Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For a provincial park, Big Island Provincial Park lies 3.9 km off. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.7% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. 4 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,551 to 3,653 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Where Mactaggart trails its peers is public protected areas; 29 of 39 have more.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pemberton BC | 41% | 34% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Colebrook BC | 28% | 14% | 145 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary BC | 17% | 21% | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part ON | 12% | 12% | 58 | 1 | 15 |
| 5 | Fessenden ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Bright NB | 7.1% | 4.6% | 46 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Collectivité Nouvelle QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Zone Aéroportuaire QC | 6.5% | 0.4% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Guybourg QC | 6.4% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Woodbridge Meadows ON | 5.7% | 2.7% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako BC | 4.8% | 4.4% | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | Burkholme ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Lac du Bonnet MB | 4.2% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Des Vallées QC | 3.9% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Prince Albert No. 461 SK | 3.8% | 3.8% | 39 | 0 | 13 |
| 16 | Deer Run AB | 3.4% | 47% | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 17 | Parkland AB | 3.4% | 39% | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Quinndale ON | 2.9% | 0% | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 19 | Ramsay AB | 2.4% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 20 | Hudson AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Opportunity No. 17 AB | 2% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 57 |
| 22 | Victoria Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Kingston NB | 1.7% | 0.8% | 31 | 3 | 52 |
| 24 | Thorncliff AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | McMillan MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Melancthon ON | 1.3% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | WestLake-Gladstone MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Glendale MB | 1.2% | 1.5% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | South Tuxedo MB | 1.2% | 50% | 23 | 0 | 19 |
| 30 | Rapperswill AB | 1.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez QC | 0.9% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Lawson Heights Urban Centre SK | 0.7% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Mactaggart AB | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Two Hills County No. 21 AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Eaglemere MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | East Elmwood MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Dunham QC | 0.4% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Radisson MB | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Ste. Anne MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Beausejour MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
The biggest is Whitemud Creek Ravine, 386 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
The bulk, 97%, is Whitemud Creek Ravine and Magrath Heights Park.
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.
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
2 of the 4 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Biggest of the named areas: Big Island Provincial Park, 79 ha. 2 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
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.
A provincial park is closer: Big Island Provincial Park, at 3.9 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).
It has more footpath per km² than 90% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 67% 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.
The map shows no named route near the neighbourhood. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (Airport) (13 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) | -7 | -4 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 18 | 10 | 0 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 22 | 12 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 75 | 87 | 53 | 35 | 22 | 20 | 15 |
From -7 °C in January to 23 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The wettest month is the warmest, July (87 mm); February has 12 mm. The yearly snowfall is near 127 cm. The climate in Mactaggart →
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
For a climb, Rabbit Hill rises to 713 m. The most common are playgrounds: 27 on the map.
Plus 24 playgrounds 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mactaggart | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Magrath Heights 1.2 km | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| South Terwillegar 1.4 km | 0.8% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Twin Brooks 1.8 km | 0.3% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| Terwillegar Towne 1.9 km | 0.7% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ogilvie Ridge 2.0 km | 0.3% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| MacEwan 2.0 km | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
Mactaggart holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
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.
Elk Island National Park is closest, at 40 km.
Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park of 79 ha.
Yes: 0.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Big Island Provincial Park, 3.9 km from the edge of town.
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).