TRCA Events Calendar
Come out and explore Toronto and the GTA by joining an event! Find everything on our events calendar, from guided hikes, festivals and seasonal events, to wild flower planting, workshops and public consultations. See listings for today, this weekend, and each month.
Community Planting
@ Bolton Camp
Oct 19 @ 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
9:00 am
Help celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Humber River as a Canadian Heritage River with a community planting. Come and learn about the future discovery garden designed by TRCA’s Girls Can Too program and Nikibii...
Fall Tree and Shrub Planting at Claireville Conservation Area
@ Claireville Conservation Area
Oct 19 @ 9:30 am – 1:30 pm
9:30 am
Fall has arrived. Bring your family and friends to Claireville Conservation Area and help us plant some native trees and shrubs. This family friendly event will also feature a litter cleanup. Students can receive volunteer...
Community Planting
@ Revera Forest Hill Place
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Help increase Toronto’s tree cover, fight climate change, and create greenspace for seniors in your community. Join Toronto and Region Conservation Authority as a part of the Every Tree Counts program to plant native trees...
Fall Colours Celebration
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
10:00 am
WITNESS THE BEAUTY OF KORTRIGHT IN AUTUMN! Take a self-guided walk in our majestic mixed hardwood forests to see the fall colours at their best. Join the Kortright education team at the campfire to learn...
Fall Colours Walk at Oak Ridges Corridor
@ Oak Ridges Corridor, Old Colony Road trailhead
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
10:00 am
Take a refreshing nature walk and enjoy the fall colours! Join us on this guided walk through the Oak Ridges Corridor Conservation Reserve (ORCCR). Hike Distance: 4 km Difficulty: Easy to Moderate (short steep section)...
Greening TO Grounds with Girls Can Too
@ Revera Forest Hill Place
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Girls Can Too is a successful training program that provides hands-on learning experiences in the environmental and skilled trades sectors to young women in grades 9 to 12. Through the Greening TO Grounds program, Girls...
Wildlife Walk
@ Tommy Thompson Park Nature Centre
Oct 19 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Join us to discover what Tommy Thompson Park’s wildlife is up to through the seasons! Meet at the Tommy Thompson Park Nature Centre. Please register online, pay-what-you-can. Register Online
Howling Hootenanny
@ Black Creek Pioneer Village
Oct 19 @ 11:00 am – 4:30 pm
11:00 am
Get ready for some spook-tacular fun at Black Creek Pioneer Village! October 19-20 & 26-27 Trick-or-Treat the Historic Village Brave the Haunted Maze Test your skills at Pumpkin Bowling and Apple Sling Shot Have your...
Fall Colours Walk at Kettle Lake Park
@ Kettle Lake Park
Oct 19 @ 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
1:00 pm
Take a refreshing nature walk and enjoy the fall colours! Learn about wetland plants and animals, and why these ecosystems are an important part of our neighbourhoods. Hike Distance: 4 km Difficulty: Easy Trail Surface...
Kreepy Kortright
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 19 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm
Celebrate the Halloween spirit with spooky and scary activities at Kortright! Discover a haunted house, take a frightening forest walk, and enjoy Halloween activities, including a bonfire, scary stories and an encounter with live owls....
Bird Walk
@ Tommy Thompson Park
Oct 20 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
8:00 am
Join us and discover Toronto’s Important Bird Area! Tommy Thompson Park is an amazing spot for bird watching: 326 species of birds have been recorded here, including more than 55 breeding species. The park is an...
Fall Colours Celebration
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 20 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
10:00 am
WITNESS THE BEAUTY OF KORTRIGHT IN AUTUMN! Take a self-guided walk in our majestic mixed hardwood forests to see the fall colours at their best. Join the Kortright education team at the campfire to learn...
FREE EVENT! Family Adventure Walk in the Forest
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 20 @ 12:00 pm – 3:00 pm
12:00 pm
The York Region Nature Collaborative presents the 6th Annual FAMILY ADVENTURE NATURE WALK IN THE FOREST Sunday October 20, 2019 | 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. Enjoy an engaging, nature-filled day that embraces outdoor learning. Families...
In class: Advanced LID Design: Bioretention Facilities Workshop – Cambridge, ON
@ Grand River CA Head Office - Auditorium
Oct 21 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
8:30 am
Registration 8:30 – 9:00 am. Green infrastructure, including low impact development (LID) practices, is becoming an increasingly common approach to stormwater management control. Bioretention is one type of LID measure that is designed to treat...
The Meadoway Public Information Centre #3
@ Latvian Canadian Cultural Centre
Oct 23 @ 6:00 pm – 9:00 pm
6:00 pm
Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (TRCA) is hosting the third and final Public Information Centre (PIC) for The Meadoway Class EA. Please join us to learn more about the project and provide your feedback. Location:...
Kreepy Kortright
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 25 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm
Celebrate the Halloween spirit with spooky and scary activities at Kortright! Discover a haunted house, take a frightening forest walk, and enjoy Halloween activities, including a bonfire, scary stories and an encounter with live owls....
