First pick
MacKinnon Ravine Park
Park or garden
35 ha8.7 km of path
1 h 55 minto walk all 8.7 km of path
2.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Roller CoasterRoot CanalBack Breaker+4 paths
Directionsto a point inside
2.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Canora · parks, protected land & trails
Canora is 41 km from Elk Island National Park
A provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, lies 6.3 km away. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw. CPCAD lists 6 protected areas within 10 km.
Protected land
2.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
41 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
6.3 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Canora compares with other 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km2.3%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 areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Canora comes 19th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,702 to 4,884 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
Canora2.3%
Towns its size2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Canora2
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Canora1
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Canora lags towns its size: 23 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Rivière-Rouge QC | 17% | 6.6% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 9 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 10 | Rosenthal AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 15 | Roxton Pond QC | 2.6% | 7.3% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 18 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | St. Stephen NB | 0.7% | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Canora
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
Walk in Canora: 8 named parks and woods
The biggest is MacKinnon Ravine Park, 35 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 45 ha in all
Parks & gardens 45 ha
The bulk, 86%, is MacKinnon Ravine Park and McQueen Park.
McQueen Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
3.6 ha0.4 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Canora Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Canora
Directionsto a point inside
Ken Newman Park
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.3 km of path
0.6 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Butler Memorial Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Patrick J. Ryan Park
Park or garden · 120 m outside town
0.7 ha
0.9 km north-westfrom 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 Canora, 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%)
Canora100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
2.3% of the land around Canora is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Canora0%
Within 10 km2.3%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 6 are on public land. At 2,055 ha, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the largest. Another 4 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,055 ha · 6.3 km from the edge of town
Larch SanctuaryNature reserve · 24 ha · 9.5 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
Big parks near Canora
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
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
6.3 km north-west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
41 km east194 km²since 1913
Nearer still is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park 6.3 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Canora has 14 km of footpaths in and around it
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
14 km
in and around the town (10.5 km²)
Woodland
0.9%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CanoraTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.3
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CanoraTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.9%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 82% of Canadian towns. 54% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
One mapped route to walk from Canora
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw83.8 km
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 Canora: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (5.0 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 1 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 44 | 70 | 83 | 61 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 12 |
A typical year sees 124 cm of snow. In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -6 °C. July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (83 mm); February is driest (12 mm). The climate in Canora →
Things to do
Outdoors around Canora: 62 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 52 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 10
Plus 10 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 52
Plus 52 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Canora: 2 gardens and parks to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
William Hawrelak ParkGarden or park · 2.3 km from town
DirectionsMill Woods Sports ParkGarden or park · 13 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 Canora
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Britannia YoungstownWest Jasper PlaceNorth GlenoraGlenoraGlenwoodJasper ParkCanora
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canora | 2.3% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Britannia Youngstown 1.1 km | 3.3% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| West Jasper Place 1.4 km | 1.8% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| North Glenora 1.6 km | 1.9% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenora 1.7 km | 1.6% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Glenwood 1.9 km | 2.6% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Jasper Park 2.8 km | 1.1% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
More routes are mapped around Jasper Park (3). None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Canora.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Canora
Are there protected areas near Canora?
Yes: 2.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Are there hiking trails near Canora?
OpenStreetMap maps the Amisk Wacîw Mêskanaw close by.
Is there a provincial park near Canora?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 6.3 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Canora?
It is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 2,055 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Canora?
Elk Island National Park, 41 km from the edge of town.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Canora?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Where Canora’s outdoors figures come from
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).