Ripley's Aquarium of Canada - Tickets, Prices and Visitor Information
Is Ripley's Aquarium of Canada Worth Visiting
- Yes, Ripley’s Aquarium of Canada is one of Toronto’s top family-friendly attractions. It’s especially popular with families thanks to its interactive exhibits, immersive underwater tunnel, and huge variety of marine life.
- It’s also located right in downtown Toronto, making it easy to combine with other major sights like the CN Tower.
What You See At Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
- 450+ marine species
- Sharks!
- Stingrays, eels, sawfish!
- Thousands of other fish
- Jellyfish & Turtles
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About Ripley's Aquarium of Canada
Ripley's Aquarium of Canada is in downtown Toronto near the base of the CN Tower. It's one of the biggest indoor aquariums in North America spanning over 135,000 square feet (12,500 square metres).
Inside, you'll discover tens of thousands of marine animals across carefully designed themed galleries including sharks, sawfish, jellyfish, stingrays, eels, turtles, and tens of thousands of other fish!
One of the biggest highlights is the spectacular underwater tunnel, where you can walk beneath sharks, rays, and massive schools of fish as they swim overhead.
Top Exhibits to enjoy at Riplay's Aquairum of Canada:
- Upper Ray Bay: Home to various different rays, sea stars, barnacle's, snails, sea cucumbers, clams, Bermuda chub fish and the amazing (one of our favourite's) Axolotl!
- Canadian Waters: Spot anemone, Red king crab, giant pacific octopus, lobster, lumpfish, barnacles, lake sturgeon, bowfin, eels, muskellunge, bluegill, bass, urchins, bat stars, piranha and the pacific spotted shrimp!
- Dangerous Lagoon: With sharks, turtle's, sergeant majors, tangs, bar jacks, various rays, the beautiful Yellowtail snapper, angelfish, groupers, the colourful bluestripe grunt and red groupers, amongst others. You can even walk under the tank through the underwater tunnel and be surrounded by the fish!
- Rainbow Reef: A colourful section that is home to multiple varieties of tangs, clown tang, blackspot puffer, various triggerfish, blue and gold fusilier, bird wrasse (with their funny long noses!), the beautiful foxface rabbitfish, pacific creolefish, angelfish, butterflyfish, and the fiery flame hawkfish!
- Planet Jellyfish: A calming and visually stunning zone that is dedicated to jellyfish. You can find the pacific sea nettle, blubber jelly, upside-down jelly and the moon jelly in this section.
- Discovery Centre: A fun play area as well as home to more fish and other species. You can slide through a shark's mouth, or even climb a rockwall here as well as see some more aquatic friends including everyone's favourite the clownfish, scorpionfish, sharks and spiky red lionfish!
- The Gallery: Home to the majestic sea horse and the amazing sea dragon! You will also find various other colourful species in this area including various brightly coloured beautiful tangs, the stunning Mandarin fish, the amazing colour changing cuttlefish as well as some beautiful living coral.
- Kelp Forest: A tank with around 420,000 litres of water and home to anemone's, urchins and more!