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Attractions in Saguenay

Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral tops the list of what to see in Saguenay

11 of the 12 places to visit in and around Saguenay are museums or galleries. There are 11 places to visit inside Saguenay’s municipal boundary, plus one within 5 km of its edge. Further out, Monts-Valin National Park is 30 km away.

Photo: Saint-François-Xavier Cathedral, Chris-13~commonswiki (CC BY-SA 3.0)
In Saguenay
11
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
1
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
11
in or near town
Forts & historic sites
1
in or near town
Best known

Most famous in Saguenay

CathedralSaint-François-Xavier Cathedralin townMuseumAir Defence Museumin townMuseumOld Chicoutimi Pulp Millin townMuseumMusée du Fjordin townMuseumMuseumMusée de la Petite Maison Blanchein townMuseumMuseumArvida Heritage Centrein town

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

The lie of the land

Musée du Fjord, 21 km away, is the farthest on the map.

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The dashed line is Saguenay’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

What is on offer

Museums & galleries 10 museums · 1 art gallery10 in town · 1 nearby
Forts & historic sites 1 cathedral1 in town

Green: inside Saguenay. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

All of them, one by one

The 11 inside Saguenay 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 Saguenay → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Saguenay →

Big names nearby

Beyond the town

National parkNational park · SépaqMonts-Valin National Park30 km northeast

Places well known beyond Saguenay (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.

Questions before you go to Saguenay

Does Saguenay have a museum?

Look at Musée de la Petite Maison Blanche, Arvida Heritage Centre and Bagotville Air Defence Museum, in Saguenay or within 5 km.

Is there a Parks Canada or Sépaq property near Saguenay?

None within 5 km; the nearest, run by Sépaq, is the one named above, 30 km northeast.

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 (4)

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).