Aquarium du Québec tops the list of what to see in Saint-Louis
Around Saint-Louis, the places to visit include 5 museums, 4 historic houses and 2 aquariums. Look within 5 km of its edge and the list grows by 14 beyond the 2 inside Saint-Louis’ neighbourhood outline. 2 of the places on the list are maintained by Sépaq. The big name further out is Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, 6.8 km from the centre.
Top of the list in Saint-Louis
The rest of the best known are an aquarium, a battlefield and a waterfall.
Aquarium · SépaqAquarium du Québecin townAquariumAquarium · SépaqPavillon des profondeursin town
BattlefieldPlains of Abraham4.9 km outside town, to the northeast
WaterfallChaudière Falls3.8 km outside town, to the southeast
GardenRoger-Van den Hende botanical garden700 m outside town, to the north
Historic houseJesuit House of Sillery1.3 km outside town, to the northeastEach has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.
Map of the places
The dashed line is Saint-Louis’ neighbourhood outline; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline
Kinds of place
Count 6 museums or galleries and 5 forts or historic sites.
Green: inside Saint-Louis. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.
All of them, one by one
Roger-Van den Hende botanical garden
Botanical garden in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada.
Jesuit House of Sillery
Historic Jesuit farmhouse in the Sillery neighborhood of Quebec City; occupies the site of Saint-Joseph Mission.
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8Musée de géologie René-Bureau
Geology museum at Laval University in Quebec City.
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10The 2 inside Saint-Louis 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 Saint-Louis → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Saint-Louis →
Big names nearby
MuseumMusée national des beaux-arts du Québec6.8 km northeast · 324K visitors a year
MuseumMusée de la civilisation9.2 km northeast · 497K visitors a year
CastleQuébec Citadel8.4 km northeast
CathedralNotre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral8.9 km northeastMuseumMuseumMusée de la place Royale9 km northeast · 132K visitors a year
CathedralHoly Trinity Anglican Cathedral8.8 km northeast
WaterfallMontmorency Falls18 km north
MuseumMusée de l'Amérique française8.9 km northeast
Fort · Parks CanadaFortifications of Québec8.3 km northeast
AttractionTerrasse Dufferin8.8 km northeast
Abbey or prioryUrsuline Monastery8.7 km northeast
National historic site · Parks CanadaDauphine Redoubt8.6 km northeastPlaces well known beyond Saint-Louis (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 Saint-Louis: questions
Does Saint-Louis have a museum?
Look at Musée de géologie René-Bureau, Parc de la Visitation and Expo-Théâtre de la Visitation, in Saint-Louis or within 5 km.
Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near Saint-Louis?
Yes: within 5 km of Saint-Louis, the places run by Sépaq are named in the By kind chart.
What are the best-known days out near Saint-Louis?
The best known within 40 km are Musée de la civilisation (9.2 km), Québec Citadel (8.4 km), Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral (8.9 km), Musée de la place Royale (9 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 (20)
- Aquarium du Québec: Josyan Pierson, CC BY 2.5, Wikimedia Commons
- Plains of Abraham: NickHam, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chaudière Falls: Eric Fortin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Roger-Van den Hende botanical garden: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Jesuit House of Sillery: GBoivinT, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Bois-de-Coulonge Park: Gilbert Bochenek, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de géologie René-Bureau: Cephas, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Parc de la Visitation: Harfang, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Villa Cataraqui: Gilbert Bochenek, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec: colros, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de la civilisation: Claude Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Québec Citadel: chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Notre-Dame Roman Catholic Cathedral: Pierre-Olivier Fortin, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Holy Trinity Anglican Cathedral: TravelingOtter, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Montmorency Falls: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Musée de l'Amérique française: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fortifications of Québec: Jean Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Terrasse Dufferin: Selbymay, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ursuline Monastery: Jeangagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dauphine Redoubt: Christophe.Finot, CC BY-SA 2.5, 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).