Shopping

Shopping Areas

Calgary has a number of walkable shopping districts with boutiques, quaint shops, chic fashions and numerous hidden treasures waiting to be found. Areas to check out include:

• Downtown Calgary has a number of great shopping centres and 3,000 individual businesses in a 120-block area
• Fourth Street in Mission has been called the “living room of the community” and has several home décor and fashion stores
• Inglewood is a historic community with local boutiques, design stores and antiques 
• International Avenue is Calgary's culinary and cultural capital with diverse range of restaurants to choose from
• Kensington is an inner-city shopping district lined with hip stores and cafés
• Marda Loop is an area in southwest Calgary with over 130 businesses and services
• 17^th Avenue is Calgary's retail and entertainment district
• Victoria Park is an up-and-coming revitalized shopping area south of downtown core

To keep up to date with where to shop in Calgary, check out Avenue Magazine. 

Markets

Calgary loves its farmers’ markets, with crowds regularly heading to venues for fresh local produce on weekends. Food isn’t all that’s available though, there are all kinds of surprises to be found at the region’s markets. 

• Calgary Farmers’ Market
• Crossroads Market 
• Bearspaw Lions Farmers’ Market
• Millarville Farmers’ Market