First pick
Grand Trunk Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
29 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
1.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
1.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Kensington · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 37 km from Kensington: Elk Island National Park
7.2 km from town is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. Close by: one protected area. 1.5% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%).
Protected land
1.5%
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
7.2 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Kensington beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km1.5%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
Kensington comes 20th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,648 to 3,746 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
Kensington1.5%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Kensington1
Towns its size5
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Kensington0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Kensington trails its peers is public protected areas; 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Baie-D'Urfé QC | 49% | 0.1% | 44 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 33% | 25% | 26 | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | Blind River ON | 21% | 41% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 12% | 5.8% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Golf Course ON | 7.3% | 3% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Bright NB | 7.1% | 4.6% | 46 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Woodbridge Meadows ON | 5.7% | 2.7% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Central ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Cowichan Bay BC | 4.2% | 5.7% | 64 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Westville NS | 4.1% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Industrial Sector A and Keith ON | 3.5% | 0.9% | 30 | 0 | 15 |
| 12 | Deer Run AB | 3.4% | 47% | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Parkland AB | 3.4% | 39% | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Piedmont QC | 3.1% | 15% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Parkview West ON | 2.1% | 2.7% | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| 16 | North Glenora AB | 1.9% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Killarney MB | 1.8% | 2.3% | 61 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Powassan ON | 1.6% | 1.8% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Electoral Area C, Nanaimo BC | 1.5% | 1.1% | 60 | 6 | 47 |
| 20 | Kensington AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Studholm NB | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Deer Lodge MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Fifty Point ON | 1.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Alpine Place MB | 0.9% | 2.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Cameron Heights AB | 0.9% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Inkster-Faraday MB | 0.8% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Ascot Corner QC | 0.7% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | North Inkster Industrial MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Flagstaff County AB | 0.4% | 0.3% | 47 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Radisson MB | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Victoria West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Eau Claire AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | West Kildonan Industrial MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Greenfield AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Magrath Heights AB | 0.3% | 13% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Cartier MB | 0.2% | 0.5% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 37 | Pleasantview AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Sainte-Claire QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Saint-Michel QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Country Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Kensington
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Kensington: 8 named parks and woods
The biggest is Grand Trunk Park, 29 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 57 ha in all
Parks & gardens 57 ha
Add Grand Trunk Park to Rosslyn Park and you have 71% of it.
Keyano Park
Park or garden · 110 m outside town
3.5 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Kensington
Directionsto a point inside
Miwasin Park
Park or garden · 110 m outside town
0.4 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Kensington
Directionsto a point inside
Chalmers Park
Park or garden · 100 m outside town
0.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Kensington
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 Kensington, 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%)
Kensington100%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
1.5% of the land around Kensington 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 Kensington0%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is publicly owned.
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,055 ha · 7.2 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
Big parks near Kensington
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
7.2 km west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
37 km east194 km²since 1913
Closer to home, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is 7.2 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
Kensington has 19 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
19 km
in and around the town (9.3 km²)
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
KensingtonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
KensingtonTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
88% of Canadian towns are more wooded. For path density, it beats 57% 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 named walking route passes Kensington on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the neighbourhood. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
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 Kensington: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (2.7 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 |
Expect around 124 cm of snow over a winter. Summer storms make July the wettest month, 83 mm; February sees 12 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -6 °C. The climate in Kensington →
Things to do
46 things to do outdoors near Kensington
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 45 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 45
Carlslie0.6 km from town
DirectionsCumberland Park1.3 km from town
DirectionsHudson Childrens Playground1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 42 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Lauderdale Dog Park0.6 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Kensington: William Hawrelak Park, 7.0 km off
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 · 7.0 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 Kensington
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CalderCarlisleWellingtonHudsonAthloneLauderdaleKensington
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Calder 0.7 km | 1.4% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Carlisle 1.0 km | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Wellington 1.5 km | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hudson 1.7 km | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Athlone 1.7 km | 2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Lauderdale 1.8 km | 0.3% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Kensington’s protected share.
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. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Kensington
What is the biggest park or reserve near Kensington?
It is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 2,055 ha.
When should you visit Kensington for the outdoors?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Kensington?
It is Elk Island National Park, 37 km off.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Kensington?
It is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 7.2 km away.
Are there protected areas near Kensington?
Within 10 km, 1.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
The sources behind Kensington’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).