Ontario Maple Syrup

10/12/2026

Happy Thanksgiving from Ontario Maple Syrup Producers! 🍁

Whether you’re adding maple syrup to roasted vegetables, baking a family favourite or sharing it around the breakfast table, thank you for making Ontario maple part of your traditions.

This Thanksgiving, we’re grateful for the producers who bring local maple syrup to our tables and for everyone who supports them throughout the year.

Wishing you a wonderful weekend filled with good food, good company and a little maple sweetness 🧡

10/09/2026

Happy Ontario Agriculture Week! 🍁

From October 5–11, we’re celebrating the farmers, producers, and agricultural workers who bring Ontario food to our tables—including the maple syrup producers who make life a little sweeter!

Behind every bottle of Ontario maple syrup are dedicated people, hard work, and a proud tradition. Thank you to our maple producers and everyone who helps Ontario’s agriculture and food sector thrive.

Join the celebration by choosing local, sharing your favourite maple recipe, or giving a shout-out to an Ontario maple producer in the comments! 💛

10/08/2026

🍁 Thanksgiving side dish inspiration, incoming.

Brussels sprouts get a serious fall upgrade when they’re roasted with bacon and pure Ontario maple syrup.

Crispy edges. A little salty. A little sweet. And the kind of side dish that might just convert the person at the table who claims they “don’t like Brussels sprouts.” 😉

Add this one to your Thanksgiving menu.

Get the recipe: https://ontariomaple.com/maple-bacon-brussel-sprouts/

Maple? Check. Bacon? Check check. Delicious? Check, check, check! This flavourful fall side dish won't be turned down by even the most picky eater. Throw these in the oven when you're also cooking a beef roast or roasted chicken and you'll love the aroma that will fill the house. Ingr

10/06/2026

Add a little Ontario maple to your Thanksgiving plans! 🍁

Foodland Ontario’s fall sampling events continue this week with delicious ways to enjoy local maple syrup. Stop by a participating FreshCo to try caramelized apples or pears with maple syrup and ice cream, or visit a participating No Frills for apple and pear slices with vanilla yogurt and maple syrup.

Find a sampling station near you:

📍 FreshCo — October 8 & 9, from 2–6 p.m. both days
• Barrie: 409 Bayfield Street
• Brampton: 380 Bovaird Drive East
• Milton: 9060 Louis St Laurent Avenue
• Mississauga: 3100 Dixie Road
• Ottawa: 1595 Merivale Road
• Nepean: 2150 Robertson Road
• Scarborough: 1255 McCowan Road
• Vanier: 320 McArthur Avenue
• Whitby: 1801 Dundas Street East
• Windsor: 1550 Huron Church Road

📍 No Frills — October 9, from 2–6 p.m., and October 10, from noon–4 p.m.
• Brantford: 603 Colborne Street East
• London: 332 Wellington Road
• Peterborough: 230 George Street
• Waterloo: 24 Forwell Creek
• Whitby: 920 Dundas Street West

Come enjoy a taste of Ontario’s fall harvest and take home some inspiration for your Thanksgiving table! 🍁

10/02/2026

🍎 This is your reminder that maple syrup belongs at the dinner table, too.

Apple Maple Pork Tenderloin brings together some of our favourite fall flavours in one cozy slow-cooker meal — pork tenderloin, apples, root vegetables and a sweet-and-savoury maple Dijon sauce.

Put it on in the morning and let the slow cooker handle dinner.

Exactly the kind of meal we want when the days start getting shorter.

Get the recipe: https://ontariomaple.com/apple-maple-pork-tenderloin-slow-cooker/

If you don't know if it's fall yet, you will after making this delicious recipe using all of fall's best flavours - rich pork, crisp apple and sweet maple. This recipe is intended to be made in a slow cooker but you can always pop it in the oven as an alternative. Cook at 325 degrees

09/29/2026

🌡️Did you know sap doesn’t always follow the freeze-at-night, thaw-by-day rule?

That freeze-thaw pattern is famous for creating great sap-flow conditions — but nature doesn’t always stick to the script.

During Ontario’s 2026 maple season, some producers in Southwestern Ontario reported sap flowing for 4–7 days at a time, sometimes around the clock, despite stretches without an overnight frost.

Maple trees like to keep producers guessing. No two seasons are ever quite the same.

09/25/2026

🎃 Before you toss those pumpkin seeds… Give them the maple treatment!

Roasted pumpkin seeds with a maple glaze make an easy crunchy fall snack — and they’re a great excuse to use every last part of those pumpkins showing up at farm stands and markets this time of year.

Make a batch for snacking, sprinkle them over a fall salad, or just eat them straight from the pan. We won’t judge.

Get the recipe: https://ontariomaple.com/roasted-pumpkin-seeds-with-maple-glaze/

Fall is pumpkin harvest time! Whether you are baking up a pumpkin pie or loaf or carving for a spooky addition to your front step, don't throw away those seeds! Pumpkin seeds are packed with nutrition and they taste good too, especially when sweetened with Sweet Ontario maple syrup. Ingredient

09/23/2026

Did you know adding a second tap doesn’t mean getting twice the sap?

In fact, Ontario maple guidance notes that two taps may produce only about 35% more sap than one.

That’s one reason many modern maple operations use just one tap per tree, especially with vacuum tubing.

Sometimes, doing less is actually better for both the tree and the sugar bush 🌳

09/18/2026

🍁 Did you know the first sap of the season doesn’t always make it into a bottle?

After a long, cold winter, the first sap run can occasionally have an unusual flavour caused by natural activity inside the tree.

Because of this, some maple producers use that first run to rinse their collection systems rather than turn it into syrup.

Even Mother Nature needs a warm-up round 😉

09/16/2026

🍎 Apple picking season deserves an equally good dessert.

Take a classic fall apple crisp, add pure Ontario maple syrup, cinnamon, nutmeg and a buttery oat topping and… well, you know where this is going.

Warm from the oven with a scoop of vanilla ice cream? Even better.

Consider this your sign to bring home an extra bag of Ontario apples this week.

Get the recipe: https://ontariomaple.com/apple-crisp-with-a-maple-twist/

Nothing says fall more than a freshly baked apple crisp, topped with creamy ice cream. Add in a hint of maple syrup and you may just have the ultimate Canadian autumn dessert. Make this apple crisp on a day when you want to surprise your family or guests with the hint of unexpected maple flavour. In