Discovering British Columbia · Drawing 09 of 32
At Granville Island Market
Vancouver
At Granville Island Market, stalls display fruit and bread. A vendor offers an apple. Visitors look, choose and stop for a few words.
Did you know?
The public market opened in 1979.
Look together
Which foods do you recognize on the stall?
An idea to try
Imagine a basket of three foods in different colours.
For the adult reading along
A little more to discover
The market opened on July 12, 1979 in a former industrial part of Vancouver. Granville Island’s transformation gave working buildings new uses. The stall and people are imagined, drawing on everyday market life.
Look together: Which foods do you recognize on the stall? Imagine a basket of three foods in different colours.
Sources and illustration notes (1)
Simplified interpretation for colouring. Settings and people may be composed. Details, distances and proportions are not a measured record of the place.
These links lead to other websites. Explore them with an adult. Source titles appear in their original language; some linked pages are in French.
- Granville Island: The Public Market’s 44th AnniversaryPlace, history or habitat described on this page.
Source review: 2026-10-03. Illustrations are simplified for colouring.