Legends of Lake St. George
@ Lake St. George Field Centre
Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
7:00 pm
Enjoy an eerie evening at Lake St. George! Learn about the site’s historical past during an interactive presentation, and then follow us outdoors for a storytelling of the “strange happenings” over the years. We will...
Halloween Goat Yoga at the Village
@ Black Creek Pioneer Village
Oct 26 all-day
12:00 am
Come out and hang with the “kids” this Halloween! It’s part yoga, part animal therapy and a whole lot of fun. To celebrate the spooky spirit of Halloween, the goats will be sporting their very...
Conservation Youth Corps: Claireville Conservation Area
@ Claireville Conservation Area
Oct 26 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Get outdoors and earn high school volunteer hours! Learn how to safely use equipment and participate in environmental conservation. Eligibility: At least 14 years of age; Currently enrolled in High School; Able to commit to...
Fall Colours Celebration
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 26 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
10:00 am
WITNESS THE BEAUTY OF KORTRIGHT IN AUTUMN! Take a self-guided walk in our majestic mixed hardwood forests to see the fall colours at their best. Join the Kortright education team at the campfire to learn...
Howling Hootenanny
@ Black Creek Pioneer Village
Oct 26 @ 11:00 am – 4:30 pm
11:00 am
Get ready for some spook-tacular fun at Black Creek Pioneer Village! October 19-20 & 26-27 Trick-or-Treat the Historic Village Brave the Haunted Maze Test your skills at Pumpkin Bowling and Apple Sling Shot Have your...
Kreepy Kortright
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 26 @ 6:30 pm – 8:30 pm
6:30 pm
Celebrate the Halloween spirit with spooky and scary activities at Kortright! Discover a haunted house, take a frightening forest walk, and enjoy Halloween activities, including a bonfire, scary stories and an encounter with live owls....
Waitlist: Park in the Dark
@ Albion Hills Conservation Park
Oct 26 @ 7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
7:30 pm
Registration for this event is now full. If you wish to be added to the waitlist, please contact Chris Bialek. Carve your very own pumpkin and create a jack o’ lantern to light up the...
Bird Walk
@ Tommy Thompson Park
Oct 27 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
8:00 am
Join us and discover Toronto’s Important Bird Area! Tommy Thompson Park is an amazing spot for bird watching: 326 species of birds have been recorded here, including more than 55 breeding species. The park is an...
Community Tree Planting
@ Retirement Suites by the Lake
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Help increase Toronto’s tree cover, fight climate change, and create greenspace for seniors in your community. Join Toronto and Region Conservation Authority as a part of the Every Tree Counts program to plant native trees...
Fall Colours Celebration
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 3:30 pm
10:00 am
WITNESS THE BEAUTY OF KORTRIGHT IN AUTUMN! Take a self-guided walk in our majestic mixed hardwood forests to see the fall colours at their best. Join the Kortright education team at the campfire to learn...
Greening TO Grounds with Girls Can Too
@ Retirement Suites by the Lake
Oct 27 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Girls Can Too is a successful training program that provides hands-on learning experiences in the environmental and skilled trades sectors to young women in grades 9 to 12. Through the Greening TO Grounds program, Girls...
Howling Hootenanny
@ Black Creek Pioneer Village
Oct 27 @ 11:00 am – 4:30 pm
11:00 am
Get ready for some spook-tacular fun at Black Creek Pioneer Village! October 19-20 & 26-27 Trick-or-Treat the Historic Village Brave the Haunted Maze Test your skills at Pumpkin Bowling and Apple Sling Shot Have your...
ICE Training – Health and Wellness Sector
@ Albion Hills Field Centre
Nov 1 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
9:00 am
Bring your Health and Wellness S.H.S.M. students to Albion Hills Field Centre for a one day Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship (I.C.E.) Training certification. The certification will be led by Albion’s O.C.T.-certified teaching team working with...
Park in the Dark – Hike
@ Small Arms Society
Nov 1 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
7:30 pm
Join us for an evening guided walk where we’ll learn about nocturnal wildlife! Experience the sights and sounds of the park in the dark! Recommend for families with children over the age of 6. Children...
In class: Introduction to Low Impact Development (LID) – Kingston, ON
@ INVISTA Centre - Rooms A&B
Nov 5 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
8:30 am
Registration Deadline: October 28, 2019 This training event was produced through the Climate Change Adaptation Platform, with support from Natural Resources Canada and in partnership with the Cataraqui Region Conservation Authority (CRCA) and the City of...
A Stroll In Nature
@ Brampton, Malton and Caledon
Nov 6 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
10:00 am
Experience autumn’s beauty and spend time outdoors together with your little one. We will walk along an easy trail, play games and learn about nature. This event will run rain or shine. Please dress for...
Park in the Dark – Hike
@ Claireville Conservation Area
Nov 8 @ 7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
7:30 pm
Join us for an evening guided walk where we’ll learn about nocturnal wildlife! Experience the sights and sounds of the park in the dark! Recommend for families with children over the age of 6. Children...
