The World’s Sacred Places

Sacred Places

Discover a curated guide to significant sacred places, pilgrimage traditions, architecture, documented history and practical visitor information across cultures and faith traditions.

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Martyrs’ Shrine

Midland, Ontario, Canada Christianity

Canadian national pilgrimage destination honouring the Jesuit Canadian Martyrs and the seventeenth-century Huronia missions.

Canadian Martyrs

Our Lady of the Cape Shrine (Notre-Dame-du-Cap)

Cap-de-la-Madeleine, Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada Christianity

Nationally important Marian pilgrimage sanctuary in the Cap-de-la-Madeleine district of Trois-Rivières.

Our Lady of the Cape

Basilica of Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré

Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré, Quebec, Canada Christianity

International Catholic pilgrimage basilica dedicated to Saint Anne on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River.

Saint Anne

Saint Joseph’s Oratory of Mount Royal

Montréal, Quebec, Canada Christianity

Major Montréal pilgrimage sanctuary dedicated to Saint Joseph and closely associated with Saint Brother André.

Saint Joseph