Start with Goulbourn Museum: the sights of Richmond
Museums or galleries make up 7 of the 11 places on the list. We list 4 places to visit inside Richmond’s neighbourhood outline and 7 within 5 km of its edge. If you have a day, head to National Gallery of Canada, 28 km away.
What Richmond is known for
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 places, mapped
The dashed line is Richmond’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What you can see
Green: inside Richmond. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All the places to visit
The 4 inside Richmond 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 Richmond → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Richmond →
Day trips
Art galleryNational Gallery of Canada28 km north · 237K visitors a year (2014)
MuseumCarleton University24 km north
Big drawMuseumCanadian Museum of History28 km north · 1.3M visitors a year
MuseumCanadian Museum of Nature27 km north
MuseumCanada Science and Technology Museum29 km northeast · 348K visitors a year
MuseumCanadian War Museum26 km north
Big drawMuseumCanadian Children's Museum28 km north · 500K visitors a year
CastleRideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds30 km north
ChurchNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica28 km north
MuseumCanada Aviation and Space Museum33 km north
MuseumBank of Canada Museum27 km north
MuseumDiefenbunker / Central Emergency Government Headquarters24 km northwestPlaces well known beyond Richmond (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.
Planning a visit to Richmond
What are the main attractions in Richmond?
Within Richmond’s neighbourhood outline, the best known are Karters' Korner Go Karts & Mini Golf, Valleyview Little Animal Farm and Stittsville Museum.
Does Richmond have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Richmond include Rideau Museum & Archives, Dickinson House Museum and Watson's Mill.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Richmond?
Not within 5 km of Richmond: none is on our list.
What are the best-known days out near Richmond?
The best known within 40 km are Carleton University (24 km), Canadian Museum of History (28 km), Canadian Museum of Nature (27 km), Canada Science and Technology Museum (29 km).
How is this list made?
We merge OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Statistics Canada’s ODCAF and the heritage registers into one list of museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. To count, a historic building must show it takes visitors (hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator or a Wikipedia article); hotels, restaurants and tours are dropped. Places inside the town’s 2021 outline come first, then those up to 5 km beyond 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 (12)
- 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
- Canada Science and Technology Museum: Ajadams94, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- Rideau Hall and Landscaped Grounds: Peregrine981, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Basilica: Daryl Mitchell from Saskatoon, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canada Aviation and Space Museum: Ahunt at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Bank of Canada Museum: Bank of Canada - Banque du Canada from Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Diefenbunker / Central Emergency Government Headquarters: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0, 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).