The short answer
Québec City has two public markets, and they run on different clocks. Le Grand Marché de Québec trades year-round, seven days a week, at 220 boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel; the Marché public de Sainte-Foy is seasonal, open daily from May to November at 936 avenue Roland-Beaudin. Neither one is inside the walls of Old Québec.
- Le Grand Marché is the year-round one Open seven days a week on the ExpoCité grounds at 220 boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel, with 350 parking spaces reserved for customers and the first two hours free.
- Sainte-Foy is the seasonal one Open every day of the week, 8 AM to 6 PM, from May through November, at 936 avenue Roland-Beaudin.
- Neither market is in Old Québec Both sit outside the fortifications, west of the old town. From inside the walls, each is a trip rather than a walk.
- Sainte-Foy opens an hour earlier 8 AM against Le Grand Marché's 9 AM — the difference that decides who gets first pick of what a grower brought that morning.
4,137
Canadian farms selling through farmers' markets
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Agriculture (2020 reference year). Direct-to-consumer sales of any kind were reported by 25,917 farms, 13.6% of all farms in Canada.
Source15,647
farms selling from their own stand, store or U-pick
Statistics Canada, 2020 data — 8.2% of Canadian farms. The farm gate is a bigger direct channel nationally than the market stall.
SourceA farmers market in Quebec City is not one place. The city's two public markets keep different seasons, different hours and sit in different sectors — and the one most visitors picture, a market somewhere in the old town, is not where either of them is.
What follows comes from each market's own published hours and addresses, read on 11 November 2026, together with what Food Web's Asset Map records about the food businesses around them. Hours and seasons change; call ahead before a long drive.
What farmers and public markets operate in Quebec City?
Two public markets anchor the city. Le Grand Marché de Québec occupies a hall on the ExpoCité grounds at 220 boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel, and it is the one that never closes for the season: open seven days a week, all year. Its own site lists 350 parking spaces reserved for customers and two hours of free parking, which matters more than it sounds when you are carrying a week of vegetables to the car.
The Marché public de Sainte-Foy at 936 avenue Roland-Beaudin is the seasonal counterpart. It runs from May to November and opens every day of the week while the season lasts. Out of season the hall is closed, so a winter visit means Le Grand Marché or nothing.
There is no farmers market in Old Quebec City itself. Both public markets sit outside the fortifications, west of the old town — Le Grand Marché beside the ExpoCité grounds, and Sainte-Foy further west again. If you are staying inside the walls, plan a trip rather than a stroll.
When and where are Quebec City's markets open?
Le Grand Marché keeps the longer week. Its published hours are 9 AM to 6 PM Monday through Friday, and 9 AM to 5 PM on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays. Because it is open all year, it is the one to plan around in February — and the weekend close at 5 PM is the tightest window of the week, so a late Sunday run is the plan most likely to fail.
| Market | Season | Hours | Address |
|---|---|---|---|
| Le Grand Marché de Québec | Year-round, 7 days | 9 AM–6 PM weekdays; 9 AM–5 PM weekends and holidays | 220 boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel |
| Marché public de Sainte-Foy | May to November | 8 AM–6 PM, every day of the week | 936 avenue Roland-Beaudin |
The earlier Sainte-Foy opening is the useful difference between them. Growers bring what they picked that morning, and the best of it does not last until lunch. If you only ever visit one market at 8 AM, make it that one.
How does Quebec City's local food scene support these markets?
A market is only as good as the producers and food businesses around it, and that wider picture is what Food Web's Asset Map is for. Around Québec City it records the markets alongside grocers, a butcher, a pâtisserie, a fish supplier, a co-packer and the regional food bank — with restaurants and cafés making up the largest group of all.
Food Web map
Public markets, grocers and food banks in the Québec City area
Among the records are Moisson Québec, the regional food bank on rue Hertz; Épicerie Santé, an organic grocery on rue Saint-Jean; and Boucherie Les Saules on boulevard Masson. Several pins fall on the Lévis side of the river, which is why the map is framed on the metropolitan area rather than the city line — the food shed does not stop at the water.
The embed is a live query rather than a list typed into this page, so it reflects the records as they stand when you load it. If a market, grower or grocer you know is missing, wrong or closed, you can correct it from the map itself.
If you are planning a first visit, start with Le Grand Marché on a weekday morning: it is open whatever the season, and the parking question is already answered. Keep Sainte-Foy for the summer, when the season is the whole point. The Québec City food map collects the same records in one place, and for the other end of the province there are our guides to Montreal's public markets and to food banks in Laval. The rest sit on the Food Maps hub.
- Is there a farmers market in Old Quebec City?
- No. Québec City's two public markets both sit outside the old town. Le Grand Marché de Québec is at 220 boulevard Wilfrid-Hamel on the ExpoCité grounds, and the Marché public de Sainte-Foy is at 936 avenue Roland-Beaudin. From inside the walls, each one is a trip rather than a walk.
- Which Quebec City market is open in winter?
- Le Grand Marché de Québec. It trades year-round, seven days a week, with published hours of 9 AM to 6 PM on weekdays and 9 AM to 5 PM at weekends and on holidays. The Marché public de Sainte-Foy is seasonal and runs only from May to November.
- What time does the Sainte-Foy market open?
- 8 AM, every day of the week through its May-to-November season, closing at 6 PM. That is an hour earlier than Le Grand Marché, which opens at 9 AM — worth knowing if you want first pick of what growers brought that morning.
- Is there parking at Le Grand Marché de Québec?
- Yes. The market's own site lists 350 parking spaces reserved for customers and two hours of free parking, and directs drivers to the entrance marked P4.
Sources
- Hours, address and customer parking — Le Grand Marché de Québec
- Season and daily hours — Marché public de Sainte-Foy
- Canada's farms are adjusting the ways they sell their products to consumers — Statistics Canada, Feb 9, 2023
- Les Marchés publics du Québec — Association des marchés publics du Québec
Written by
Justin Andrews
Kitchen access and local food infrastructure, Atlantic Canada
Justin Andrews is a chef-turned-founder who has spent the last decade working across farms, markets, restaurants, nonprofits, and academic research. He’s now the CEO of Food Web, a platform built to unlock underused commercial kitchens and strengthen local food systems. Justin writes about food, entrepreneurship, and the work of building resilient local economies.
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