First pick
Jiggins Bluff
Wood or forest
475 ha4.2 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.2 km of path
6.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: The original uploader was Northwest at English Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 3.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sifton · parks, protected land & trails
From Sifton, Rivers Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (32 km)
Count 38 protected areas within 10 km of town. Riding Mountain National Park is the closest national park, 95 km from town. Within 10 km of the town, 1.5% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
38
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
95 km
Riding Mountain National Park
Nearest provincial park
32 km
Rivers Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Sifton 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km1.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas0Areas 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
Sifton comes 20th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,267 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
Sifton1.5%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sifton0
Towns its size3
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sifton0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Sifton is weakest for public protected areas: 33 of 39 have more.
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 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Sifton MB | 1.5% | 3.2% | 38 | 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
Sifton on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Sifton
Largest first: Jiggins Bluff leads with 475 ha. Numbers match the map.
Oak Lake Sand Hills
Wood or forest
2,292 ha3.9 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.9 km of path
13 km eastfrom the centre
Snoman Trail
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
Few people in Sifton 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Sifton0%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. For about 1,300 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
1.5% of the land around Sifton 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 Sifton3.2%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
Riding Mountain National Park is 95 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
Rivers Provincial Park
32 km north-east0.5 km²since 1961
National park
Riding Mountain National Park
95 km north-east2,968 km²since 1929
Nearer still is Rivers Provincial Park, a provincial park 32 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
31 km of paths in and around Sifton
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
31 km
in and around the town (982.5 km²)
Woodland
20%
about 194.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SiftonTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SiftonTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland20%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 95% of Canadian towns. It is more 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 Sifton
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Sifton: August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Elkhorn, 45 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 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -7 | -1 | 10 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 26 | 18 | 32 | 28 | 69 | 101 | 71 | 55 | 36 | 28 | 26 | 27 |
Snow totals about 142 cm a year. February is the driest month at 18 mm; June the wettest at 101 mm. Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -10 °C in January. The climate in Sifton →
Things to do
13 things to do outdoors near Sifton
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 5 campsites, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Routledge Sand Hillsin town
DirectionsSouris Sand Hills0.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 5
Aspen Grove Campgroundin town
DirectionsDeleau-Sifton Centennial Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 3 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Sifton
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 23–26 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Sifton.
Sioux Valley Dakota NationVirdenGrasslandWallace-WoodworthSifton
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sifton | 1.5% | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| Sioux Valley Dakota Nation 23 km | 1.3% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| Virden 25 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Grassland 26 km | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Wallace-Woodworth 26 km | 0.8% | 32 | 0 | 1 |
Around Sifton, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
- 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. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Sifton
How much land around Sifton is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Sifton?
Rivers Provincial Park, 32 km away.
When should you visit Sifton for the outdoors?
On the normals, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest national park to Sifton?
Riding Mountain National Park, 95 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Sifton’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).