The Cambridge Farmers Market runs year-round in the old market hall near the Ainslie Street transit terminal. The Saturday morning market draws vendors from the surrounding Waterloo Region farmland — Mennonite farmers from Elmira and Waterloo County bring produce, preserves, and baked goods that are genuinely different from what turns up at urban weekend markets.
Arrive early: the good vendors sell out by late morning. The market building itself is worth a look — a solid brick structure from the late 19th century that has been a market without interruption since the 1830s. The combination of local Mennonite produce and the old building makes this feel like a place with actual history rather than a farmers market brand.