March sustains Canada’s late-winter storage season, with apples, beets, cabbage, carrots, potatoes, and dry onions maintaining freshness from controlled storage, greenhouse-grown bell peppers, cucumbers, lettuce, mushrooms, strawberries, sweet potatoes, and tomatoes providing a welcome variety. Transition staples bridge to spring.
Availability varies significantly by province, weather, and year. What you see at a BC market may differ from an Ontario grocer or Quebec field. Use our What’s in Season chart as a general guide, and check your local grocer and farmers’ market for specifics in your region.
Fresh in March (Greenhouse)
Greenhouse-Grown (year-round availability):
- Bell Peppers (greenhouse): Year-round. What’s in Season? Bell Peppers
- Cucumbers (greenhouse): Year-round. What’s in Season? Cucumbers
- Lettuce (greenhouse): Year-round. What’s in Season? Lettuce
- Mushrooms: Year-round. What’s in Season? Mushrooms
- Tomatoes (greenhouse): Year-round. What’s in Season? Tomatoes
- Strawberries (greenhouse): Year-round supplement. What’s in Season? Strawberries
Available in March (Peak Storage)
Storage Crops (optimally stored through winter):
- Apples (deep storage): September–April from Ontario (Niagara), BC (Okanagan), Quebec, Atlantic; Empire, Idared, Cortland excellent long-keepers. What’s in Season? Apples
- Beets: Fall–spring storage. What’s in Season? Beets
- Carrots: Year-round storage freshness. What’s in Season? Carrots
- Cabbage: November–April storage. What’s in Season? Cabbage
- Cranberries: Stored from October harvest; BC, Quebec bogs. What’s in Season? Cranberries
- Garlic: Storage abundance. What’s in Season? Garlic
- Potatoes: Year-round storage. What’s in Season? Potatoes
- Dry Onions: Year-round storage. What’s in Season? Dry Onions
- Sweet Potatoes: Year-round storage. What’s in Season? Sweet Potatoes
- Turnips, Rutabaga What’s in Season? Turnips & Rutabaga
