The 2021 Fair was held but required prepurchased tickets and physical distancing by means of one way walk through fairgrounds.

The fairgrounds are located in northern Markham at the northeast corner of McCowan Road and Elgin Mills Road and sits on 104 acres (42 ha) of former farm land (once farmed by Jonathan 'John' Williamson) and Stuart and Trevor Watson.

The original fairground was located at the present day Markham Village Library at southeast corner of Main Street and Highway 7 (farmland of Robert Goodfellow Armstrong and Wellington Hotel).

Only the rink was rebuilt (years later in 1963) on the site and currently part of the Markham Village Community Centre.

In 1865 Captain William Armstrong granted 5 acres (2.0 ha) of his land for the fairgrounds to build several buildings (grandstand, track, stalls, ice rink, exhibition hall) including a single floor agricultural hall.

[5] In 1963 the fair buildings were demolished to make way for the Markham Village Cenotaph and Community Centre (including indoor ice rink).

From among the directors, the President (Chair) and two vice-presidents are elected following the annual meeting, along with a Treasurer, General Manager, and Secretary.

The mission of the society is to encourage an awareness of agriculture and to promote improvements in the quality of life of persons living in an agricultural community by: In addition, there are over 750 volunteers involved with the operations, which fill the board seats and form some 75 committees, which share administrative duties and the Fair operating procedures.