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Markham Civic Centre

The Markham Civic Centre is the city hall of the city of Markham, Ontario.

Markham Civic Centre
Markham Civic Centre · Wikimedia Commons
The place

The Markham Civic Centre is the city hall of the city of Markham, Ontario. The brick and glass Civic Centre was designed by architect Arthur Erickson with Richard Stevens Architects Limited and was opened on May 25, 1990. The entrances, except for the great hall entrance, are named after communities in Markham. The building is adjacent to an 11.5-hectare park with a large pond reflecting the south façade.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Markham Civic Centre

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
    David Dunlap Observatory

    The David Dunlap Observatory is an astronomical observatory site in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. Established in 1935, it was owned and operated by the University of Toronto until 2008.

    6.9 km · astronomical observatory in Ontario Canada · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Fairview Mall

    Fairview Mall is a large shopping centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, encompassing approximately 80,000 m2. Opened in 1970, the centre has over 180 stores, offices and a cinema complex.

    8.8 km · shopping mall in Toronto, Canada · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Islamic Institute of Toronto

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

    9.6 km · non-profit educational institute in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    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.

    4.2 km · shopping centre in Markham, Canada · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    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.

    5.7 km · Chinese Catholic church in Markham, Ontario · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    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.

    1.3 km · shopping mall in Markham, Canada · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Richmond Hill Centre Terminal

    Richmond Hill Centre Terminal is a York Region Transit, Viva, and GO Transit bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario. Despite its name, the terminal is not located in downtown Richmond Hill, but is situated 4 km to the south at the city's southern limits, bordering Vaughan and Markham, near the connecting road that links the grade-separated Yonge Street and Highway 7 intersection.

    7.3 km · bus terminal in Richmond Hill, Ontario · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Seneca Polytechnic

    Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology, branded as Seneca Polytechnic since 2023, is a multi-campus public college in the Greater Toronto Area and Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. It offers full-time and part-time programs at the baccalaureate, diploma, certificate, and graduate levels.

    7 km · public college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Tyndale University

    Tyndale University is a Canadian private interdenominational evangelical Christian university in Toronto, Ontario, which offers undergraduate and graduate programs. Tyndale students come from over 40 different Christian denominations.

    8 km · Evangelical Christian college in Toronto, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    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.

    100 m · performing arts building in Markham, Ontario, Canada · Wikipedia

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Go there

Getting to Markham Civic Centre

Airports
Toronto Pearson (YYZ), 31 km · John C. Munro Hamilton (YHM), 90 km · Buffalo Niagara (BUF), 113 km
Stations
Leslie, 9.8 km · Agincourt GO Station, 8.9 km · Unionville GO Station, 1.9 km · Markham GO Station, 6.6 km · Mount Joy GO Station, 7.7 km
  • Hamilton → Markham Civic Centre
    13915 km · quickest by air, 29h 34m · NZ$3,050–4,710
  • Ottawa → Markham Civic Centre
    336 km · quickest by air, 5h 9m · C$150–230
  • Windsor → Markham Civic Centre
    345 km · quickest by air, 5h 5m · C$140–210
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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 Civic Centre. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Go nextTake a day trip to Lake Simcoe or Lake Wilcox.

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

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Around it

Next door to Markham Civic Centre

Markham Civic Centre is 6 km from Markham, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.

  • Markhamcity in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada7.6 km
  • Richmond Hillcity in Ontario, Canada8.2 km
  • Unionvilleneighbourhood of Markham, Ontario2.3 km
  • Thornhillneighbourhood in the Greater Toronto Area8.3 km
  • Bayview Avenuemajor north-south route in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario6.8 km
  • Agincourtneighbourhood in Toronto, Ontario, Canada9.1 km