Teaching Rocks at Petroglyphs Provincial Park
Petroglyphs Provincial Park, Peterborough County, Ontario, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Indigenous sacred rock-art site with the largest known concentration of petroglyphs in Canada.
The World’s Sacred Places
Sacred Places
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Sacred Places
Browse Sacred Places selected for Templestan’s public collection.
Kay-Nah-Chi-Wah-Nung (Manitou Mounds)
Rainy River First Nations, Stratton, Rainy River District, Ontario, Canada Indigenous spirituality
Sacred Ojibwe ancestral burial landscape and interpretation centre on the Rainy River.
Ten Thousand Buddhas Sarira Stupa
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada Buddhism
Major Buddhist monument and visitor destination near Niagara Falls, associated with Cham Shan Temple.
Fo Guang Shan Temple of Toronto
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Buddhism
Important Canadian centre of the international Fo Guang Shan Humanistic Buddhism movement.
Ismaili Centre, Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Islam
Internationally significant Shia Ismaili community and prayer centre next to the Aga Khan Museum.
Ontario Khalsa Darbar Gurdwara
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada Sikhism
Major Sikh gurdwara and regional pilgrimage and community gathering centre near Toronto.
BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada Hinduism
Nationally recognized carved-stone Hindu mandir and major cultural and religious attraction in the Toronto area.
Richmond Hill Hindu Temple
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Hinduism
Long-established South Indian and Sri Lankan Hindu temple complex serving worshippers across the Toronto region.
Vishnu Mandir, Richmond Hill
Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada Hinduism
Historically significant Canadian Hindu mandir and religious-cultural institution on Yonge Street.
His Majesty’s Royal Chapel of the Mohawks (St. Paul’s)
Brantford, Ontario, Canada Christianity
Historically significant chapel of the Mohawk community on the Grand River and one of Ontario’s earliest surviving churches.
Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, Ottawa
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Christianity
Architecturally distinguished Catholic cathedral-basilica and a National Historic Site in Canada’s capital.
Martyrs’ Shrine
Midland, Ontario, Canada Christianity
Canadian national pilgrimage destination honouring the Jesuit Canadian Martyrs and the seventeenth-century Huronia missions.