The best of Gibsons, beginning at Gibsons Public Art Gallery
Every one of its 4 places to visit is inside Gibsons’ municipal boundary. There are 2 art galleries, a museum and an aquarium to choose from. The middle of town keeps 4 within 1 km. Drive 29 km to reach Stanley Park.
The first to see in Gibsons
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Finding your way
The farthest of them, TidePools Aquarium, is 800 m out.
The dashed line is Gibsons’ municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What kind of places
Green: inside Gibsons. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The full list
The 4 inside Gibsons 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 Gibsons → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Gibsons →
Names further out
GardenStanley Park29 km southeastSki hillSki hillCypress Mountain Ski Area22 km southeast
MuseumMuseum of Anthropology at UBC24 km south · 200K visitors a year (2024)Art galleryArt galleryVancouver Art Gallery31 km southeast
MuseumMuseum of Vancouver30 km southeast · 78K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumScience World33 km southeast · 650K visitors a year
GardenNitobe Memorial Garden24 km south
Ski hillGrouse Mountain31 km southeast
CathedralCathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver32 km southeast
AquariumVancouver Aquarium30 km southeastMuseumMuseumVancouver Maritime Museum30 km southeast
GardenQueen Elizabeth Park34 km southeastPlaces well known beyond Gibsons (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.
Gibsons: questions and answers
Is there a Parks Canada property near Gibsons?
Our list has none in Gibsons or within 5 km of it.
What are the best-known days out near Gibsons?
For a day out within 40 km: Cypress Mountain Ski Area (22 km), Museum of Anthropology at UBC (24 km), Vancouver Art Gallery (31 km), Museum of Vancouver (30 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 (9)
- Stanley Park: squeakymarmot, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Anthropology at UBC: Rr parker, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Museum of Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Science World: Differense, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Nitobe Memorial Garden: Damien Guard, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Grouse Mountain: Orlandkurtenbach, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary, Vancouver: Bobanny, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Vancouver Aquarium: Emancipator at en.wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen Elizabeth Park: Craig Nagy from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 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).