Vancouver is famous for its farmers markets where people can buy local and organic fruits and vegetables, handcrafted art and homemade goods.
Numerous farmers markets are located throughout the region and take place on various days, although mostly on weekends in the warmer months. In addition to markets that happen during the daytime, there are also major events like the Shipyards Night Market.
There are artisan farmers markets at City Hall in Burnaby, Brentwood Mall in Burnaby, and at Ambleside Park in West Vancouver. There are also farmers markets in New Westminster, Vancouver, Surrey and all over the place!
See below for details about where you can find fresh produce and support local farmers and artisans.
Lower Mainland Artisan & Farmers Markets
The list below includes some 30 markets listed in alphabetical order. If you prefer to view markets organized by day of the week, check out our list of Farmers Market Daily Schedules. Otherwise continue reading or click on any of the following links to jump to a specific location:
Abbotsford | Ambleside (West Van) | Burnaby | Clayton Heights | Cloverdale | Coquitlam
Downtown Vancouver | False Creek | Fort Langley | Haney (Maple Ridge)
Junction Public Market | Kitsilano | Ladner | Lonsdale Quay | Main Street
Mount Pleasant | New West | Riley Park | Shipyards (North Van) | Squamish
Steveston | Surrey | Trout Lake | West End | Whistler
White Rock | Winter Markets (Various)
Note: Market details such as dates, times and locations are subject to change. Check each market’s website for exact details.
Abbotsford Farmers Market
The Abbotsford Farm and Country Market, located in the heart of the Fraser Valley agricultural region, probably has more local farmers participating than many other farmers markets in the Lower Mainland.
The summer market runs from early May to the end of October and takes place on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm. It happens in Jubilee Park at 2552 McCallum Road.
In 2025 the Abbotsford Farm and Country Market runs from May 3rd until October 25th.
Click Abbotsford Farm and Country Market for more details.
Ambleside Artisan Farmers Market
This is a good medium-sized farmers market well worth checking out when combined with a visit to Ambleside and a stroll along the seawall. The market is located just inside Ambleside Park at the foot of 13th Street in West Vancouver. It runs on Sundays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm from May until October.
The big draw to the area is the waterfront. The market makes for a nice bonus (and a good place to buy ingredients for your picnic).
In 2025 the market runs from May 4th to October 26th.
Click Ambleside Artisan Farmers Market for more details.
Burnaby Farmers Markets
There are two different farmers markets in Burnaby. One takes place on Saturdays and the other one runs on Sundays.
Brentwood Artisan Farmers Market
The Brentwood Artisan Farmers Market takes place at The Amazing Brentwood Mall in Burnaby. It happens along Brentwood Boulevard off Halifax Way on Sundays between 10:00 am and 2:00 pm.
The market runs from June 15th until September 14th in 2025.
Burnaby Artisan Farmers Market
The Burnaby Artisan Farmers Market takes place in the north parking lot at Burnaby City Hall (at 4949 Canada Way) in Burnaby every Saturday from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm from May until October.
In 2025 the market runs from May 3rd to October 25th.
Clayton Community Farmers Market
The Clayton Community Farmers Market takes place every other Sunday (for the most part) from June until October. The market is held in the parking lot at the Clayton Community Centre in Surrey. There can be up to around 100 vendors selling mostly artisanal products. When open, the market usually runs from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm.
In 2025 the Clayton Community Farmers Market runs on select Sundays from June to October on the following dates:
- June 8th and 22nd
- July 13th and 27th
- August 10th and 24th
- September 7th and 21st
- October 5th and 19th
Cloverdale Flea Market
The Cloverdale Flea Market takes place on most Sundays throughout the year. Hours are usually between 6:00 am and 3:00 pm. Although it’s not a farmers market, there are often fresh plants and produce available to purchase.
In 2025 the flea market opens on January 12th. The last event of the year will likely be before Christmas in December.
Coquitlam Farmers Market
The Coquitlam Farmers Market happens on Sundays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm from June until late October. The market takes place in the parking lot at the Dogwood Pavilion at 624 Poirier Street in Coquitlam. There are usually around about 65 or so vendors most weeks.
In 2025 the market likely runs from June 1st until October 26th.
Downtown Farmers Market
The Downtown Farmers Market takes place at the corner of Georgia Street and Hornby in the plaza outside the Vancouver Art Gallery. The market runs on Wednesday afternoons between 2:00 pm and 6:00 pm from early June until October most years. Market dates for the 2025 season are to be confirmed.
Click Downtown Farmers Market for more information.
False Creek Farmers Market
The False Creek Farmers Market runs every Thursday from June or July until the beginning of October. It used to happen at Concord Pacific Place. In 2025, however, the market is held at Olympic Village Square with around 24 vendors most weeks. It runs from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm. In 2025 the market operates weekly between July 3rd and October 2nd.
