Food map for Montreal, Quebec, Canada

What is on this map?

The map above shows public markets, farms, grocers, bakeries, restaurants, producers and food nonprofits in Montreal. It covers the island's central boroughs rather than the whole metropolitan region. It grew out of our Montreal guide, and it is one of the city maps collected on the Food Maps hub.

Because the embed is a live query against Food Web's Asset Map, nothing here is a typed count quietly going stale. If a business or a program you know is missing, wrong or closed, you can add or correct it from the map itself — corrections are what keep it worth using.

What do we actually know about markets in Montreal?

Marché Jean-Talon was inaugurated in May 1933 and trades year-round at 7070 Henri-Julien Avenue, Monday to Saturday 8 to 6 and Sunday 8 to 5, putting up its walls and moving indoors in October before reopening outdoors in late April. Marché Atwater, the art-deco hall at 155 Greene Avenue, has been in existence since 1933 as well, open weekdays 9 to 6 and weekends 9 to 5.

The Association des marchés publics du Québec brings together close to 150 public markets. To join, a market must have at least two thirds of its merchants be producers, processors or agri-food artisans, be run by a non-profit, co-op or paramunicipal body, and recur at least four times over the summer — which is a useful definition of what counts as a public market here.

For scale, the last census of agriculture found that in 2020 — a pandemic year, so read it as a floor — 25,917 Canadian farms, 13.6% of them, reported selling directly to consumers, and 4,137 named farmers' markets as a channel. On-farm stores, stands, U-pick and farm-gate sales were more common, reported by 15,647 farms.

Do you need a permit to sell food in Montreal?

Quebec runs food permits through MAPAQ, and the permit has to be obtained before operations begin — operating without a valid, displayed permit carries a minimum $5,000 fine. MAPAQ does allow home-kitchen production for sale, but it is capped: no more than 100 kg of food handled per month, sold directly to consumers, by an operator who has completed the food establishment manager training. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency only enters the picture on import, export or food crossing a provincial border. More in the licensing and permits guides.

Where can you rent kitchen space in Montreal?

Honestly: not through Food Web yet. The bookable listings in Food Web's kitchen directory are concentrated in Nova Scotia, and there are none in Montreal today — this page is not going to pretend otherwise. If you run a licensed kitchen in Montreal that sits idle part of the week, listing it is free, and it will appear on this page as soon as it goes live.