Selkirk Scottish Heritage Centre is the place to visit in Belfast
Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 3 beyond the one inside Belfast’s municipal boundary. A drive of 27 km brings you to St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic Basilica.
Start here in Belfast
Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped
The dashed line is Belfast’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Grouped by kind
All 4 are museums or galleries.
Green: inside Belfast. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All 4 on the list
One in town leads, with 3 more within 5 km of its edge after it.
The one inside Belfast comes 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 Belfast → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Belfast →
Bigger names, a drive away
ChurchSt. Dunstan's Roman Catholic Basilica27 km west
CathedralSt. Peter's Cathedral27 km west
FortSkmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst25 km westPlaces well known beyond Belfast (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.
Seeing Belfast: questions
Does Belfast have a museum?
The museums and galleries on the list within 5 km of Belfast include MacPhail Homestead and PEI Agricultural Heritage Museum.
Is there a Parks Canada property near Belfast?
None is recorded within 5 km of Belfast.
What are the best-known days out near Belfast?
Further out, up to 40 km: St. Peter's Cathedral (27 km), Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst (25 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 (3)
- St. Dunstan's Roman Catholic Basilica: SoftwareSimian (changes by Rabanus Flavus ), CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- St. Peter's Cathedral: Robert Cutts from Bristol, England, UK, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Skmaqn–Port-la-Joye–Fort Amherst: MTLskyline, 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).