Find Canada’s largest collection of original War of 1812 buildings and the site of an epic 1813 battle at historic Fort York (fortyork.ca), originally built in 1793.

Hop, skip or jump along the downtown waterfront’s curving WaveDecks. These wooden installations undulate along the pedestrian walkway next to downtown docks.

Meet giant pandas Er Shun and Da Mao at the Toronto Zoo (torontozoo.com). Learn about their lifestyle, habitat and conservation issues at the state-of-the-art Panda Interpretive Centre.

Be astonished by an electrifying music, dance and puppetry performance at Famous PeoPle Players Theatre (fpp.org), one of the city’s top dinner theatre experiences.

Ride all 16 of the spine-tingling roller coasters at Canada’s Wonderland (canadaswonderland.com), including Leviathan, the biggest and fastest in the country, reaching speeds of up to 148 km (92 miles) per hour.

Catch a Blue Jays or Argos home game, or just tour the Rogers Centre (rogerscentre.com). Fact: if you lined up all of the hot dogs sold at the stadium in one year, it would cover the distance of 3,241 stolen bases!

Try a hockey sim at the Hockey Hall of Fame (hhof.com), where you can get up close to the Stanley Cup, which Toronto has won 13 times—second only to the Montreal Canadiens.

Touch a tornado or have a hair-raising electrical experience at the ontario Science Centre (ontariosciencecentre.ca). Kids under age eight will love KidSpark, a hands-on zone just for them.

Child’s playExplore these top family-friendly draws.By Yuki Hayashi Illustration by Jaqui Oakley

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TIP TIPBrowse event listings, venues, restaurants

and attractions by smartphone. Download

the free See Toronto app for iPhone,

Android, BlackBerry and Windows phones.

Lie on your belly and peer through

the CN Tower’s glass floor.

From exciting sports,

cultural and scientific

attractions to out-of-this-

world treats and eats,

we’ve got a lot for families

to enjoy. Roll your dice…

or just pick what looks cool.

Remember: whoever has

the most fun, wins!

Make a trip to LegoLaNd discovery Centre. legolanddiscoverycentre.ca

Count the neon signs at Yonge-dundas Square.

Explore a fairy-tale castle.

Casa loma (casaloma.org), built between 1911 and 1914, once served as a private residence. It’s

now a 98-room museum with outdoor gardens.

Look for the secret underground passageway leading to the stables.

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Use the vantage provided by the Toronto Island Ferry to snap amazing photos of our skyline as you head out to walk, bike, swim or paddle the Toronto Islands.

Catch a great new film or documentary at TIFF Kids International Film Festival (tiff.net), April 8 to 20, 2014.

Visit the locally focused, sustainability-minded Evergreen Brick Works (ebw.evergreen.ca) for their Saturday Farmers’ Market or artisan/craft Sunday Marché.

Cheer your knight to victory at Medieval Times (medievaltimes.com). The all-new show features jousting, horsemanship, falconry and a four-course meal.

Scramble your way through eight aerial ropes courses and 10 ziplines at Brampton’s Treetop Trekking (treetoptrekking.com).

In summer, take a dip at Blue Flag-certified beaches. Local faves include Ward’s Island, Kew Beach, and Bluffer’s Park beach for its spectacular cliffs.

Spot Marilyn

Monroe’s famous red leather

stilettos at the Bata Shoe Museum (batashoemuseum.ca).

Then explore a world of shoes, sandals, boots, moccasins, kamiks

and paduka.

Fly to the Bat Cave, but don’t forget to check out the dinosaurs, mummies and hands-on discovery galleries at the Royal Ontario Museum (rom.on.ca). Eco-explore at The Schad Gallery of Biodiversity.

Take in the magnificent Canadian Collection at the Art Gallery of Ontario (ago.net). From the world’s most important Inuit art to iconic works by the Group of Seven, it’s a must-see for art lovers of all ages.

Enjoy Mississauga’s gaming central, Playdium (playdium.com). The 40,000-square-foot funhouse has over 200 games, rides and simulators. During warm weather, an outdoor park offers water balloon catapults, go-karts and batting cages.

Ride an antique carousel or play the midway

games at Fantasy Fair (fantasyfair.ca), the province’s

biggest indoor amusement park.

Meet rare heritage-breed farm animals at Riverdale Farm (riverdalefarm.ca). Shorthorn cattle, Cotswold sheep, Irish Tamworth pigs and a big Clydesdale horse are the stars at this small east-end gem.

WheW: you

did it!

(But if you want even more

family fun ideas, visit

seetorontonow.com!)

Stroll the pumpkin patch or get lost in a corn maze during the

annual fall Pumpkinfest at Downey’s Farm Market

(downeysfarm.ca) near Brampton.

City Confidential

TIPThe journey’s part of the adventure when

you travel by streetcar or subway. On

weekends and holidays, the Toronto Transit

Commission (TTC) offers a Family Day

Pass with unlimited travel for two adults

and up to four kids for just $10.75 per day.

TIPSave money on top attractions with the Toronto CityPASS (citypass.com). Bonus: you’ll bypass long ticket lines.

Go face to face with sharks at the new Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada. ripleyaquariums.com/canada

Hang out at the

MuchMusic studio.

newmusiclive.ca

Ride the Red

Rocket!

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