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Comox Air Force Museum
Attractions in Courtenay

Courtenay’s places to visit, starting with ArtWrx Studio

This is a list led by museums or galleries, 15 of its 27. We list 7 places to visit inside Courtenay’s municipal boundary and 20 within 5 km of its edge. Set 23 km out, Mount Washington Alpine Resort makes a day trip.

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In Courtenay
7
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
20
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
15
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
10
in or near town
Best known

Leading places in Courtenay

Art galleryArt galleryArtWrx Studioin townArt galleryArt galleryComox Valley Art Galleryin townMuseumMuseumHMCS Alberni Museum & Memorialin townArt galleryArt galleryArtful: The Galleryin townMuseumMuseumCourtenay & District Museumin townMuseumMuseumHmcs Alberni Museum And Memorialin town

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Where to go

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The dashed line is Courtenay’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

What sort of places

15 museums or galleries and 10 forts or historic sites top the count.

Museums & galleries 8 art galleries · 7 museums6 in town · 9 nearby
Forts & historic sites 10 historic ships0 in town · 10 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 heritage railway · 1 zoo1 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Courtenay. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

All 27 on the list

Art gallery9

I-Hos Gallery

Art gallery · 1.1 km outside town, to the south
Art gallery

Nim Nim Interpretive Centre

Art gallery · 200 m outside town, to the northwest

The 7 inside Courtenay 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 Courtenay → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Courtenay →

Big names nearby

Further afield

Ski hillSki hillMount Washington Alpine Resort23 km northwest

Places well known beyond Courtenay (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.

What people ask about Courtenay

What are the main attractions in Courtenay?

Inside Courtenay’s municipal boundary, start with Comox Valley Art Gallery, HMCS Alberni Museum & Memorial and Artful: The Gallery.

Does Courtenay have a museum?

In or within 5 km of Courtenay: Courtenay & District Museum, Hmcs Alberni Museum And Memorial and I-Hos Gallery.

Is there a Parks Canada property near Courtenay?

None on our list stands in Courtenay or up to 5 km away.

How is this list made?

A single list is built from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, each site counted once. To appear, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), and hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Places in the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of its edge, are the ones shown.

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 (1)

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).