A MAN has had his life dream ruined after he was turned away from visiting Legoland - because he did not have a child with him at the time of his visit.

Canadian Lego fanatic John St-Onge had travelled from Windsor, Ontario, to Toronto especially to visit the attraction and says he felt he was discriminated against by its unfair company policy.

The 63-year-old has more than 50,000 pieces which he has collected for three decades after buying the sets for his own children.

He has always dreamt of visiting Legoland in Denmark, but never had the chance due to ill health.

So when he found out there was a Legoland Discovery Centre at an Ontario tourism centre he decided to pay it a visit with his adult daughter Nicole.

But he hadn't realised it was company policy to visit the site with a child in tow.

Mr St-Onge told CTV News he also hadn't realised the condition is listed on the Legoland website, and was left disappointed and embarrassed that he wasn't able to go inside.

Daughter Nicole said despite speaking with the manager the pair were not allowed in and that it was a silly rule as "Lego is for people of all ages".

"I was crushed. My dad is 63 years old, he was devastated. The look on his face was like a child not getting the gift at Christmas that they want.

"He felt discriminated against because he's a senior citizen who also happens to like Lego."

However, the company defended the policy and said being a child attraction the policy is in place "to protect the families and children that visit".