Where to find Toronto Christmas Market
Highlights of Toronto Christmas Market
- Distillery Historic District from 12 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, closed on 25 December
- Free admission before 4pm, and Monday to Wednesday until 13 December
- Cabins of Canadian merchants among 90 permanent shops, restaurants and cafés
- Tall Christmas tree, countdown clock and immersive Nutcracker
- 17th season, after years under the name Toronto Christmas Market
- New Year’s Eve from 7pm to midnight, CA$30
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Toronto Christmas Market in pictures
The Toronto Christmas market, The Distillery Winter Village, fills the Distillery Historic District from 12 November 2026 to 3 January 2027, every day except 25 December. Cabins of Canadian merchants, a tall Christmas tree, a countdown clock and an immersive Nutcracker show in a 13-acre historic district. Admission is free in the daytime and early in the week, and ticketed at peak times, from CA$16.
Distillery Winter Village 2026: dates, hours and tickets
The village opens on Thursday 12 November 2026, with the tree lighting at 6pm, and closes on Sunday 3 January 2027. It is closed on 25 December. The cabins are open from 11am to 9pm Sunday to Thursday and from 11am to 10pm on Friday and Saturday. On 24 December they close at 6pm, on 31 December at midnight, on 1 January at 9pm and on 3 January at 6pm. The district’s permanent shops generally open from 10am.
Admission is free before 4pm every day, and all day Monday to Wednesday until 13 December. A ticket from CA$16, HST and fees extra, applies at peak times: opening night, Friday, Saturday and Sunday after 4pm, Thursdays in December after 4pm, and every day after 4pm from 14 to 31 December. Three options exist: general admission at CA$16, a flexible ticket at CA$18 and express access at CA$30. Children aged 9 and under get in free. New Year’s Eve, from 7pm to midnight, costs CA$30, and the immersive Nutcracker requires a separate ticket, CA$19.99 per adult.
What to see at the Toronto Christmas market
The Distillery Winter Village enters its 17th season, after years under the name Toronto Christmas Market. The seasonal cabins of Canadian merchants set up among the district’s 90 permanent shops, restaurants and cafés, along Trinity Street. The Christmas tree, which the organiser presents as Canada’s most iconic, the countdown clock and the immersive Nutcracker set the scene. The organiser expects more than a million visitors over the season.
How to get to the Distillery Winter Village
The village fills the Distillery Historic District, around Trinity Street, at 55 Mill Street, east of Parliament Street and south of Front Street East. Union Station is a short walk away, and the 504A King streetcar stops at Distillery Loop, on Cherry Street. From Europe, flights to Toronto are worth comparing between airlines.
In Quebec, the Montreal Christmas market and the Quebec City German Christmas market open in the same weeks. The continent’s other markets are on our page of Christmas markets in North America.
Specialities to try
The flavours that make this market what it is
Seasonal cabins of Canadian merchants
among the 90 permanent shops
restaurants and cafés of the Distillery Historic District
Immersive Nutcracker on a separate ticket
Christmas tree presented by the organiser as Canada’s most iconic
Our tip
To pay nothing, come before 4pm, or Monday to Wednesday until 13 December. Weekend evenings and every evening from 14 to 31 December require a ticket, and New Year’s Eve should be booked ahead. Children aged 9 and under get in free at any time.
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