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Hope the last stretch of summer is treating you kindly, even with the mornings turning cool on us all of a sudden. And if you have quietly started counting down to the first day back, you are in very good company here. 😉

A gymnastics club with a full adaptive stream is opening its doors so kids can wander the gym at their own pace, there is a whole week of making clay cats at a North York art studio, and shelter building at Bruce's Mill on Sunday. Plus a few getaway ideas at the bottom, including axolotls at a butterfly conservatory.

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Newly found or rare events

📍 Newmarket 1206 Ringwell Drive, Unit 2 · THU Sep 3 · 5 to 8 PM · 💰 Free

Walk the gym, meet the coaches, no class to join in on, so kids can look around at their own pace. Pulsars runs a full adaptive stream: Gymabilities gives each athlete 1:1 coach support, with separate streams for younger kids and for adaptive athletes working alongside peers. Also on that evening at their Uxbridge location. → Details

📍 North York 4Cats Avenue Road, 1907 Avenue Rd · MON Aug 31 to SUN Sep 6 · up to 1 hour · 💰 $15 each, and the adult books and pays too

Make a cat out of oven-bake clay, either one Pretty Kitty or up to two Chill Kitties. Small demo, printed instructions at your table, instructors nearby if you want them. Ages 5 and up, and an adult does the project alongside anyone under 12. Seating is limited so book ahead, and pick your studio at checkout. → Reserve

📍 Stouffville The Nature Centre at Bruce's Mill, 3291 Stouffville Rd · SUN Aug 30 · 9:30 AM · 💰 $14.38 per child

An outdoor session on shelter building and fire safety, run in a small group by TRCA staff. → Details

Sat Aug 29 and Sun Aug 30

📍 Vaughan Bathurst Clark Resource Library · FRI Aug 28 to SUN Aug 30 · 💰 Free

A walk-through exhibit on potential and kinetic energy, free to visit any time the branch is open. The wind-up race car workshop for grades 3 to 6 is a separate $10 booking. → Details

📍 Mount Albert 122 Ashworth Rd · daily 9 AM to 5 PM, last entry 4 PM · 💰 $18.49 weekends, $16.49 weekdays, ages 2 to 92

Ten acres of barnyard play and farm animals. The farm market is open 9 AM to 6 PM, and there is an open mic on the SUN Aug 30 from 2 to 5 PM if the weather holds. Their Fall Festival opens Sep 12 if you would rather wait for the pumpkins. → Details

📍 Stouffville 3291 Stouffville Rd · daily through SUN Sep 6 · 💰 $35

Raised wooden walkways strung between the trees. The daytime route and the after-dark Aglow version are both running. → Details

📍 Toronto Harbourfront Centre, 235 Queens Quay W · through MON Sep 7 · 💰 Adults $15, everyone 17 and under free

The Canada Strong Pass free window for under 18s closes Sep 7, so this is the stretch to go. A support person accompanying a visitor with a disability gets in free. → Details

📍 Stouffville Memorial Park Multi-Use Trail · THU Sep 3 · sessions 6 to 6:45 PM and 7 to 7:45 PM, grades 7 to 12 at 8 PM · 💰 Free, skates included

No registration, just turn up. Wheelchairs, strollers and manual scooters are welcome on the trail, and helmets are encouraged but not required. Note: there is a live DJ. → Details

📍 Markham Aaniin Community Centre, 5665 14th Ave · SAT Sep 12 · 10 AM to 6:30 PM · 💰 Free entry, rides $10 in advance or $15 at the gate

Free sensory tables, STEM activities and a Toddler Town. Entry costs nothing, so you can look around first and decide about rides after. → Details

Close to home or worth the drive.

📍 Peterborough 1300 Water St N · Open daily · 💰 Free

Canada's only free CAZA-accredited zoo. The miniature train runs daily 10 AM to 6 PM through Labour Day weekend. → Plan a visit

📍 Cambridge 2500 Kossuth Rd · Last admission 4 PM, closes 5 PM · 💰 $$

Two axolotls live here in their own exhibit, inside a climate-controlled greenhouse of free-flying butterflies, tropical birds and turtles. All indoors. Timed tickets, and they do sell out. Most visits run 1 to 2 hours. → Plan a visit

📍 Coldwater 7001 Upper Big Chute Rd · 💰 Free

The only inclined-plane boat lift left in North America. It carries whole boats 18 metres overland and you can watch the whole thing from the picnic grounds. Check ahead, the lock keeps short hours in the fall. → Plan a visit

These run every week across York Region and Toronto, see the full list on our sensory hours page.

🦁 Toronto Zoo Sensory-Friendly Early Admission: SAT + SUN early entry at 9 AM, before the 9:30 general open. Sensory bags at the Accessibility Hub.

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