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The St. Catharines Local Food Region
Known proudly as the Garden City, St. Catharines sits beautifully at the core of the Niagara region's famous tender fruit and wine country. The unique microclimate below the escarpment allows local multi-generational farming families to grow an astonishing wealth of juicy peaches, sweet cherries, grapes, and organic field vegetables. St. Catharines features an incredibly active local food culture, highlighted by one of the oldest and most historic farmers' markets in Ontario. Local producers are deeply dedicated to eco-friendly land stewardship, offering everything from natural honey apiaries to small-batch preserves and artisanal cheeses. It is a scenic, deeply passionate food ecosystem where rich agricultural heritage meets a warm, community-driven love for authentic farm-to-table living.
The St. Catharines region includes cities and towns like Acton, Ajax, Alderville First Nation, Alliston, Ancaster, Angus, Arkell, Arthur, Aurora, Aylmer, Ayr, Baden, Bailieboro, Baltimore, Beachville, Beamsville, Beaverton, Beeton, Bethany, Bethesda, Binbrook, Blackstock, Bolton, Borden, Bowmanville, Bradford, Bradford West Gwillimbury, Brampton, Breslau, Bright, Brooklin, Brownsville, Burford, Burgessville, Burlington, Caledon, Caledon East, Caledonia, Cambray, Cambridge, Cameron, Campbellville, Cannington, Castlemore, Castleton, Cavan, Cayuga, Claremont, Clarington, Clarkson, Cobourg, Colborne, Concord, Cookstown, Cooksville, Courtice, Creemore, Crystal Beach, Delhi, Dorchester, Douglastown, Drayton, Drumbo, Dundalk, Dundas, Dunnville, Durham, East Gwillimbury, East York, Eastwood, Elmira, Elora, Embro, Erin, Etobicoke, Fenwick, Fergus, Fisherville, Flamborough, Fort Erie, Freelton, Galt, Garden Hill, Georgetown, Georgina, Glen Williams, Gormley, Grafton, Grand Valley, Greensville, Grimsby, Hagersville, Haldimand, Halton Hills, Hampton, Harrietsville, Hespeler, Hickson, Hillsburgh, Holland Landing, Ingersoll, Innerkip, Innisfil, Jarvis, Jordan, Keene, Keswick, King City, Kintore, Kleinburg, Langton, Lefroy, Lincoln, Lindsay, Linwood, Little Britain, Long Point, Lynden, Malton, Maple, Markham, Millbrook, Milverton, Mississauga, Mount Albert, Mount Hope, Mount Pleasant, Nanticoke, New Dundee, New Hamburg, New Tecumseth, Newcastle, Newmarket, Newtonville, Niagara Falls, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Nobleton, North York, Norval, Norwich, Oak Ridges, Oakville, Oakwood, Ohsweken, Ojibways of Hiawatha First Nat, Omemee, Orangeville, Orono, Otterville, Palgrave, Palmerston, Paris, Pefferlaw, Pelham, Pickering, Plattsville, Port Burwell, Port Colborne, Port Credit, Port Dover, Port Hope, Port Perry, Port Robinson, Port Rowan, Preston, Princeton, Queenston, Queensville, Richmond Hill, Ridgeway, Rockwood, Roseneath, Salem, Sandy Cove Acres, Scarborough, Schomberg, Scotland, Sebringville, Selkirk, Shakespeare, Shelburne, Simcoe, Six Nations of the Grand River, Smithville, Snelgrove, St. Clements, St. George, St. Jacobs, Stevensville, Stewarttown, Stoney Creek, Stouffville, Straffordville, Stratford, Streetsville, Stroud, Sunderland, Sutton, Tavistock, Taylor Corners, Thamesford, Thornhill, Thorold, Tillsonburg, Toronto Island, Tottenham, Udora, Uniondale, Unionville, Uxbridge, Vaughan, Victoria, Vineland, Wainfleet, Waterdown, Waterford, Welcome, Welland, Wellandport, Wellesley, West Lincoln, Whitby, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Winona, Woodbridge, Woodstock, Woodville, and York.
