Places to visit near Professors Lake: Bovaird House & more
With nothing inside Professors Lake’s neighbourhood outline, the list has 3 places within 5 km of its edge. Among them are 2 museums and a zoo. CN Tower lies 31 km out, the pick for a day trip.
Where to start near Professors Lake
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
The dashed line is Professors Lake’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Which kinds
Green: inside Professors Lake. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Near Professors Lake
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Professors Lake → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Professors Lake →
Big names nearby
Big drawAttractionCN Tower31 km east · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum29 km east · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario30 km east · 873K visitors a year (2016)
Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderland19 km northeast · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)
Historic houseCasa Loma28 km east
MuseumBata Shoe Museum29 km east
GardenHigh Park25 km east
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum33 km east
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral31 km east
MuseumMcMichael Canadian Art Collection14 km northeast
MuseumBlack Creek Pioneer Village18 km eastArt galleryArt galleryThe Power Plant31 km east · 130K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Professors Lake (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.
Common questions about Professors Lake
What is there to see near Professors Lake?
Look just beyond Professors Lake: within 5 km are Hvacr Heritage Centre Canada and Petting Zoo, though none is inside it.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Professors Lake?
None is recorded within 5 km of Professors Lake.
What are the best-known days out near Professors Lake?
For a day out within 40 km: Royal Ontario Museum (29 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (30 km), Canada's Wonderland (19 km), Casa Loma (28 km).
How is this list made?
We merge OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the heritage registers into one list of museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. To count, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article); hotels, restaurants and tours are dropped. Places inside the town’s 2021 outline come first, then those up to 5 km beyond 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.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (11)
- CN Tower: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Ontario Museum: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Ontario: Owen Byrne from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada's Wonderland: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casa Loma: Evelyncyuzu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Michael's Cathedral: Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection: Stephanie Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Black Creek Pioneer Village: John Griffiths from London, United Kingdom, 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).