First pick
Selkirk Park
Park or garden
106 ha4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
2.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jd.101 · CC BY-SA 3.01.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Selkirk · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park, Birds Hill Provincial Park, is 7.0 km from Selkirk
The largest is Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3,579 ha, 9.0 km from the edge of town. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. 2 protected areas lie within 10 km.
Protected land
1.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
2
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
7.0 km
Birds Hill Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Selkirk, set against 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km1.8%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 areas2Areas 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
Selkirk sits 19th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (11,339 to 11,804 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
Selkirk1.8%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Selkirk2
Towns its size5
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Selkirk0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Selkirk is weakest for public protected areas: 24 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Banff AB | 100% | 100% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 2 | Notre-Dame-de-l'Île-Perrot QC | 34% | 0.6% | 50 | 0 | 5 |
| 3 | Chapel Hill North ON | 14% | 1.2% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Williams Lake BC | 14% | 8.3% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Cardinal Creek ON | 11% | 0% | 43 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Ramara ON | 8.6% | 0.5% | 37 | 2 | 10 |
| 7 | Sechelt BC | 7.5% | 2% | 17 | 0 | 24 |
| 8 | Milton-Parc QC | 7.5% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Katimavik-Hazeldean ON | 6.8% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Ebenezer West ON | 6.8% | 11% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Estevan SK | 6.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Coldstream BC | 6.2% | 0.4% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Hochelaga QC | 5.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Provinceton BC | 5.3% | 5.9% | 160 | 6 | 0 |
| 15 | Pont-Rouge QC | 5.1% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Chester NS | 4.1% | 6.1% | 124 | 1 | 21 |
| 17 | Arnprior ON | 3.9% | 1.3% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Hawkesbury ON | 3.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Casa Loma ON | 2.3% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| 20 | North Riverdale ON | 2.2% | 0% | 10 | 5 | 31 |
| 21 | René-Goupil QC | 2.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Selkirk MB | 1.8% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Fort Richmond MB | 1.6% | 2.3% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Bridgwater Trails MB | 1.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Pelmo Park-Humberlea ON | 1.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | William Whyte MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Bowness AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Millbrook ON | 0.6% | 0.1% | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| 29 | Keelesdale-Eglinton West ON | 0.5% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Long Branch ON | 0.3% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| 31 | New Toronto ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 17 |
| 32 | Jefferson MB | 0.3% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | West Springs AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Fontainebleau ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | South Cameron ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Dundalk ON | 0.1% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Morden MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Mississauga Valleys ON | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Cityscape AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Drayton ON | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Selkirk
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Selkirk
Largest first: Selkirk Park leads with 106 ha. Numbers match the map.
Selkirk Ave Park
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sugar Island
Wood or forest · 80 m outside town
3.0 ha
3.3 km north-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
3 in 10 people in Selkirk 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 (31%)Further (69%)
Selkirk31%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 8,000 people more than a short walk away. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Selkirk, 1.8% 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 Selkirk0%
Within 10 km1.8%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
None of the 2 is private. Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area is the biggest, 3,579 ha.
Birds Hill Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,060 ha · 7.0 km from the edge of town
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,579 ha · 9.0 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: Birds Hill Provincial Park, 7.0 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
Birds Hill Provincial Park
7.0 km south21 km²since 1964
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Selkirk has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
22 km of paths in and around Selkirk
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
22 km
in and around the town (52.8 km²)
Woodland
3.5%
about 1.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SelkirkTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SelkirkTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.5%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 69% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 67% 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 mapped walking route near Selkirk
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Selkirk
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (35 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 | 16.4 | 16.0 | 14.5 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 8.9 | 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 |
Winter brings about 126 cm of snow. The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-11 °C). July is warm and wet, 77 mm; the driest month, February, has 13 mm. The climate in Selkirk →
Things to do
Near Selkirk: 6 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 most common are playgrounds: 3 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 3
Plus 3 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Selkirk
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
St. ClementsSt. AndrewsBrokenheadWest St. PaulSelkirk
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Selkirk | 1.8% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Clements 3.7 km | 2.2% | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| St. Andrews 8.1 km | 2.3% | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| Brokenhead 18 km | 1.2% | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| West St. Paul 19 km | 1.5% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
For walking routes, St. Clements leads the area with 8. None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Selkirk.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Selkirk
What is the largest protected area near Selkirk?
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area, a wildlife area of 3,579 ha.
Is Selkirk near a national park?
None within 100 km of Selkirk.
Are there protected areas near Selkirk?
Within 10 km, 1.8% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Selkirk?
September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Selkirk?
Birds Hill Provincial Park, 7.0 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Selkirk’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).