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Things to see in Ontario

90 sights, museums, parks and places worth the stop.

A landscape photograph showing a calm body of water with reeds in the foreground, a tree-lined shore in the distance, and a bright blue sky with white clouds reflected on the surface.

Hamilton · Culture & Leisure

Cootes Paradise

600-hectare marsh sanctuary in Hamilton, Ontario
AI-generated illustration of Old Town Hall

Vaughan · Architecture

Old Town Hall

Historic municipal building in Vaughan, Ontario
A stone lock chamber with blue metal gates, featuring a white two-story building on the grassy bank to the right and a statue on a pedestal to the left.

Ottawa · Coastal & Maritime

Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal is a historic waterway that links Ottawa with Kingston, Ontario, running for about two hundred kilometr...
A low-angle shot looking up at the concrete shaft and pod of a tall telecommunications tower against a blue sky with scattered clouds.

Toronto · History & Heritage

CN Tower

Toronto’s skyline is organised around a single concrete spire, and the CN Tower is it. Nothing else in Toronto comes clo...
AI-generated illustration of East Beach

Port Hope · Beaches

East Beach

Sandy lakefront beach in downtown Port Hope
A concrete lock gate structure with a wooden trolley mechanism on rails, situated in a waterway with industrial brick buildings in the background.

Smiths Falls · Coastal & Maritime

Smiths Falls Canal Locks

At Smiths Falls the Rideau Canal has to climb, and the way it does so is one of the more distinctive features of the who...
A highway interchange scene showing a large welcome sign reading "BROCKVILLE CITY OF THE 1000 ISLANDS" alongside road signs for Highway 696 and Highway 401.

Brockville · Historic Towns

Brockville Museum

Brockville likes to call itself the City of the Thousand Islands, and the Brockville Museum is the place to learn how a...
A large, grey stone building with Gothic Revival architecture featuring crenellated towers and arched windows, with a parking lot and landscaping in the foreground.

Ottawa · Architecture

Canadian Museum of Nature

National natural history museum in Ottawa
A waterfall cascading from a layered rock overhang into a pool surrounded by green foliage and large boulders.

Hamilton · History & Heritage

Devil's Punchbowl

A tall ribbon of water drops into a deep, rust-coloured gorge on the face of the Niagara Escarpment, and from the lookou...
A wide shot of a public plaza featuring the distinctive curved Toronto City Hall buildings, a reflecting pool with fountains, and large white letters spelling "TORONTO" with a red maple leaf logo.

Toronto · Architecture

Nathan Phillips Square

Toronto's civic living room spreads out in front of two curved towers that look like an open book from above. Nathan Phi...
A crowd of people standing along a stone railing on a cliff edge, with a Canadian flag flying on a tall pole against a cloudy sky.

Niagara Falls · City Centers

Queen Victoria Park

Landscaped park opposite Horseshoe Falls
A paved two-lane road with yellow center lines curving through a grassy, tree-lined park area, with water visible to the right and overcast skies above.

Niagara-on-the-lake · Culture & Leisure

Niagara River Parkway

Sir Winston Churchill is said to have called it the prettiest Sunday afternoon drive in the world, and the Niagara River...