First pick
Southwood off-leash area 2
Park or garden
5.1 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Braeside · parks, protected land & trails
Fish Creek Provincial Park is 1.5 km from Braeside
Within 5 km lie 5 beaches, unnamed on the map. A drive of 80 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. Of the country within 10 km, 4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
80 km
Banff National Park
Nearest provincial park
1.5 km
Fish Creek Provincial Park
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Braeside, set against Canadian towns
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches5Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Braeside ranks 19th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,616 to 5,796 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Braeside4%
Towns its size3.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Braeside3
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Braeside0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Braeside lags towns its size: 21 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shediac NB | 14% | 0.9% | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Dunrobin ON | 14% | 0.1% | 50 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Osoyoos BC | 14% | 0.8% | 22 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Saint Marys NB | 13% | 15% | 44 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Iris ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | New Edinburgh ON | 11% | 0.1% | 37 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Seguin ON | 10% | 1.2% | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Orford QC | 9.3% | 39% | 44 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Lanoraie QC | 9% | 7.8% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Armstrong BC | 8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek ON | 6.9% | 21% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lampman ON | 6.9% | 13% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Chertsey QC | 6.5% | 7.2% | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C NS | 6.3% | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Havelock ON | 5.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Smithers BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire QC | 5% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Rosedale Village ON | 4.5% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Braeside AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | Carp ON | 3.8% | 2.9% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Waterloo QC | 3.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Oakridge AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Sherwood/McCarthy SK | 2.7% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Memramcook NB | 2% | 0% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | County Court ON | 2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | The Pas MB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Duncan BC | 1.9% | 0% | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Montcalm MB | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Forest Hill ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Buena Vista SK | 1.7% | 1.6% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | St. Matthews MB | 1.6% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Confederation Park SK | 1.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Parkview AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Westwood MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 35 | Meadow Lake SK | 0.7% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan QC | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Charleswood AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Elsinore AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Remington Park ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Casselman AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Braeside
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Braeside
The biggest is Southwood off-leash area 2, 5.1 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
HAY-002-Haysboro & Southwood Dog Park
Park or garden · 290 m outside town
3.4 ha
2.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
In Braeside, a park is close to every home
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Braeside100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Braeside, 4% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Braeside0%
Within 10 km4%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 3 is on public land. Fish Creek Provincial Park covers 1,361 ha, the most of any named area.
Fish Creek Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,361 ha · 1.5 km from the edge of town
Griffith Woods ParkMunicipal park · 110 ha · 7.4 km from the edge of town
Inglewood Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 111 ha · 8.2 km from the edge of town
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
80 km to Banff National Park
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Fish Creek Provincial Park
1.5 km south14 km²since 1975
National park
Banff National Park
80 km north-west6,641 km²since 1885
A provincial park is closer: Fish Creek Provincial Park, at 1.5 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
42 km of paths in and around Braeside
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
42 km
in and around the town (10.7 km²)
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BraesideTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.9
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BraesideTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 88% of Canadian towns. It has more footpath per km² than 83% of Canadian towns.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
No mapped walking route near Braeside
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the neighbourhood. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Braeside: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 20 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | -2 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 10 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 61 | 113 | 66 | 54 | 37 | 17 | 16 | 13 |
Some 139 cm of snow falls each winter. Summer highs reach 24 °C in July; in January they stay near -2 °C. Most rain and snow falls in June, 113 mm; January sees 10 mm. The climate in Braeside →
Beaches
5 unnamed beaches near Braeside
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Braeside has 3 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 103 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
PICNIC21.9 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 103
St Jude Playground1.4 km from town
DirectionsWoodbine School Playground1.8 km from town
DirectionsFish Creek Provincial Park1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 100 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
HAY-002-Haysboro & Southwood Dog Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
3 gardens within reach of Braeside
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Devonian GardensGarden or park · 9.5 km from town
DirectionsOlympic PlazaGarden or park · 9.6 km from town
DirectionsPrince's Island ParkGarden or park · 10 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Braeside
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CedarbraeWoodlandsPalliserSouthwoodWoodbineOakridgeBraeside
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
No place nearby has double Braeside’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Braeside
Which is the biggest protected area near Braeside?
Fish Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park of 1,361 ha.
Is Braeside near a national park?
Banff National Park is closest, at 80 km.
When should you visit Braeside for the outdoors?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest provincial park to Braeside?
Fish Creek Provincial Park, 1.5 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near Braeside?
Within 10 km, 4% of the land lies in protected areas.
Where can you swim near Braeside?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Sources
Sources for this page on Braeside
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).