Canada's Wonderland tops the list in Vaughan
Vaughan and its surroundings hold 44 attractions, 15 museums and 4 theme parks. The city limits itself has 53 places on our list; 21 others are within 5 km of its edge. Walking distance covers 2 of them, all within 1 km of the middle. Beyond the town, CN Tower sits 25 km away.
The headline places in Vaughan
Big drawTheme parkCanada's Wonderlandin town · 3.2M visitors a year (2025)
AttractionLeviathanin town
MuseumMcMichael Canadian Art Collectionin town
AttractionBehemothin town
AttractionYukon Strikerin town
AttractionMighty Canadian Minebusterin townEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Places on the map
Sikh Heritage Museum of Canada, 18 km away, is the farthest on the map.
The dashed line is Vaughan’s city limits; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What there is to see
Green: inside Vaughan. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The full list
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Art museum in Ontario, Canada.
7Legoland Discovery Centre Toronto
Family entertainment center in Ontario, Canada.
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19Uplands Golf & Ski Club
Tiny, one-lift ski area in Thornhill, Ontario, just north of Toronto.
Black Creek Pioneer Village
Open-air historical village museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Canadian Air and Space Museum
Aviation museum in Toronto, Ontario.
The 53 inside Vaughan 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 Vaughan → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Vaughan →
Big names nearby
Big drawAttractionCN Tower25 km southeast · 1.5M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumRoyal Ontario Museum22 km southeast · 281.4M visitors a year (2025)
Big drawArt galleryArt Gallery of Ontario24 km southeast · 873K visitors a year (2016)
Historic houseCasa Loma21 km southeast
Art galleryThe Aga Khan Museum21 km southeast
MuseumBata Shoe Museum22 km southeast
ZooToronto Zoo28 km east
GardenHigh Park22 km southeast
CathedralSt. Michael's Cathedral24 km southeast
National park · Parks CanadaRouge National Urban Park29 km northeastArt galleryArt galleryThe Power Plant26 km southeast · 130K visitors a year
MuseumDesign Exchange25 km southeast · 225K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Vaughan (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.
Practical questions about Vaughan
What are the main attractions in Vaughan?
Top of the list inside Vaughan’s city limits: Leviathan, McMichael Canadian Art Collection and Behemoth.
Does Vaughan have a museum?
Look at Canadian Museum of Indian Civilization Inc., Kortright Centre For Conservation and Canadian Air and Space Museum, in Vaughan or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Vaughan?
None within 5 km. The nearest well-known one on our list is Rouge National Urban Park (Parks Canada), 29 km northeast.
What are the best-known days out near Vaughan?
The best known within 40 km are Royal Ontario Museum (22 km), Art Gallery of Ontario (24 km), Casa Loma (21 km), The Aga Khan Museum (21 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 (30)
- Canada's Wonderland: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Leviathan: Chris!!!!!, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McMichael Canadian Art Collection: Stephanie Spencer, CC BY-SA 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Behemoth: Mindme, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Yukon Striker: Jason Zhang, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Mighty Canadian Minebuster: Mike chernucha, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- DareDeviler: Mike chernucha, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sledgehammer: mathewingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Splash Works: Loozrboy, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Vortex: Mathew Ingram, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Wonder Mountain's Guardian: ElToroMillieniumForce, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Psyclone: GTD Aquitaine, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Thunder Run: Nicholas Moreau, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Time Warp: https://www.flickr.com/photos/jmbone/, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Uplands Golf & Ski Club: Silver Dovelet, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Black Creek Pioneer Village: John Griffiths from London, United Kingdom, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- 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
- King Township Museum: Andrea Kollo, uploading as Kingtourism at en.wikipedia, Public domain, 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
- The Aga Khan Museum: JohnOyston, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bata Shoe Museum: Gisling, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Toronto Zoo: Maelwys at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- High Park: Chensiyuan at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Michael's Cathedral: Oleg Yunakov, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Rouge National Urban Park: Paul Gierszewski ( Gierszep ), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Design Exchange: nodomain.cc, CC BY 2.0, 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).