The World’s 100 Best Food Markets · 2026
The Best Food Markets in Canada
5 of the 100 food markets in The World’s 100 Best Food Markets 2026 are in Canada. The highest placed is Boyce Farmers Market in Fredericton, at number 35 in the world. Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver (number 43) and St. Lawrence Market in Toronto (number 46) follow.
Historic market halls
St. Lawrence Market in Toronto is a brick market hall with stalls for meat, cheese, produce, baked goods and cooked food. Peameal bacon sandwiches sit beside seafood, pasta and souvenir stalls there. Atwater Market in Montreal is housed in a 1930s Art Deco building beside the Lachine Canal. Boyce Farmers Market in Fredericton is a farmers market hall on Brunswick Street, with produce, meat, fish and baked goods.
British Columbia markets
Granville Island Public Market in Vancouver sits on Granville Island in False Creek, with fish counters, butchers, bakeries and artisan cheese under one roof. Its waterfront tables face the downtown skyline. Duncan Farmers' Market runs on Saturdays in downtown Duncan on Vancouver Island, and many of its stalls sell farm produce, eggs, cheese, bread and chocolate.
Food markets
Best by region
- The NordicsKuopio Market SquareKuopio, FinlandN° 41
- EuropeMercado do LivramentoSetúbal, PortugalN° 1
- AsiaChiang Rai Walking StreetChiang Rai, ThailandN° 17
- The Middle EastMahane Yehuda MarketJerusalem, IsraelN° 14
- North AmericaSanta Fe Farmers MarketSanta Fe, United StatesN° 3
- Latin AmericaMercado Central de Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte, BrazilN° 6
- AfricaWild Oats Community Farmers' MarketSedgefield, South AfricaN° 11
- OceaniaSalamanca MarketHobart, AustraliaN° 7
Best by country
- United StatesSanta Fe Farmers MarketSanta FeN° 3
- FranceRevel MarketRevelN° 2
- ThailandChiang Rai Walking StreetChiang RaiN° 17
- AustraliaSalamanca MarketHobartN° 7
- South AfricaWild Oats Community Farmers' MarketSedgefieldN° 11
- United KingdomBury MarketBuryN° 4
- CanadaBoyce Farmers MarketFrederictonN° 35



