Local Food in North Bay, ON

Known beautifully as the Gateway to the North, North Bay enjoys a passionate and rapidly growing local food scene nestled between Lake Nipissing and Trout Lake. The surrounding regional farmlands are home to dedicated, small-scale family operations that utilize smart greenhouse ideas and sustainable methods to extend the northern growing season. Local producers provide the city with a rich variety of fresh market vegetables, pasture-fed meats, sweet maple syrup, and wild-foraged berries. North Bay residents are fiercely loyal to their local makers, turning the weekly farmers' market into a bustling, energetic community celebration. It is a welcoming, down-to-earth food landscape where community connections and a deep respect for northern land care shine bright.

The North Bay region includes cities and towns like Alban, Azilda, Bala, Baysville, Blezard Valley, Bonfield, Bracebridge, Britt, Burk`s Falls, Cache Bay, Callander, Capreol, Chelmsford, Cobalt, Coniston, Deux-Rivieres, Dokis, Dokis First Nation, Dorset, Dunchurch, Dwight, Emsdale, Estaire, Field, Foley, French River First Nation, Garson, Haileybury, Haliburton, Hanmer, Hudson, Humphrey, Huntsville, Kearney, Latchford, Lively, MacTier, Magnetawan, Magnetawan First Nation, Markstay, Marten River, Mattawa, McKellar, Milford Bay, Muskoka, Muskoka Falls, New Liskeard, Nickel Centre, Nipissing First Nation, Nobel, Noelville, Onaping Falls, Orrville, Parry Sound, Point Grondine First Nation, Pointe au Baril, Port Carling, Port Cunnington, Port Loring, Port Sydney, Powassan, Redbridge, Restoule, Rolphton, Rosseau, Shawanaga First Nation, South River, Sprucedale, St. Charles, Sturgeon Falls, Sundridge, Temagami, Thorne, Trout Creek, Utterson, Valley East, Verner, Walden, Warren, West Guilford, Whitefish, Whitney, and Windermere.