Matheson House
Historic house and museum in Perth, Ontario.
Attractions in Perth
Photo: Matheson House, JustSomePics (CC BY-SA 3.0)Matheson House tops the list of what to see in Perth
The list holds 3 places inside Perth’s municipal boundary and nothing else within 5 km of its edge. Smiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern), 18 km away, is the best-known day out.
In Perth
3
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
3
in or near town
Best known
Most famous in Perth
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
Around Perth, mapped
Musée Inga-Va marks the outer edge, 900 m away.
The dashed line is Perth’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
By kind
What sort of places
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Museums & galleries 3 museums3 in town
Green: inside Perth. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place
All of them, one by one
The 3 inside Perth 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 Perth → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Perth →
Big names nearby
Big names nearby
MuseumSmiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern)18 km east
FortMerrickville Blockhouse34 km east
MuseumRosamond Woollen Mill37 km northPlaces well known beyond Perth (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 Perth: questions
Is there a Parks Canada property near Perth?
Not within 5 km: our list has none near Perth.
What are the best-known days out near Perth?
The best known within 40 km are Merrickville Blockhouse (34 km), Rosamond Woollen Mill (37 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 (5)
- Matheson House: JustSomePics, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McMartin House: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Smiths Falls Railway Station (Canadian Northern): Bruce Fingerhood from Springfield, Oregon, US, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Merrickville Blockhouse: Kenn Chaplin from Toronto, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rosamond Woollen Mill: D. Gordin E. Robertson; derivative work: Skeezix1000, 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).