Barrington Station heads what Delson has to see
The 8 places on the list are all museums or galleries. There are 3 places to visit inside Delson’s municipal boundary, and 5 more within 5 km of its edge. Canadian Railway Museum draws about 47K visitors a year. Go 13 km out for Montreal Museum of Fine Arts.
Delson’s best known
MuseumCanadian Railway Museum100 m outside town, to the southwest · 47K visitors a yearMuseumMuseumTrain miniature100 m outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumÉcomuseum Saint-Constant2.5 km outside town, to the westEach 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
Out at 5.9 km is Musée d'archéologie de Roussillon, the farthest.
The dashed line is Delson’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
What sort of places
Every one of them is among museums or galleries.
Green: inside Delson. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
Every one of them
The 3 inside Delson 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 Delson → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Delson →
Around the region
Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts13 km northwest · 1M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal14 km northwest · 2M visitors a year
CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral13 km northwest
MuseumMaison Saint-Gabriel11 km north · 74K visitors a yearMuseumBig drawMuseumMontreal Science Centre14 km north · 764K visitors a year
MuseumMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal14 km northwest · 54K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumPointe-à-Callière Museum14 km north · 527K visitors a year
MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecture12 km northwest · 68K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumMcCord Stewart Museum14 km northwest · 79K visitors a year
MuseumMontréal Insectarium20 km north · 350K visitors a year (2011)
GardenMontréal Botanical Garden20 km north
MuseumMusée Grévin Montreal14 km northwest · 300K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Delson (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.
What people ask about Delson
What are the main attractions in Delson?
Within Delson’s municipal boundary, the best known are Gare de la Montée des Bouleaux and Hays Station.
Does Delson have a museum?
Yes, Train miniature, Écomuseum Saint-Constant and Société d'histoire de La Prairie-de-la-Magdeleine (SHLM), all in Delson or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near Delson?
No: none lies within 5 km of Delson on our list.
What are the best-known days out near Delson?
Within 40 km: Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (14 km), Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral (13 km), Maison Saint-Gabriel (11 km), Montreal Science Centre (14 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 (12)
- Canadian Railway Museum: Fraccle, CC BY 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
- Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Maison Saint-Gabriel: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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
- McCord Stewart Museum: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Insectarium: Creator: James David Rogers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Botanical Garden: GarrettRock at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée Grévin Montreal: Eliedion, 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).