Food map for St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

What is on this map?

The map above shows farms, markets, grocers, bakeries, restaurants, producers and food nonprofits in St. John's. It covers the St. John's city area; neighbouring Mount Pearl has a map of its own. It grew out of our St. John's 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 St. John's?

The provincial Farm Guide lists the St. John's Farmers' Market as open Saturdays, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., year round. That same directory names only three markets in the whole province — Clarenville, Gander and St. John's — which is a directory listing rather than a count of every market operating, and a good illustration of why a live map beats a static list.

There is no Newfoundland and Labrador farmers' market association count we could verify, and no active national association publishes a Canada-wide one, so treat any round number you see elsewhere with suspicion.

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 licence to sell food in St. John's?

In Newfoundland and Labrador a Food Establishment Licence may be issued to any premises involved with the sale, production, manufacturing, preparation, storage or distribution of food, and the licence cannot be transferred — take over someone else's space and you apply in your own name. The Food Premises Regulations exempt home-based food preparation under s. 3(c), subject to conditions on product types and safety standards, and they contain no provision at all for several operators sharing one premises. That absence is worth raising with the regulator before you plan a shared kitchen around it. The CFIA enters only on import, export or food crossing a provincial border. More in the licensing and permits guides.

Where can you rent kitchen space in St. John's?

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 St. John's today — this page is not going to pretend otherwise. If you run a licensed kitchen in St. John's that sits idle part of the week, listing it is free, and it will appear on this page as soon as it goes live.

Nearby maps: Mount Pearl, Newfoundland and Labrador and Corner Brook, Newfoundland and Labrador.