First pick
Belmead Park
Park or garden · 130 m outside town
6.4 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
4.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in La Perle · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park lies 43 km beyond La Perle’s edge
The nearest provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, is 6.0 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 4.4% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. 9 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land
4.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
43 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
6.0 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
How La Perle 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. 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 km4.4%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 areas4Areas 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
La Perle has the 11th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,767 to 8,020 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
La Perle4.4%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
La Perle4
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
La Perle0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, La Perle does best for protected land nearby: 8 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenora, Unorganized ON | 12% | 12% | 98 | 5 | 38 |
| 2 | Clare NS | 11% | 5.8% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 3 | Dryden ON | 11% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Donnacona QC | 9.6% | 0.1% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Minden Hills ON | 8.1% | 5.9% | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Cypress County AB | 7.9% | 5.9% | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | La Broquerie MB | 6.6% | 5.1% | 73 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Holdom BC | 4.9% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 48 |
| 9 | Coteau-du-Lac QC | 4.4% | 0.6% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Dufferin Hill ON | 4.4% | 1.6% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | La Perle AB | 4.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Bienville QC | 4.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Legacy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Lakeview SK | 2.8% | 0.1% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Windsor Park AB | 2.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Broadview BC | 2.6% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 17 | Whitewater Region ON | 2.5% | 1.3% | 44 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | Woodbine-Lumsden ON | 2.5% | 5.1% | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 19 | Electoral Area A, Nanaimo BC | 2.4% | 3.8% | 39 | 2 | 7 |
| 20 | Valley Ridge AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Cornwall PE | 1.7% | 0% | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 22 | Electoral Area B (Lazo North), Comox Valley BC | 1.3% | 3.1% | 64 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Central St. Boniface MB | 1.3% | 2.9% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Labrador City NL | 1.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | North Stormont ON | 1.2% | 1.8% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Silver Heights MB | 1.2% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 27 | Newell County AB | 0.9% | 1% | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 28 | Cardinal ON | 0.8% | 0.9% | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Augusta ON | 0.8% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Chatsworth ON | 0.6% | 0.7% | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Killarney/Glengarry AB | 0.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bayham ON | 0.5% | 0.6% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Callingwood South AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Lambton Baby Point ON | 0.3% | 7.1% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 35 | River East MB | 0.2% | 5.2% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Queen Mary Park AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 37 | Acton Vale QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 38 | Taber AB | 0% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Harvest Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sage Hill AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of La Perle
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 La Perle: 10 named parks and woods
The biggest is Belmead Park, 6.4 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
10 named parks and woods, 44 ha in all
Parks & gardens 44 ha
It is shared out: the largest place is only 15% of the whole.
La Perle Park
Park or garden
6.6 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of La Perle
Directionsto a point inside
Summerlea Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
5.9 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Terra Losa Park
Park or garden
4.3 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of La Perle
Directionsto a point inside
Primrose Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
4.1 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Jack Horan Park
Park or garden
3.9 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Frank and Etta Wilde Park
Park or garden
3.8 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Belmead ParkPark or garden · 6.4 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsLa Perle ParkPark or garden · 6.6 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsSummerlea ParkPark or garden · 5.9 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsTerra Losa ParkPark or garden · 4.3 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsPrimrose ParkPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 0.8 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsKingfisher ParkPark or garden · 5.5 ha
DirectionsJack Horan ParkPark or garden · 3.9 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsFrank and Etta Wilde ParkPark or garden · 3.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParkwest FieldPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParkwest Toboggan Bowl ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
8 in 10 people in La Perle live near 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 (81%)Further (19%)
La Perle81%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 1,500 residents are further than 400 m from a park. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
4.4% of the land around La Perle 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 La Perle0%
Within 10 km4.4%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 4 of the 9. The others are private conservation land. Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the biggest, 2,055 ha. Another 5 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 · 6.0 km from the edge of town
Big Island Provincial ParkProvincial park · 79 ha · 8.3 km from the edge of town
Larch SanctuaryNature reserve · 24 ha · 9.5 km from the edge of town
Wagner Natural AreaNature reserve · 220 ha · 9.9 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
Parks around La Perle
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
6.0 km north21 km²since 2005
Provincial park
Big Island Provincial Park
8.3 km south0.8 km²since 2023
National park
Elk Island National Park
43 km east194 km²since 1913
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 6.0 km. There are 2 provincial parks within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
La Perle and its edge hold 28 km of footpath
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
28 km
in and around the town (16.8 km²)
Woodland
2.6%
about 0.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
La PerleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.7
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La PerleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland2.6%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 51% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 71% 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 La Perle
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the neighbourhood is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
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 La Perle: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (8.7 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 |
The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (83 mm), while February is driest at 12 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -6 °C. Expect around 124 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in La Perle →
Things to do
Outdoors around La Perle: 35 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 35 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 35
La Perle Park Playgroundin town
DirectionsCaribbean Cove0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 33 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
3 gardens and historic parks to visit near La Perle
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 · 4.4 km from town
DirectionsMill Woods Sports ParkGarden or park · 14 km from town
DirectionsUniversity of Alberta Botanic GardenGarden or park · 14 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 La Perle
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BelmeadAldergroveWest Meadowlark ParkThorncliffGlenwoodBritannia YoungstownLa Perle
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Perle | 4.4% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Belmead 0.9 km | 3.7% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Aldergrove 1.6 km | 3.7% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| West Meadowlark Park 1.7 km | 2.5% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Thorncliff 1.9 km | 1.6% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Glenwood 2.2 km | 2.6% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Britannia Youngstown 2.6 km | 3.3% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as La Perle.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in La Perle
How much land around La Perle is protected?
Protected areas cover 4.4% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to La Perle?
Elk Island National Park, 43 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in La Perle?
May, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near La Perle?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 6.0 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near La Perle?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park of 2,055 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on La Perle
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).