Touch a Truck

Date(s)
  • May 21, 2026, 5 to 8 p.m.
    • Event type
    Community Event

    Please Note: this is an indoor/outdoor event and will take place rain or shine
    This free, fun, hands-on event allows you to touch, explore and get up close and personal with a variety of different vehicles in celebration of National Public Works Week.

     Explore some of your favourite trucks such as a fire truck, Zamboni, backhoe, dump truck and more! 
     

    Location/Address
    Robert N. Shelton Operations Centre (1275 Maple Hill Court)

    Touch a Truck 2025

      

     

    Parking Map

    Map showing event locations and parking at a Touch a Truck event.

    Photo & Video Release

    For more information, please email info@newmarket.ca or call Customer Service at (905) 895-5193. Last entry is 7:30 p.m. This event may get loud at times so, hearing protection is encouraged. Support Newmarket's green initiatives by walking, carpooling, biking or taking the bus. 

    For up-to-date weather and/or cancellation details of Town-run events please visit newmarket.ca/events or seach Town of Newmarket Events and click on the event of interest.

    Media and Town of Newmarket staff will be taking photos and video footage at Town of Newmarket Special Events. These images may be used, re-used and published in news stories, social media and on websites, in addition to distributed to our event partners. 

    Child smiling while sitting on a red tractor, with an adult nearby at an outdoor event.
    Toddler sitting inside a construction vehicle, looking out the window.
    Two children sit inside a police car, smiling, with an officer standing nearby.
    Child painting on a colorful outdoor mural in sunlight.
    Four children wearing hard hats and safety vests stand in a garage setting, smiling.
    Firefighter helps child hold hose, spraying water. Crowd watches nearby.