Father’s Day Activities

Celebrate Father’s Day at Ellis Nature Centre with a fun-filled day of outdoor activities and family-friendly challenges. Join us anytime between 10am-4pm for this free, drop-in event, where families can spend quality time together while enjoying nature. Visitors can take part in a variety of lawn games and nature-based activities, including scavenger hunts, relay races, and our “Dad Olympics”.

This free, all-day event is a great opportunity to spend quality time, explore the site, and take part in friendly challenges designed for all ages. No pre-registration is required – simply drop in and join the fun!

Date: Sunday June 21, 2026
Time: 10-4pm
Location: Ellis Nature Centre
Cost: free, drop-in

Please see below for our Facility Rental Rates. Send an email to INFO@ELLISNATURECENTRE.CA to book.

Facility Rental Rates

EVENT CANCELLATION POLICY

Please note that for all of our events we require MINIMUM 48 HOURS NOTICE of a cancellation for a refund to be issued. If we are less than 48 hours away from an event and you are needing to cancel, please notify us so that we can offer your spot to someone else. Your payment for the event will then become a donation to Ellis Nature Centre. Thanks for your cooperation!

Paint your own birdhouse to look like birch trees under the guidance of ENC staff.
Join us on June 27 from 3:00-4:00pm for our Buzzing Biodiversity Pollinator Citizen Science Training.
Help us harvest honey from our honey bee hives, and learn all about honey bees in the process!
Make a plantain salve, excellent for healing cuts and dry skin, with plants harvested at Ellis Nature Centre. Make salve at the workshop and take more plantain home to do it on your own!

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