Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Yuet Man Lee · CC BY-SA 4.0For a swim, Trout Lake Beach is the nearest of 25 beaches within 5 km. For a provincial park, Mount Seymour Park lies 6.2 km off. Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 45 km from town.
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Broadview’s best card is its choice of walking routes, with its beaches close behind.
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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,877 to 8,147 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Against towns its size, Broadview does best for public protected areas: 9 of the other 39 have more.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est NB | 27% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| 2 | Morgan Creek BC | 17% | 1% | 157 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | Shaughnessy BC | 13% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 55 |
| 4 | Kenora, Unorganized ON | 12% | 12% | 98 | 5 | 38 |
| 5 | Clare NS | 11% | 5.8% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | Lincoln NB | 6.8% | 3.8% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Holdom BC | 4.9% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 48 |
| 8 | Woodbine AB | 4.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 9 | Dufferin Hill ON | 4.4% | 1.6% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Al Ritchie SK | 4.4% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | La Perle AB | 4.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Haliburton Village ON | 4.1% | 2.6% | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 13 | Bienville QC | 4.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Drayton Valley AB | 3.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Legacy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Rocky Mountain House AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Broadview BC | 2.6% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 18 | Whitewater Region ON | 2.5% | 1.3% | 44 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | Woodbine-Lumsden ON | 2.5% | 5.1% | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 20 | Langstaff ON | 2.3% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Cornwall PE | 1.7% | 0% | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 22 | Jackson ON | 1.6% | 3.2% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Talbot ON | 1.6% | 4.3% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Scenic Acres AB | 1.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Wolseley MB | 1.5% | 0% | 27 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Labrador City NL | 1.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | North Stormont ON | 1.2% | 1.8% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Silver Heights MB | 1.2% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | Cardinal ON | 0.8% | 0.9% | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Otonabee-South Monaghan ON | 0.7% | 0.7% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Killarney/Glengarry AB | 0.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bayham ON | 0.5% | 0.6% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Lambton Baby Point ON | 0.3% | 7.1% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 34 | Charlesworth AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Queen Mary Park AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Acton Vale QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 | Taber AB | 0% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Harvest Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Sage Hill AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ottewell AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
The biggest is Deer Lake Park, 210 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Deer Lake Park plus Burnaby Lake Park account for 89% of the green.
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.
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.
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%. For about 500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
None of the 14 is private. Mount Seymour Park covers 3,509 ha, the most of any named area.
4 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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 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.
Mount Seymour Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 6.2 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
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).
58% of Canadian towns are more wooded. Paths are denser here than in 89% 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.
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The longest of the rest is the BC Parkway, 29.8 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Vancouver (Harbour), 9.1 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) | 8.6 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | 7 | 8 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 14 | 10 | 7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 237 | 117 | 163 | 118 | 73 | 66 | 44 | 49 | 71 | 157 | 245 | 200 |
Some 37 cm of snow falls each winter. Summer highs reach 23 °C in July; in December they stay near 7 °C. The wettest month, November, brings 245 mm, against 44 mm in July. The climate in Broadview →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
24 more are mapped without a name. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 158 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 157 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
One carries a national designation.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broadview | 2.6% | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| Garden Village 1.6 km | 1.3% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| Renfrew-Collingwood 1.6 km | 2.2% | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| Collingwood 2.0 km | 0.8% | 11 | 3 | 6 |
| Brentwood 2.2 km | 4% | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| Deer Lake 2.5 km | 2.9% | 22 | 4 | 25 |
| Norquay Village 2.7 km | 1.4% | 11 | 3 | 15 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Broadview’s protected share.
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, 45 km from the edge of town.
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Mount Seymour Park, a provincial park of 3,509 ha.
Try Trout Lake Beach, 2.8 km from town, first of several.
Try the Central Valley Greenway, BC Parkway and Deer Lake COVID-19 One-way Loop; more are on the map.
Mount Seymour Park, 6.2 km away.
Within 10 km, 2.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).