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Markham

Markham is a city in York Region, Ontario, Canada.

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The place

Markham is a city in York Region, Ontario, Canada. It is approximately 30 km (19 mi) northeast of Downtown Toronto. In the 2021 Census, Markham had a population of 338,503, which ranked it the largest in York Region, fourth largest in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), and 16th largest in Canada.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Markham

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Toronto Zoo

    The Toronto Zoo is a zoo located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Encompassing 287 hectares, the Toronto Zoo is the largest zoo in Canada averaging around 1.2 million visitors a year.

    9 km · zoo in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Islamic Institute of Toronto

    The Islamic Institute of Toronto is a non-profit Islamic educational institute in Toronto, Canada.

    7 km · non-profit educational institute in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Pacific Mall

    Pacific Mall is an East Asian shopping mall in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest indoor East Asian shopping mall in North America and has been reported as the largest East Asian shopping mall in the Western world.

    6.6 km · shopping centre in Markham, Canada · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church

    The Chinese Martyrs Catholic Church is a national Catholic church in the Greater Toronto Area for Chinese Catholics. Originally based in Scarborough and now based in Markham, it was the second Catholic church to cater to Chinese Catholics in the GTA. The church is named for the Chinese Martyrs, 120 Chinese and foreign missionaries and laypeople who died in China during the 19th and 20th centuries.

    3.9 km · Chinese Catholic church in Markham, Ontario · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    First Markham Place

    First Markham Place is an Asian shopping mall located in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the south side of Highway 7, east of Woodbine Avenue and west of Warden Avenue.

    7.5 km · shopping mall in Markham, Canada · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Markville Shopping Centre

    CF Markville, also known as Markville Shopping Centre and Markville Mall in the Cadillac Fairview chain of malls, is a shopping mall of over 140 stores in Markham, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the intersection of Highway 7 East and McCowan Road, and runs along Bullock Drive, located slightly west of McCowan Road.

    2.2 km · shopping mall in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Beare Hill Park

    Beare Hill Park is a park in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada. The site is bounded by Finch Avenue East to the north, the Scarborough-Pickering Town Line to the east, CN Rail line to the west and hydro corridor to the south.

    10 km · park in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Flato Markham Theatre

    The Flato Markham Theatre is a public arts complex located at 171 Town Centre Boulevard in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada. The theatre initially opened in 1985 for local and school based productions.

    6.2 km · performing arts building in Markham, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    St. Agnes Kouying Tsao Catholic Church

    St. Agnes Kouying Tsao Catholic Church, formerly known as Blessed Agnes Kouying Tsao Catholic Mission, was founded in 1992 by Rev.

    7.3 km · church in Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Bridlewood Mall

    Bridlewood Mall is a neighbourhood shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It serves the L'Amoreaux neighbourhood in the Scarborough district of Toronto.

    9.8 km · shopping mall · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Markham

Airports
Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 37 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 95 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 113 km
Stations
Unionville GO Station, 4.9 km · Markham GO Station, 700 m · Markham Airport, 6.6 km · Mount Joy GO Station, 2.7 km · Milliken GO Station, 6.7 km
  • Hamilton → Markham
    13921 km · quickest by air, 29h 48m · NZ$3,060–4,730
  • Ottawa → Markham
    330 km · quickest by air, 5h 23m · C$160–240
  • Windsor → Markham
    351 km · quickest by air, 5h 19m · C$140–220
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Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Markham

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Markham. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inOshawa has an airport with small charter planes but no scheduled passenger service.

From Wikivoyage: Pickering (Ontario), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Fire IslandUS

    10 ways of moving, 18 sources

    618 km
  2. 02
    Vinalhaven and the Fox IslandsUS

    9 ways of moving, 13 sources

    835 km
  3. 03
    BacalarMX

    9 ways of moving, 41 sources

    2,929 km
  4. 04
    Caye CaulkerBZ

    9 ways of moving, 42 sources

    3,020 km
  5. 05
    ViequesPR

    8 ways of moving, 12 sources

    3,141 km

If you know how people move in Markham – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Markham

Markham is 19 km from Vaughan, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Unionvilleneighbourhood of Markham, Ontario4 km
  • Agincourtneighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada9.7 km
  • Cathedraltownhuman settlement in Regional Municipality of York, Ontario, Canada9.2 km
  • Scarborough Northfederal electoral district in Ontario, Canada (Since 2015)8.8 km
  • Markham—Unionvillefederal electoral district in Ontario, Canada (Since 2004)4.8 km
  • Malvernneighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada7.7 km