Out from Mount Joy: Rouge National Urban Park and more
Nothing to visit is mapped inside Mount Joy’s neighbourhood outline, but 7 places are within 5 km of its edge. There are 3 museums, a national park and a national historic site to choose from. Here, one place is kept up by Parks Canada. Walking distance covers 2 of the places on the list, all within 1 km of the middle. CN Tower is worth a day, 30 km from the centre.
Top of the list around Mount Joy
National park · Parks CanadaRouge National Urban Park4.7 km outside town, to the east
MuseumMarkham Museum200 m outside town, to the north
MuseumFrederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery2.9 km outside town, to the southwest
National historic siteCanadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario3.2 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumBurkholder House300 m outside town, to the northwestTheme parkTheme parkMarkham Fairgrounds3.5 km outside town, to the northwestEach 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 Mount Joy’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 Mount Joy. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The complete list
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Mount Joy → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Mount Joy →
Day trips
Big drawAttractionCN Tower30 km south · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum27 km south · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
ZooToronto Zoo10 km southeast
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario29 km south · 873K visitors a year (2016)
Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderland23 km southwest · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)
Historic houseCasa Loma27 km south
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum19 km south
MuseumBata Shoe Museum27 km south
GardenHigh Park32 km south
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral28 km southArt galleryArt galleryThe Power Plant30 km south · 130K visitors a year
MuseumDesign Exchange29 km south · 225K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Mount Joy (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.
What visitors ask about Mount Joy
What is there to see near Mount Joy?
Look just beyond Mount Joy: within 5 km are Markham Museum, Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery and Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario, though none is inside it.
Does Mount Joy have a museum?
In or within 5 km of Mount Joy: Burkholder House.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Mount Joy?
Yes. In or within 5 km of Mount Joy, some places on this list are in the care of Parks Canada, as the By kind chart shows.
What are the best-known days out near Mount Joy?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Royal Ontario Museum (27 km), Toronto Zoo (10 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (29 km), Canada's Wonderland (23 km).
How is this list made?
Places come from four open sources (OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF, the federal and Québec heritage registers), each site once. A building counts as a place to visit only with opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article; hotels, restaurants and tour firms are dropped. The town’s 2021 outline and 5 km around it set the reach.
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 (15)
- Rouge National Urban Park: Paul Gierszewski ( Gierszep ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Markham Museum: Zhangj1079, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Frederick Horsman Varley Art Gallery: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian National Railway Station, Unionville, Ontario: oaktree_brian_1976 from Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- Canada's Wonderland: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, 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
- High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, 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).