Christmas 2026
Christmas markets in Vancouver, 2026
Vancouver Christmas Market. Photo courtesy Vancouver Christmas Market
Christmas 2026
Vancouver Christmas Market. Photo courtesy Vancouver Christmas Market
Real talk: the best Christmas market date in Vancouver might cost you nothing to get into, and the famous one charges at the gate. We checked every 2026 date and entry price on the organisers' own sites, so you know what you're paying before you go.
Dates and prices checked October 21, 2026 on each organiser's own 2026 page. Entry for two adults, before tax and fees unless noted.
Every price here is for two adults at the organiser's own published 2026 rate, checked on October 21. Unless we say otherwise, it's before tax and booking fees, and it doesn't include food or drinks.
Some organisers haven't published every price yet, and a few ticket prices change by day. Use the official link on each listing before you go.
Riley Park · Nov 7 to Mar 27, 2027
Price not published
Kitsilano · Nov 8 to Apr 25, 2027
Price not published
Coal Harbour · Nov 11 to Nov 15
From $16
Downtown Victoria · Nov 12 to Dec 24
Price not published
Coal Harbour · Nov 16 to Dec 24
From $15.98
Surrey · Nov 21 to Nov 22
Free
Kensington-Cedar Cottage · Nov 21 to Nov 29
$11.44 to $19.48
Dunbar · Nov 21
Price not published
Langley City · Nov 26 to Dec 24
Free
Shaughnessy · Nov 26 to Nov 29
$45.46 to $56.14
North Vancouver · Nov 27 to Dec 24
Free
Cloverdale, Surrey · Nov 27 to Dec 29
From $48
Steveston, Richmond · Nov 28
By donation
Hastings-Sunrise · Dec 10 to Dec 13
$20 to $30
New Westminster · Dec 12 to Dec 13
By donation
Fairfield, Victoria · Dec 12 to Dec 13
Price not published
Entry for two adults. Food, drinks and rides are extra.
The Vancouver Christmas Market is back at Jack Poole Plaza from November 16 to December 24. Single entry starts at $7.99 a person in pre-sale, which ends November 15, so $15.98 for two. The standard price from November 16 isn't published yet. Kids 6 and under are free.
Single tickets come with a 30-minute arrival window, and once you're in you can stay as long as you like. A season pass starts at $32.99 in pre-sale, needs no time slot and gets priority entry.
Our take: go on a weeknight after work. The market opens at 4pm on weekdays until December 4, and arriving in the dark is the whole point of the huts and the lights.
Coal Harbour · Nov 16 to Dec 24
Billed as genuine German tradition: more than 90 vendor and artisan huts, Glühwein, a daily 7pm Prost toast, snow showers every 30 minutes, carousel rides and Santa’s Workshop. New for 2026: The Wishing Forest.
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Photo courtesy Vancouver Christmas Market
Shipyards Christmas Market in North Vancouver is free from November 27 to December 24, with 90 wooden chalets, a free outdoor skating rink with free skate rentals and free photos with Santa. Langley Christmas Village is new this year from the same team, free from November 26, with more than 70 BC vendors and a pop-up curling rink you can book.
Surrey's Tree Lighting Festival on November 21 and 22 has a free holiday market alongside the 60ft tree. The Steveston Christmas Craft Fair on November 28 and the New West Farmers Market holiday market on December 12 and 13 are both by donation.
Our take: Shipyards is the best free date on this list. Skate first, then warm up in the chalets.
Surrey · Nov 21 to Nov 22
The City's 60ft Christmas tree is lit by Mayor and Council, with light installations, a holiday market, a dance stage and DJs.
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Photo courtesy City of Surrey
Langley City · Nov 26 to Dec 24
New for 2026 from the Shipyards team: 70+ BC-based vendors in timber chalets, a 36ft tree, Santa's Chalet, a pop-up curling rink and a VR sleigh ride. Parking free after 5pm on Douglas Cres, plus a shuttle from Kwantlen Polytechnic University.
North Vancouver · Nov 27 to Dec 24
90+ wooden chalets and 120+ vendors, a 30ft Christmas tree, a free outdoor skating rink run by the City of North Vancouver with free skate rentals, and free photos with Santa and Mrs Claus.
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Photo courtesy Shipyards Christmas Market
Steveston, Richmond · Nov 28
Up to 125 vendors with handcrafted items, jewelry and foodie items, plus a raffle; the society advises bringing cash.
New Westminster · Dec 12 to Dec 13
The 7th annual outdoor holiday market with 90+ local artisan and food vendors, food trucks, live music and free kids crafts at the Sprout Club tent; family and dog friendly.
Circle Craft is the big one, with more than 315 Canadian artisans at the Vancouver Convention Centre from November 11 to 15, a week before most markets open. General admission is $12 with the early bird discount, or $8 after 5pm Wednesday to Friday.
Make It fills the PNE Forum from December 10 to 13 with 250 booths: $10 a ticket early, $15 at the door, and one ticket covers every day. Got Craft runs two weekends at the Croatian Cultural Centre on Commercial Drive, November 21 and 22 and November 28 and 29, at $5.72 to $9.74 a ticket.
