Must-see attractions in Southwestern Ontario

  • Seasonal display at Botanical Gardens, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

    Royal Botanical Gardens

    Southwestern Ontario

    Northwest of Hamilton, Canada's largest and most spectacular botanical gardens comprise more than a thousand hectares of trees, flowers and plants,…

  • Woodland Cultural Centre

    Southwestern Ontario

    This well-conceived indigenous cultural center has a performance space, museum and gallery. Though dated in its presentation, the museum provides an…

  • Point Pelee National Park

    Southwestern Ontario

    About 13km southeast of Leamington, this well-loved national park features nature trails, a marsh boardwalk, lookout towers, forests and lovely sandy…

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site

    Southwestern Ontario

    About 100km northeast of Windsor, this historic site is the location of the clapboard home of Father Josiah Henson, an escaped slave who later became a…

  • Wellington County Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    A National Historic Site midway between Fergus and Elora, this austere, red-roofed former 'Poor House' provided refuge for the aged and homeless for…

  • Chimczuk Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    Sharing the building with the Art Gallery of Windsor, this remarkable museum unfolds the region's history in an inclusive and in-depth way, integrating…

  • St Jacobs Farmers Market

    Southwestern Ontario

    This quintessential country market 3km south of town has an earthy soul, and a shiny new face after renovations in 2015 replaced a building gutted by fire…

  • Bruce County Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    This two-story museum gives an excellent overview of the region's history and heritage, including the importance of the Ojibwe people and the changes (and…

  • Elora Quarry Conservation Area

    Southwestern Ontario

    A short walk east of Elora, this superb swimming hole offers seemingly bottomless waters and 12m limestone cliffs. Hormone-fueled teens plummet from great…

  • Art Gallery of Guelph

    Southwestern Ontario

    More than 7000 works belong to the collection exhibited here in the Raymond Moriyama–designed galleries specializing in Inuit and Canadian art. The Donald…

  • A night view of the Stratford courthouse in Stratford Ontario with the Avon river in the foreground

    Avon River

    Southwestern Ontario

    Stratford's swan-filled Avon River (what else were they going to call it?) flows slowly past the town, with plenty of riverbank lawns on which to chill…

  • The Griffin House

    Southwestern Ontario

    This well-preserved early-19th-century home belonged to Enerals Griffin, an escaped slave from Virginia who arrived in Canada via the Underground Railroad…

  • Elora Gorge Conservation Area

    Southwestern Ontario

    About 2km south of Elora is this photo-worthy plunging limestone canyon through which the Grand River seethes. Easy walks extend to cliff views, caves and…

  • Tiffany Falls Conservation Area

    Southwestern Ontario

    This is the 'best-value' waterfall in Hamilton – a five-minute stroll from the car park takes you right under a 21m cascade. The falls are not huge but…

  • Guelph Civic Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    Housed in what was originally an 1854 sandstone convent and extensively transformed in 2012, this attractive museum has attained LEED (Leadership in…

  • Art Gallery of Hamilton

    Southwestern Ontario

    The largest art museum in southern Ontario, the sleek AGH has a wide-ranging collection of 10,000 works, with a strong emphasis on modern art and 19th…

  • Six Nations of the Grand River

    Southwestern Ontario

    Southeast of Brantford is Six Nations of the Grand River – a reserve designated for the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and the…

  • Bell Homestead National Historic Site

    Southwestern Ontario

    You might know that Alexander Graham Bell, on 26 July 1874, shaped our futures by inventing the telephone (though the US Congress credits Italian Antonio…

  • Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks

    Southwestern Ontario

    The tomb of Captain Brant, who led the Six Nations people to this area, is on the grounds of the tiny but exquisite Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks,…

  • Bayfront Park

    Southwestern Ontario

    Take a stroll to gorgeous Bayfront Park where you'll find a calm harbor with fancy yachts and a beach with people fishing. In summer, they are joined by…

  • Pinery Provincial Park

    Southwestern Ontario

    South of Grand Bend is popular, picturesque Pinery Provincial Park, with 10km of wide sandy beaches, coastal dunes and lots of trails winding through…

  • University of Guelph Arboretum

    Southwestern Ontario

    Modeled after the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, this stunning microcosm of flora and fauna has 8.2km of paths traversing 165 hectares of…

  • Schneider Haus National Historic Site

    Southwestern Ontario

    This National Historic Site was one of the first homes in the area, originally built for a prosperous Pennsylvanian Mennonite, Joseph Schneider. It has…

  • Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate

    Southwestern Ontario

    Lording over downtown Guelph is the dominant stone-faced bulk of this basilica and church in the Gothic Revival–style (think England's Houses of…

  • Amherstburg Freedom Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    This history museum explores the role of Amherstburg as the destination of many escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad, their experiences before…

  • Museum of Ontario Archaeology

    Southwestern Ontario

    This educational and research facility affiliated with the University of Western Ontario displays materials and artifacts spanning 11,000 years of…

  • Pelee Island Winery

    Southwestern Ontario

    Enjoy the fruits of island life, literally, with a visit to Pelee's winery. Regular 90-minute tours of the facilities, including tastings, are offered…

  • Fort Malden National Historic Site

    Southwestern Ontario

    This British fort was built on earthwork embankments along the river in 1840. Beginning with the arrival of the fur traders, the area saw a lot of…

  • The Mennonite Story

    Southwestern Ontario

    This interpretive center offers a deep dive into the fascinating world of the Mennonites – their history of persecution and dispersal around the world,…

  • Dundurn Castle

    Southwestern Ontario

    Delightful and unexpected, this column-fronted, 36-room mansion once belonged to Sir Allan Napier McNab, Canadian prime minister from 1854 to 1856. It…

  • Delhi Tobacco Museum & Heritage Centre

    Southwestern Ontario

    The flat, sandy soils of northern Norfolk County between Port Dover and Port Stanley provide ideal growing conditions for alternative crops – what used to…

  • Ska-Nah-Doht Village & Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    At this re-creation of a 1000-year-old Haudenosaunee longhouse community, village structures are encircled by a protective wall and maze. Self-guided tour…

  • North American Railway Hall of Fame

    Southwestern Ontario

    From its home in the painstakingly restored Canada Southern Station, built in 1873, the North American Railway Hall of Fame operates a small museum and…

  • Huron County Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    Walk the wooden floorboards for an informed look at local history, industry and transportation. Displays include 30,000 artifacts related to country life,…

  • Stratford-Perth Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    The diverse and significant Stratford-Perth Museum collection includes artifacts and memorabilia dating from the early 1800s to the present day, with…

  • Chiefswood National Historic Site

    Southwestern Ontario

    Built in 1856 by Mohawk Chief George HM Johnson for his British bride, Emily Howells. This historic home is the birthplace of E Pauline Johnson, one of…

  • Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve

    Southwestern Ontario

    This long sandy spit is the southernmost point of inhabited Canada (there are some tiny rock islands – like humps of whales skimming the water – just to…

  • Jumbo the Elephant Memorial

    Southwestern Ontario

    A life-sized statue of Jumbo – the beloved seven-ton African elephant and star of the PT Barnum circus from 1882 to 1885 – sits on a hill near the…

  • Elgin County Railway Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    This brick rail shed full of red-hot locomotive action is a must for trainspotters and the kid in everyone. Be sure to save time to clamber about the old…

  • Waterloo Region Museum

    Southwestern Ontario

    Waterloo's most modern attraction is this primary-colored local museum with exhibits on the history of Waterloo. Set on 24 hectares, it's the gateway to…

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