Staples Maple Syrup

Our Story

Canadians love for all things maple syrup remains insatiable and we are at the forefront of feeding that desire, tapping more than 3,000 maple trees to annually produce more than 3,500 liters of Syrup. From our three sugar bushes in Cavan, we are proud of our multi award-winning maple products that see the generations of the Staples family continuing this sweet tradition.

Our products

A typical year sees approximately 3,400 maple trees tapped in early February, with 30 to 40 liters of sap required to produce one liter of maple syrup. While maple syrup is our most popular product, we also make and market maple butter, maple sugar and maple candy.

Where and how you can purchase our products

We sell our product from our front porch in Cavan. In addition, we’re at the Peterborough Farmers’ Market at Morrow Park on Saturdays and, from June to Thanksgiving, at the Oshawa Centre Farmers’ Market on Fridays. Our products can also be found at Foodland in Millbrook, Kyoto Coffee on Lakefield Road and The Classy Closet in Lakefield.

Our products can also be purchased online at: staples-maple-syrup.myshopify.com.

Staples Maple Syrup is located at 439 Highway 7A in Cavan and can be reached at 705-944-5501.

Our history

In 1813, original members of the Staple family wrote to relatives in Ireland, extolling the deliciousness of the sweet sap that could be extracted from maple trees.

Fast forward to the 1960s when Robert Staples, hunkered over a cast iron pot, began making maple syrup with his father. By 1973, with 1,200 taps, he started his own maple syrup production business. With time, that expanded to 3,600 taps and a growing inventory of maple syrup-related products. Today, our kids, Mark and Meaghan, their spouses Stacie and Kyle, as well as our grandkids, are involved, carrying on the family’s maple syrup production tradition while working toward a simple but steadfast goal – to produce the best maple syrup product on the market.

Our KCFF affiliation has proven invaluable, connecting Staples Maple Syrup with the broader community and opening new markets for our products. 

Our philosophy

Our customers are like family. We see them here at the farm and at the farmers’ markets. Our customers’ needs continue to grow and evolve and we continue to create products to suit – keeping maple products on pantries and tables all year round.  

What makes us unique

We are a Royal Winter Fair 4-time World Champion (and have worn other awards too!). We were one of the first local maple syrup producers registered with, and inspected by, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency. We are an Ontario Maple Syrup Producers Association member. Our maple syrup, which is is lead-free, is certified organic by Ecocert Canada.

Experiences we offer

Each year on the first Sunday in April, we host an open house that is free to the public, where our customers can learn about how we produce our maple syrup.