Lifestyle — September is the single best month of Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026: St. Norbert is running full tilt every Saturday, the harvest tables are at their heaviest, and Manitoba’s pumpkin patches and corn mazes just opened for the season. Here’s how to make the most of the final stretch.
By Maplestime Lifestyle Desk | Winnipeg, Manitoba | September 20, 2026. Sources: St. Norbert Farmers’ Market, Direct Farm Manitoba, To Do Canada | Last updated: September 20, 2026
Key Takeaways
- St. Norbert Farmers’ Market runs Saturdays 8 AM–2 PM at 3514 Pembina Hwy; the outdoor season continues through Thanksgiving weekend (October 10–12, 2026).
- Still running into October: Wolseley Farmers’ Market (Tuesdays and Thursdays until October 22) and South Osborne (Wednesdays until mid-October).
- Peak September produce for Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026: pumpkins, squash, apples, sweet corn, tomatoes, onions and cabbage.
- Pumpkin patch season is officially open: Schwabe Pumpkins opened September 18 ($5/person), Autumn Adventures Manitoba opened August 29, and the Notre Dame de Lourdes corn maze opened September 5.
- St. Norbert has been running since July 16, 1988 — this is its 39th season.
Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026: What’s Running Right Now
The headliner is St. Norbert Farmers’ Market, Manitoba’s largest and best-known farmers’ market, at 3514 Pembina Hwy. It runs Saturdays from 8 AM to 2 PM, and the 2026 outdoor season stretches from the May long weekend all the way to Thanksgiving weekend — October 10 to 12. After that, vendors move inside the big canopy and keep going until Christmas, then a winter market carries on from November through May. If you’ve been meaning to go all summer, you have three outdoor Saturdays left: September 26, October 3 and October 10.
St. Norbert has been at this a while — the first market was held on July 16, 1988, which makes this season number 39. Expect local produce, baked goods, meat and prepared foods, plus the usual crafts and flowers.
Two neighbourhood markets are still in play through October as well:
- Wolseley Farmers’ Market — Tuesdays and Thursdays, 3 to 6:30 PM, at 980 Palmerston Ave, running June 4 to October 22.
- South Osborne Farmers’ Market — Wednesdays, 4 to 8 PM, at 725 Kylemore Ave, running mid-June to mid-October.
A couple of seasons are already wrapping up: West Broadway wraps up on September 25, and the downtown market at Manitoba Hydro Place closed on September 12 — though Tourism Winnipeg notes an indoor run at Cityplace from October through May, so check the current schedule before heading downtown.
Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026: What’s in Season This September
Right now the tables are loaded with the harvest that defines Manitoba fall cooking — the heart of Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026: pumpkins and every variety of squash, apples (including Honeycrisp and other early varieties), the last of the sweet corn, field tomatoes, storage onions and cabbage that will keep into winter. Schwabe Pumpkins alone grows more than 25 varieties of pumpkin and 15-plus types of squash, which gives you a sense of how deep the selection runs this month.
Vegetables and local honey on a market table — September is preserving season for many Manitoba growers. (Wikimedia Commons)
Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026: Pumpkin Patches and Corn Mazes Open for the Season
If the market puts you in the mood to go pick your own, the timing is perfect — Manitoba’s pumpkin patch season just opened, right on schedule for Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026’s fall finale:
- Schwabe Pumpkins — opened September 18, 2026; $5 per person (cash only), with 25+ pumpkin varieties and 15+ squash types.
- Autumn Adventures Manitoba at Connery Farms — opened August 29, 2026, with wagon rides, a corn maze and a full pumpkin patch.
- Notre Dame de Lourdes corn maze — opened September 5, 2026; $10 adults, $7 kids aged 4–11.
- Sheepy Hollow — runs September 26 to October 4, 2026, with pumpkins and farm animals.
Pumpkins and squashes at peak September harvest — the picking season is short, so go now. (Wikimedia Commons)
How to Market Like a Regular
A few veteran moves for the rest of the Winnipeg Farmers Markets 2026 season:
- Go early for selection, go late for deals. The best baking apples sell out by 10; vendors start discounting perishables after 1.
- Bring cash and a tote. Many vendors take cards now, but the smaller farm tables still prefer cash — and you’ll buy more than you planned.
- Ask what’s good this week. September is when growers will tell you exactly which squash roasts best or which apple is peaking. Free advice, better dinner.
- Buy the weird squash. If a vendor has a variety you’ve never heard of, that’s the one to try — September’s selection is the widest of the year.
The outdoor season wraps October 10 — less than three weeks from now — and then it’s canopy markets and winter squash until spring. September is the month Winnipeg’s farmers’ markets earn their reputation — don’t let it pass you by.
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