Holiday markets in Toronto 2026: 10 with dates posted
The 2026 dates, hours and entry rules as each organiser printed them on 2 October 2026, and the shops near the markets.
We count ten Toronto holiday markets with 2026 dates, and the biggest warns of queues from 3pm. The Distillery Winter Village expects over a million visitors in its 2026 season.
Rik Ocvirk, the Distillery District's director of experiences and events, calls it "much more than a holiday tradition," in Streets of Toronto's story of 28 September. On a ticketed day, that tradition is free at 3:59pm and $19.89 at 4pm.
It opens first, on Thursday, 12 November, when Santa lights a tree whose new design stays secret until that night. It closes last, on Sunday, 3 January 2027, and none of the other nine starts before 20 November.
Our advice: see the lights on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday evening until 13 December, when entry is free all day. Spend the ticket money at One of a Kind instead, where $23 buys ten days of Canadian makers.
Quick facts
- Dated for 2026: 10 markets in our count, each read on its organiser's site or ticket listing on 2 October 2026
- Busiest day: Sunday, 6 December, with 6 markets open
- Free at the door: 7 of the 10, and the Distillery before 4pm
- Adult tickets: $16 at the Distillery and $23 early bird at One of a Kind, before fees and tax
- Not dated yet: 4 that ran in 2025, Holiday Hills at Stackt Market among them
For six markets in one day
Sunday, 6 December is the day to go. Six of the ten are open, and four charge nothing at the door: Toronto Sunday Market, Toronto Art Crawl, the Leslieville market and Evergreen's Winter Market.
Start at Parkdale Hall at 11am, head east along Queen Street West to the Great Hall at noon, and reach the Distillery before 4pm. One of a Kind's last day runs to 5pm.
For the lights, the Distillery before 4pm
The market fills the lanes between the 47 restored buildings of the Gooderham & Worts Distillery, which reopened as the Distillery Historic District in 2003. Santa's Village returns to Soulpepper Theatre, dressed like the vintage European department store in Soulpepper's holiday play, Parfumerie.
Until 13 December, Mondays to Wednesdays are free all day. Tickets take over at 4pm on opening night, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, December Thursdays and every day from 14 to 31 December. Before 4pm, entry is always free.
General admission is $16, or $19.89 with the service fee and HST. Flex costs $2.48 more, all in, and moves to another date up to twice, which in a Toronto December is cheap insurance. Children 9 and under walk in free.
The Distillery gives away its afternoons and sells its evenings.
The market shuts on Christmas Day, and 1 to 3 January need no ticket at all, its calendar shows. One wrinkle: the FAQ calls November Thursdays free after opening night, but the ticket calendar sells 4pm entries on 19 and 26 November.
In ticketed hours you need a ticket to enter the district at all, shops included, unless you hold a dinner booking or a theatre ticket. So shop first. Gotstyle, the menswear shop on the second floor of 21 Trinity Street, opens at 10am on Saturdays, six hours before the gate starts charging.
Bergo Designs, 28 Tank House Lane, lists Georg Jensen jewellery, Alessi and Jellycat on its site, and stays open to 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. Our Distillery note has the district's other shops.
For a maker's name on the tag
One of a Kind calls itself "a town square" for Canadian craft, and has run since 1975. Its Christmas show fills the Enercare Centre at Exhibition Place from Friday, 27 November to Sunday, 6 December.
It counts more than 800 makers and 130,000 shoppers a year. Its site features Brightfield, a candle maker in The Beach whose every candle pays for five meals at Second Harvest.
An adult ticket bought before 27 November is $23, plus HST and a $2.50 fee, and children 12 and under go free. A regular adult ticket lets you back in on all 10 days, and Thursday, 3 December runs to 11pm.
The Great Hall, 1087 Queen Street West, takes two. Toronto Art Crawl brings more than 80 Toronto artists and artisans there on 6 December, noon to 5pm, free.
Queen St Marketplace, which holds makers' markets in Kew Gardens and Trinity Bellwoods from May to November, follows on 13 December with its Holiday Artisan Market. Its page gives the hall and the date, and nothing else so far.
Just east of the hall, Garb Consignment Boutique at 1046 Queen Street West prices most designer consignment at 50% to 75% below the original retail, its site says. It opens Sundays at noon. gravitypope at 1010 opened in November 2012 with a 1930s brass and glass staircase saved from a theatre in Buenos Aires, by its own account.
