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Markets in Toronto: Food, Antiques, Art and Gifts

Farmers markets, artisan fairs, flea markets and gift sales: come hungry, bring a tote.

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Shoppers move between market stalls under the glass roof and steel trusses of St. Lawrence Market North.
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A good Toronto market is half shopping and half people-watching. This guide gathers our market coverage: winter farmers markets, artisan markets, flea markets and the handmade gift sales that fill the calendar before the holidays. Come hungry, bring a tote bag and plan to leave with something you did not know you needed.

St. Lawrence Market is a natural place to begin, so we begin with the City's own description. The City of Toronto says the market complex has served as a City landmark for more than 200 years, that the South Market is open six days a week and contains more than 60 specialty vendors, and that its North Market building hosted its first Saturday Farmers' Market on April 5, 2025. The market's own site also lists the Farmer's Market on Saturdays and an Antiques Market on Sundays. Beyond it, Toronto Art Crawl's Christmas Market, on November 7, 2026 at The Bentway, features 140 handpicked artists.

Vendors and dates change, so each guide links to the organiser. Go early and go curious.

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