List of tourist attractions in Hamilton, Ontario

Hamilton, Ontario has a large variety of historical sites, cultural and educational institutions, and an aviary for exotic birds.

Historical sites and museums

31 Service Battalion Museum, accredited military museum, Heritage Museum; dedicated to documenting Combat Service Support in Hamilton; largest collection of the Canadian Women's Army Corps artifacts; located next to HMCS Haida
Auchmar, historic estate of the Honourable Isaac Buchanan
Battlefield House Museum, Stoney Creek
Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum, home of one of the last two remaining operational Lancaster bombers; also in operation Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Bristol Bolingbroke
Dundurn Castle, including the Hamilton Military Museum and Dundurn Park, west end; home of Sir Allan Napier MacNab, former Prime Minister of Upper Canada
Erland Lee Museum, birthplace of Women's Institutes, Upper Stoney Creek
Hamilton Children's Museum, east end^[1]
Hamilton Farmer's Market, founded in 1837
Hamilton Museum of Steam and Technology, east end^[2]
HMCS Haida, National Historic Site, historic naval ship; Canada's most famous warship and the last remaining Tribal Class destroyer in the world
Nash-Jackson House, at Stoney Creek Battlefield Park^[3]
Ottawa Street North, textile district, voted one of Canada's favourite streets in the 2011 'Great Places in Canada' contest; ranked in Top 5 spots for antique shopping in Canada by CAA Magazine
Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Heritage Museum, downtown
Westfield Heritage Village, Flamborough
Whitehern Historic House & Garden, downtown

Dundurn Castle at Dundurn Park (summer)

Festival of Friends, founded in 1975, the largest annual free music event in Canada

Around the Bay Road Race, the longest continuously held long-distance foot race in North America (since 1894)
Canadian Football Hall of Fame, downtown
CANUSA Games, Hamilton is twinned with Flint, Michigan, and its amateur athletes have competed in these games since 1958
Jukasa Motor Speedway, a 5/8-mile oval auto racing track, Cayuga, Ontario
Flamboro Downs and Flamboro Slots, horse racing as well as car racing