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Attractions in West Vancouver

Places to visit in West Vancouver, led by Cypress Mountain Ski Area

Of the 76 places to visit in and around West Vancouver, 51 are museums or galleries. Mapped inside West Vancouver’s municipal boundary are 8 places to visit, and within 5 km of its edge another 68. About 78K people a year visit Museum of Vancouver. Allow a day for Museum of Anthropology at UBC, 9.9 km off.

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In West Vancouver
8
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
68
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
51
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
8
in or near town
Best known

The best known in West Vancouver

Ski hillSki hillCypress Mountain Ski Areain townArt galleryArt galleryWest Vancouver Art Museumin townLighthousePoint Atkinson Lighthousein townArt galleryArt galleryBLAHin townArt galleryArt galleryFerry Building Galleryin townArt galleryArt galleryRed Horses Galleryin 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

Places on the map

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

By kind

By kind

Museums & galleries 26 museums · 25 art galleries6 in town · 45 nearby
Forts & historic sites 4 historic sites · 2 cathedrals · 1 lighthouse · 1 historic ship1 in town · 7 nearby
Gardens & estates 2 gardens0 in town · 2 nearby
Nature & national parks 1 viewpoint0 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 2 ski hills · 1 aquarium · 1 heritage railway · 1 zoo1 in town · 4 nearby
Other attractions 9 attractions0 in town · 9 nearby

Green: inside West Vancouver. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

All the places to visit

Attraction

The Relief

Attraction · 5 km outside town, to the south

The 8 inside West Vancouver 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 West Vancouver → · Parks, footpaths and green space in West Vancouver →

Big names nearby

For a day out

MuseumMuseum of Anthropology at UBC9.9 km southwest · 200K visitors a year (2024)Big drawMuseumScience World9.5 km south · 650K visitors a yearGardenNitobe Memorial Garden10 km southwestGardenQueen Elizabeth Park12 km southGardenVanDusen Botanical Garden12 km southMuseumMuseumBeaty Biodiversity Museum10 km southwestGardenGardenUBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research11 km southwestSki hillMount Seymour18 km eastCathedralHoly Trinity Ukrainian Orthodox Cathedral11 km southZooBloedel Conservatory12 km southTheme parkPlayland12 km southeastMuseumSeaforth Armoury8.4 km south

Places well known beyond West Vancouver (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.

Practical questions about West Vancouver

What are the main attractions in West Vancouver?

The best known inside West Vancouver’s municipal boundary are West Vancouver Art Museum, BLAH and Ferry Building Gallery.

Does West Vancouver have a museum?

In or within 5 km of West Vancouver: Red Horses Gallery, West Vancouver Museum and West Vancouver Museum And Archives.

Is there a Parks Canada property near West Vancouver?

None is recorded within 5 km of West Vancouver.

What are the best-known days out near West Vancouver?

The best known within 40 km are Science World (9.5 km), Nitobe Memorial Garden (10 km), Queen Elizabeth Park (12 km), VanDusen Botanical Garden (12 km).

How is this list made?

Museums, galleries, national historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers are merged into one list. A historic building needs a sign it welcomes visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article); hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Each place is put in the town’s 2021 outline or within 5 km of its edge.

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 (26)

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).