First pick
John Blumberg Park
Park or garden
32 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Suburban Rapid Transit Co. via Winnipeg Electric Co. · Public domain1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Headingley · parks, protected land & trails
Headingley is 0.5 km from Beaudry Provincial Park
37 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. One named trail is close: the Oak Trail. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 10 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
0.5 km
Beaudry Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
37
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Headingley 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 km1%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 areas10Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches37Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Headingley sits 16th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,271 to 5,465 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
Headingley1%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Headingley10
Towns its size3
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Headingley1
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Headingley beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 9 of 39 do better. On protected land nearby it is behind: 23 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QC | 43% | 33% | 45 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Inverness County, Subdivision A NS | 29% | 40% | 156 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay BC | 25% | 28% | 28 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Juan de Fuca (Part 1) BC | 14% | 50% | 64 | 12 | 71 |
| 5 | Billings Bridge - Heron Park ON | 11% | 2.4% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Burton NB | 9.5% | 2% | 36 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo BC | 9.1% | 9.1% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Central Frontenac ON | 8.2% | 8.2% | 39 | 1 | 7 |
| 9 | The Ravines of Rainbow Creek ON | 6.9% | 8.2% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Garner ON | 6.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Gourley ON | 6.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Carillon / Saint-Pie-X QC | 5.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Uplands SK | 5.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Woodlands AB | 3.9% | 9.6% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Aldergrove AB | 3.7% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Boniface QC | 3.1% | 0% | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| 17 | West Meadowlark Park AB | 2.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | North Gower - Kars ON | 2% | 3% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Metcalfe ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Southdale ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Normand Park MB | 1.5% | 3.1% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | South West Industrial SK | 1.4% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Mount Royal SK | 1.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Windsor QC | 1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Headingley MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Westdale MB | 1% | 1% | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 27 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha QC | 0.7% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Deer Lake NL | 0.4% | 3.8% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 29 | Mandalay West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Norwood ON | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Riverbend MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Belmont AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Kirkness AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault NB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Chisasibi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Wingham ON | 0% | 0.2% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Stonewall MB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Westlock AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Belvedere AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Headingley
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
8 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Headingley
John Blumberg Park is the largest, at 32 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 55 ha in all
Parks & gardens 55 ha
Between them, John Blumberg Park and Caron Park cover 72%.
Caron Park
Park or garden
8.1 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
4.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Westdale Recreation Site
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
5.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
4.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Alexander Ross Athletic Fields
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
3.3 ha0.2 km of path
5.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
St. Charles Grove
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
2.8 ha0.5 km of path
4.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
La Fleche Park
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
2.8 ha0.2 km of path
4.5 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Peri Green
Park or garden · 130 m outside town
0.5 ha
4.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Morrissette
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
4.4 km eastfrom 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
In Headingley, parks are rarely a short walk away
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%)
Headingley0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 5,400 residents live further than 400 m from one. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
1% of the land around Headingley 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 Headingley0%
Within 10 km1%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 10. Beaudry Provincial Park leads for size with 489 ha.
The Oaks ForestMunicipal park · 3.3 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Harte TrailMunicipal park · 21 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Caron Park ForestMunicipal park · 3.8 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Beaudry Provincial ParkProvincial park · 489 ha · 0.5 km from the edge of town
Beaverdam Creek ForestMunicipal park · 2.6 ha · 1.2 km from the edge of town
Daniel Flood Green ParkMunicipal park · 2.2 ha · 2.1 km from the edge of town
Living Prairie MuseumMunicipal park · 17 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
Moray ForestMunicipal park · 3.3 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
Assiniboine ForestMunicipal park · 286 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
Little Mountain ParkMunicipal park · 51 ha · 5.7 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
Beaudry Provincial Park is 0.5 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
Beaudry Provincial Park
0.5 km west4.9 km²since 1974
For a national park, people in Headingley travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
61 km of paths in and around Headingley
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
61 km
in and around the town (158 km²)
Woodland
1.3%
about 2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
HeadingleyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HeadingleyTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.3%
0%50%100%
For path density, 69% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover less of it than in 80% 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
One mapped route to walk from Headingley
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Oak Trail2.9 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 Headingley
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (13 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 | -1 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 53 | 38 | 25 | 19 |
The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-11 °C). Summer storms make July the wettest month, 77 mm; February sees 13 mm. Winter brings about 126 cm of snow. The climate in Headingley →
Beaches
37 unnamed beaches near Headingley
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Headingley: 51 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
51 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 51
Ridgewood West Playground0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 50 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Headingley
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
GlendaleWestdaleBuchananBetsworthWestwoodCrestviewHeadingley
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Headingley has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Headingley
How much land around Headingley is protected?
Protected areas cover 1% of the land within 10 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Headingley?
The closest is Beaudry Provincial Park, at 0.5 km.
Where can you walk near Headingley?
The Oak Trail, mapped within 2 km.
Is there a beach near Headingley?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Headingley?
Beaudry Provincial Park, a provincial park of 489 ha.
How far is Headingley from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Headingley.
When is the best time for walking in Headingley?
September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Headingley’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).