Southwestern Ontario
Northwest of Hamilton, Canada's largest and most spectacular botanical gardens comprise more than a thousand hectares of trees, flowers and plants,…
Must-see attractions in Southwestern Ontario
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Southwestern Ontario
This well-conceived indigenous cultural center has a performance space, museum and gallery. Though dated in its presentation, the museum provides an…
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Southwestern Ontario
About 13km southeast of Leamington, this well-loved national park features nature trails, a marsh boardwalk, lookout towers, forests and lovely sandy…
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Uncle Tom's Cabin Historic Site
Southwestern Ontario
About 100km northeast of Windsor, this historic site is the location of the clapboard home of Father Josiah Henson, an escaped slave who later became a…
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Southwestern Ontario
A National Historic Site midway between Fergus and Elora, this austere, red-roofed former 'Poor House' provided refuge for the aged and homeless for…
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Southwestern Ontario
Sharing the building with the Art Gallery of Windsor, this remarkable museum unfolds the region's history in an inclusive and in-depth way, integrating…
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Southwestern Ontario
This quintessential country market 3km south of town has an earthy soul, and a shiny new face after renovations in 2015 replaced a building gutted by fire…
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Southwestern Ontario
This two-story museum gives an excellent overview of the region's history and heritage, including the importance of the Ojibwe people and the changes (and…
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Southwestern Ontario
The oldest house in town, and one of the few not from town. It was built on the other side of the river, ferried across in 1798, and is now furnished in…
Southwestern Ontario
Stratford's swan-filled Avon River (what else were they going to call it?) flows slowly past the town, with plenty of riverbank lawns on which to chill…
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Southwestern Ontario
This well-preserved early-19th-century home belonged to Enerals Griffin, an escaped slave from Virginia who arrived in Canada via the Underground Railroad…
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Southwestern Ontario
About 2km south of Elora is this photo-worthy plunging limestone canyon through which the Grand River seethes. Easy walks extend to cliff views, caves and…
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Tiffany Falls Conservation Area
Southwestern Ontario
This is the 'best-value' waterfall in Hamilton – a five-minute stroll from the car park takes you right under a 21m cascade. The falls are not huge but…
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Southwestern Ontario
Housed in what was originally an 1854 sandstone convent and extensively transformed in 2012, this attractive museum has attained LEED (Leadership in…
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Southwestern Ontario
The largest art museum in southern Ontario, the sleek AGH has a wide-ranging collection of 10,000 works, with a strong emphasis on modern art and 19th…
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Six Nations of the Grand River
Southwestern Ontario
Southeast of Brantford is Six Nations of the Grand River – a reserve designated for the Mohawk, Oneida, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca and Tuscarora – and the…
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Bell Homestead National Historic Site
Southwestern Ontario
You might know that Alexander Graham Bell, on 26 July 1874, shaped our futures by inventing the telephone (though the US Congress credits Italian Antonio…
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Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks
Southwestern Ontario
The tomb of Captain Brant, who led the Six Nations people to this area, is on the grounds of the tiny but exquisite Her Majesty's Chapel of the Mohawks,…
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Southwestern Ontario
Take a stroll to gorgeous Bayfront Park where you'll find a calm harbor with fancy yachts and a beach with people fishing. In summer, they are joined by…
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Southwestern Ontario
South of Grand Bend is popular, picturesque Pinery Provincial Park, with 10km of wide sandy beaches, coastal dunes and lots of trails winding through…
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University of Guelph Arboretum
Southwestern Ontario
Modeled after the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, this stunning microcosm of flora and fauna has 8.2km of paths traversing 165 hectares of…
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Schneider Haus National Historic Site
Southwestern Ontario
This National Historic Site was one of the first homes in the area, originally built for a prosperous Pennsylvanian Mennonite, Joseph Schneider. It has…
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Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate
Southwestern Ontario
Lording over downtown Guelph is the dominant stone-faced bulk of this basilica and church in the Gothic Revival–style (think England's Houses of…
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Southwestern Ontario
This history museum explores the role of Amherstburg as the destination of many escaped slaves on the Underground Railroad, their experiences before…
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Southwestern Ontario
This educational and research facility affiliated with the University of Western Ontario displays materials and artifacts spanning 11,000 years of…
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Southwestern Ontario
Enjoy the fruits of island life, literally, with a visit to Pelee's winery. Regular 90-minute tours of the facilities, including tastings, are offered…
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Fort Malden National Historic Site
Southwestern Ontario
This British fort was built on earthwork embankments along the river in 1840. Beginning with the arrival of the fur traders, the area saw a lot of…
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Southwestern Ontario
This interpretive center offers a deep dive into the fascinating world of the Mennonites – their history of persecution and dispersal around the world,…
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Southwestern Ontario
Delightful and unexpected, this column-fronted, 36-room mansion once belonged to Sir Allan Napier McNab, Canadian prime minister from 1854 to 1856. It…
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Delhi Tobacco Museum & Heritage Centre
Southwestern Ontario
The flat, sandy soils of northern Norfolk County between Port Dover and Port Stanley provide ideal growing conditions for alternative crops – what used to…
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Southwestern Ontario
At this re-creation of a 1000-year-old Haudenosaunee longhouse community, village structures are encircled by a protective wall and maze. Self-guided tour…
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North American Railway Hall of Fame
Southwestern Ontario
From its home in the painstakingly restored Canada Southern Station, built in 1873, the North American Railway Hall of Fame operates a small museum and…
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Elora Quarry Conservation Area
Southwestern Ontario
A short walk east of Elora, this superb swimming hole offers seemingly bottomless waters and 12m limestone cliffs. Hormone-fueled teens plummet from great…
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Southwestern Ontario
Walk the wooden floorboards for an informed look at local history, industry and transportation. Displays include 30,000 artifacts related to country life,…
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Southwestern Ontario
The diverse and significant Stratford-Perth Museum collection includes artifacts and memorabilia dating from the early 1800s to the present day, with…
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Chiefswood National Historic Site
Southwestern Ontario
Built in 1856 by Mohawk Chief George HM Johnson for his British bride, Emily Howells. This historic home is the birthplace of E Pauline Johnson, one of…
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Southwestern Ontario
More than 7000 works belong to the collection exhibited here in the Raymond Moriyama–designed galleries specializing in Inuit and Canadian art. The Donald…
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Fish Point Provincial Nature Reserve
Southwestern Ontario
This long sandy spit is the southernmost point of inhabited Canada (there are some tiny rock islands – like humps of whales skimming the water – just to…
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Southwestern Ontario
A life-sized statue of Jumbo – the beloved seven-ton African elephant and star of the PT Barnum circus from 1882 to 1885 – sits on a hill near the…
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Southwestern Ontario
This brick rail shed full of red-hot locomotive action is a must for trainspotters and the kid in everyone. Be sure to save time to clamber about the old…
