Children's Business Fair - Toronto

Not your average babysitting training - A FUN SUMMER CAMP!
- Canadian Red Cross Babysitting/ CPR Certification
- Real-world practice with younger kids ages 6-8
- DIY art projects
- Crash Course in Face Painting (turn that into an additional service for your biz!)
- Movies and pool outings
- and much more!
All of that value for a price of a regular summer camp! Isn't that amazing?!
🤩Register before May 31st and get $35 off with a promo code FL35
Location: 918 Bathurst, Downtown Toronto (Bloor & Bathurst)
Dates: July 13-17 or July 20-24
For teens ages 12-15.

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Dear Parents, this message is for you!

Thank you for believing in your children! We believe that each child has a gift that can change the world in a profound way. We hope we can help your child continue to learn that they can do hard things, be accountable, and, most importantly, find their calling in life that will help them change the world.

✨Guidelines for Parents and Guardians✨

Parents of younger children may sit in their booth, but the children are to be responsible for the setup, sales and interacting with the customers. This event is designed to give children a taste of selling a product. Please let them have that experience.

⚠️Any parent seen selling to the customer or promoting the child’s product will result in disqualification from the competition.

🌱Guardians Five “Smooth Stones” – Principles to Keep in Mind:

🔵Wonder
There are so many opportunities. Allow your child the gift of wonder. Ask open-ended questions.
🔵 Industriousness
Allow your child the gift of seeing the fruit of hard work.
🔵 Responsibility
Treat your child as the sole owner. Let the child make the plans and the decisions as much aspossible.
🔵 Encouragement
Provide encouraging communication.
🔵 Enthusiasm
Provide passion for the Children’s Business Fair.

👀👉Five Warnings

✨Parents tend to make children’s events too stressful. What is needed from parents are clear boundaries and backstage organization. Then, let the children flourish. This is not about you, it is about the child.

✨Parents can make children’s events too complicated. This is not Shark Tank or a business plan competition. You do not need business plans with five-year projections.

✨Parents tend to get ahead of their children in passion. There is great value in your child not getting everything done in time. This will help them learn. Make sure they create a product or service they are excited about. Remember the parental adage that “there is blessing in a skinned knee.”

✨Parents tend to get ahead of children in competitiveness. Your role is not to be Elon Musk, a business school professor, or a venture capitalist.

✨Parents tend to rob children of the joy of hard work. Do not do the work for the children. If the product or service looks messy, that is ok; in fact, that is great!

✨Encourage your children to make a good product or service, but never take the role of a business board, manager or owner. Do not rob the work environment of joy by prodding or criticizing. You child is Chairman, CEO, and owner. Let your child be those things.

🙌Thank you again for being a part of this remarkable event!

Sincerely,

Kindraza- Toronto Children’s Business Fair Team

We’re so excited to see everyone at the Children’s Business Fair Toronto THIS SATURDAY, December 20th at Fort York Historic Site! Here’s some information about parking and location.

📍 VENUE & LOCATION
The Children’s Business Fair will be held INDOORS at the Blue Barracks building at Fort York Historic Site (100 Garrison Rd).

How to find us:
• Enter through the main gates at Fort York
• Proceed straight ahead
• The Blue Barracks is the long, white one-story building on your LEFT
• Our volunteers will greet you and guide you to your pre-allocated booth

🚗 PARKING & UNLOADING
Parking Options:
• Paid parking available at 800 Fleet St, Toronto, ON M5V 1A9
• Additional parking at Exhibition Place
• There is NO parking available at the gates without a permit.

If you have large or heavy items to unload:
You may drive into the Fort York site to unload, then park your car at the paid parking lots.
To arrange site access for unloading call or text our event organizers:
• Let us know you’ve arrived and need assistance to enter and unload

• ⚠️ IMPORTANT: Fort York is a national historic site that is hundreds of years old. Please drive VERY carefully on the roads, stay on the pavement, and drive slowly. One car at a time is permitted on site for unloading.

Dear Children’s Business Fair Families!

We’re getting so excited for the upcoming Children’s Business Fair in Toronto! We wanted to share some important information with you about photography at the event.

Photography & Media at the Fair

We’ll have professional photographers and media coverage at the fair to capture the amazing entrepreneurial spirit of our young vendors! Here’s what you need to know:

Our Commitment to You:

• Acton Children’s Business Fair and Kindraza will respect your wishes if you indicated you don’t want your child’s photos used in our promotional materials
• We will do our best to work with photographers to avoid photographing children who have opted out
• Please note: Kindraza will have a photographer taking photos and videos of attendees, which may be used in our future materials

Important Legal Information:

Under Canadian law, people can be photographed or video recorded in public places without consent. The fair venue is considered a public space where media and attendees may take photos or videos. While we will make every effort to honor your preferences for official fair photography, we cannot guarantee that your child won’t appear in crowd shots, videos, or photos taken by media or other attendees.

On this page we’ll be posting:
• Exciting updates and news from the fair
• Photos and videos from the event
• Announcements about our special guest judges who will be presenting awards!

After the fair, all our young entrepreneurs - fair participants will resieve an email with a link to a Google Drive with more photos and memories from the day.

📍 What about the location?
🌟 Children’s Business Fair is landing at one of the coolest spots in Toronto… Fort York National Historic Site + The Bentway! ⛸️🍪❄️

Not only you get to shop from 30 amazing young entrepreneurs 🛍️ but the entire area of Fort York is turning into a full-on winter wonderland that same day!

Here’s why you won’t want to leave after the fair:
⛸️❄️THE BENTWAY SKATING TRAIL officially opens December 20!Toronto’s famous 220-metre figure-eight ice trail under the Gardiner Expressway is back and more magical than ever. Opening day means:
• FREE skate rentals (while supplies last)
• Warm drinks & hot chocolate stations
• Fresh hot taffy on snow
• DJs and good vibes all day

🏰 EXPLORE FORT YORK
Wander through Toronto’s birthplace! The National Historic Site features:

• Historic stone barracks & officers’ quarters
• Masket demonstrations
• The brand-new Fort York Visitor Centre with interactive exhibits
• Beautiful snowy grounds that feel like you’ve time-travelled

🎄 HOLIDAY VIBES
The whole area will be buzzing with festive energy, families, and community spirit.

Bring the family, bundle up, shop from Toronto’s tiniest bosses, then skate, sip, eat taffy, and explore 200+ years of history — all in one afternoon!

📅 Saturday, December 20
🕑 10 AM – 3 PM
📍 Fort York National Historic Site & The Bentway (250 Fort York Blvd)
❄️ Free admission | Everyone welcome

Tag your friends and let’s make this the most wholesome (and fun) Saturday of the winter! ⛸️🛍️🏰

⏰JUST TWO WEEKS UNTIL
the Festive Children’s Business Fair! 🎉
30 young entrepreneurs. One incredible day. Endless possibilities.
🗓️ December 20 | 10 AM - 3 PM
📍 Fort York Blue Barracks
🎟️ FREE admission

30 incredible young entrepreneurs (ages 6-16) have been working hard to bring you unique products, creative services, and holiday magic ✨
🛍️ Shop one-of-a-kind creations
🎄 Find perfect holiday gifts
❤️ Support the next generation of business leaders
☕ Enjoy treats from local vendors
🎊 Celebrate entrepreneurship as a family

Who’s ready?! Tag someone you’re bringing! 👇