Micromusée du Plan Bouchard opens Blainville’s list
11 of the 20 places to visit in and around Blainville are museums or galleries. There are 4 places to visit inside Blainville’s municipal boundary, and 16 more within 5 km of its edge. Day-trippers head 30 km out to Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Highlights of Blainville
MuseumWater interpretation center3.6 km outside town, to the southeastMuseumMuseumSociété d'Histoire des Mille-Iles900 m outside town, to the southeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Mapped around Blainville
Most of the 16 out of town lie to the southeast.
The dashed line is Blainville’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
The mix
11 museums or galleries and 9 zoos, ski hills, theme parks or other days out top the count.
Green: inside Blainville. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every place, in and near Blainville
Scène de la rivière
The 4 inside Blainville 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 Blainville → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Blainville →
Day trips from Blainville
Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts30 km southeast · 1M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal28 km southeast · 2M visitors a year
MuseumMontréal Insectarium27 km east · 350K visitors a year (2011)
CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral31 km southeast
GardenMontréal Botanical Garden27 km east
MuseumCosmodome15 km southeast · 71K visitors a year
MuseumMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal30 km east · 54K visitors a yearMuseumBig drawMuseumMontreal Science Centre31 km east · 764K visitors a year
MuseumMcCord Stewart Museum30 km southeast · 79K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumPointe-à-Callière Museum31 km east · 527K visitors a year
MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecture31 km southeast · 68K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumMaison Saint-Gabriel33 km southeast · 74K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Blainville (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada or Sépaq property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.
Before a day out in Blainville
What are the main attractions in Blainville?
Within Blainville’s municipal boundary, the best known are Galerie d'art de Blainville, Jardin de Verre et de Métal and Parcours cyclable hors-route.
Does Blainville have a museum?
In or within 5 km of Blainville: Société d'Histoire des Mille-Iles, Centre interprétation de l'Eau and Centre d'exploration du Parc de la Rivière-des-Mille-Îles.
Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near Blainville?
Our list has none in Blainville or within 5 km of it.
What are the best-known days out near Blainville?
Worth the drive, within 40 km: Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (28 km), Montréal Insectarium (27 km), Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral (31 km), Montréal Botanical Garden (27 km).
How is this list made?
The list joins OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers, one entry per site: museums, galleries, historic sites, forts, lighthouses, gardens, parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks. Forts, houses and churches need something that shows they welcome visitors, and hotels, restaurants and tours are never included. What lies inside the town’s 2021 outline, or within 5 km of it, is listed.
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)
- Water interpretation center: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montreal Museum of Fine Arts: Thomas Ledl, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal: Dpalma01, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Insectarium: Creator: James David Rogers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Botanical Garden: GarrettRock at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cosmodome: abdallahh on Flickr, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- McCord Stewart Museum: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Pointe-à-Callière Museum: Jean Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Centre for Architecture: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maison Saint-Gabriel: Jeangagnon, 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).