Pilgrimage Sites in Canada
Discover 12 sacred destinations in Canada
Cap-de-la-Madeleine
Home to Our Lady of the Cape Shrine, Cap-de-la-Madeleine is Canada's national Marian shrine with miraculous origins dating to 1888.
Kahnawake
Kahnawake's shrine holds the tomb of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, the first Indigenous North American saint, drawing pilgrims from across the Americas.
Lac-Bouchette
Ermitage Saint-Antoine is a national Marian shrine in Quebec, founded in 1907 by Franciscans on Lac Ouiatchouan, known for its Lourdes grotto and reported healings.
Midland
Midland's Martyrs' Shrine is a national Catholic pilgrimage site honoring eight Jesuit saints martyred over 350 years ago while bringing Christianity to Canada.
Montréal
Montréal is a prominent Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to the ornate Notre-Dame Basilica—famous for its Gothic Revival architecture and intricate interior—and Saint Joseph's Oratory of Mount Royal, the world's largest shrine dedicated to Saint Joseph, attracting millions of visitors annually.
Ottawa
Ottawa offers Catholic pilgrims the magnificent Notre-Dame Cathedral Basilica, a National Historic Site and spiritual heart of Canada's capital since 1847.
Québec City
Québec City is North America's oldest Catholic pilgrimage destination with over 350 years of faith, featuring the renowned Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré Shrine.
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré
Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré is North America's oldest Catholic pilgrimage site, drawing over half-million pilgrims annually to venerate St. Anne, grandmother of Jesus.
Toronto
Toronto offers Catholic pilgrims sacred spaces including St. Michael's Cathedral Basilica and significant shrines honoring Canada's martyrs and Marian devotion.
Trois-Rivières
Home to Canada's national shrine to the Blessed Virgin Mary, Notre-Dame-du-Cap Basilica draws thousands of Catholic pilgrims annually to this sacred Marian site.
Wakaw
St. Theresa Parish, the National Shrine of the Little Flower in Wakaw, Saskatchewan, is a pilgrimage destination devoted to St. Thérèse of Lisieux.
Winnipeg
Winnipeg serves as a significant Catholic pilgrimage destination, home to Canada's second martyr's shrine at St. Joseph's Ukrainian Catholic Church, where the holy relics of Blessed Bishop Vasyl Velychkovsky are enshrined.