Around Kirkland, Ecomuseum Zoo leads the list
Museums or galleries make up 12 of the 14 places on the list. All of them lie outside Kirkland. Allow a day for Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, 24 km off.
Just outside Kirkland, the best known
ZooEcomuseum Zoo2.9 km outside town, to the southwest · 144K visitors a year (2017)
GardenMorgan Arboretum4 km outside town, to the southwest
Art galleryStewart Hall Cultural Centre2.3 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumCanadian Aviation Heritage Centre4.1 km outside town, to the southwestArt galleryArt galleryViva Vida Art Gallery1.9 km outside town, to the eastMuseumMuseumMontreal Aviation Museum4.1 km outside town, to the southwestEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Where to find them
Out at 7.5 km is Lyman Entomological Museum, the farthest.
The dashed line is Kirkland’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Kinds of place
Green: inside Kirkland. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
The full list
Morgan Arboretum
Forested reserve in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Quebec, Canada.
Stewart Hall Cultural Centre
Cultural centre in Pointe-Claire, Quebec.
Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre
Or MAM, museum of aviation, Canadian and Québec aviation history, in Montreal, Canada.
Close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.
Historic places in Kirkland → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kirkland →
Big names nearby
Big drawMuseumMontreal Museum of Fine Arts24 km northeast · 1M visitors a year
Big drawMuseumSaint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal21 km northeast · 2M visitors a year
CathedralMarie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral25 km northeast
MuseumMontréal Insectarium28 km northeast · 350K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal25 km northeast · 54K visitors a yearMuseumBig drawMuseumMontreal Science Centre26 km northeast · 764K visitors a year
GardenMontréal Botanical Garden27 km northeast
FortFort Senneville8.7 km southwest
MuseumMcCord Stewart Museum24 km northeast · 79K visitors a year
Big drawMuseumPointe-à-Callière Museum26 km northeast · 527K visitors a year
MuseumCanadian Centre for Architecture24 km northeast · 68K visitors a year (2011)
MuseumMaison Saint-Gabriel25 km northeast · 74K visitors a yearPlaces well known beyond Kirkland (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.
Visiting Kirkland: questions
What is there to see near Kirkland?
Look just beyond Kirkland: within 5 km are Morgan Arboretum, Stewart Hall Cultural Centre and Canadian Aviation Heritage Centre, though none is inside it.
Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near Kirkland?
None is recorded within 5 km of Kirkland.
What are the best-known days out near Kirkland?
Further out, up to 40 km: Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal (21 km), Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral (25 km), Montréal Insectarium (28 km), Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal (25 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 (14)
- Ecomuseum Zoo: Katherine Houle, Kelly Brennan (Wikipedia Takes Montreal participant), CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Morgan Arboretum: Loracco, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Stewart Hall Cultural Centre: Thomas1313, 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
- Marie-Reine-du-Monde Cathedral: Wilfredor, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Insectarium: Creator: James David Rogers, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montréal Botanical Garden: GarrettRock at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Senneville: Illustrateur(s): A.J. Rice, Laprés & Lavergne, Public domain, 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).