Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival 2026

Join us in Midland Ontario for the 2026 Ontario's Best Butter Tart Festival presented by Chapman's.

There are more than 300,000 butter tarts for sale at the original and largest butter tart festival in Canada. Whether you like your butter tarts with or without raisins, with a runny or firm filling or with a non-traditional ingredient, you are sure to find a favourite...or two!

The festival is family-friendly and admission free. Watch as judges sample dozens of contest butter tarts to award the best butter tart in Ontario! Shop in our downtown and in the vendor marketplace with over 200 vendors and food trucks. Enjoy live entertainment on the shores of beautiful Georgian Bay, a Kids-Zone, and much more! For festival FAQs, visit www.buttertartfestival.ca.