Downsview Park and more: what to see in Downsview
Museums or galleries make up 14 of the 16 places on the list. The neighbourhood outline itself has 2 places on our list; 14 others are within 5 km of its edge. Allow a day for CN Tower, 13 km off.
Start with these in Downsview
GardenDownsview Parkin town
MuseumCanadian Air and Space Museumin town
MuseumBlack Creek Pioneer Village3.9 km outside town, to the northwestArt galleryArt galleryThe Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University2.7 km outside town, to the northwestArt galleryArt gallerySt. Germain Gallery3.9 km outside town, to the eastArt galleryArt galleryGrowth Path Optical Art4.9 km outside town, to the eastEach 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
Gibson House marks the outer edge, 6.9 km away.
The dashed line is Downsview’s neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The kinds on offer
Green: inside Downsview. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Everything on the list
Canadian Air and Space Museum
Aviation museum in Toronto, Ontario.
Black Creek Pioneer Village
Open-air historical village museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
The 2 inside Downsview 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 Downsview → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Downsview →
Further afield
Big drawAttractionCN Tower13 km southeast · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum10 km southeast · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario11 km southeast · 873K visitors a year (2016)
Historic houseCasa Loma8.4 km southeast
Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderland14 km northwest · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)
MuseumBata Shoe Museum9.8 km southeast
GardenHigh Park9.8 km south
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum12 km east
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral12 km southeast
GardenQueen's Park10 km southeastArt galleryArt galleryThe Power Plant13 km southeast · 130K visitors a year
ZooToronto Zoo26 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Downsview (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.
Downsview, answered
What are the main attractions in Downsview?
Inside Downsview’s neighbourhood outline, the one place on our list is Canadian Air and Space Museum.
Does Downsview have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Downsview include The Joan and Martin Goldfarb Gallery of York University, St. Germain Gallery and Growth Path Optical Art.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Downsview?
None on our list stands in Downsview or up to 5 km away.
What are the best-known days out near Downsview?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Royal Ontario Museum (10 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (11 km), Casa Loma (8.4 km), Canada's Wonderland (14 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 (14)
- Downsview Park: Mhsheikholeslami, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Air and Space Museum: Hawklord2 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Black Creek Pioneer Village: John Griffiths from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Michael's Cathedral: Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Queen's Park: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toronto Zoo: Maelwys at English Wikipedia, 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).