What to see from Britannia: Symmes Hotel first
Of the 10 places to visit in and around Britannia, 8 are museums or galleries. Britannia itself has none of them. Travel 11 km and you reach National Gallery of Canada.
The best known around Britannia
MuseumSymmes Hotel3.8 km outside town, to the westMuseumMuseumJames Bartleman Archives and Library Materials Centre3.4 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumNepean Museum3.7 km outside town, to the eastArt galleryArt galleryL’Imagier Art Centre3.9 km outside town, to the westArt galleryArt galleryNAK Gallery4.9 km outside town, to the northeastArt galleryArt galleryEspace Pierre-Debain3.2 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.
How they lie
Fisher Park, Water Park marks the outer edge, 6.2 km away.
The dashed line is Britannia’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
A breakdown by kind
Green: inside Britannia. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Full list of places
These 10 are all within 5 km of its edge.
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Britannia → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Britannia →
Days out
Art galleryNational Gallery of Canada11 km northeast · 237K visitors a year (2014)
MuseumCarleton University8.2 km northeast
Big drawMuseumCanadian Museum of History10 km northeast · 1.3M visitors a year
MuseumCanadian Museum of Nature9.9 km northeast
MuseumCanadian War Museum8.5 km northeast
Big drawMuseumCanadian Children's Museum9.9 km northeast · 500K visitors a year
MuseumCanada Science and Technology Museum15 km northeast · 348K visitors a year
ChurchNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica11 km northeast
CastleRideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds12 km northeast
MuseumBank of Canada Museum9.7 km northeast
MuseumCanada Aviation and Space Museum16 km northeast
ZooCanada Agriculture and Food Museum7.2 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Britannia (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.
Places to visit in Britannia: questions
What is there to see near Britannia?
No attraction is mapped inside Britannia itself. Within 5 km of it are James Bartleman Archives and Library Materials Centre, Nepean Museum and L’Imagier Art Centre.
Does Britannia have a museum?
Yes, NAK Gallery, Espace Pierre-Debain and Sage Tattoo & Art Gallery, all in Britannia or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Britannia?
Not within 5 km of Britannia: none is on our list.
What are the best-known days out near Britannia?
The best known within 40 km are Carleton University (8.2 km), Canadian Museum of History (10 km), Canadian Museum of Nature (9.9 km), Canadian War Museum (8.5 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 (13)
- Symmes Hotel: RaynaultM, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- National Gallery of Canada: Wladyslaw [Disk.], CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Carleton University: Harleyd613, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Museum of History: Wojciech Dittwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Museum of Nature: RealGrouchy, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian War Museum: Balcer~commonswiki, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Children's Museum: Wojciech Dittwald, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada Science and Technology Museum: Ajadams94, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica: Daryl Mitchell from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds: Peregrine981, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bank of Canada Museum: Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada from Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada Aviation and Space Museum: Ahunt at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada Agriculture and Food Museum: P199, Public domain, 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).