First pick
Country Charm Gardens
Park or garden
1.2 ha
4.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: The original uploader was Cherkowski at Wikipedia . · CC BY 2.55.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Cornwallis · parks, protected land & trails
2.4 km from Cornwallis to Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park
5.3 km out lies the largest, Canadian Forces Base Shilo, at 23,061 ha. The protected share within 10 km is 5.5%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. Riding Mountain National Park is the closest national park, 69 km from town.
Protected land
5.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
26
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
69 km
Riding Mountain National Park
Nearest provincial park
2.4 km
Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Cornwallis 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km5.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.7%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas8Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Cornwallis comes 13th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,609 to 4,808 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
Cornwallis5.5%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Cornwallis8
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Cornwallis0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Cornwallis beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 11 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper AB | 100% | 100% | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 10 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | Saint-Antonin QC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Britannia Youngstown AB | 3.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 17 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Battleford SK | 2.2% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 21 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC | 2% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Carlisle AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Riverview MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 27 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Iroquois Falls ON | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Britannia ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | Eastwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Cornwallis
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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Cornwallis
Largest first: Country Charm Gardens leads with 1.2 ha. Numbers match the map.
Jacobson Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
0.4 ha
17 km westfrom the centre
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
1 in 10 people in Cornwallis 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 (13%)Further (87%)
Cornwallis13%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 4,100 residents live further than 400 m from one. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Cornwallis, 5.5% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Cornwallis3.7%
Within 10 km5.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 26, 8 are public and the remainder private. Canadian Forces Base Shilo leads for size with 23,061 ha. 18 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Douglas Marsh Protected AreaProtected area · 8,400 ha · reaches Cornwallis
Assiniboine Corridor Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,374 ha · reaches Cornwallis
Brandon Hills Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 762 ha · reaches Cornwallis
Floodplain City LandsProtected area · 63 ha · 0.9 km from the edge of town
Dinsdale ParkMunicipal park · 7.2 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
Eleanor Kidd ParkMunicipal park · 7.0 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial ParkProvincial park · 132 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
Canadian Forces Base ShiloNature reserve · 23,061 ha · 5.3 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
Riding Mountain National Park, 69 km off
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
Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park
2.4 km south-east1.3 km²since 2004
National park
Riding Mountain National Park
69 km north2,968 km²since 1929
Nearer still is Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park, a provincial park 2.4 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
Cornwallis and its edge hold 175 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
175 km
in and around the town (639.3 km²)
Woodland
10%
about 65.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CornwallisTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CornwallisTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland10%
0%50%100%
For path density, 74% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover more of it than in 53% 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
No named walking route passes Cornwallis 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.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Cornwallis is best on foot in May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Brandon (20 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) | 8.5 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.4 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -9 | -2 | 10 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 14 | 24 | 27 | 65 | 98 | 72 | 56 | 43 | 32 | 20 | 22 |
The yearly snowfall is near 128 cm. Rain and snow peak in June (98 mm) and ease in February (14 mm). From -11 °C in January to 25 °C in August: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Cornwallis →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Cornwallis
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Cornwallis: 4 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
71 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Brandon Hills Wildlife Management Areain town
DirectionsRiverbank Discovery Centre2.0 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 71
Plus 71 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Cornwallis
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 18–26 km from Cornwallis.
BrandonOakland-WawanesaEltonNorth Cypress-LangfordCarberryCornwallis
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornwallis | 5.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| Brandon 18 km | 1.1% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakland-Wawanesa 21 km | 5% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Elton 21 km | 2.6% | 36 | 0 | 1 |
| North Cypress-Langford 25 km | 9.8% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| Carberry 26 km | 6.8% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Cornwallis holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Cornwallis
How far is the nearest provincial park from Cornwallis?
The closest is Criddle/Vane Homestead Provincial Park, at 2.4 km.
Are there protected areas near Cornwallis?
Protected areas cover 5.5% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest beach to Cornwallis?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
What is the largest protected area near Cornwallis?
Canadian Forces Base Shilo, a nature reserve of 23,061 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Cornwallis?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Cornwallis?
The nearest is Riding Mountain National Park, 69 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Cornwallis
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).