Around Ajax, Station Gallery leads the list
With nothing inside Ajax’s municipal boundary, the list has 4 places within 5 km of its edge. The commonest are 2 museums, an art gallery and a garden. For a full day, there is CN Tower, 39 km away.
Around Ajax: where to begin
The rest of the best known are a museum, an art gallery and a garden.
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
The map ends at Pickering Museum Village, 7.9 km out.
The dashed line is Ajax’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
A breakdown by kind
Green: inside Ajax. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place, in and near Ajax
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Ajax → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Ajax →
Trips out
Big drawAttractionCN Tower39 km southwest · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum37 km southwest · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
ZooToronto Zoo14 km southwest
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario38 km southwest · 873K visitors a year (2016)
National park · Parks CanadaRouge National Urban Park14 km west
Historic houseCasa Loma38 km southwest
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum29 km southwestMuseumMuseumOshawa Community Museum17 km east · 10K visitors a year
MuseumBata Shoe Museum38 km southwest
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral37 km southwestArt galleryArt galleryThe Power Plant39 km southwest · 130K visitors a year
MuseumDesign Exchange38 km southwest · 225K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Ajax (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.
Asked about places to visit in Ajax
Is there a Parks Canada property near Ajax?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Rouge National Urban Park (Parks Canada), 14 km west.
What are the best-known days out near Ajax?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Royal Ontario Museum (37 km), Toronto Zoo (14 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (38 km), Casa Loma (38 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 (10)
- CN Tower: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Ontario Museum: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toronto Zoo: Maelwys at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Ontario: Owen Byrne from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rouge National Urban Park: Paul Gierszewski ( Gierszep ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casa Loma: Evelyncyuzu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Michael's Cathedral: Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Design Exchange: nodomain.cc, CC BY 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).