First pick
Archie Plett Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha
7.3 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Matthew ave jor · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Lorette · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Lorette is Birds Hill Provincial Park, 22 km away
0% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). The largest named area nearby is Ste. Anne Bog Ecological Reserve, 420 ha, 9.9 km away. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
22 km
Birds Hill Provincial Park
Against other towns
Lorette 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km0%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 areas5Areas 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
Among 40 towns its size, Lorette is 2nd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,215 to 13,828 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
Lorette0%
Towns its size3.6%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lorette5
Towns its size5
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lorette0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Lorette lags towns its size: 38 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semiahmoo Town Centre BC | 21% | 0.8% | 103 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 20% | 2.6% | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | West Point Grey BC | 14% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 4 | Glebe-Dows Lake ON | 12% | 11% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Ville-Émard QC | 10% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Beaurivage QC | 8.1% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Sidney BC | 7% | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Terrace BC | 6.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Durand ON | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Pine Grove ON | 6.2% | 37% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Cloverdale BC | 6% | 0.4% | 160 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB | 5.5% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC | 5.4% | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Springdale ON | 4.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Montcalm QC | 4.7% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 17 | Vanier QC | 4.2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | L'Aéroport QC | 4% | 0% | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Strathcona BC | 3.8% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 76 |
| 20 | Stittsville North ON | 3.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Thornhill Woods ON | 3.5% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Centennial Scarborough ON | 3.5% | 8.1% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 24 | Douglasdale/Glen AB | 2.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 25 | West Queen West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 26 | Wychwood ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| 27 | Avondale ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 29 | Dawson Creek BC | 1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Signal Hill AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Beaverton ON | 0.8% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Streetsville ON | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | The Maples MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Mount Dennis ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Rossmere-A MB | 0.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Wetaskiwin AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Lorette MB | 0% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Redstone AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Lorette on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Lorette
The biggest is Archie Plett Park, 1.1 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Longitudinal Centre of Canada
Park or garden
0.8 ha
4.2 km northfrom 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 Lorette, 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%)
Lorette0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. Around 13,500 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
5 protected areas lie within 10 km of Lorette
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lorette0%
Within 10 km0%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All 5 are public land. Ste. Anne Bog Ecological Reserve leads for size with 420 ha.
Seine River CorridorMunicipal park · 111 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Dakota ForestMunicipal park · 8.3 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
Jennifer and Tom Shay Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 6.7 ha · 9.3 km from the edge of town
Kings ParkMunicipal park · 24 ha · 9.8 km from the edge of town
Ste. Anne Bog Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 420 ha · 9.9 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
Birds Hill Provincial Park, 22 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
Birds Hill Provincial Park
22 km north21 km²since 1964
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Lorette, 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
Lorette has 123 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
123 km
in and around the town (708.6 km²)
Woodland
18%
about 130 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
LoretteTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LoretteTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland18%
0%50%100%
79% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². More of it is wooded than in 65% 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 Lorette 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
September is the best month for walking in Lorette
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 36 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 | 10.0 | 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 |
January brings highs of -11 °C, July highs of 26 °C. Expect 77 mm in July, warm and wet, and 13 mm in February. About 126 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Lorette →
Things to do
A viewpoint near Lorette
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
4 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Centre of Canadain town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Lorette
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Ste. AnneSte. AnneSage CreekLorette
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lorette | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Ste. Anne 15 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ste. Anne 18 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sage Creek 19 km | 0.5% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Lorette has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Lorette
Is there a provincial park near Lorette?
The closest is Birds Hill Provincial Park, at 22 km.
Which is the biggest protected area near Lorette?
Anne Bog Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve of 420 ha.
How much land around Lorette is protected?
Yes: 0% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is Lorette near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Lorette.
When should you visit Lorette for the outdoors?
On the normals, September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Lorette’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).