Next: about 1 Mar to 14 Apr 2027
Sugaring Off
The maple sap run in March and April: sugar shacks, taffy on snow and a long table of maple-glazed food.
When is Sugaring Off in 2027?
Sugaring Off 2027 runs from 1 March to 14 April 2027. The date follows the moon or a local calendar, so it can move by a day. Other years: 2026, 1 March to 14 April 2026; 2028, 1 March to 14 April 2028.
About Sugaring Off
The sugaring season in Quebec, Ontario, Vermont and neighbouring regions begins in March, when nights are cold and days warm enough for the sap of the sugar maples to flow. Indigenous peoples of the northeast were the first to collect it, boil it down and make maple sugar, and shared the knowledge with settlers. The sap is collected, today often through tubing, and boiled in an evaporator in a sugar shack, a cabane à sucre, where about forty litres make one litre of syrup. Families and friends visit the shacks for a feast of pea soup, baked beans, ham, eggs, sausages, pancakes, oreilles de crisse, fried pork rinds, and maple syrup on everything. The high point is tire d'érable, hot syrup poured on to fresh snow and wound onto a stick as taffy.
Sugaring Off dates: 2026, 2027, 2028
| Year | Sugaring Off date |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 March to 14 April 2026 |
| 2027 | 1 March to 14 April 2027 |
| 2028 | 1 March to 14 April 2028 |
This date follows the moon or a local calendar and can move by a day, so check with a local source nearer the time.
What is eaten
- maple syrup
- maple taffy
- baked beans
- pea soup
- pancakes
Also part of it, and being written: Maple syrup (The product of the season.), Sugar shack (The place of boiling.), Maple taffy (The tire sur la neige.).
Written by the EveryParampara desk with AI assistance. Background: "Maple syrup" on Wikipedia. Customs differ from place to place and family to family. If this is your tradition and we have it wrong, tell us.