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The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
Attractions in Oshawa

Oshawa Community Museum and more: what to see in Oshawa

This is a list led by museums or galleries, 9 of its 12. We list 9 places to visit inside Oshawa’s municipal boundary and 3 within 5 km of its edge. Further out, Toronto Zoo is 29 km away.

Photo: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Hyfen (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Oshawa
9
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
3
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
9
in or near town
Best known

Oshawa’s best known

The rest of the best known are 4 museums and an art gallery.

MuseumMuseumOshawa Community Museumin town · 10K visitors a yearArt galleryThe Robert McLaughlin Galleryin townMuseumOntario Regiment Museumin townMuseumMuseumCanadian Automotive Museumin townMuseumOshawa Military and Industrial Museumin townMuseumParkwoodin town

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

The places, mapped

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

By kind

By kind

Museums & galleries 6 museums · 3 art galleries7 in town · 2 nearby
Zoos, theme parks & days out 2 zoos · 1 theme park2 in town · 1 nearby

Green: inside Oshawa. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

Everything to see

The 9 inside Oshawa 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 Oshawa → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Oshawa →

Big names nearby

Big names nearby

ZooToronto Zoo29 km southwestNational park · Parks CanadaRouge National Urban Park28 km westHeritage railwayYork–Durham Heritage Railway31 km northwest

Places well known beyond Oshawa (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.

Good to know in Oshawa

What are the main attractions in Oshawa?

The best known inside Oshawa’s municipal boundary are Ontario Regiment Museum, Canadian Automotive Museum and Oshawa Military and Industrial Museum.

Does Oshawa have a museum?

In or within 5 km of Oshawa: Parkwood, Taunton Tattoo and Station Gallery.

Is there a Parks Canada property near Oshawa?

None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Rouge National Urban Park (Parks Canada), 28 km west.

What are the best-known days out near Oshawa?

Further out, up to 40 km: York–Durham Heritage Railway (31 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 (7)

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).