Fort Langley Farmers Market
The Fort Langley Village Farmers Market happens on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm at St. Andrews Historic Church at 9025 Glover Road in the historic town of Fort Langley. This is a reasonably-sized farmers market, and it’s in a beautiful community.
In 2025 the market runs from April 26th to December 6th.
TIP: Saturdays are great days to visit the Historic HBC Fort, so combine your trip there with a visit to the market. Go for a stroll or bike ride along the river while you’re in the neighbourhood.
Haney (Maple Ridge) Market
The Haney Farmers’ Market takes place at Memorial Peace Park at 11900 224th Street in the heart of Maple Ridge from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturdays from early May until the end of October. In the summer months the market has live music, crafts for children and sometimes even a story time. The 2025 market runs from April 26th to October 25th.
TIP: Golden Ears Provincial Park and Alouette Lake are close to Maple Ridge. The lake and its beaches are beautiful. There are lots of hiking trails in the park and overnight camping in the area is excellent. If it’s a hot day in July or August even the massive parking lot there can fill up, given the place’s popularity. So unless you’re camping get to the park earlier than later.
Junction Public Market (Vancouver)
The Junction Public Market debuted in 2024. It’s an artisan market, not a farmers market. The event is held at Granville Square at 200 Granville Street. It’s open from Tuesdays to Sundays each week in the summer. Around a dozen vendors set up inside shipping containers. There’s also live music and food trucks on site, plus a bar serving alcoholic beverages.
In 2025 the Junction Public Market opens on May 1st and runs until December 24th.
Kitsilano Farmers Market
The Kitsilano Farmers Market runs on Sundays from May to October from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm. The market is located outside the Kitsilano Community Centre at 2690 Larch Street in the Kitsilano district of Vancouver.
This is a larger market, with up to around 48 vendors each week. The market is located about 20 blocks from Kitsilano Beach (just in case you decide to combine it with a drive there for a swim).
Market dates for the 2025 season are from May 4th to October 26th.
Ladner Village Farmers Market
The Ladner Village Market takes place from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm on 48th Avenue between Elliott Street and Delta Street on select Sundays from mid-June to mid-September.
In 2025 the market runs on June 8th and 22nd, July 6th and 20th, August 10th and 24th, and September 7th and 21st.
With over 160 vendors each time and a theme of “make it, bake it, grow it,” this is one of Western Canada’s biggest open air markets and worth traveling across the Lower Mainland to visit. The Ladner Village Market is truly an impressive market, especially on nice sunny days.
Click Ladner Village Market for more information.
Lonsdale Farmers Market
The Lonsdale Artisan Farmers Market was a smaller market at Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm. The market’s final season happened in 2023. It won’t be taking place again in the future.
Mount Pleasant Farmers Market
The Mount Pleasant Farmers Market takes place on Sundays from 10:00 am until 2:00 pm from late May until October. It’s one of Vancouver’s newest farmers markets with only around 35 or so vendors, and it’s located at 2300 Guelph Street. 2025 market dates are from May 4th to October 26th.
New West Farmers Market
The summertime New West Farmers Market takes place at Tipperary Park at the corner of 4th Street and Royal Avenue in New Westminster from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm on Thursdays. Free parking can be found on Royal Avenue and Queens Avenue, as well as at City Hall after 4:30 pm.
The weekly market opens on Thursday, March 27th in 2025, and runs until October 30th.
The summer market can have up to about 48 stalls (so one of the Lower Mainland’s larger farmers markets). The place is only about eight or so blocks up the hill from New Westminster’s main streets close to the waterfront. The last time we went there were 50 vendors, a couple of musicians on guitar and someone making animal balloons for children.
In addition to the summer farmers market, there is also a smaller winter market most years which takes place on the first and third Saturdays during the colder months from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm in the 600 block of Belmont Street.
Click New West Farmers Market for more information.
Riley Park Farmers Market
Formerly known as the Nat Bailey Winter Farmers Market, the Riley Park Farmers Market is a year-round market that takes place at Nat Bailey Stadium at 4601 Ontario Street from November until April. The market then moves across the street at Riley Park for the late spring, summer and early fall. The market runs from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on Saturdays.
In winter the Riley Park Farmers Market has between 60 and over 70 vendors each week. In the warmer months, at the park, it has between 30 and 35 vendors most years.
The 2025 summer market opens on April 5th and runs until October 25th.
For more information click Riley Park Farmers Market.
Shipyards Night Market
The Shipyards Night Market is located at Shipbuilders’ Square near Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver on Fridays from 3:00 to 10:00 pm. It’s not technically a farmers market – it’s a night market, complete with beer garden, food trucks and live music.
We include the Shipyards Night Market, though, under the farmers market category as it also has lots of vendors. You’re likely to find everything from local farm produce to handcrafted jewellery to boutique clothing to homemade jams and preserves.
In fact, the Shipyards Night Market has more “farmers market-style” vendors than many of the Lower Mainland’s other farmers markets, plus all its other added benefits. Truly, this is an impressive market and highly recommended.