Hycroft for the Holidays puts more than 40 artisans inside an Edwardian mansion in Shaughnessy from November 26 to 29, at $22.73 to $28.07 a ticket. The Dunbar Holiday Craft Fair, now in its 42nd year, is on November 21 at Dunbar Community Centre.
Our take: Circle Craft's $8 after-5pm ticket is the move for a date. Go after work midweek, then make it dinner downtown.
Coal Harbour · Nov 11 to Nov 15
315+ Canadian artisans with live music, artisan demos, holiday food and drink, and a kids’ craft corner. It runs a week before most markets open.
Kensington-Cedar Cottage · Nov 21 to Nov 29
About 100 makers and small shops each weekend, food trucks, a Mini Makers area for kid entrepreneurs and a free DIY station.
Dunbar · Nov 21
The 42nd annual fair; the centre says vendors fill the building with crafts and food products, with holiday entertainment and light refreshments.
Shaughnessy · Nov 26 to Nov 29
Over 40 local artisans inside a decorated Edwardian mansion, plus the McRae Shoppe (decor from the Hycroft Garden) and the Coach House Shop (Hycroft Kitchen Creations treats).
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Photo: Hycroft House exterior (venue photo, not the event), Iota 9 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Hastings-Sunrise · Dec 10 to Dec 13
250 booths of handmade goods from 250+ makers, food trucks, a licensed venue, Santa photos and an interactive kids zone.
The Christmas Market at Noël in Cloverdale sits inside the ticketed festival, in a heated indoor barn next to the Bright Nights light walk. Adult tickets start at $24, so $48 for two, before tax and service charges, with timed entry and free parking. It runs nightly from November 27 to December 29, with a few closed nights.
Cloverdale, Surrey · Nov 27 to Dec 29
The Christmas Market sits inside the ticketed Noël festival, in the indoor, heated Santa’s Snow Barn, next to the Bright Nights light walk and a 50ft Ferris wheel. Market purchases are extra.
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Photo courtesy Noël Holiday Light Festival
If you'd rather buy gifts you can eat, Vancouver Farmers Markets run two weekly winter markets: Riley Park on Saturdays from November 7 and Kitsilano on Sundays from November 8, both 10am to 2pm.
Riley Park · Nov 7 to Mar 27, 2027
Vancouver Farmers Markets’ weekly winter market: over 85 vendors and food trucks.
Kitsilano · Nov 8 to Apr 25, 2027
Vancouver Farmers Markets’ weekly winter market: 50+ vendors and food trucks.
Bastion Square Winter Market runs Thursday to Sunday from November 12 to December 24, noon to 7pm, plus the whole week before Christmas. The Moss Street holiday market is on December 12 and 13 at the Fairfield Gonzales community building.
Downtown Victoria · Nov 12 to Dec 24
Open-air weekly market in downtown Victoria with a rotating lineup of local artisans, makers and food vendors; new vendors each weekend.
Fairfield, Victoria · Dec 12 to Dec 13
The 31st annual holiday market of the Victoria Farmers Market at Moss Street, spread over the community building, the Garry Oak Room, a portable and the Sir James Douglas School gym; vendors are regular-season market vendors by invitation.
These had not published 2026 details when we checked. We add them when their organisers do, rather than guess from last year.
No holiday market on the official 2026 calendar. The Ornament Collection exhibition (from Nov 24) and Circle Craft’s co-op store in the Net Loft are there; Circle Craft’s market itself is at the Convention Centre.
Its website has gone offline and no 2026 holiday dates are posted anywhere official.
Only small artisan pop-ups on the official calendar. The Shipyards Christmas Market is a two minute walk away.
No official 2026 page yet. Langley Christmas Village, listed above, is the new big market in Langley.
No official 2026 listing yet.
Only a social media post so far; we will list it once there is an official page.
Only listings sites so far, no official page.
The organiser lists a December 5 fair but does not say which year, so we are waiting for a dated 2026 listing.
The official page gives two different weekends. We will list it once the dates agree.
Entry for two adults at the operator's own published price, before tax and fees unless noted. Ticket platform figures for Hycroft and Got Craft may include booking fees. Each date and price comes from the organiser's own 2026 page, read on October 21, 2026, and we never use listings sites or last year's prices. Spotted a change? Email hello@datespark.ca.
Good to know· 6 questions
It opens November 16 and runs to December 24 at Jack Poole Plaza. Until December 4 it opens at 4pm on weekdays and 11:30am on weekends.
Single entry starts at $7.99 a person in pre-sale, which ends November 15. A season pass starts at $32.99 and a family season pass at $74.99 in pre-sale. Kids 6 and under are free.
Yes. Shipyards Christmas Market in North Vancouver and Langley Christmas Village are free to enter, and Surrey's Tree Lighting Festival market is free on November 21 and 22.
The Vancouver Christmas Market at Jack Poole Plaza, next to the Convention Centre, is the German-style one, with wooden huts, Glühwein and bratwurst.
Not one we could find for 2026. Granville Island's official calendar has no holiday market, though Circle Craft's co-op store is there in the Net Loft.
November 11 to 15 at Vancouver Convention Centre West. General admission is $12 with the early bird discount, or $8 after 5pm Wednesday to Friday.