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Things to see in Ontario

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

AI-generated illustration of Smiths Falls Community Theatre

Smiths Falls · Culture & Leisure

Smiths Falls Community Theatre

Live theatre is a staple of small-town Ontario, and in Smiths Falls it has a long tradition of being made by neighbours...
A stone church with a square tower featuring white louvered windows and a side wall heavily covered in green ivy, set against a blue sky with surrounding trees and a paved path.

Niagara-on-the-lake · History & Heritage

St. Mark's Church

Oldest Anglican church in Ontario, founded 1792
AI-generated illustration of The Old Town Hall

Port Hope · Architecture

The Old Town Hall

Anyone strolling along Walton Street in Port Hope will sooner or later notice the clock tower. The Old Town Hall, at 56...
A large stone building with a shingled roof, featuring a prominent brown sign on the facade that reads "musée Bytown museum" and "Ottawa commence ici... where Ottawa begins," along with orange umbrellas outside.

Ottawa · Architecture

Bytown Museum

The Bytown Museum occupies Ottawa’s oldest stone building, a solid, low structure beside the Rideau Canal where the wate...
A close-up view of the crest of a large waterfall, showing the turbulent green water plunging over the edge into a cloud of white mist below.

Niagara Falls · Natural Wonders

Hornby Point Lookout

Elevated overlook of the Niagara River
A lily pond in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton

Hamilton · Gardens

Royal Botanical Gardens

The Royal Botanical Gardens is Canada’s largest botanical garden, a sprawling complex of gardens, woodlands, trails and...
A view of the Toronto skyline featuring the CN Tower and high-rise buildings, viewed from across the water with a white building and a sign reading "PRIVATE G.T.Y.C. MEMBERS AND GUESTS ONLY" in the foreground.

Toronto · Natural Wonders

Toronto Islands

Vehicle-free islands in Toronto Harbour
Fort Henry on its hill above the water at Kingston, with a Martello tower at the shore

Kingston · Castles & Forts

Fort Henry National Historic Site

19th-century military fort in Kingston, Ontario
AI-generated illustration of Canadian Museum of History

Ottawa · Architecture

Canadian Museum of History

The Canadian Museum of History stands in Gatineau, Quebec, on the north bank of the Ottawa River, directly across from P...
A large white and red jet aircraft mounted vertically on a pedestal stands in front of a modern building featuring a distinctive dark glass geodesic dome and arched hangar wings.

Hamilton · Museums

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

The Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum is an aviation museum beside Hamilton’s airport in Mount Hope, just south of the c...
A concrete dam or weir with water cascading over it, featuring a large, rusted metal sculpture of a fish in the foreground and a metal fence along the riverbank.

Port Hope · Historic Mills

Ganaraska Conservation Area (Ganaraska Millennium Conservation Area)

Riverfront conservation area with forest trails
AI-generated illustration of High Park

Toronto · Culture & Leisure

High Park

Toronto's largest park owes its existence to one man's decision to give his land away. In 1873 the architect and surveyo...