Other Vancouver Island Community Markets
Community Market | Times | Location | Contact Info |
Salt
Spring Island Saturday Market | April 7 to October
27 Saturdays 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | At Centennial Park in Ganges | Telephone: (250) 537-4448 www.crd.bc.ca/ssiparc |
Peninsula
Country Market | June
16 to October 6 Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. | At the Saanich Fairground (1528 Stelly's Crossroad), across from Stelly's Secondary School, near Brentwood Bay | Telephone: (250) 216-0521 |
Sidney
Summer Market | June
7 to August 30 | On
Beacon Avenue in Sidney (closed to traffic) | Telephone: (250) 655-6433 |
Esquimalt
Community Market | May
16 to September 26 Wednesdays 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. | Esquimalt
Town Square behind the Municipal Hall/Library | Telephone:
(250) 385-7658 |
James
Bay Community Market | May
5 to October 6 Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | At the corner of Menzies and Superior Streets in James Bay | Telephone: (250) 381-5323 www.jamesbaymarket.com |
Vic
West Farmers' Pocket Market | April 25 to October 31 (outdoors) | Nov 1 to Apr 24 (indoors for winter) Wednesdays 2:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | winter hours 3:00 to 7:00 p.m. | Outdoors: Corner of Craigflower Road and Raynor Avenue by the community garden | Winter: at the Vic West Y | Telephone: (250) 385-7974 www.foodroots.ca |
Luxton
Station Market | End of May to Early October
Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | At the Luxton Fairgrounds in Langford, next to the Galloping Goose Regional Trail (1040 Marwood Avenue) | Telephone: (250) 652-4691 www.luxtonstationmarket.ca |
Metchosin
Farmers' Market | May
13 to October 28 Sundays 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | At
the Metchosin Municipal Grounds (4450 Happy Valley Road) | Telephone: (250) 478-7871 |
Sooke
Country Market | May
12 to September 29 Saturdays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | At 2047 Otter Point Road (turn right at the lights in downtown Sooke) | Telephone: (250) 642-7528 |
Downtown
Duncan Farmers' Market | Open
year round Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | At the Sun Valley Mall, corner of the TransCanada Highway and Boys Road, just south of Duncan | Telephone: (250) 743-7055 www.duncanfarmersmarket.com |
Market
in the Square | April
7 to October 20 Saturdays 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | Downtown Duncan City Square | Telephone: (250) 746-7396 www.marketinthesquare.net |
Cedar
Farmers' Market | May
13 to October 7 Sundays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | In front of the Crow & Gate Pub on Yellow Point Road in Cedar (2313 Yellow Point Road) | Telephone: (250) 722-3526 |
Nanaimo
Downtown Farmers' Market | April
13 to October 5 Fridays 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. | At the Pioneer Waterfront Plaza, by the historic bastion (Front Street) | Telephone: (250) 754-1998 www.nanaimofarmersmarket.com |
Errington Farmers' Market | Every Sat. May 3 - Sept. 27 10:00 am. - 1:00 pm. | At Errington Community Park on Errington Road |
Susanne - (250) 954-2922 susanneandguy@shaw.ca |
| Qualicum
Beach Farmers' Market Qualiucm Beach | May
19 to October 6 Saturdays 8:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | At Memorial and First Streets in downtown Qualicum Beach (north of the railroad tracks) | Telephone: (250) 752-3087 |
| View
Royal Community Market | From 3 to 7 p.m. each Friday beginning June 1st through the end of October. | View
Royal Community Hall 279 Island Highway View Royal | Coordinator
and contact. Andria Tetlow 479 -1947 **looking for new vendors** |
Some pocket markets:
- VIC WEST: WEDNESDAYS FROM 2-6, ON RAYNOR STREET AT CRAIGFLOWER beside Rayn Or Shine Community Garden
- BC MINISTRY OF COMMUNITY SERVICES: TUESDAYS FROM 2-5 in the foyer at 800 Johnson Street
- QUADRA POCKET MARKET: SATURDAYS FROM 10-2 on Kings Road, beside the community garden - near Café Fantastico
- FERNWOOD COMMUNITY MARKET: TUESDAYS FROM 5:30-8:30 in the square in front of the Belfry Theatre at Gladstone and Fernwood
- VIEW ROYAL FARMERS MARKET: FRIDAYS FROM 3-7 at the View Royal Community Hall across from the Fire Hall on the Old Island Highway
- BC MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND LANDS: THURSDAYS FROM 2-5, in the foyer at 808 Douglas Street
- ESQUIMALT: WEDNESDAYS FROM 5-8 in Esquimalt Town Square (behind the library)
IS THERE SOMEWHERE ELSE YOU’D LIKE TO SEE A POCKET MARKET - your office, school, recreation centre, community centre, community garden, public parking lot? Call Lee Fuge at 385-7974 for more information.
