First pick
Vermilion Provincial Park
Park or garden
732 ha6.6 km of path
1 h 30 minto walk all 6.6 km of path
3.3 km north-westfrom the centre
Park Perimiter xcski trailAspen Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Shoju foge · CC BY-SA 3.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Vermilion · parks, protected land & trails
Vermilion Provincial Park reaches the edge of Vermilion
There is one protected area within 10 km. No national park lies within 100 km. Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Vermilion Provincial Park
Against other towns
Vermilion 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km1.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town9.3%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
Vermilion comes 20th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,125 to 4,259 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
Vermilion1.5%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Vermilion1
Towns its size4
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Vermilion0
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Vermilion lags towns its size: 30 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Pocatière QC | 35% | 0.2% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Anderson Walk BC | 23% | 8.2% | 180 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay BC | 22% | 2.9% | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo BC | 16% | 17% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Victoria County, Subdivision B NS | 12% | 17% | 244 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Westphal NS | 12% | 0.5% | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Fort Nelson BC | 11% | 9.8% | 36 | 0 | 330 |
| 8 | Carleton-sur-Mer QC | 10% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place ON | 9.5% | 23% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Spring Valley ON | 6.4% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Balfour ON | 5.7% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Electoral Area B, Cariboo BC | 5.4% | 4.8% | 10 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Electoral Area E, Kitimat-Stikine BC | 4.8% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Port Hardy BC | 4.1% | 2.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Barry's Bay ON | 3.9% | 1.9% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 16 | Stellarton NS | 3.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Ormstown QC | 2.9% | 1.6% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Templemead ON | 2.3% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | West River PE | 2.2% | 2.9% | 18 | 8 | 15 |
| 20 | Vermilion AB | 1.5% | 9.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | St. George MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Calder AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix QC | 1% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | Fraipont MB | 0.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Island Lakes MB | 0.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Banff Trail AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Sunalta AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Discovery Ridge AB | 0.5% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Wildwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Beaumaris AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Patterson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Callaghan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Jackson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Malmo Plains AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 35 | Crabtree QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Napierville QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Claresholm AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Killarney AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Mayliewan AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ozerna AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Vermilion
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 Vermilion: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is Vermilion Provincial Park, 732 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Vermilion Skate Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Vermilion
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 Vermilion’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 (66%)Further (35%)
Vermilion66%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 1,400 residents are further than 400 m from a park. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
1.5% of the land around Vermilion is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Vermilion9.3%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public.
Vermilion Provincial ParkProvincial park · 753 ha · reaches Vermilion
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
Vermilion Provincial Park starts at the edge of Vermilion
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
Vermilion Provincial Park
At the edge7.5 km²since 1958
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Vermilion, 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.
Footpaths and woods
Vermilion has 15 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
15 km
in and around the town (32.1 km²)
Woodland
0%
of the town and 1 km around it
Footpaths · km per km²
VermilionTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
VermilionTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0%
0%50%100%
67% 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.
Walking routes
No mapped walking route near Vermilion
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
Vermilion is best on foot in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fabyan (44 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 | 15.8 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | 0 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 9 | -1 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 12 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 79 | 77 | 56 | 35 | 18 | 18 | 17 |
Snow totals about 99 cm a year. Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -8 °C in January. Precipitation runs from 12 mm in February to 79 mm in June. The climate in Vermilion →
Things to do
Near Vermilion: 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.
Playgrounds lead the count with 15.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Vermilion
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Vermilion with figures are 20–59 km away.
Vermilion River CountyLloydminster (Part)WainwrightLloydminster (Part)Britannia No. 502Vermilion
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vermilion | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Vermilion River County 20 km | 0.5% | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| Lloydminster (Part) 56 km | 0.5% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wainwright 57 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Lloydminster (Part) 58 km | 0.5% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Britannia No. 502 59 km | 2.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Vermilion doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Vermilion
What is the nearest provincial park to Vermilion?
Vermilion Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
How much land around Vermilion is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Vermilion?
It is Vermilion Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 753 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Vermilion?
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.
What is the nearest national park to Vermilion?
None within 100 km of Vermilion.
Sources
Sources for this page on Vermilion
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).