Art Gallery of Mississauga heads what Mississauga has to see
Museums or galleries make up 22 of the 32 places on the list. 21 places to visit are mapped inside Mississauga’s city limits, with 11 more within 5 km of its edge. Out of town, CN Tower is 24 km away.
Start with these in Mississauga
MuseumBradley Museumin townArt galleryArt galleryCulture Rising Streetsvillein townMuseumMuseumLeslie Log Housein townMuseumMuseumLithuanian Museum-Archives of Canadain townEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where each one is
Furthest from the centre is Hvacr Heritage Centre Canada, 19 km away.
The dashed line is Mississauga’s city limits; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What sort of places
Count 22 museums or galleries and 4 forts or historic sites.
Green: inside Mississauga. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every one of them
The 21 inside Mississauga 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 Mississauga → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Mississauga →
Further away
Big drawAttractionCN Tower24 km northeast · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum24 km northeast · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario24 km northeast · 873K visitors a year (2016)
Historic houseCasa Loma24 km northeast
Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderland31 km north · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)
GardenHigh Park18 km northeast
MuseumBata Shoe Museum24 km northeast
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum32 km northeast
Historic ship · Parks CanadaHMCS Haida39 km south
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral25 km northeast
MuseumDesign Exchange25 km northeast · 225K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Mississauga (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.
Seeing Mississauga: your questions
What are the main attractions in Mississauga?
Inside Mississauga’s city limits, start with Blackwood Gallery, Culture Rising Streetsville and Leslie Log House.
Does Mississauga have a museum?
Yes, Lithuanian Museum-Archives of Canada, Benares Historic House and Creative Campus Galleries, all in Mississauga or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Mississauga?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is HMCS Haida (Parks Canada), 39 km south.
What are the best-known days out near Mississauga?
Within 40 km: Royal Ontario Museum (24 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (24 km), Casa Loma (24 km), Canada's Wonderland (31 km).
How is this list made?
Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.
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 (13)
- Bradley Museum: Christopher Lim K-121_Widowmaker ( Uploads ), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Centennial Park Conservatory: Torontofiredancer, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- CN Tower: Chris Woodrich, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Royal Ontario Museum: Staka, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Art Gallery of Ontario: Owen Byrne from Ottawa, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Casa Loma: Evelyncyuzu, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada's Wonderland: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- HMCS Haida: Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5, 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).