Photo: Verne Equinox · CC BY-SA 3.0Sherbrooke Village heads what St. Mary's has to see
Museums or galleries make up 5 of the 7 places on the list. All of them are inside St. Mary's; none lie just outside.
Highlights of St. Mary's
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, Sons of Martha Cairn, Guysborough Railway, is 32 km out.
The dashed line is St. Mary's’ municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The list by type
Green: inside St. Mary's. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything to see
The 7 inside St. Mary's 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 St. Mary's → · Parks, footpaths and green space in St. Mary's →
St. Mary's, answered
What are the main attractions in St. Mary's?
Inside St. Mary's’ municipal boundary, start with Baird's Tradesmen Museum, Goldenville Gold Mining Interpretive Centre and St. Mary's River Association Salmon Musuem.
Does St. Mary's have a museum?
Yes, Goldmine Interpretive Centre and St. Mary's River Association Education And Interpretive Centre, all in St. Mary's or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near St. Mary's?
Not within 5 km of St. Mary's: none is on our list.
How is this list made?
Four open sources feed it (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the federal and Québec heritage registers), merged so each place appears once. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches stay only with a sign they are open to visitors, and businesses such as hotels, restaurants and tour operators are left out. Every place is tied to the town by its 2021 outline, or by lying within 5 km of it.
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.
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).