First pick
The Wheel (World's Largest Wagon Wheel)
Park or garden
1.7 ha
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain10%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Fisher · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Fisher is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
Fisher Bay Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 16 km. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Interlake Pioneer Trail. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
10%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Fisher Bay Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Fisher 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km10%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town6.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas7Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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
Fisher comes 5th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,800 to 2,587 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
Fisher10%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Fisher7
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Fisher1
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Fisher beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 4 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Fisher MB | 10% | 6.4% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Fisher
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 Fisher: one named park or wood
The Wheel (World's Largest Wagon Wheel) is the largest, at 1.7 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
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
Most of Fisher is more than 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Fisher0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. For about 1,800 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
The 11 protected areas near Fisher
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Fisher6.4%
Within 10 km10%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 7 of the 11. At 20,981 ha, Little Birch Wildlife Management Area is the largest. 4 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Little Birch Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 20,981 ha · reaches Fisher
Sleeve Lake Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 15,857 ha · reaches Fisher
Mantagao Lake Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 4,034 ha · reaches Fisher
Broad Valley Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 595 ha · reaches Fisher
Narcisse Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 8,016 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
Fish Lake Fen Provincially Significant PeatlandProtected area · 6,160 ha · 8.0 km from the edge of town
Skylake Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 620 ha · 8.2 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: Fisher Bay Provincial Park, 16 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
Fisher Bay Provincial Park
16 km north-east232 km²since 2011
No national park lies within 100 km of Fisher; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 32 km in and around Fisher
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
32 km
in and around the town (1,703.7 km²)
Woodland
under 0.1%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
FisherTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FisherTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodlandunder 0.1%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 97% of Canadian towns. Woods cover less of it than in 96% 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
Fisher has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Interlake Pioneer Trail114.1 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
September is the best month for walking in Fisher
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hodgson, 16 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) | 8.4 | 9.9 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.5 | 16.5 | 16.1 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | -12 | -9 | -1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 18 | 9 | -1 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 35 | 22 | 35 | 32 | 67 | 85 | 76 | 69 | 56 | 49 | 37 | 39 |
The yearly snowfall is near 182 cm. From -12 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. Expect 85 mm in June, the wettest month, and 22 mm in February. The climate in Fisher →
Things to do
One thing to do outdoors near Fisher
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Little Birch Wildlife Management Area1.5 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Fisher
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 Fisher with figures are 23–43 km away.
Peguis 1BBifrost-RivertonArborgFisher River 44Fisher
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fisher | 10% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Peguis 1B 23 km | 1.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Bifrost-Riverton 31 km | 5% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| Arborg 34 km | 1.7% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Fisher River 44 43 km | 4.9% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Fisher’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Fisher
Is Fisher near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Fisher.
When should you visit Fisher for the outdoors?
September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Fisher?
It is Little Birch Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area covering 20,981 ha.
How much land around Fisher is protected?
Within 10 km, 10% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest provincial park to Fisher?
The closest is Fisher Bay Provincial Park, at 16 km.
Where can you walk near Fisher?
Try the Interlake Pioneer Trail.
Sources
The sources behind Fisher’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).