The best sugar shacks in and around Montréal
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When it’s sugar shack time, Montrealers know spring is around the corner. Maple lovers don’t have to go far as the city has some great urban sugar shacks where Québec tradition and modern influences are combined. Below is a list of some of our favorite ways of getting your sugar shack fix in and around Montréal.
Celebrations and festivals
Cabane Panache
Cabane Panache
Promenade Wellington’s Cabane Panache, the trendiest sugar shack in town, is an anticipated annual spring celebration that’s returning from from March 19 to March 22, 2026. Several Verdun restaurants cook up a storm inspired by the traditional Québec feast while local drink establishments will be tending to all beverages. A line up of musicians and lumberjack-style activities round up what promises to be a very festive weekend.
Plaza St-Hubert hosts Le Temps des Sucres’ sugar shack event at Bain St-Denis. Expect sugar shack activities such as maple taffy, a travelling shack event, as well as musical performances, and activities for the entire family.
The second edition of Promenade Masson’s urban sugar shack celebration is taking place on April 11, 2026 from 11 A.M. to 3 P.M. Traditional music, games, entertainment and maple taffy are on the menu for this festive neighbourhood celebration.
Sugar shacks
Sucrerie de la Montagne
If a real sugar shack experience is what you’re after, be sure to check out Sucrerie de la Montagne in February, March and April. Named a Québec heritage site and situated amid a 120-acre forest of century-old maple trees atop Mont Rigaud (an hour away from downtown Montréal), this place will make you feel like you’re experiencing the authentic Québécois tradition of “sugaring off.”
Apple Sugar Shack of Labonté de la Pomme
For another authentic experience of Québec sugar shacks, visit the Apple Sugar Shack of Labonté de la Pomme. Known as the first apple shack in Québec, this family-run establishment located 45 minutes outside the city offers menus influenced by its specialty apples. In March and April, choose among several formulas, from a traditional meal with a twist to a gourmet spread in their dining room. Vegetarian menus are available.
Ste-Hélène Bistro-Terrasse
Parc Jean-Drapeau’s Ste-Hélène Bistro-Terrasse transforms into an urban sugar shack every Saturday and Sunday from March 14 to April 19. Enjoy a homemade, all-you-can-eat menu that includes all the classics such as pea soup, omelette in maple syrup, baked beans, maple ham and the all-important maple taffy. Reservations are recommended and bookings for groups of 25 or more are possible during the week
Érablière Charbonneau
About 40 minutes south of Montréal is Érablière Charbonneau, a sprawling domain that celebrates maple in all its forms. There are hiking and snowshoe trails to explore before enjoying a very filling menu of traditional dishes, from pea soup to homemade tourtière and, of course, maple taffy on snow. From February 21 to May 1, 2026.
Located about 40 minutes from Montréal, Domaine Lafrance is a 100-year-old orchard and maple producer. The menu is rooted in tradition and includes many classics. Roast marshmallows, twirl maple taffy and indulge in their homemade apple donuts with a maple glaze. Reservations are recommended.
The maple experience at home
Chef Martin Picard runs what is perhaps the most famous sugar shack in Québec. His Au Pied de Cochon sugar shack usually sells out for the season very early on. They do, however, offer a gargantuan feast to celebrate the season at home. The generous box for 2 contains some of their delicious and most popular menu to enjoy with your loved ones in the comfort of your home. A lot of maple items can also be purchased separately, like the black truffle maple butter and the maple fudge.
Édouard & Léo are neighbourhood butcher shops from the team behind beloved restaurant Hoogan & Beaufort. Every season, they offer a sugar shack box to go for 4 to 6 people. In it you’ll find multi-course menu with many items to be cooked or warmed up at home. Some items can also be purchased separately.
Can’t make it to a sugar shack this year? No problem! With Ma Cabane à la maison, you can order your meal from a participating sugar shack and have it delivered to your home, your office or a nearby Metro grocery store.
Markets, food halls and shops
Montréal’s public markets celebrate maple season every spring. The touring festivities travel from one farmer’s market to the next over the span of a couple of weeks, from the Jean-Talon Market to the Atwater Market and onto the Maisonneuve Market. The celebration usually include music, children storytelling and games, exhibitors displaying alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages, infused syrups, traditional dishes such as pea soup, maple poutine, homemade pogos and taffy on snow!
Maple stands abound at all Montréal’s public markets starting in early March and until late April so stock up on your yearly supply of maple syrup, which you can purchase directly from the producers.
Mayssam Samaha
Mayssam Samaha is a food and travel writer and blogger and the founder behind the blog Will Travel for Food. She travels the world in search of the next culinary discovery. From Iceland to South Africa, she’s already visited over 36 countries and there’s nothing she enjoys more than wandering around a farmers’ market in a foreign city. She is also the founder of the SAISONS intimate dinner series highlighting Québec products and chefs.