Eastside Events has run Toronto events since 2014, and its Leslieville Christmas Pop-up Market is free on 5 and 6 December, 10am to 6pm. Expect more than 70 vendors and workshops in candle and ornament making. Its 2026 page names no venue yet.
Friday 4 December is opening night, 6pm to 10pm, with a tasting passport for wine, spirits and craft beer. An aerial silks act performs and DJ Spence Diamonds plays 1980s and 1990s hits; the page prints no price for the night yet.
Free marshmallows for the bonfire come from the Children's Centre at the Toronto Botanical Garden's Holiday EcoMarket, in Edwards Gardens at Lawrence and Leslie. It runs 20 to 22 November and 18 to 20 December, Fridays 2pm to 6pm and weekends 10am to 4pm, free, with more than 100 local vendors. Members get in from noon on the Fridays.
For a neighbourhood tree lighting
NeighbourLink runs two food banks in North York, and its We Love Willowdale market takes Mel Lastman Square, 5100 Yonge Street, on Saturday, 28 November, 2pm to 8pm. There is no charge, though NeighbourLink suggests a $5 donation, and 60 vendors sell. The 25 foot tree is lit at 7pm and a sing along runs to 8pm.
South on Yonge at 4750, Lafayette Consignment sells designer consignment by appointment only. Book before you go.
The Riverside Holiday Market fills the second and third floors of the Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 765 Queen Street East, on Sunday, 29 November, 11am to 4pm. Entry and photos with Santa are free, the Riverside BIA says.
Walk west after. The Vintage Hall at 754 is a market of vintage sellers with a second hall at 2039 Danforth Avenue, and Fevers Vintage and Hogtown Vintage are at 732 and 734.
For vintage and a fire pit
In 1882 a young William Taylor tested clay from fence post holes he was digging and found it perfect for bricks, Evergreen's history says. He and his two brothers opened the Don Valley Brick Works in 1889; its bricks went into Massey Hall and Casa Loma, and the factory closed in 1984.
Now Evergreen's Winter Market fills Evergreen Brick Works, 550 Bayview Avenue, on four Sundays: 29 November and 6, 13 and 20 December, 11am to 5pm. The Ontario Vintage & Artisan Market sells every Sunday, with fire pits and s'mores the first two and skating in Koerner Gardens the last two, weather permitting.
Entry is free, but paid parking is very limited, so take the free shuttle from Broadview Station, every 30 to 45 minutes.
Toronto Sunday Market holds two Christmas markets in The Parkdale Hall, 1605 Queen Street West, both 11am to 4pm. The early bird is on 6 December and what it calls its biggest on 13 December, free with a reserved spot.
East along Queen at 1473, Klaxon Howl sells its own label beside vintage. Our flea markets note covers the weekly flea and vintage markets.
Markets with no 2026 dates yet
Four 2025 markets have dates not announced as of 2 October 2026: Stackt's Holiday Hills, Harbourfront's Winterfest, the New Toronto Holiday Market and St. Lawrence Market's Winter Market.
At 28 Bathurst Street, Holiday Hills had curling and a tunnel of lights scented like Pine-Sol's Original cleaner, on purpose. Winterfest had a train ride and a winter maze, and the New Toronto market gave all $1,025 of its vendor fees to the Etobicoke Humane Society.
Mayor Olivia Chow called the St. Lawrence one "one of our most cherished new traditions" when she kicked off its second year on 22 November 2025. It ran Thursdays to Sundays on Market Street, singing sheep included.
Common questions
What is the famous Christmas market in Toronto?
The Distillery Winter Village, at 55 Mill Street. Its FAQ says it was previously known as the Toronto Christmas Market, and profits from opening night tickets go to its charity partners.
Can you buy Distillery Winter Village tickets at the gate?
No. Tickets are sold online only and in advance, with no box office on site. They cannot be refunded, but you can pass one on by forwarding the email or text.
How do you get to the Distillery Winter Village?
Take the 504A King streetcar to Distillery Loop on Cherry Street. The 121 Esplanade-River bus runs from Front and Bay, with extra trips on Friday evenings and weekends. Parking is extremely limited, the organiser says, and rideshares drop off on Trinity Street, north of Mill Street.