page_title: St. Jacobs Farmers' Market
section_title: Tours
hierarchical_section_title: St. Jacobs Farmers' Market / Tours
caption_attribution_description: St. Jacobs Horse Drawn Tours. St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada.
context_page_description: St. Jacobs Farmers' Market is a farmers' market and flea market in St. Jacobs, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the south of King Street North, to the east of Weber Street North, and to the west of the railway tracks. It is the largest year-round farmer's market in Canada, and is a popular destination for residents of the town and nearby communities, as well as tourists from Canada, the United States, and Europe. It draws about 1 million visitors annually.
  It was established in April 1975. The main building of the market was destroyed by a fire on 2 September 2013. The market re-opened on 11 June 2015 in a restored and expanded $5 million facility.
context_section_description: The St. Jacobs Horse Drawn Tours operates several horse-drawn trolley tours departing from the log cabin at the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market. The Mennonite Farm Tours, which operates from mid April to the end of October, is a seventy-five-minute tour that includes an Old Order Mennonite farm, during which tourists are taught about Mennonite culture. The Maple Sugar Bush Tours operates from the beginning of March to mid April, taking visitors to a nearby sugar bush to learn about maple syrup production.
  Waterloo Central Railway operates a seasonal steam train tour from Waterloo to the village of St. Jacobs and the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market. Trains run on Saturdays from March to October, and on Tuesdays and Thursdays for a shorter duration. The platform is at the eastern end of the site.
  A 24 km on-road cycling tour operated by the Woolwich Cycling Group begins at the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market and loops around farms and the village of St. Jacobs, then returns to the  St. Jacobs Farmers' Market.
caption: A trolley bus and two horses stationed in front of and obscuring the Quilted Heirlooms store.
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