A food capital

For a lot of people, Markham’s biggest draw isn’t a school or a house — it’s the food. The city is one of North America’s great Asian culinary hubs, and the range is staggering: Cantonese, Sichuan, Hong Kong cafés, Korean, and some of the best dim sum and night-market eating anywhere in Canada.

Neighbourhoods like Milliken and the plazas along the city’s south end are where this life is thickest — Asian supermarkets, food courts, and restaurants clustered block after block. It’s an everyday amenity that residents genuinely factor into where they live.

Unionville and Downtown Markham round it out with patios and destination dining for the weekend crowd. In most cities, food is a nice-to-have; in Markham, the sheer depth of it is a legitimate reason people choose the address.