Photo: Ken Eckert · CC BY-SA 4.0A national park 15 km from Roblin: Riding Mountain National Park
Within 10 km of the town, 8.8% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 37 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
What sets Roblin apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Roblin is strongest on Riding Mountain National Park within easy reach, with protected land around it close behind.
How Roblin compares with 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Roblin comes 11th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,130 to 3,240 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, Roblin does best for protected land nearby: 10 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pincher Creek No. 9 AB | 32% | 30% | 74 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine BC | 21% | 17% | 36 | 0 | 84 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC | 16% | 12% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
| 4 | Welcome Beach BC | 15% | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| 5 | Percé QC | 15% | 2.2% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Queensway Terrace North ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | New Maryland NB | 11% | 25% | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | North Cypress-Langford MB | 9.8% | 6.1% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | French River / Rivière des Français ON | 9.5% | 8.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré QC | 9.1% | 0.2% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Roblin MB | 8.8% | 0.5% | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Chalk River ON | 8.2% | 1% | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| 13 | Beaumont QC | 7.7% | 0.1% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Kingsclear NB | 7.4% | 7.7% | 31 | 1 | 14 |
| 15 | Gilbert ON | 7.2% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Paspébiac QC | 6.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 17 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan BC | 6.2% | 6.4% | 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 18 | Adstock QC | 5% | 8.3% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 19 | Marathon ON | 4.6% | 3% | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| 20 | St. Clair ON | 4.5% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Blakeley ON | 4.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 22 | Lake City BC | 3.7% | 1.2% | 33 | 2 | 27 |
| 23 | Val-Morin QC | 2.5% | 5.7% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | Cedar Hill ON | 1.9% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Garrison Woods AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Greater Madawaska ON | 1.8% | 1.6% | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| 27 | Minburn County No. 27 AB | 1.2% | 0.9% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Thorhild County AB | 1.2% | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Erlton AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 30 | Jasper Park AB | 1.1% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Sturgeon Creek MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 32 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire QC | 0.9% | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Lower Mount Royal AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Westgate AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Brookside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Enniskillen ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Valhalla MB | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Bishop's Falls NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Parks, woods and paths around Roblin
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town.
1 in 10 people in Roblin 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.
Around 2,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
8.8% of the country within 10 km of Roblin is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
On public land: 8 of the 37. The others are private conservation land. Fish and Wildlife Development Fund covers 126,136 ha, the most of any named area. Another 29 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
2 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are counted, not listed.
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.
Parks around Roblin
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.
Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Duck Mountain Provincial Park
Riding Mountain National Park
2 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Roblin has 194 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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
More of it is wooded than in 78% of Canadian towns. 86% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
No named walking route passes Roblin 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.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Walking season in Roblin: May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Roblin, 5.8 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 | 16.6 | 16.1 | 14.6 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.8 | 7.9 |
| High (°C) | -12 | -10 | -2 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 9 | -2 | -10 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 13 | 23 | 27 | 45 | 88 | 71 | 70 | 34 | 25 | 18 | 18 |
Snow totals about 95 cm a year. Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -12 °C in January. The wettest month, June, brings 88 mm, against 13 mm in February. The climate in Roblin →
Near Roblin: 8 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.
The map shows 4 campsites, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Plus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Roblin
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 Roblin with figures are 31–50 km away.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roblin | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Riding Mountain West 31 km | 8.3% | 56 | 0 | 0 |
| Grandview 46 km | 22% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Langenburg 50 km | 1.5% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Grandview has twice as much or more.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
Questions about the outdoors in Roblin
When should you visit Roblin for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is Roblin from a national park?
Riding Mountain National Park, 15 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Roblin?
Protected areas cover 8.8% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a provincial park near Roblin?
Duck Mountain Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Roblin?
Fish and Wildlife Development Fund: 126,136 ha, a wildlife area.
Where Roblin’s outdoors figures come from
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).