First pick
Canossa Treestand
Wood or forest
2.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Canossa
Directionsto a point inside
0.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Canossa · parks, protected land & trails
Canossa is 37 km from Elk Island National Park
For a provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park lies 8.1 km off. The 10 km around town hold one protected area. Of the country within 10 km, 0.9% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
0.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
37 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
8.1 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Canossa, 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km0.9%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 areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Canossa has the 14th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,190 to 3,300 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
Canossa0.9%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Canossa1
Towns its size3
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Canossa0
Towns its size1
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Canossa trails its peers is walking routes; 21 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D NS | 25% | 31% | 135 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast BC | 16% | 11% | 27 | 0 | 37 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC | 16% | 12% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
| 4 | Dalhousie NB | 13% | 0.2% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | New Maryland NB | 11% | 25% | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | North Cypress-Langford MB | 9.8% | 6.1% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 9 | Enderby BC | 5.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Adstock QC | 5% | 8.3% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 12 | Hill Park ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Marathon ON | 4.6% | 3% | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| 14 | St. Clair ON | 4.5% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Pilot Butte SK | 3.8% | 0% | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 16 | Hampton NB | 3.7% | 1% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Lake City BC | 3.7% | 1.2% | 33 | 2 | 27 |
| 18 | Val-Morin QC | 2.5% | 5.7% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Normanhurst ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 20 | Athlone AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Greater Madawaska ON | 1.8% | 1.6% | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| 22 | North Algona Wilberforce ON | 1.8% | 4.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Point Road MB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Erlton AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Jasper Park AB | 1.1% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Sturgeon Creek MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 27 | Canossa AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Bonavista NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 | Seven Oaks MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rosslyn AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Stoke QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Bulyea Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Weinlos AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Hazeldean AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Coalhurst AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Beverly Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Westwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Canossa
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 Canossa: 2 named parks and woods
The biggest is Canossa Treestand, 2.5 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Carrol and Henry Paszek Park
Park or garden · 150 m outside town
0.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Canossa
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
All of Canossa is within a short walk of a park
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%)
Canossa100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Canossa has 1 protected area within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Canossa0%
Within 10 km0.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public land.
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,055 ha · 8.1 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 Canossa
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
8.1 km west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
37 km east194 km²since 1913
Nearer still is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park 8.1 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
29 km of paths in and around Canossa
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
29 km
in and around the town (10.7 km²)
Woodland
1.8%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CanossaTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CanossaTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.8%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 68% of Canadian towns. For woods, 76% of Canadian towns have more.
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 Canossa
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the neighbourhood, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Canossa: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 7.2 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.6 | 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 |
The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (83 mm), while February is driest at 12 mm. Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. Snow totals about 124 cm a year. The climate in Canossa →
Things to do
19 things to do outdoors near Canossa
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 19 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 19
Castlewood Lake Playgroundin town
DirectionsRapperswill Playgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 17 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
William Hawrelak Park, 11 km from Canossa, is the garden 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 · 11 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 Canossa
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RapperswillBaturynDunluceElsinoreLoreleiAlbanyCanossa
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Canossa’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Canossa
When should you visit Canossa for the outdoors?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest provincial park to Canossa?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 8.1 km from the edge of town.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Canossa?
It is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 2,055 ha.
Is there protected land near Canossa?
Within 10 km, 0.9% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Canossa?
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 37 km.
Sources
The sources behind Canossa’s outdoors figures
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).