Market Season: Your Guide to Vancouver's Best Farmers' Markets
Farmers' markets are the heart of the local food scene — fresh produce picked hours earlier, meats and seafood from BC producers, baked goods, and crafts, all sold by the people who made them. Every market below is listed in the Northern Harvest Farms directory — Canada's most complete farm directory, connecting visitors to farms, orchards and markets from coast to coast.
Top 10 Farmers' Markets in Metro Vancouver
1 – Trout Lake Farmers' Market
Vancouver — Saturdays, April to October
Why Visit / What to Buy: The flagship Vancouver Farmers Markets market (est. 1995) in John Hendry Park, with 60+ farms and producers. Fresh produce, meat, cheese, BC seafood, baked goods, preserves, honey, nursery plants and flowers — plus food trucks. Dog-friendly and a genuine East Van institution.
2 – Riley Park Farmers' Market
Vancouver — Saturdays, year-round
Why Visit / What to Buy: The successor to BC's largest winter market, running every Saturday all year with around 30 farms and producers next to a community garden. Fresh produce, grass-fed meat, seafood, craft beer and wine, baked goods and food trucks — your only year-round option on this list.
Vancouver — Sundays, May to November
Why Visit / What to Buy: The west side's Sunday ritual beside Kitsilano Community Centre, with 50+ farms and producers. Organic vegetables, specialty foods, live music, craft beer and wine — and one of the city's most loyal neighbourhood crowds.
4 – Mount Pleasant Farmers' Market
Vancouver — Sundays, May to November
Why Visit / What to Buy: A hip Sunday market in Dude Chilling Park with 35+ farms and producers, food and coffee trucks, two blocks from the 99 B-Line. Fresh produce, no-hormone meat, cheese, heirloom vegetables and baked goods.
Vancouver — Saturdays, May to October
Why Visit / What to Buy: A compact Saturday market on Comox St beside Nelson Park — an easy add-on to an English Bay weekend. Fresh produce, baked goods, preserves, honey and flowers.
Vancouver — Wednesdays, May to December
Why Visit / What to Buy: The midweek option, right on the Art Gallery North Plaza with 30+ farms and producers, steps from City Centre SkyTrain. Seasonal produce, ethically-raised meat, eggs, dairy, fresh fish, craft beer and wine, artisanal prepared foods. Perfect for downtown workers.
7 – Steveston Farmers & Artisans Market
Richmond — select Sundays, May to September
Why Visit / What to Buy: A volunteer-run community market at waterfront Garry Point Park, with farm, fish and wild-harvest vendors plus BC artisans. Proceeds support Steveston community projects — the most waterfront market on the list.
8 – Burnaby Artisan Farmers' Market
Burnaby — Saturdays, summer
Why Visit / What to Buy: A long-running Artisan Farmers Market Society market (est. 2008), 40-50 vendors in peak weeks with live music, pet-friendly, now at The City of Lougheed. Fresh produce, baked goods, preserves, honey, artisan crafts and craft distillers.
Coquitlam — Sundays, May to October
Why Visit / What to Buy: Metro Vancouver's longest-running suburban market (since 1996, founded by SFU students) with 60+ vendors on busy weekends — everything made, baked, grown or raised in BC. Farm produce, baked goods, wine, chocolate and food trucks.
New Westminster — Thursdays, March to October (plus winter market)
Why Visit / What to Buy: A Thursday-afternoon market beside New West City Hall in Tipperary Park — farm-fresh produce, plants, local crafts, gourmet prepared foods, food trucks and live entertainment. Dog-friendly, with a winter market on Belmont St and a holiday market in December.
Farmers' Market 101: Shopping Tips for Vancouver
1. Go early for the best selection, late for deals
Popular vendors (berries, seafood, baked goods) sell out by late morning at Trout Lake and Kitsilano. Arrive in the last 30 minutes if you'd rather hunt bargains.
2. Riley Park is your winter anchor
Most Vancouver markets run April/May through October. Riley Park runs Saturdays year-round — it's the only full winter option on this list.
3. Bring bags, cash, and an appetite
Most vendors take cards now, but cash is still fastest at busy stalls. And eat before you go — or don't; the food trucks are half the fun.
4. Check the market's site before you go
Season dates, holiday closures (the Downtown market skips a few summer weeks) and winter schedules change year to year. Confirm on eatlocal.org or the market's own site.
5. Talk to the growers
The best part of a farmers' market is the people behind the table. Ask what's at peak, what's coming next week, and how to cook it.
Plan Your Next Farm Adventure
From East Van's Trout Lake institution to the waterfront stalls of Steveston, Vancouver's farmers' markets are some of the best in the country — and a direct way to support BC's farmers and producers.
Discover hundreds of local farms, orchards and markets across Canada with Northern Harvest Farms — your trusted Canadian farm directory.
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