First pick
Lagasse Park
Park or garden
9.9 ha2.5 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.5 km of path
1.4 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Peter Vaitkunas · Public domain0.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in St. Paul · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to St. Paul is Moose Lake Provincial Park, 34 km away
3 protected areas lie within 10 km. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.5% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. The largest is Blue Quills National Wildlife Area: 97 ha, 3.3 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
0.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
98 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
34 km
Moose Lake Provincial Park
Against other towns
How St. Paul 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.5%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 areas1Areas 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
St. Paul has the 12th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,114 to 6,312 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
St. Paul0.5%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
St. Paul1
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
St. Paul0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, St. Paul is weakest for public protected areas: 30 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peachland BC | 18% | 0.4% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 2 | Playfair Park - Guildwood Estates ON | 13% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Dutch Settlement NS | 8.7% | 15% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
| 4 | Nouveau Greenfield Park QC | 6.9% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Business Dis ON | 6.9% | 11% | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Lac-Brome QC | 6.8% | 1.7% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Beaver County AB | 6.8% | 7.7% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| 8 | Les Coteaux QC | 6.7% | 0.2% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Cumberland ON | 6.7% | 2.9% | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Fatima QC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Rolston ON | 6.5% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Tay Valley ON | 5.8% | 3.9% | 37 | 5 | 8 |
| 14 | McMasterville QC | 5.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Electoral Area A, Cariboo BC | 5.4% | 6% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Crown Point West ON | 4.1% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Delta East ON | 3.7% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Barrhead County No. 11 AB | 3.4% | 1.2% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Rosemount ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Sioux Lookout ON | 1.7% | 4.5% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Haultain SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Cherry Hill ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Glenora AB | 1.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Woodstock NB | 1.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Willow Creek No. 26 AB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Highland ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Sargent Park MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Grosvenor Park SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 29 | St. Paul AB | 0.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Inkster Gardens MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Saint-Césaire QC | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Capitol Hill AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Castleridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Forest Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Duggan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Vegreville AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | South Walkerville ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Beauceville QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | The Orchards At Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Mildmay ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in St. Paul
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in St. Paul: 11 named parks and woods
Largest first: Lagasse Park leads with 9.9 ha. Numbers match the map.
11 named parks and woods, 31 ha in all
Parks & gardens 31 ha
Two places, St. Paul Lions Soccer Fields and Lagasse Park, make up 79% of the total.
St. Paul Lions Soccer Fields
Park or garden
15 ha
1.7 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Lagasse ParkPark or garden · 9.9 ha · 2.5 km of path
DirectionsSt. Paul Lions Soccer FieldsPark or garden · 15 ha
DirectionsRCMP ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsReunion StationPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsKinsmen ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsDesjardins ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsCrescent ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsKendelstick ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsSpring Creek ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsWheeler ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsCentennial ParkPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
6 in 10 people in St. Paul live near 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 (62%)Further (38%)
St. Paul62%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 2,400 people more than a short walk away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
St. Paul has 3 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.
Inside St. Paul0%
Within 10 km0.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
1 of the 3 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Another 2 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Blue Quills National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 97 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
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
The nearest big park: Elk Island National Park, 98 km away
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
Moose Lake Provincial Park
34 km north-east7.3 km²since 1967
National park
Elk Island National Park
98 km west194 km²since 1913
A provincial park is closer: Moose Lake Provincial Park, at 34 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
St. Paul has 14 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
14 km
in and around the town (29.8 km²)
Woodland
1%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
St. PaulTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
St. PaulTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1%
0%50%100%
For woods, 81% of Canadian towns have more. It has fewer paths per km² 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.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near St. Paul
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 town. 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.
When to get out
Get out in St. Paul in May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Vegreville (75 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) | 7.9 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.4 | 7.4 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | 0 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | -1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 19 | 12 | 17 | 28 | 41 | 60 | 71 | 50 | 35 | 23 | 17 | 16 |
The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-8 °C). Summer brings the most rain: 71 mm in July; February gets 12 mm. The climate in St. Paul →
Things to do
Outdoors around St. Paul: 22 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 21 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 21
Plus 21 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Overnight Campgroundin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to St. Paul
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. St. Paul has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 10–29 km out.
St. Paul County No. 19Elk PointSaddle Lake 125St. Paul
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Paul | 0.5% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Paul County No. 19 10 km | 0.4% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| Elk Point 28 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saddle Lake 125 29 km | 0.3% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as St. Paul.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in St. Paul
What is the biggest park or reserve near St. Paul?
It is Blue Quills National Wildlife Area, a wildlife area covering 97 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to St. Paul?
Moose Lake Provincial Park, 34 km away.
When should you visit St. Paul for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there protected land near St. Paul?
Within 10 km, 0.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is St. Paul near a national park?
Elk Island National Park, 98 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind St. Paul’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).