Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Cathedral in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada.
Attractions in Saint John
Photo: Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Cusack5239 (CC BY-SA 3.0)Saint John’s places to visit, starting with Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
10 of the 15 places to visit in and around Saint John are museums or galleries. There are 14 places to visit inside Saint John’s municipal boundary, plus one within 5 km of its edge. Within 1 km of the middle there are 4 of them.
In Saint John
14
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
1
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
10
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
3
in or near town
Best known
The first to see in Saint John
CathedralCathedral of the Immaculate Conceptionin town
WaterfallReversing Fallsin town
MuseumCarleton Martello Towerin town
FortFort Howein townMuseumMuseumSaint John Jewish Historical Museumin town
FortFort La Tourin townEach 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
The list reaches out to Spy Glass Hill, 11 km away.
The dashed line is Saint John’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
By kind
The types of place
Museums & galleries 9 museums · 1 art gallery10 in town
Forts & historic sites 2 forts · 1 cathedral3 in town
Nature & national parks 1 waterfall · 1 viewpoint1 in town · 1 nearby
Green: inside Saint John. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
Full list of places
Reversing Falls
Series of rapids on the Saint John River located in central eastern Canada.
Carleton Martello Tower
19th century fort in New Brunswick, Canada.
7
8The 14 inside Saint John 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 Saint John → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Saint John →
Saint John: questions and answers
What are the main attractions in Saint John?
Top of the list inside Saint John’s municipal boundary: Reversing Falls, Carleton Martello Tower and Fort Howe.
Does Saint John have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Saint John include Saint John Jewish Historical Museum, Loyalist House and Number 2 Mechanics' Volunteer Company Engine House.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Saint John?
No: none lies within 5 km of Saint John on our list.
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 (7)
- Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception: Cusack5239, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Reversing Falls: Hinto, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carleton Martello Tower: Sajith T S, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Howe: Magu2k at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort La Tour: DDD DDD, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Loyalist House: B3251, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Number 2 Mechanics' Volunteer Company Engine House: Skeezix1000, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).