Sat 14 Feb – Mon 16 Feb
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1. Celebrate Milano Cortina 2026
Part of the weekend-long CBC Olympic House event
- 9.30am: Kids’ activity station opens
- Create your own Olympic medal craft
- Meet host Joojo, Gary the Unicorn & Chase from PAW Patrol
- 10am – 10.45am: CBC Kids stage shows
- 11.15am: Cirque de Soleil live on stage
Visitors are encouraged to wear red & white.
Location: CBC Toronto (250 Front St W)
Date: Sat Feb 14
Time: 9.30am – 2pm
Price: Free
Age: All
2. High Tea at the Castle
Edwardian afternoon tea
- A selection of teas, scones, pastries & tea sandwiches
- Guests will be permitted to tour the castle (til 5pm)
Limited parking is available onsite at a cost of $20 per vehicle.
Location: Casa Loma (1 Austin Terrace)
Date: Sat Feb 14 – Mon Feb 16
Time: 10am – 4pm
Price: $75
Age: All
3. Harbourfront Family Day Weekend
Free family-friendly activities
Sat – Mon 📍Miss Lou’s Room
- African musical storytelling with audience participation (ages 4-12):
- 12pm – 1pm: Adventure about courage, identity & finding your voice
- 2pm – 3pm: Learn how nature became both teacher & compass for enslaved Africans
Sat – Sun 📍Community Rink
- 1pm – 1.20pm & 3pm – 3.20pm: All-ages ice skating performances
- 3.30pm – 4pm: A public family skate with the cast – bring your skates
Sun
- 12pm – 4pm: Musical instrument-making with PowerKids 📍The Bays
- 12pm – 5pm: A hands-on drop-in human health experience 📍West Bays
- Families can check their blood pressure, learn about blood draws & explore the human body
- Interactive activities include VR headsets, robotic arms & microscopes
Mon 📍West Bays
- 12pm – 5pm: Learn about Black inventors & scientists in STEM
- Hands-on coding, communication & robotics using Ozobots (educational robots)
DJ Skate Night & drag skating performance is happening on Mon 4pm – 6pm.
Location: Harbourfront Centre (235 Queens Quay W)
Date: Sat Feb 14 – Mon Feb 16
Time: Sat (12pm – 4pm), Sun & Mon (12pm – 5pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
- Hands-on creative projects where you make:
- A collaborative Winter Wonderland sculpture
- Prints
- Shiny paper sculptures
- Family time capsules
- Enjoy:
- An interactive installation inspired by the light, colour & sound of oceans & the Northern Lights
- A quiet room to relax in
- Expanded kids’ menu at the Bistro:
- Mac ‘n’ cheese & hot dogs
- Each meal comes with cookie decorating
- Pizza, drinks & combos will be available at the Espresso Bar
Location: Art Gallery of Ontario (317 Dundas St W)
Date: Sat Feb 14 – Mon Feb 16
Time: 10.30am – 4pm
Price: $15 – $30 (kids ages 0-9 are free)
Age: All
5. Sweet City Fest
Family-friendly highlights
- Sun
- 12pm – 7pm: Sweet City Fest Market
- Tiny Tom Donuts’ new flavour: Raspberry Waffle
- CookUnity brings bites with a live tasting experience
- 12pm – 7pm: Sweet City Fest Market
- 12pm: Live caricature – custom drawings (from $15)
- 1pm – 1.40pm: Circle time for ages 0-5
- Music, movement & stories
- Mon
- 12pm: Outdoor games
- Beanbag toss, basketball arcade & giant chess
- 2pm – 4pm: Family rave
- Blend of house/ disco/ new wave
- 12pm: Outdoor games
Pre-registration required for circle time & family rave.
Location: Stackt Market (28 Bathurst St)
Date: Sat Feb 14 – Mon Feb 16
Time: 12pm – 8pm
Price: Free
Age: All
6. Queen’s Park Winter Festival
Hands-on activities & experiences
10am – 4pm:
- Crafts & activities – indoors
- Face painting – indoors
- Balloon twisting – indoors
- Curling rink – outdoors
- Inflatable carnival game – outdoors
- Ice carving demo – outdoors – Mon only
- Mini hockey arena – outdoors
11am – 11.30am & 12pm – 12.30pm:
- Storytime with Yolanda T. Marshall – indoors
1pm – 1.30pm & 2pm – 2.30pm:
- Children’s music performance – indoors
3.15pm – 3.45pm:
- Magic show – indoors
Keep an eye out for a roaming Jack Frost – a winter themed character.
Location: Ontario’s Legislative Building (Queen’s Park)
Date: Sat Feb 14 – Mon Feb 16
Time: 10am – 4pm (last entry at 3.30pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
7. Family Day at The Well
Kid-friendly activities
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- Sun & Mon
- 10am – 11am: A complimentary family-friendly workshop series 📍Upper Ground
- Certified instructors lead hands-on sessions focused on skating safety for ages 4+
- 10am – 11am: A complimentary family-friendly workshop series 📍Upper Ground
- Sun
- 12.30pm – 1.30pm: Lion Dance & Kung Fu Performance 📍Lower Ground
- 12.30pm – 1.30pm: Lion Dance & Kung Fu Performance 📍Lower Ground
- Mon
- 9am – 11.30am: Face painting📍Lower Ground
- 10am – 5pm: Skate with complimentary skate rentals📍Upper Ground
- Helmets are mandatory for kids ages 12 & under
- 11.30am – 12.40pm: Wiggles with Karla
- Music, movement, storytelling & games (ages 0-6) 📍Lower Ground
Free skate aids available to borrow; first-come, first-served.
Location: The Well (486 Front St W)
Date: Sun Feb 15 – Mon Feb 16
Time: Sun (9am – 3pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
8. Kids Free on Family Day
Kid-friendly activities
- The first 100 families will receive a free package of HARIBO candies
- All guests will receive a free sample of HARIBO Goldbears
- All‑day play in the interactive zones
- 11am – 1pm: Meet the mascot Slapshot
- Take a family photo with the Stanley Cup
- Learn about winter wetlands through interactive displays & games
- Each youth will receive a free Upper Deck collectable card of recent releases
- Watch the latest 17min feature film “Little Big Shot”
Up to a max of 4 youth (13yrs & under) will be admitted free with the purchase of 1 adult admission. Children 3 and under are always admitted free.
Location: Hockey Hall of Fame (30 Yonge St)
Date: Mon Feb 16
Time: 10am – 5pm
Price: $25 (adult), children 3 & under are free
Age: All
9. An Invitation to Play
CF x Canadian Olympic Committee
- Immersive ski simulator 📍MAC Court
- Hockey zone📍Trinity Court
- Indoor curling📍Victoria’s Secret Hallway
- Olympic Games Viewing Area📍Queen’s Cross Food Hall
Location: CF Toronto Eaton Centre (220 Yonge St)
Date: Thu Feb 5 – Sun 22
Time: Mall hours; Sat (10am – 9pm), Sun (11am – 7pm)
Price: Free
Age: All
10. Family Day at the Aquarium
Family-friendly activations
- Sensory Station
- Game Station
- Craft Station
- Temporary Tattoo Station
- Book Giveaway Station
On Sun & Mon: receive 1 free Adult/Senior ticket when you purchase 1 Youth/Child ticket (ages 13 and under).
Location: Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada (288 Bremner Blvd)
Date: Sun Feb 15 – Mon Feb 16
Time: 9am – 4pm
Price: Adult ($46), kids below 3yrs are free
Age: All




