January anchors Canada’s winter storage season, with apples, beets, carrots, cabbage, potatoes, onions, and garlic at peak freshness from controlled storage, greenhouse-grown peppers, cucumbers, tomatoes, lettuce, and mushrooms providing colour, and cranberries offering festive notes. Nourishing staples that sustain us through the coldest months.
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 January (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 January (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
