Children's Business Fair - Toronto

07/10/2026

Want customers lined up before Dec 12?
Get your child featured on our Instagram and page!

Today we started featuring our young vendors on Kindraza's Instagram — and we want YOUR child to be one of them.

Why bother?

When we feature a business, hundreds of local Toronto parents see it *before* the fair. They arrive at Fort York already knowing your child's name and products — and many will come looking for their booth on purpose. It's free advertising for your child's business, and it often means sales before market day even begins. The vendors who get featured always get more foot traffic.

Getting featured is easy — pick whichever option works for your family:

Option 1 — Short video
(30–60 seconds, phone held upright/vertical): your child showing their products, talking about their business, or both. Whatever feels natural!

Option 2 — Photo
One nice photo of the products (with your logo on it if you have one!)

+ story:
plus a few sentences about your young entrepreneur — who they are, business name, what they sell, why they started, and one fun or interesting fact.

Three quick tips for either option:
- Good light and a tidy background make everything look better
- Show the finished products looking their best
- For video: hold the phone vertically — Instagram shows vertical video much bigger

No face needed in either option — hands and products only is perfectly fine. Every young entrepreneur deserves a spotlight.

If the business has its own Instagram page, send us the name and we'll tag it!

Send everything to [email protected] or DM us on Instagram

We can't wait to show Toronto what your young entrepreneurs have been creating!

Warmly,
Kindraza Team

07/08/2026

If you’re a parent of a teen aged 12-15, don't wait until they are older to teach them how the world works.🔥 Limited cohort spots available. Lock in their registration before it's full!👉 Register Today!

https://kindraza.org/wayfinders-youth-entrepreneurship-toronto-program

➡️Not another after school program
Kindraza’s Wayfinders Club: a real-life community where teens 12–15 work on entrepreneurial projects, make friends, earn their first income, take on responsibility, get out into the real world together and learn that the most meaningful gratification takes time, effort, and patience.

❌Today’s teens don’t need more information, another class, or another app.

🙌They need real-life experiences in a safe, mentor-guided community of motivated peers, where they work together on meaningful projects, encourage each other, take on real responsibility, and keep moving forward without another lecture telling them what they should do.

🔥They need opportunities to practice independence, build real confidence, communicate with others, handle frustration, persist through challenges, and experience the satisfaction of earning something they genuinely value.

🧠✨Youth entrepreneurship is one powerful way to create these opportunities.

⭐️ Wayfinders Club | Ages 12–15
📍 Downtown Toronto
📅 Starts September 17, 2026
✅ Registration is open.

Want to see if Wayfinders is right for your teen? Tap the link in our bio.



𝐟𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞-𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐬, 𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐩𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 all while building lasting friendships and great memories before the high-stakes high school years hit — this is Wayfinders.
Adolescence is not a waiting room for adulthood, it is a critical period when identity, habits, confidence, and ways of thinking are shaped. Yet many young people have limited opportunities to practice real-world skills beyond the classroom.

The Kindraza Wayfinders Club is an immersive entrepreneurship incubator right here in Toronto at Bathurst & Queen’s Quay W. We guide tweens and teens out of their comfort zones and into their power.

Stop worrying about their lack of motivation. Give them a reason to put the phone down.

👉 Click here to invest in their future and register now:
https://kindraza.org/wayfinders-youth-entrepreneurship-toronto-program

24/02/2026

Workshop alert! 🚨♥️

Teen Entrepreneur WORKSHOP: Run a successful booth at the Children's Business Fair WORKSHOP DESCRIPTION: Hey there! Ready to rock your booth and make your…

23/12/2025

18/12/2025

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

17/12/2025

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.

09/12/2025

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.

07/12/2025

📍 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! ⛸️🛍️🏰

06/12/2025

⏰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! 👇