Downtown’s places to visit, starting with Art Gallery of Alberta
31 of the 50 places to visit in and around Downtown are museums or galleries. Mapped inside Downtown’s neighbourhood outline are 13 places to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 37. A typical year brings about 530K visitors to Telus World of Science. Within 1 km of the middle there are 12 of the places on the list. For a full day, there is Mindbender, 8.1 km away.
Start with these in Downtown
MuseumArt Gallery of Albertain town
MuseumRoyal Alberta Museumin town
CathedralAll Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmontonin town
MuseumNeon Sign Museumin townArt galleryArt galleryAlberta Craft Gallery & Shopin townArt galleryArt galleryBorealis Galleryin townEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to go
Modern World Artworks LTD marks the outer edge, 5.7 km away.
The dashed line is Downtown’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Grouped by kind
Green: inside Downtown. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The list in full
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14
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17St. Josaphat Cathedral
Church building in Alberta, Canada.
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20Ukrainian Canadian Archives & Museum Of Alberta
Museum in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Telephone Historical Centre
Former museum in Edmonton, Canada (1987–2019).
The 13 inside Downtown come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Downtown → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Downtown →
A drive away
AttractionMindbender8.1 km west
Theme parkGalaxyland8.2 km west
MuseumFort Edmonton Park6.6 km westSki hillSki hillSnow Valley Ski Club7.1 km southwest
Theme parkWorld Waterpark8.5 km westGardenGardenMill Woods Sports Park9.9 km south
Theme parkAlberta Railway Museum19 km northeast
GardenUniversity of Alberta Botanic Garden22 km westPlaces well known beyond Downtown (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Visiting Downtown: the answers
What are the main attractions in Downtown?
The names to know inside Downtown’s neighbourhood outline: Royal Alberta Museum, All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton and Neon Sign Museum.
Does Downtown have a museum?
Look at Alberta Craft Gallery & Shop, Borealis Gallery and Legislative Assembly Interpretive Centre, in Downtown or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Downtown?
None is recorded within 5 km of Downtown.
What are the best-known days out near Downtown?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Galaxyland (8.2 km), Fort Edmonton Park (6.6 km), Snow Valley Ski Club (7.1 km), World Waterpark (8.5 km).
How is this list made?
The list joins OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, one entry per site: museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. Forts, houses and churches need something that shows they welcome visitors, and hotels, restaurants and tours are never included. What lies inside the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of it, is listed.
Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (20)
- Art Gallery of Alberta: Stella Blu, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Alberta Museum: Mack Male, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- All Saints' Anglican Cathedral, Edmonton: Sapperbdl at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Neon Sign Museum: Mack Male from Edmonton, AB, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McKay Avenue School: Jeffery J. Nichols ( Arctic.gnome ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Joseph's Basilica, Edmonton: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johntwrl, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Muttart Conservatory: WinterE229 WinterforceMedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Telus World of Science: WinterforceMedia( WinterE229 ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Josaphat Cathedral: Odysseus1479, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- William Hawrelak Park: WinterforceMedia ( WinterE229 19:13, 13 May 2008 (UTC)), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ukrainian Canadian Archives & Museum Of Alberta: 117Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Alberta Aviation Museum: CambridgeBayWeather, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Government House: WinterforceMedia WinterE229, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Ukrainian Canadian Archive and Museum of Alberta: 117Avenue, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mindbender: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Galaxyland: JZ85, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Edmonton Park: Dylan Kereluk from White Rock, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- World Waterpark: Vr1, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Alberta Railway Museum: SoftwareSimian, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- University of Alberta Botanic Garden: Neil, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).