The Shipyards Night Market runs from May 16th until September 12th in 2025.
Click Shipyards Night Market for further details.
Squamish Farmers Market
Located up the beautiful Sea to Sky Highway about 50 minutes from Vancouver, the Squamish Farmers Market takes place at the corner of Cleveland Avenue and Victoria in Squamish. The market runs on Saturdays from 10:00 am until 3:00 pm from April until the early to mid-December. It’s also open every other Saturday in February and March.
For a small community, it’s a surprisingly large market and well worth visiting while exploring the area.
Steveston Village Farmers Market
The Steveston Village Farmers Market usually takes place two Sundays a month from May until October in Richmond’s Steveston Village. The market used to happen outside Steveston Community Centre. However, as of 2025 it takes place at Garry Point Park.
This year the market runs from 10:30 am until 3:30 pm on May 11th and 25th, June 1st and 15th, July 13th and 27th, August 17th and 31st, and September 14th and 28th.
Steveston Village is a highly recommended place for strolls, bike rides and visits to historic sites. It’s well worth the trek out to the farmers market when combined with a visit to the region.
Surrey Urban Farmers Market
The Surrey Urban Farmers Market takes place on Saturdays between 10:00 am and 3:00 pm from early June to early October at Royal Kwantlen Park along 104th Avenue. It’s a fairly small market with live entertainment. The first market of the 2025 season is on June 7th and the last one is on October 4th.
Trout Lake Farmers Market
The Trout Lake Farmers Market is one of the largest farmers markets in Metro Vancouver, and one of our favourites because of its size and location. It takes place on Saturdays from 9:00 am to 2:00 pm from April to October at John Hendry Park in Vancouver near the intersection of Lakeview Drive and 13th Avenue. It’s open from April 5th to October 25th in 2025.
TIP: Combine your visit to the Trout Lake Farmers Market with a picnic in the park and a stroll around the lake. If you have kids, there’s a nice sandy beach and good children’s play area on the far side of the lake, just a short walk away.
Click Trout Lake Farmers Market for more information.
West End Farmers Market
The West End Farmers Market takes place on Saturdays from 9:00 am until 2:00 pm from May until late October.
The market is located on Comox Street by Nelson Park between Thurlow and Bute, right in the heart of Vancouver’s West End about 12 blocks from Sunset Beach. Dates for the 2025 season are from May 3rd to October 25th.
Whistler Farmers Market
The Whistler Farmers Market used to take place in Whistler’s Upper Village at the base of Blackcomb Mountain on Sundays from 11:00 am until 4:00 pm from May until October. The market is open between May 18th and October 12th in 2025, with extra dates on the Saturdays of long weekends.
Click Whistler Farmers Market for more details.
White Rock Farmers Market
In White Rock the farmers market takes place at Miramar Plaza at 15154 Russell Avenue on Sundays, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm from early May until late October. For more information check out White Rock Farmers Market.
In 2025 the market runs from April 20th to October 12th.
TIP: White Rock is a beautiful place in the summer. Combine your trip to the market with a day at the beach, which is especially beautiful and sandy at low tide.
Vancouver Winter Markets
Farmers markets in the Lower Mainland don’t take place only in the warmer months. Here are some that take place in the winter too:
- Port Moody Winter Farmers Market – takes place on Sundays from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm from early November until late April at the Port Moody Recreation Complex at 300 Ioco Road in Port Moody. 2024-25 dates were from November 3rd to April 27th.
- Riley Park Farmers Market (formerly the Nat Bailey Winter Farmers Market) – typically runs on Saturdays from November until April from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at the East Parking Lot of Nat Bailey Stadium at 4601 Ontario Street. The market ran from November 2nd, 2024, to March 29th, 2025.
- Kitsilano Farmers Market – the Kitsilano Winter Market held its first year in 2024-25, running on Sundays from November 3rd to April 27th. It happens at the parking lot of Kitsilano Secondary School at 2706 Trafalgar Street.
- Hastings Park Farmers Market – this market used to run from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm on Sundays between November and April at Hastings Skatepark by the PNE (at Renfrew Street and Pandora, just a couple of blocks from Hastings Street). It didn’t happen, however, during the 2024/25 season.
Other Places for Shopping
For information on the Lower Mainland’s best places for SHOPPING IN GENERAL, check out Vancouver’s Best Places for Shopping.
For Vancouver’s best year-round major PUBLIC MARKETS, check out the Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver or the Lonsdale Quay Market on the North Shore.
And as for Vancouver’s famous NIGHT MARKETS, check out the following:
- Richmond Night Market – at 8351 River Road in Richmond every weekend night in the summer.
- Shipyards Night Market – located at Shipbuilders’ Square near Lonsdale Quay in North Vancouver on Friday summer evenings.
- Vancouver Christmas Market – at 650 Hamilton Street in downtown Vancouver from late November until Christmas Eve most years.
