The Christmas Gifts Expo is a massive Christmas market featuring a wide range of artisan and other unique products at Chilliwack Heritage Park in December.
The market is one of the largest of its kind in the Lower Mainland (if not in all of Western Canada). In 2026 the market runs from Friday, December 11th, to Sunday, December 13th.
TIP #1: Another great event hosted by the same organization is the Taste of the Valley, which is a food-themed market. It takes place at Chilliwack Heritage Park in February. If you like markets and food, you’ll want to attend this event too!
TIP #2: See the websites VancouverChristmasEvents.ca and VancouverMarkets.ca for information about some of the best markets and winter holiday activities in the Lower Mainland. Another article on this website you might also like is Lower Mainland Christmas Craft Fairs.
Christmas Gifts Expo in Chilliwack
The Christmas Gifts Expo is a giant holiday market in Chilliwack. It celebrates its 12th year in 2026. The market features around 300 vendors selling everything from toys to clothing, food, home décor and more. If you like Christmas shopping, you’ll love this event.
Local organizers run the market expo event. The main organizers live in Chilliwack, and an impressive number of the vendors are from right nearby in the Fraser Valley. Many of the vendors we spoke to when we went were from either Chilliwack or Abbotsford. We also met vendors from elsewhere in the Lower Mainland and a couple from Vancouver Island.
The Christmas Gifts Expo is truly a first-rate event and highly recommended. The products, their quality and the selection are impressive. It’s a fabulous place to do one’s Christmas shopping, to find unique and wonderful gifts, and to support local businesses and artisans.
(Note: This event is hosted by the same people as the A Taste of the Valley food and drink-sampling market-style event at Chilliwack Heritage Park in February. They also run the Train & Hobby Show in the fall.)
What to Expect
The Christmas Gifts Expo features around 200 vendors each year. Most of them are local artisans selling everything from handmade clothing to paintings, wood products and food. There are also vendors selling a wide variety of other unique gifts, like spices, hats, imported handbags, and health and beauty products.
Chilliwack Heritage Park is a massive place and the Expo takes up a large part of the facility. The expo typically fills two main halls with vendor stalls selling pretty much everything you can think of.
When we went, we saw all kinds of beautiful hand-crafted wood products, homemade baked goods, and handmade jewellery. There were also locally produced exotic sauces, canned goods, art, handmade sock puppets, candles, and a million other perfect gift and stocking-stuffer items.
Most Lower Mainland Christmas craft markets have about 20 to 80 vendors. The Christmas Gifts Expo is much bigger than that!
If you’re looking for holiday gifts for the whole family, the Christmas Gifts Expo is a Christmas shopper’s paradise.
Event Details
The Christmas Gifts Expo takes place at Chilliwack Heritage Park, 44140 Luckakuck Way. The venue is located just off Highway 1.
In 2026 the event runs on Friday, December 11th, from 1:00 pm to 8:00 pm, Saturday, December 12th, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm, and Sunday, December 13th, from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm.
Admission is $5 for the entire weekend, which allows you to come and go on all three days with the same ticket. Children ages 5 and under get in free.
Give what you can for parking. Proceeds from parking donations support the event’s charity partners. Most vendors accept electronic payments (e.g., Square), though cash is always welcome. An ATM is available on site. Aisles are spacious for strollers and mobility scooters. Service dogs only are permitted.
The Expo collects donations for the Salvation Army Food Bank. You can bring non-perishable food items or make a cash donation, and donors are entered into hourly draws for vendor gift prizes.
Christmas Gifts Expo Video
Check out the following video for an idea of what the Christmas Gifts Expo looks like. The video shows scenes from the 2024 event.
Other Information
See the Christmas Gifts Expo website for more details about this event.
The Christmas Gifts Expo is put on by All About Expos which is a small Chilliwack-based business that helps other small businesses showcase their products. All About Expos also puts on events at other times of the year.
Check out our articles about Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley for ideas about other things to do in the area.
Other articles that might be of interest include the following:
- Vancouver’s December Calendar
- Vancouver’s Best Christmas Activities
- Lower Mainland Christmas Craft Fairs
Other websites that might also be of interest are VancouverChristmasEvents.ca and VancouverMarkets.ca.
