Charlottetown Sights

  1. Beaconsfield House

    With its crowning belvedere, intricate gingerbread trim and elegant 19th-century furnishings, Beaconsfield House is the finest Victorian mansion in Charlottetown. Have a wander or sit on the veranda and be stunned by the view. Hours vary September to June.

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  2. Charlottetown Driving Park

    Just north of the town center, this park allows you to witness human, horse and buggy in the spectacle of harness racing, a popular Maritime-province pastime.

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  3. Confederation Centre

    In a modern building that dominates Queen St between Grafton St and Victoria Row at Richmond St, the Confederation Centre serves not only as Charlottetown's theater complex, but as its art and exhibition hall as well.

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  4. Confederation Centre Art Gallery

    The Confederation Centre Art Gallery focuses on Canadian Art and has a special exhibit on L.M Montgomery. Check the website for gallery exhibits and live performances throughout the year.

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  5. Founders' Hall exhibit

    Opened in 2001, the high-tech multimedia Founders' Hall exhibit, housed in an old train station, deluges your senses with facts and fun about Canada's history since 1864. It's sure to entertain children, and the child in you.

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  7. Government House

    Within the sprawling gardens of Victoria Park is Government House. This striking colonial mansion, with its grand hall, Palladian window and Doric columns, has been home to PEI's lieutenant governors since 1835. In 2003 the Hon JL Bernard broke with an almost-170-year-old tradition and opened its doors to the public.

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  8. Province House

    Charlottetown's centrepiece is the imposing, yet welcoming, neoclassical Province House. The symmetry of design is carried throughout, including two brilliant skylights reaching up through the massive sandstone structure. It was here in 1864, within the Confederation Chamber, that 23 representatives of Britain's North American colonies first discussed the creation of Canada. Along with being the 'birthplace of Canada,' the site is home to Canada's second-oldest active legislature.

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  9. St Dunstan's Basilica

    Rising from the ashes of a 1913 fire, the three towering stone spires of the neo-Gothic St Dunstan's Basilica are now a Charlottetown landmark. The marble floors, Italian carvings and decoratively embossed ribbed ceiling are surprisingly ornate.

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