Fun activities for tweens
As your kids get older, they’ll need new activities and adventures to keep them entertained. Here are some fun ideas for your tweens as they transition towards the teenage years.
Ice skating
Fun for the whole family, ice skating takes place in every city, town and village, on indoor rinks and frozen ponds.
Find the closest urban skating rink or make a day of it and head to a forested skate trail in the countryside.
One of Ottawa’s top family activities can be found at the world’s largest skating rink (weather dependent).
Location: 1 Elgin Street, Ottawa
Glide a 220-metre figure-eight loop under the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto.
Location: 250 Fort York Boulevard, Toronto
Muskoka Lakes Farm & Winery offers a 1.2-kilometre skating loop around five hectares of cranberry beds, with hot cran-apple cider for you to enjoy post-skate.
Location: 1074 Cranberry Road, Bala
Snow tubing
A thrilling way to travel down a steep snowy hillside is on an innertube.
Ontario’s snow tubing runs guarantee the ultimate day of fun for the whole family.
Find exciting snow tubing hills and quality accommodations so you can have winter fun throughout your entire stay.
Location: 1101 Horseshoe Valley Road West, Barrie
Experience the trills of snowtubing at one of Ontario favourite winter playgrounds.
Location: 150 Jozo Weider Boulevard, The Blue Mountains
Skiing and snowboarding
Skiing in Ontario is a quintessential part of celebrating the winter season in this province.
With ski and snowboard training camps, private lessons, adaptive programs, equipment rentals and more, Ontario’s downhill ski and snowboard parks make it easy to discover the thrill of the hill.
Find a resort or ski hill near you.
Museums and attractions
Have fun while learning something new at a museum or educational attraction.
Interactive, hands-on games and activities and family-focused programming make learning fun at Ontario’s kid-friendly museums and engaging science centres.
Enjoy three days of drop-in fun at the AGO, inspired by Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art, 1950s-Now. Activities include a family-friendly tour of the multi-media exhibition, live storytelling, dance performances and workshops.
Location: 317 Dundas Street West, Toronto
Showcasing iconic landmarks and landscapes through detailed, miniature animation. You’ll journey across this vast, beautiful and big country through a series of little stories.
Location: 10 Dundas Street East, Basement 2, Toronto
Discover fun activities to test your goalie skills, call play-by-play action and take pictures of the Stanley Cup and lots of great moments.
Location: 30 Yonge Street, Toronto
Enjoy enhanced programming and a much-anticipated return of a celebrated dino. Canada’s leading museum is preparing to host unforgettable experiences with free admission on Family Day.
Location: 100 Queens Park, Toronto
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