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Attractions in East Gwillimbury

Sharon Temple and one more: what to see in East Gwillimbury

The municipal boundary itself has 2 places on our list; 2 others are within 5 km of its edge. They include 2 museums, a water park and a theme park. Beyond the town, the best known is Canada's Wonderland, 32 km off.

Photo: Sharon Temple, Stephanie Spencer (CC BY-SA 2.5)
In East Gwillimbury
2
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
2
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known

The best known in East Gwillimbury

MuseumSharon Templein townWater parkWater parkRail Yard Wake Parkin townMuseumElman W. Campbell Museum2.3 km outside town, to the southTheme parkTheme parkBarnyard Playland500 m outside town, to the northeast

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

On the map

Barnyard Playland, 12 km away, is the farthest on the map.

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

By kind

Grouped by kind

Museums & galleries 2 museums1 in town · 1 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 water park · 1 theme park1 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside East Gwillimbury. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

Place after place

The 2 inside East Gwillimbury 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 East Gwillimbury → · Parks, footpaths and green space in East Gwillimbury →

Big names nearby

Days out

Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderland32 km south · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)ZooToronto Zoo39 km southeastNational park · Parks CanadaRouge National Urban Park32 km southeastAttractionLeviathan31 km southMuseumBlack Creek Pioneer Village39 km southMuseumMcMichael Canadian Art Collection34 km southAttractionYukon Striker32 km southAttractionBehemoth32 km southMuseumKing Township Museum23 km southHeritage railwayYork–Durham Heritage Railway25 km eastAttractionMighty Canadian Minebuster32 km southAttractionWonder Mountain's Guardian32 km south

Places well known beyond East Gwillimbury (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.

Know before you go to East Gwillimbury

What are the main attractions in East Gwillimbury?

Inside East Gwillimbury’s municipal boundary, the one place on our list is Rail Yard Wake Park.

Is there a Parks Canada property near East Gwillimbury?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Rouge National Urban Park (Parks Canada), 32 km southeast.

What are the best-known days out near East Gwillimbury?

Worth the drive, within 40 km: Toronto Zoo (39 km), Leviathan (31 km), Black Creek Pioneer Village (39 km), McMichael Canadian Art Collection (34 km).

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.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (14)

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).