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Easter break in Quebec: the outings that make you forget the chocolate

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Easter break means four days off school right as Quebec comes out of winter: the snow is melting, the maples are running, zoos are reopening and farms are welcoming their first lambs. In 2027 the break runs from Good Friday, March 26 to Easter Monday, March 29 (Easter Sunday falls on March 28, 2027). This guide gathers the outings that make you forget the chocolate: sugar shacks, Easter petting farms, zoos, and indoor plan Bs if the weather sulks.

Tips: sugar shacks sell out weeks ahead for Easter weekend, so book by mid-March. Egg hunts and petting farms mostly run on Saturday and Sunday: check the listing for hours. And on Easter Monday many museums are open while schools are closed, making it the quietest day of the break.

🍁 Sugar shacks: peak season

The sugaring season is in full swing in late March. Traditional meal, maple taffy on snow, tractor rides and, at many sugar bushes, an egg hunt on Easter Sunday. Here are a few sure bets; the complete sugar shack guide lists more than a hundred, region by region.

Érablière Marc-A. Deschênes

With maple producer Simon as your guide, visit this authentic sugar shack located in the Chaudière-Appalaches region.

Cabane à sucre chez Aurélien Lessard

Located in Saint-Georges, in the heart of maple country, this sugar bush is a must for anyone looking to enjoy a hearty meal, eat taffy on snow, or take a traditional horse-drawn sleigh ride.

Cabane à sucre Chez Dany

Maple bush where the sugaring off festivities take place year round!

La Cabane chez Arthur

Located just off highway 108, this sugar bush is easy to get to.

La P’tite cabane d’la côte

Travel back in time! This sugar shack serves up a refined sugar-themed meal and boasts a distinctive performance hall featuring artists who specialize in Québec folk music.

Cabane à sucre Paquette

Traditional, family-style sugar shack.

Érablière Réal Bruneau

An enchanting setting, warm atmosphere, friendly staff... in short, a typically Québec ambiance.

Cabane à sucre Bouvrette

During the sugaring-off season, you can savour a traditional sugar bush meal in a warm and friendly ambiance.

Le Domaine de l’Ange-Gardien

A traditional sugar shack just a few minutes from the city.

Les Sucres chez Mickey

Enjoy all-you-can eat traditional cooking that's more delicious than you can even imagine!

Cabane à sucre Côte-à-Joly

Nestled in the picturesque hills of the beautiful Lanaudière village of Saint-Jean-de-Matha, the Cabane à sucre Côte-à-Joly offers a culinary experience with different menus depending on the season.

Cabane à sucre Osias

At this traditional sugar shack, you can sample maple in all its forms, including maple sap and taffy served on snow.

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🐣 Zoos, petting farms and baby animals

Easter is birthing season: lambs, kids, chicks and bunnies. Several zoos reopen just in time for the break with special programming (Granby Zoo hosts the largest Easter petting farm in Quebec), and livestock farms open their pens to families.

MontrealQuebecLavalAbitibi-TémiscamingueBas-Saint-LaurentCentre-du-QuébecCharlevoixChaudière-AppalachesCôte-NordEastern TownshipsGaspésieLanaudièreLaurentidesMauricieMontérégieOutaouaisSaguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

Montreal

2 places

Montréal Space for Life – Biodôme

Summer and winter alike, it is a place to discover!

Ecomuseum Zoo

Discover the only outdoor zoo on Montréal Island and see what Québec’s fauna has to offer in a unique natural setting!

Quebec

2 places

Aquarium du Québec

Dive into the world of the Aquarium for an accessible activity where the whole family will discover polar bears, seals, jellyfish and thousands of other marine animals.

Éducazoo Qc

This exotic animal sanctuary provides guided tours, with a booking.

Laval

1 place

Agneaux de Laval

Agneaux de Laval Farm that breeds lambs is an eco-friendly business located in Ste. Dorothée.

