Maple syrup is a syrup made from the sap of maple trees. In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring.

Maple Syrup Production Facts and Figures. Maple syrup production in the United States is mainly in the Northeast and the northern Midwest. In Canada is takes place in most of the provinces. The Canadian province of Quebec produces 90% of Canada's maple syrup and 70% of the entire world's production of maple syrup.

maple syrup, sweet syrup made by concentrating the sap of certain species of North American maple trees, chiefly the sugar maple and black maple. It was utilized by Indigenous peoples of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River regions prior to the arrival of European settlers.