So, due to the crazy Ontario weather and threats of night time frost through May, we had to wait till just a couple weeks ago to take our 13 potted fig trees out of the garage and into the yard. Although they're leafing out beautifully, I'm worried because I don't see any fruit buds on any of them. Are they doomed for this summer? 

Probably

Keep us posted, judi.  I'm interested to know the result.  

What varieties do you have? I don't think it is too late for all of them. We had a long Winter in E. TN and even my in ground Celeste is just starting to set figs. I think I am still one month away from main crop ripe fruit from any of my figs, I do have a breba or two that will ripen sooner. Stay patient, I think you will see figs.  

Most of them are Chicago Hardy. Very sad about this but nature is what it is. I don't see the slightest hint of a bud anywhere. Any tricks to stimulating?

Some varieties won't have enough time (truefully without a green house in ontario many types of figs wont have a long enough season). But from my experience figs like Chicago hardy have plenty of time. I'm in Bradford Ontario, and last year my Chicago hardy was ripening figs well into October, and all the fruit ripened.

This year I took my trees out of the basement cold room and put them in the garage in April with the breba already forming and they started leafing out shortly after so hopefully I started early enough to get some differnt figs this year.

Yeah, last year we brought them out before the May 24 weekend, just took a chance, and had a huge crop that was ripening right into October. And I remember the buds were already showing by now. Ah well, fingers crossed. There are two large figs on one of the plants ... I'm assuming leftover from last year? Only two.

Try pinching when you get a few leaves. That seems to help fruit set. Other than that the warm weather is finally here so I believe they will respond to the sunshine and set some fruit soon.

Thanks. I'll pinch. And pray. 

Thanks! Gonna get out there today and pinch! 

I though that it takes 9 months for the child birth................... not one day....

Agree pinching will help stop leaf growth on branches. I pinch all summer, not just one-time.
Experiment: Try placing some of the pots in tray then water only from the bottom.
This forces the roots to grow-out completely and to seek water only when the plant wants it.
After leaf growth and root growth comes FIG growth!

I'll try this experiment, thanks. And I too tend to pinch all summer, it is a good habit, you're right.

Potted fig trees are easier to bear main crop, I think that It needs this conditions.
I might be wrong, you should also feed them some fertilizer, prefer slightly lower nitrogen, like tomato fertilizer.

Condition 1: ( Main crop has lower priority for nutrition)
- 6 Hours + Full sun with higher temperature
- roots do not ask for more nutrition ( potted tree root restricted)
- New tips stop asking for too much nutrition  ( 5+ leaves pinch, it ask for limited nutrition)
leftover processed nutrition from photosynthesis after basic gowning, it needs 2-3 week for new sprouts and leftover processed nutrition will go to stage 1-2 fruit buds.

Condition 2: (Summer to fall)
- 10+ hours full sun and reducing also sunlight strength is weakening, It will switch fruit buds to higher priority for nutrition.

If you buy fig trees recently, You should check for FMV mites, I got few green house fig trees recently, They all come with fig bud mites, they suck out nutrition from tree and delay fruit buds and fig ripen.