Photo: Matthias Süßen · CC BY-SA 3.0Little of the land around Siksika 146 is protected: 0.5% within 10 km
The 10 km around town hold 13 protected areas. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. A provincial park, Kinbrook Island Provincial Park, lies 46 km away.
How Siksika 146 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Among 40 towns its size, Siksika 146 is 10th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,592 to 3,698 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For public protected areas, Siksika 146 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 | Pemberton BC | 41% | 34% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Electoral Area A, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 33% | 25% | 26 | 26 | 2 |
| 3 | Colebrook BC | 28% | 14% | 145 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Blind River ON | 21% | 41% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part ON | 12% | 12% | 58 | 1 | 15 |
| 6 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 12% | 5.8% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Bright NB | 7.1% | 4.6% | 46 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Woodbridge Meadows ON | 5.7% | 2.7% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Central ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Electoral Area F, Bulkley-Nechako BC | 4.8% | 4.4% | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Lac du Bonnet MB | 4.2% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Deer Run AB | 3.4% | 47% | 2 | 0 | 15 |
| 13 | Parkland AB | 3.4% | 39% | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 14 | Piedmont QC | 3.1% | 15% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Quinndale ON | 2.9% | 0% | 16 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Ramsay AB | 2.4% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 17 | Parkview West ON | 2.1% | 2.7% | 26 | 0 | 14 |
| 18 | Hudson AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | North Glenora AB | 1.9% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Powassan ON | 1.6% | 1.8% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kensington AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Studholm NB | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | WestLake-Gladstone MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Deer Lodge MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Fifty Point ON | 1.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 26 | South Tuxedo MB | 1.2% | 50% | 23 | 0 | 19 |
| 27 | Rapperswill AB | 1.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Saint-Alphonse-Rodriguez QC | 0.9% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | Lawson Heights Urban Centre SK | 0.7% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Mactaggart AB | 0.7% | 0.9% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Siksika 146 AB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Two Hills County No. 21 AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 53 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Eaglemere MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | East Elmwood MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | North Inkster Industrial MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Dunham QC | 0.4% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Radisson MB | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Victoria West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | West Kildonan Industrial MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Saint-Michel QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where the green is in Siksika 146
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the First Nations reserve.
In Siksika 146, parks are rarely a short walk away
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.
Around 3,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Siksika 146 has 13 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
No public land among them: all are private conservation land, counted but unnamed.
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.
46 km to Kinbrook Island 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.
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Siksika 146, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Siksika 146 has 2 km of footpaths in and around it
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
99% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
No named walking route passes Siksika 146 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.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the First Nations reserve. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Walking season in Siksika 146: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Queenstown (28 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 8.0 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 4 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 62 | 82 | 54 | 50 | 33 | 18 | 18 | 15 |
The yearly snowfall is near 105 cm. The wettest month, June, brings 82 mm, against 14 mm in February. From -2 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Siksika 146 →
Near Siksika 146: one viewpoint on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 4 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Siksika 146
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Siksika 146 has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 20–44 km out.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Siksika 146 | 0.5% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Wheatland County 20 km | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Strathmore 31 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bassano 44 km | 0.4% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Siksika 146.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
- 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 Siksika 146
When should you visit Siksika 146 for the outdoors?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is Siksika 146 from a national park?
None within 100 km of Siksika 146.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Siksika 146?
Kinbrook Island Provincial Park, 46 km away.
Is there protected land near Siksika 146?
Within 10 km, 0.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
The sources behind Siksika 146’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).