Abitibi-Témiscamingue

2 places

La Ferme Chalpagas

La Ferme Chalpagas is an agrotourism farm where you can meet wonderful alpacas!

Refuge Pageau

The story that will unfold as you follow the wooden trail began more than 30 years ago.

Bas-Saint-Laurent

1 place

Ferme fibres et compagnie (Alpagas d’Aldo)

Visit this farm for a special opportunity to get close to the alpacas.

Centre-du-Québec

9 places

Les Deux L

This family-run agritourism farm focused on the animals' well-being is oriented around food autonomy and offers a variety of products: lamb, Highland beef, grain-fed veal, turkey, chicken, pork, eggs, quail eggs, eco-friendly vegetables.

Ferme bel alpaga / Ferme bon-autruche

Take an interactive tour of a one-of-a-kind farm featuring the alpaca and the ostrich!

Verger canard goûteux

Small local business raising 1,800 mulard ducks on pasture, as well as rabbits.

Le Paysan Gourmand

Fresh and flavorful products, grass-fed beef, heritage pork, pesticide-free vegetables, direct sales at the farm.

Ferme Thébaïde

In a peaceful, natural setting, this farm is home to alpacas, goats, peacocks, chickens and donkeys, offering an authentic up-close-and-personal animal experience.

Ferme du Bassin

A wide range of educational activities.

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Charlevoix

2 places

Charlevoix Alpacas

High genetic quality breeding farm where you can tour the facilities and observe artisans making products from this exceptional fibre on site.

La ferme Basque de Charlevoix

Small-scale producer of ducks used for foie gras and other meat products.

Chaudière-Appalaches

4 places

Refuge animalier du Domaine Wolfestown

Since its inception, the Wolfestown Estate has made it its mission to help injured, abused, or orphaned wild animals.

Miller Zoo

A zoo and wildlife rehabilitation centre.

AlpagaSelect

A one-of-a-kind experience!

Le Canard Goulu

Discover authentic and natural duck products in the country store!

Côte-Nord

1 place

Godbout Birds of prey Interpretation Centre

Working together with UQROP, Québec's coalition for the rehabilitation of birds of prey, the centre provides a safe haven for birds of prey that cannot be released back into the wild.

Eastern Townships

9 places

Asinerie les ânes en culotte

Come visit a donkey farm and learn about the production of donkey milk.

L’École du 3e rang

Just 20 minutes from Granby, L'école du 3e rang produces wines, apple and pear ciders, vermouth, fruit liqueur, Poire Williams and pear jellies.

Passion Alpagas

Passion Alpagas is an alpaca breeding farm.

Sutton Alpacas

It will only take one visit to be completely charmed by our alpacas and the breeding site.

Domaine des nobles alpagas inc.

Property devoted to raising and breeding alpacas.

Au Diable Vert « Station de montagne »

Lean, well-marbled, flavoursome beef.

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Gaspésie

2 places

Les Alpagas DeLéone

Les alpagas DeLéone is an alpaca farm founded in 2022.

Bioparc de la Gaspésie

Share close encounters with 40 indigenous animal species.

Lanaudière

10 places

Familizoo

Home to over 350 Canadian and exotic wildlife species.

Lanaudière mon amour

Alpacas, events and nature, everything to create unique memories in the heart of Lanaudière.

Rustik Alpaga

It's my pleasure to welcome you to the farm to admire our charming alpacas.

Domaine Nasenka

The Nasenka farm invites you its Scottish Highlands retreat.

Cochon cent façons

This family business, inspired by a sustainable vision of pork production, espouses the values of integrity and close collaboration.

Écurie aux Deux Tilleuls

This farm is an educational centre offering a therapeutic approach for people aged 6 to 99.

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Laurentides

1 place

Falcon Environmental (Tremblant)

Thanks to our dynamic falconer-guides, enjoy a unique opportunity to learn all about these spectacular birds and be stunned as they rush right past you and fly right above your head!

