Gary Backlund taps a bigleaf maple tree on his Ladysmith property to extract syrup. It has been a poor winter for Vancouver Island bigleaf maple syrup producers. It’s been a sour year for one of ...

It’s nearly spring in Ontario, which can mean only one thing: maple syrup season. If you’re craving something sweet—and a little different—Kawarthas Northumberland is the place to be. Just a 90-minute ...

In Maple Syrup: A Short History of Canada’s Sweetest Obsession, author Peter Kuitenbrouwer draws on this rich well of ...

The month of March holds a special significance for maple syrup lovers and producers alike, as it marks the start of the maple syrup harvesting season in many regions. But is this sweet delight ...

Maple syrup: the purest and sweetest of Canadian icons. With Canada producing over 80 per cent of the world’s maple syrup, it’s no secret that the star of our breakfast tables is a source of Canadian ...

From late November to early March, Ella Smoot can usually be found in one of two places: the forest or the sugar shack. Like all maple syrup producers, her winter is a rush of running sap—cold ...

Spring has finally sprung and it’s time for the sweetest of spring activities — the annual trip to the sugarbush for Ontario’s annual Maple Weekend. Not only is maple syrup the first crop of the ...

While it may not look like it just yet, spring is coming. With the warmer temperatures comes another yearly event — maple sugar season in New Brunswick. Sugar shacks around the province are busy ...

La Sucrerie de la Montagne, a sugar shack located approximately 70 kilometres west of Montreal, has reopened to the public after being shuttered for two years because of the pandemic. Owner Pierre ...