Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Alamaraine · CC BY-SA 4.0A drive of 60 km reaches Banff National Park, the nearest national park. For a swim, Bowmont Beach is the nearest of 2 beaches within 5 km. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km.
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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (19,541 to 20,415 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For public protected areas, Tuscany lags towns its size: 30 of 39 are ahead.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kirkland QC | 41% | 0.2% | 50 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Overbrook ON | 14% | 1.1% | 43 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Côte-Saint-Antoine QC | 11% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Vinegar Hill ON | 8.7% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | Westmount QC | 8.5% | 0.3% | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Lower Sackville NS | 8.5% | 14% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Laflèche QC | 7.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | North End NS | 7% | 0% | 14 | 5 | 18 |
| 9 | Sacré-Coeur QC | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Longue-Pointe QC | 6.3% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Purpleville ON | 6.2% | 13% | 65 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Louis-Riel QC | 6.1% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Kanata Lakes ON | 6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Evergreen AB | 5.9% | 1.5% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Windsor NS | 5.7% | 2.2% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| 16 | Quispamsis NB | 5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 17 | Riverside South - Leitrim ON | 4.3% | 3.2% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Maple ON | 4.3% | 1.2% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Heart Lake South ON | 4.3% | 4.2% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Stittsville ON | 4.2% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lorimier QC | 4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Cranston AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Tuscany AB | 2.8% | 1.2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Pelham ON | 2.7% | 2.5% | 18 | 7 | 1 |
| 25 | Mount Pleasant Village ON | 2.6% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Westmount ON | 2.5% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Père-Marquette QC | 2.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Mitchell MB | 2.3% | 0% | 65 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Rosedale-Moore Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 30 | Highland ON | 2.2% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Kemptville ON | 2.1% | 1.7% | 30 | 5 | 3 |
| 32 | Petawawa ON | 1.9% | 1.2% | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 33 | Henry Farm ON | 1.9% | 3.8% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Port Alberni BC | 1.8% | 2.8% | 11 | 31 | 4 |
| 35 | Yonge-Doris ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Fort York-Liberty Village ON | 1.7% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 37 | Loyalist ON | 1.2% | 2.2% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Stony Plain AB | 0.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Niagara-on-the-Lake ON | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 40 | Walkerville ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Largest first: 12 Mile Coulee leads with 115 ha. Numbers match the map.
12 Mile Coulee plus Bowness Park account for 77% of the green.
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.
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.
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Every one of the 2 is on public land. Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park is the biggest, 1,337 ha.
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 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.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
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).
Paths are denser here than in 79% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 63% 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.
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the neighbourhood. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Calgary (Airport), 17 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 | 14.6 | 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 |
Summer highs reach 24 °C in July; in January they stay near -2 °C. The wettest month, June, brings 113 mm, against 10 mm in January. Some 139 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Tuscany →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 102 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Plus 8 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 10 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 95 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Sources: 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.
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tuscany | 2.8% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Rocky Ridge 2.0 km | 2.5% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Scenic Acres 2.2 km | 1.6% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Royal Oak 2.9 km | 1.4% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Arbour Lake 3.3 km | 1.2% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Rocky View County 4.0 km | 0.5% | 20 | 9 | 19 |
| Valley Ridge 4.2 km | 2% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Tuscany’s protected share. For walking routes, Rocky View County leads the area with 9.
Protected areas cover 2.8% of the land within 10 km.
Bowmont Beach, 1.8 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
Banff National Park, 60 km from the edge of town.
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Glenbow Ranch Provincial Park: 1,337 ha, a provincial park.
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).