Mauricie

4 places

Ranch Dupont

Nature lovers, take a walk along the trails and discover over 200 animals from 40 different species.

Ranch des sabots et des ailes

Enjoy a cowboy experience as you round up the herd on horseback (for experienced riders) in a splendid valley setting.

Ferme Récréative Caza et Alpagas

Ferme Récréative Caza et Alpagas, a family-run business, raises alpacas and transforms their fiber into quality handcrafted products, such as yarns, knitwear and accessories.

Ferme Fraga

Montérégie

8 places

Alpagas du Domaine Poissant

With over 200 alpacas in Montérégie, Alpagas du Domaine Poissant is now the largest alpaca breeder in Quebec.

Ferme St-Ours

Ferme St-Ours offers a broad range of local products, such as: fresh organic eggs and fresh free run eggs, organic maple products, home-made pies, organic sunflower oil, as well as artisanal products!

La Rabouillère

Located 20 minutes away from Saint-Hyacinthe and Granby, the farm has been dedicated to agri-tourism since 1992.

La Fermette Urbaine

Just a few minutes from downtown Montreal, La Fermette Urbaine invites you to enjoy a unique experience in the heart of the animal kingdom.

L’Effet Bœuf

L'Effet Bœuf is an agrotourism farm, open to all, which specializes in beef production.

La Casa d’Alpagas

La Casa d'Alpagas is a unique place in the heart of nature, where well-being and connection with animals are the order of the day.

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Outaouais

1 place

Ferme L’Éco des champs

Located just minutes from Gatineau, L'Éco des Champs Farm is open year-round.

Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean

3 places

Zoo sauvage de Saint-Félicien

Experience the boreal wilderness like never before!

Ferme Gilbert et Fils

Automated farm set on the shores of lac Saint-Jean.

Zoo Falardeau

The refuge takes in injured or orphaned animals, rehabilitates them and returns them to the wild.

🌧️ If it rains, or still snows

Late March weather does what it wants. Indoor water parks, science centres and museums are sure bets, and Easter Monday is surprisingly quiet there.
For more ideas, see the indoor activities that save your day.

Le Site d’autrefois

Visit the Îles-de-la-Madeleine and travel back in time.

Musée Rodrigue

Discover the fascinating history of the Laurentians at Musée Rodrigue!

Battle of the Restigouche National Historic Site

This National Historic Site commemorates the last naval battle between France and England, a year after the Battle of the Plains of Abraham (1759), in Québec city.

Super Aqua Club

Just 30 minutes from Montréal, this all-inclusive aquatic destination offers 46 attractions, a sandy beach, a wave pool and more.
Jun. 15 – Dec. 31, 2026

The Montréal Aviation Museum

Temporarily closed for renovations from February 4th till mid-June 2026.
Jun. 15 – Dec. 31, 2026

Mackenzie King Estate

Located in the heart of Gatineau Park, this estate is a precious Canadian legacy.
Free

Centre de découvertes Zoom Nature Desjardins

This regional interpretation centre presents themed exhibitions and activities related to biodiversity and local flora and fauna (birds, mammals, wild plants, invertebrates, minerals and fossils).

Water park – Bromont montagne d’expériences

In summer, the Bromont Water Park is the perfect place for families.

Musée de la nature (Saint-Tite-des-Caps)

The only one of its kind in Québec, this museum is home to extraordinary exhibits of thousands of animal species.

Pointe-à-Callière – Montréal Archaeology and History Complex

Designated a National Historic Site, Pointe-à-Callière is a spectacular museum built atop an authentic archaeological site located at Montréal's birthplace.

Village Vacances Valcartier

The Village Vacances Valcartier outdoor water park features over 35 heated water slides, more than 100 water games, two themed rivers and a wave pool.

Fort Chambly National Historic Site

From its original wooden fort, built in 1665 by the Carignan-Salières Regiment,to the exit of British troops in the mid-19th century, every corner of the site echoes military life.

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