First pick
McDonald Sport Complex
Park or garden
5.6 ha
1.0 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Shawn from Airdrie, Canada · CC BY-SA 2.00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Morinville · parks, protected land & trails
Within 46 km of Morinville: Elk Island National Park
Within 10 km is a single protected area. For a provincial park, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park lies 17 km off. The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
0.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
46 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Against other towns
Morinville 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.1%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
Morinville sits 2nd from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (10,498 to 11,034 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
Morinville0.1%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Morinville0
Towns its size10
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Morinville0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Morinville lags towns its size: 36 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ocean Park BC | 27% | 4% | 100 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Liverpool NS | 24% | 21% | 230 | 5 | 56 |
| 3 | Timberlea NS | 19% | 30% | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Vanier North ON | 11% | 0.6% | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Hintonburg-Mechanicsville ON | 11% | 1.4% | 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North ON | 11% | 7.8% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Laval-Ouest QC | 11% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Yellowhead County AB | 11% | 3.4% | 33 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Contrecoeur QC | 10% | 6.3% | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Vieux Greenfield Park QC | 7.8% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Wendover ON | 6.7% | 4.4% | 58 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bassin-de-la-Lièvre QC | 6.2% | 20% | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Montecito BC | 5.5% | 0% | 22 | 2 | 53 |
| 14 | Yarmouth NS | 4.7% | 4.9% | 79 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | Birdland BC | 4.3% | 9.7% | 119 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | Saint-Sacrement QC | 4% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Eastern Passage NS | 3.6% | 2.2% | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 18 | Cathedraltown ON | 3% | 0% | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Bendale South ON | 2.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Shelburne ON | 2.6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Grand River South ON | 2.5% | 16% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Dutrisac QC | 1.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | East London ON | 1.8% | 1.4% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bois-des-Filion QC | 1.7% | 3.3% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Westminster ON | 1.7% | 28% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Victoria Hills ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Alexandria ON | 1.5% | 0.4% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Exeter ON | 1.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | West St. Paul MB | 1.5% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ponoka County AB | 0.5% | 0.2% | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Whitecourt AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Weston-Pelham Park ON | 0.5% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | Rundle AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Temple AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Markland Wood ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Creditview ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Walkerton ON | 0.1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Lethbridge County AB | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Morinville AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Hidden Valley AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Morinville
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
4 named parks and woods to walk in near Morinville
The biggest is McDonald Sport Complex, 5.6 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 7 ha in all
Parks & gardens 7.0 ha
89% of the area is in just two places: McDonald Sport Complex and Rotary Park.
Rotary Park
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Morinville
Directionsto a point inside
St Jean Baptist Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha
Centralin the middle of Morinville
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
About 7 in 10 of Morinville’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 (67%)Further (33%)
Morinville67%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. For about 3,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Morinville
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Morinville0%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group, so it is counted here but not named.
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 Morinville
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
17 km south21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
46 km east194 km²since 1913
Closer to home, Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is 17 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
Morinville and its edge hold 18 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
18 km
in and around the town (27.6 km²)
Woodland
1.7%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MorinvilleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MorinvilleTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.7%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 77% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 63% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Morinville
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 Morinville: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 27 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) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| 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 |
Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. The wettest month is the warmest, July (83 mm); February has 12 mm. Snow totals about 124 cm a year. The climate in Morinville →
Things to do
Outdoors around Morinville: 12 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 8.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
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 Morinville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Sturgeon CountyBon AccordLegalSt. AlbertMorinville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morinville | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sturgeon County 7.5 km | 0.8% | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| Bon Accord 16 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Legal 17 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Albert 18 km | 3.4% | 7 | 7 | 1 |
For walking routes, Sturgeon County leads the area with 8. Around St. Albert the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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 Morinville
How much land around Morinville is protected?
Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km.
Is Morinville near a national park?
The nearest is Elk Island National Park, 46 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Morinville?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is there a provincial park near Morinville?
The closest is Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, at 17 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Morinville
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).