Market Square & Lower Johnson
Market Square / LoJo
A courtyard shopping square enclosed by 19th-century red-brick warehouses, joined with the independent design boutiques of Lower Johnson Street to form Victoria's most characterful shopping district.
Market Square was converted from the warehouses and hotels of the 1880s–1890s gold rush era. Three-storey red-brick buildings surround a central courtyard, and the galleries hold bookshops, clothing shops, tea shops and craft stores. In summer the courtyard often hosts music and markets. Nearby Lower Johnson Street, known as LoJo, keeps its colourful Victorian storefronts and is home to local designers' clothing and lifestyle shops. A short distance south, Bastion Square is the city's birthplace, lined with restaurants and the former site of the Maritime Museum. It is just one block from Chinatown.
Opening hours
Approx. 10:00–18:00 (shorter on Sundays)
Nearby sights
- Victoria Chinatown & Fan Tan Alley
- Victoria Whale Watching
- Inner Harbour & Fairmont Empress
- Royal BC Museum
- British Columbia Parliament Buildings
- Emily Carr House
- Fisherman's Wharf
- Beacon Hill Park & Mile 0