safari Lights - Safari Niagara
Nov 16, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 Winter Festival of Lights - Niagra Falls, Ontario
Nov 20 - Dec 12, 2024 Festival of Trees - The Family Lobby at BPAC 
Nov 15, 2024 - Dec 31, 2024(select dates) Winter Wonderland Spectacular - The Distillery District
Nov 15-16, 2024 Winter Nights, City Lights - City of Pickering
Nov 22, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 Holiday Lights Heritage Nights - LaSalle Civic Centre
Nov 29, 2024 Festival of Lights - Main Street Markham
Nov 22 - Dec 20, 2024 Winter at Angus Glen - Angus Glen
Nov 29, 2024 - Jan 8, 2025 Burlington Festival of Lights - Spencer Smith Park
Nov 23, 2024 Light Up the Square -  Mississagua Celebration Square
Nov 29, 2024 Winterdown Lights - Waterdown Memorial Hall
Nov 30, 2024 30th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting & Holiday Market - Westwood Park, Oakville
Dec 2024 - Jan 2025 Holiday Nights of Lights - Scarborough, ON
Dec 6 - 15, 2024 Mississauga Festival of Trees - Small Arms Inspection Building
Dec 7, 2024 Farmers' Parade of Lights - Main Street Schomberg

 

Living Nativities

Dec 7 -22, 2024 The Christmas Story - The Church of the Holy Trinity (online & on-demand)
Dec 24, 2024 Christmas Eve Live Nativity with Animals - Bethlehem on Yonge

 

Holiday Theatre

Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2024 The Nutcracker - Oakville Centre, AEG Liebherr Auditorium
Nov 30, 2024 State Ballet Theatre of Ukraine: The Nutcraker - BPAC
Dec 6 - 23, 2024 Holiday Performances Holiday Fair - Nathan Phillips Square
Dec 9 - 10, 2024 Holiday Sing ALong Cabaret - Scarborough Theatre Guild
Dec 1, 2024 The Nutcracker - Living Arts Centre
Dec 5, 2024 It's A Wonderful Life - Regent Theatre
Dec 3 - 22, 2024 A Christmas Carol - Campbell House Museum
Dec 20 -22, 2024 Winter Blooms: Circus at the Garden - Toronto Botanical Garden

 

Holiday Concerts

Nov 21, 2024 ABBA Revisited Christmas Concert - Regent Theatre 
Nov 30, 2024 Ontario Philharmonic Nutcracker - A Holiday Tradition -  Regents Theatre
Dec 1, 2024 Christmas with the Ennis Sisters - Regent Theatre
Dec 4, 2024 Christmas with the Clemons - Roy Thomson Hall
Dec 4, 2024 Sounds of the Season - Burlington Performing Arts Centre
Dec 5-8, 2004 Elf in Concert - TSO
Dec 6. 2024 Next Generation Leahly's Christmas - Regent Theatre
Dec 7, 2024 A Very Merry Motown Christmas 2024 - Regent Theatre
Dec 10 - 12, 2024  TSO Holiday Pops - Roy Thomson Hall
Dec 6 - 31, 2024 The Nutcracker - National Ballet of Canada
Dec 13, 2024 Tartan Terrors Christmas - Regent Theatre
Dec 14, 2024 The Barra MacNeils - An East Coast Christmas - Regent Theatre
Dec 13, 2024 An Andrean Christmas - Roy Thomson Hall
Dec 14, 2024 Gloria! Annual Christmas Concert - Massey Hall
Dec 14, 2024 Christmas with the Salvation Army with Jordan Smith - Roy Thomson Hall
Dec 15, 2024 Toronto's Christmas Chorus: Songs of the Season - Roy Thomson Hall
Dec 18, 2024 ELVIS - A Christmas Special with Pete Paquette - Regent Theatre
Nov 16 - Dec 31, 2024 (select dates) Holiday Music & Live Shows - Canada's Wonderland Winterfest
Dec 20, 2024 Lighthouse Rockin' the Holday Spirit with Op Strings - Regent Theatre
Dec 21, 2024 Palvo & Jogn McDermott - A Family Christmas - Regent Theatre

 

Christmas Tree Experience

Open Nov 16, 2024 Pick Your Own Tree - Hockley Valley Farm
Open Nov 29, 2024 Pick Your Own Tree - Clembrook Christmas Tree Farm
Open Nov - Dec 2024 Pick Your Own Tree - Horton's Home Farm
Dec 2024 - select dates Pick Your Own Tree - Albion Orchards 

 

Ice Skating

Nov 16, 2024 - Jan 4, 2025 Snow Flake Lake Ice Skating - Canada's Wonderland Winterfest
Now - Dec 2024 (select dates) Public Skating - Ajax Community Centre
Nov, 2024 - March 2025 Public Skate - Alexandra Park 
Nov 2024, - March 2025 Public Skate - Christie Pits Park 
Dec 2024 - March 2025 Outdoor Skating Rink - Evergreen Brick Works 

 

Hanukkah

Dec 25, 2024 Public Menorah Lighting - Mel Lastman Square
Dec 29, 2024 Hanukkah Wonderland - Jewish Russian Community Center of Ontario
Dec 29, 2024 Menorah Lighting Ceremony - Aurora Town Hall

 

Shopping & Craft Fairs

Nov 7, 2024 Holiday Market - Dufferin Mall
Nov 9, 2024 Annual Christmas Market - Columbus Community United Church
Nov 15, 2024 Bright & Merrry Market - City of Oshawa
Nov 16, 2024 Annual Winter Market - Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre
Nov 16, 17, 2024 Holiday Marketplace - Toronto Zoo
Nov 17, 2024 Country Heritage Holiday Market & Halton Buttertart Festival - Country Heritage Park
Nov 22, 2024 - Jan 5, 2025 Holiday Night Market Sundays - Town of LaSalle
Nov 22, Dec 13, 2024 Holiday Market - Toronto Botanical Garden
Nov 23 - Dec 15, 2024 (select dates) 9th Annual Holiday Market - Oshawa Centre
Nov 29, 2024 Winterdown Lights and Market - Waterdown Village
Nov 24 - 26, Dec 15- 17, 2024 Toronto Botanical Garden Holiday Market - Toronto Botanical Garden
Nov 23, 2024 Christmas Fun Fair & Market - Cornerstone Market
Nov 24,27, Dec 19, 2024 Christmas Craft Workshops - The Village at Black Creek

 

New Year's Eve

Dec 31, 2024 Ajax Family New Year’s Eve Party - Ajax Community Centre
Dec 31, 2024 Lasalle NYE Drive-In Fireworks - Vollmer Complex 
Dec 31, 2024 Family First Night - Aurora Family Leisure Complex
Dec 31, 2024 New Year's Eve 2024 - Celebration Square 

 

Miscellaneous

Nov 16, 2024 Santa Claus Parade Cookie Decorating Party - Berry Hill Bistro
Dec 7, 2024 A Holiday Open House - Toronto's First Post Office

 

 

 

 

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