Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Big Island Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 5.5 km. Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. Within 10 km are 2 protected areas.
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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,801 to 2,876 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Where Westbrook Estates trails its peers is protected land nearby; 31 of 39 have more.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Léry QC | 27% | 3.4% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Forestville QC | 26% | 1% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Labelle QC | 25% | 19% | 22 | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Saint-Côme QC | 9.2% | 0.8% | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Addington Highlands ON | 8.9% | 8.2% | 37 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | South Keys ON | 8.3% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Navan - Sarsfield ON | 8% | 0.3% | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Rivière-Beaudette QC | 7.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Westcliffe East ON | 7.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Senneterre QC | 7% | 9.3% | 166 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Leeming ON | 6.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-Anicet QC | 6.1% | 4.9% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Ferme-Neuve QC | 5.6% | 8.2% | 42 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Saint-Michel-des-Saints QC | 5.5% | 1% | 31 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Jerome ON | 5.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Yamachiche QC | 5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Sainte-Luce QC | 4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Laurier-Station QC | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Normanview West SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Perry ON | 2.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 22 | Minnedosa MB | 2.9% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Lacolle QC | 1.9% | 1.1% | 34 | 1 | 3 |
| 24 | Rougemont QC | 1.5% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Saint-Prime QC | 1.5% | 3.4% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 26 | Dundonald SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Westmount SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Sicamous BC | 0.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Bridgeport North ON | 0.9% | 4.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Bedford QC | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Weedon QC | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Grassie MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Westbrook Estates AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Greenview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Meyonohk AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Harbour Grace NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 38 | Saint-Elzéar QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kildare AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Newton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; tap a number for its park or wood.
Whitemud Creek Ravine is the largest, at 386 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Two places, Whitemud Creek Ravine and Whitemud Park, make up 96% of the total.
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.
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. That leaves about 1,300 people more than a short walk away.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 2. Big Island Provincial Park leads for size with 79 ha.
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.
Nearer still is Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park 5.5 km away.
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).
For path density, it beats 96% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 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.
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.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Edmonton (City) (11 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 |
July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (83 mm); February is driest (12 mm). In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -6 °C. A typical year sees 124 cm of snow. The climate in Westbrook Estates →
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. Highest of the named peaks: Rabbit Hill, 713 m.
Plus 44 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 4 dog parks 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westbrook Estates | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Royal Gardens 0.8 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bulyea Heights 1.4 km | 0.3% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Greenfield 1.6 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Brookside 1.6 km | 0.3% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Sweet Grass 1.7 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Malmo Plains 1.9 km | 0.3% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
Westbrook Estates holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share. For walking routes, Brookside leads the area with 3.
It is Big Island Provincial Park, 5.5 km away.
Yes: 0.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
It is Big Island Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 79 ha.
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.
It is Elk Island National Park, 39 km off.
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).