Marché Ahuntsic-Cartierville (MAC) is a nonprofit organization that works to improve access to healthy food and to reduce the number of intermediaries between local producers and the public. From June to November, MAC sells fairly priced fresh fruit and vegetables, as well as artisanal bread, local honey and pies made with fruits in season, in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville Borough.
Opening Hours :
Monday
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Tuesday
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Wednesday
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Thursday
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Friday
3:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Opening hours may vary, according to the weather.
The solidarity market is open from June, 11 to November, 30.
Frontenac Solidary Market
Situated at the exit of the Frontenac metro station.
The Frontenac Solidarity Market resulted from a citizen-led initiative to provide affordable locally grown fruit and vegetables in areas where it is hard to find low-priced healthy food. Situated in the heart of the Saint Marie district, the non-profit organization spares no effort in making a positive impact in the community by offering healthy, locally produced and sustainably grown food. Much more than just a neighbourhood market, the Frontenac Solidarity Market is a meeting place for socializing and mobilization.
Opening Hours :
Monday
01:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday
01:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday
1:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Thursday
01:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Friday
Noon to 5:00 p.m.
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
The solidarity market is open from May 22nd to December, 1st.
Cadillac Market
Situated at the south exit of the Cadillac metro station.
The Cadillac solidarity market is run by Groupe d’Entraide de Mercier-Ouest (GEMO), whose mission is to provide food aid services by promoting access to nutritious food at a reasonable cost and to carry out educational activities about food and nutrition. All in order to improve the living conditions of disadvantaged families and people through self-help and individual and collective care.
For the duration of construction work around the station, the market moved to 6765, rue de Marseille.
Opening Hours :
Monday
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Tuesday
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Wednesday
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Thursday
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Friday
2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
Opening hours may vary, according to the weather.
The solidarity market is open from June to October, 13.
About Solidarity markets
Offering healthy and mainly local products, the solitary markets are operated by non-profit organizations that aim to provide a fair price for their products, by finding a balance between the amount paid to the growers, the amount required for the markets’ administration and the price consumers pay. Solidarity markets are improving the availability of fresh, local and affordable products within Montreal’s districts, especially in the poorest neighbourhoods, in terms of both food supply and socio-economic levels.
The idea of setting up solidarity markets beside Montreal’s metro stations was inspired by the initiatives of the Frontenac solidarity market and the Sauvé market (both members of Montreal’s Public Markets—MPM), over the past few years. These innovative models, which arose as a result of community and citizen mobilization, have helped improve peoples’ access to fresh fruit and vegetables in their own neighbourhoods.
Coordinated by Montreal’s Public Markets, the establishment of solidarity markets beside metro stations is part of the ‘Plan d’action régional du système alimentaire équitable et durable de la collectivité Montréalaise’, or SAM 2025 (regional action plan for an equitable and sustainable food system for Montreal). Piloted by many actors from various stakeholder groups, this action plan operates at every level of Montreal’s food system: production, processing, marketing and consumption. Its overarching vision is that by 2025, everyone on the island of Montreal will have convenient access to a wide variety of affordable and healthy food, through an approach based on sustainable development.
Solidarity markers, proud members of
Montreal’s Public Markets
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This initiative is available due to the help and financial support of ‘’Québec en forme’’ and register in the branch ‘’Système alimentaire Montréalais’’ (SAM) of the 2014-2016 Regional action Plan of the ‘’Table intersectorielle régionale en saines habitudes de vie (TIR-SHV)’’