March break: Things to do in Montréal
A full slate of options are available to residents who’re keen on getting active and having fun with the kids during spring break, including indoor or outdoor sports and cultural activities. The following overview is a good place to start.
Get moving
Visit our parks
On foot, snowshoes, skates, a sled, cross-country skis or a fatbike, parks are the perfect antidote. Shake a leg, and go play outside during the vacation.
You are guaranteed to feel you’re on a trip if you go to one of the nature parks, where innovative programming awaits, for young and old. Try adapted cross-country skiing, “snowga,” and a maple syrup scavenger hunt with a visit to the sugar shack in the Parc-nature du Cap-Saint-Jacques. Enjoy interactive games about animals at the Parc-nature Bois-de-Liesse. Visit the Parc-nature de l’Île-de-la-Visitation to learn more about life in a sugar bush. Some parks even offer a maple taffy pull (la tire) for your sweet tooth.
Our partner, GUEPE, runs a day camp and a drop-in childcare centre at Parc-nature du Bois-de-Liesse.
Admission is free to the outdoor gardens at the Jardin Botanique: take a walk, go birdwatching or cross-country skiing. No charge for Montréal’s other major parks, Angrignon, Frédéric-Back, Jarry, Jeanne-Mance, la Fontaine, Maisonneuve and Mount Royal.
Several ice rinks are refrigerated and several sledding hills have artificial snow so that the fun can last longer. Check site conditions before you go.
Would you like to borrow outdoor equipment? You can do so at several parks and even at four libraries. And it’s free for children, so why not try it?
Enjoy our indoor facilities
Arenas and swimming pools open their doors for skating and freestyle swimming. Ideal when bad weather strikes.
Whether your kids are beginners or pros, TAZis the place to be for family fun on inline skates, skateboards, scooters and BMX.
A snowman contest
Has a heavy snowfall just blanketed the city? Your family can enter the snowman contest. Then, invite your friends to vote: $900 will be awarded in prizes to entrants who win the public vote. Guaranteed fun!
Murals and other art for you to discover
Do you want to play tourist in your own city without spending a cent, and for the smallest ecological footprint possible? Go discover the murals and other artwork that beautify many Montréal neighbourhoods.
Escape the humdrum close to home
Playtime in the libraries
Come play, with Montréal joue. Entertainment, board games, video games and role-playing — take advantage of many free activities, both online and on-site. You can even take games home — they are free to borrow.
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