First pick
bickell heights park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Markus Säynevirta · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Fairview · parks, protected land & trails
No protected area lies within 10 km of Fairview
The closest provincial park is Peace River Wildland Provincial Park, 15 km from the edge of town. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
15 km
Peace River Wildland Provincial Park
Against other towns
Fairview against 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. 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 km0%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 areas0Areas 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
Fairview sits 3rd from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,875 to 2,961 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
Fairview0%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Fairview0
Towns its size2
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Fairview0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Fairview is weakest for public protected areas: 31 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Leary PE | 25% | 4.9% | 53 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Algonquin Highlands ON | 18% | 16% | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON | 15% | 16% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Wawa ON | 11% | 5.1% | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières QC | 10% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Carpenter ON | 7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dégelis QC | 6.5% | 5.4% | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Suder Greens AB | 5.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Crerar ON | 4.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-Isidore QC | 4.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Butler ON | 3.7% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Basile QC | 3.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine QC | 2% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Mayfair SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley QC | 1.3% | 0.7% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Black Diamond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Saint-Bruno QC | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Lauderdale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Skyrattler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 31 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Allendale AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Springdale NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Scott QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Fairview AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Carrington AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Fairview on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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 Fairview: one named park or wood
Largest first: bickell heights park leads with 0.3 ha. Numbers match the map.
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
About 5 in 10 of Fairview’s residents are a short walk from 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 (48%)Further (52%)
Fairview48%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. That leaves about 1,500 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Fairview, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The nearest provincial park is Peace River Wildland Provincial Park, 15 km away.
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
15 km to Peace River Wildland Provincial Park
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
Peace River Wildland Provincial Park
15 km south245 km²since 2001
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Fairview has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Fairview and its edge hold 11 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
11 km
in and around the town (28.7 km²)
Woodland
16%
about 4.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
FairviewTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FairviewTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 62% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 70% 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 Fairview 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 named walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap 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 Fairview: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Peace River, 61 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) | 7.5 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.3 | 17.6 | 17.0 | 15.1 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.1 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -6 | -1 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 16 | 8 | -3 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 23 | 13 | 15 | 19 | 40 | 68 | 62 | 43 | 40 | 21 | 20 | 20 |
Daytime highs run from -10 °C in January up to 23 °C in July. Most rain and snow falls in June, 68 mm; February sees 13 mm. The climate in Fairview →
Things to do
Outdoors around Fairview: one place to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Fairview
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Fairview has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 4–49 km out.
Fairview No. 136Clear HillsBirch Hills CountyGrimshawFairview
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairview | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Fairview No. 136 4.0 km | 7.2% | 34 | 0 | 4 |
| Clear Hills 36 km | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| Birch Hills County 37 km | 4.8% | 26 | 0 | 5 |
| Grimshaw 49 km | 0.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Fairview No. 136, Clear Hills and Birch Hills County have twice as much or more.
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.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Fairview
When should you visit Fairview for the outdoors?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Fairview?
None within 100 km of Fairview.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Fairview?
The closest is Peace River Wildland Provincial Park, at 15 km.
Sources
The sources behind Fairview’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.
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).