Children's Water Festival
The Sudbury Children’s Water Festival is a free, fun and educational event for students in grade 3 to learn about the importance of water in their daily lives. It features activity stations based on different water themes such as conservation, protection, science and technology.
2026 Children’s Water Festival details
Location: Anderson Farm Museum
Dates:
- English Program: Wednesday, September 23, 2026
- French Program: Thursday, September 24, 2026
Each year, more than 700 Grade 3 students participate in the Water Festival over the course of two days.
The Greater Sudbury Children’s Water Festival relies extensively on volunteer and financial support from the community.
How the festival works
The festival is outdoors and will be held rain or shine.
Groups of approximately ten students per teacher or supervisor will move from booth to booth, seeing about 25 booths during their visit.
A large canopy tent will be set up for students to have lunch under. Students, teachers and chaperones must provide their own lunches and are strongly encouraged to pack a litterless lunch.
Bathroom breaks should be done during the break period or lunch.
What to bring
- Weather-appropriate clothing
- Lunch and a reusable water bottle
- Name tags for each student, teacher and adult supervisor
- Class list
- Site maps and scheduler for each supervisor
Additional Materials
What the water gave us, by Chloé LaDuchesse, Greater Sudbury Poet Laureate 2018 (PDF 233 KB)
We greatly appreciate the contribution from Chloé LaDuchesse to the 2018 Children’s Water Festival. As Greater Sudbury’s Poet Laureate, Chloe wrote this poem which may help us think of what water brings to our lives and to remind us to enjoy our 330 lakes in a respectful way.
The success of the 2026 Sudbury Children’s Water Festival is greatly dependent on strong community partnerships and donations. Thanks to all the community support and volunteers!
| Art Gallery of Sudbury | Greater Sudbury Police Service |
| Chelmsford Fish & Game Association | Junction Creek Stewardship Committee |
| City of Greater Sudbury, Environmental Services | KGHM |
| City of Greater Sudbury, Lake Water Quality Program | Laurentian University, Indigenous Student Affairs |
| City of Greater Sudbury, Library and Heritage Resources | Ministry of Natural Resources, Aviation, Forest Fire & Emergency Services |
| City of Greater Sudbury, Regreening Program | Public Health Sudbury & Districts |
| Conservation Sudbury | Sudbury Shared Harvest |
| Glencore, Sudbury INO | Vale Canada Ltd. |
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Contact Us
For more information, contact:
City of Greater Sudbury
Environmental Planning Initiatives
200, Brady Street
PO Box 5000, STN A
Sudbury, Ontario
P3A 5P3
earthcare@greatersudbury.ca