Tree Bark and Buds at Oak Ridges Corridor
@ Oak Ridges Corridor, Bethesda trailhead parking lot
Nov 9 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
10:00 am
Learn to identify trees without their leaves! We’ll share our tips for using tree bark and buds. Enjoy this guided walk through the Oak Ridges Corridor Conservation Reserve (ORCCR). Hike Distance: 4 km Difficulty: Moderate...
Bird Walk
@ Tommy Thompson Park
Nov 10 @ 8:00 am – 10:00 am
8:00 am
Join us and discover Toronto’s Important Bird Area! Tommy Thompson Park is an amazing spot for bird watching: 326 species of birds have been recorded here, including more than 55 breeding species. The park is an...
In class: Underground Infiltration Practices: Understanding Exfiltration – Cambridge, ON
@ Grand River CA Head Office - Auditorium
Nov 12 @ 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
8:30 am
Registration 8:30 – 9:00 am. Water quality improvements for most infiltration practices come largely from the runoff reduction. So understanding and optimizing the exfiltration capacity is key to designing and modeling a highly performing installation. We...
Workshop: Birds of Prey
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Nov 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm
7:00 pm
Join Wild Ontario’s naturalists for an evening all about birds of prey! In the first part of this program we’ll cover the basics of biology, natural history and identification. Then meet some of Wild Ontario’s...
In class: Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control Training and Exam – Langley, BC
@ Langley Events Centre - Meeting Room B, 4th floor
Nov 13 – Nov 14 all-day
12:00 am
Registration – Day One – 8:00 am | Course begins daily at 8:30 am | The CISEC program, including CAN-CISEC is the leading certification program for erosion and sediment control inspectors in Canada and the U.S. ...
In class: Certified Inspector of Sediment and Erosion Control Training and Exam – London, ON
@ Watershed Conservation Centre
Nov 13 all-day
12:00 am
November 13, 2019 – November 14, 2019 Registration – Day One – 8:00 am | Course begins daily at 8:30 am | The CISEC program, including CAN-CISEC is the leading certification program for erosion and sediment...
In class: Lessons Learned from Stream Restoration in Other Jurisdictions – Brampton, ON
@ Pearson Convention Center
Nov 13 @ 8:00 am – 4:00 pm
8:00 am
Many countries are actively involved in stream restoration, generally to offset for impacts to the aquatic environment as a result of development activity. Much has been accomplished to advance the state of practice within individual...
A Stroll In Nature
@ Brampton, Malton and Caledon
Nov 13 @ 10:00 am – 11:30 am
10:00 am
Experience autumn’s beauty and spend time outdoors together with your little one. We will walk along an easy trail, play games and learn about nature. This event will run rain or shine. Please dress for...
Home School Workshop: Tin Piercing and Tour of Trades Workshop
@ Black Creek Pioneer Village
Nov 13 @ 10:30 am – 12:00 pm
10:30 am
Discover 19th century trades in this fully participatory experience! Work with our tinsmith and create your very own decorative tin item. Embark on a guided journey through the Village, exploring our various trades shops. For...
PA Day Nature Camp
@ Tommy Thompson Park
Nov 15 @ 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
9:00 am
Friday November 15, 2019 Your child will love exploring the urban wilderness of Tommy Thompson Park this fall! PA Nature Day Camp offers a chance to spend PA days outdoors exploring the natural world of...
Astronomy Night
@ Kortright Centre for Conservation
Nov 15 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
7:00 pm
ENJOY AN EVENING WITH THE STARS! Explore the night sky through an engaging and informative presentation delivered by an astronomer. Delve into the history and mythology of the heavens, and learn how to identify the...
Altona Forest Hike: Tree Bark and Buds
@ Altona Forest Entrance and Parking
Nov 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Join Andy to learn how to identify trees and shrubs using form, silhouette, buds and bark. Meet at Altona Forest Parking on Altona Road across from Pine Grove Ave. Altona Forest Stewardship Committee Leader: Andy...
Deck the Trails with Seeds and Berries
@ Chinguacousy Park Ski Chalet
Nov 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Celebrate the holiday season by making a special gift for winter birds. Together we will make bird feeders and decorate the trees with these tasty treats! TRCA is committed to creating an accessible experience for...
Wildlife Walk
@ Tommy Thompson Park Nature Centre
Nov 16 @ 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
10:00 am
Join us to discover what Tommy Thompson Park’s wildlife is up to through the seasons! Meet at the Tommy Thompson Park Nature Centre. Please register online, pay-what-you-can. Register Online
Family Christmas Weekends
@ Black Creek Pioneer Village
Nov 16 @ 11:00 am – 4:30 pm
11:00 am
Discover the magic of an old-fashioned Christmas! Saturdays and Sundays | November 16 to December 23 Step into a Christmas wonderland as your senses come alive with the sights and sounds of a Victorian Christmas....
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