First pick
La Barrière Park
Park or garden
85 ha6.2 km of path
1 h 25 minto walk all 6.2 km of path
9.5 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Robert Linsdell from St. Andrews, Canada · CC BY 2.00.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in St. Adolphe · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at St. Adolphe’s edge: LaSalle River Corridor
Within 10 km of the town, 0.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 23 km from town is Birds Hill Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land
0.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 16 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
23 km
Birds Hill Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for St. Adolphe, 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 km0.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas16Areas 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
St. Adolphe sits 8th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,560 to 8,984 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
St. Adolphe0.2%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
St. Adolphe16
Towns its size7
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
St. Adolphe0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, St. Adolphe’s strong point is public protected areas, where 5 of 39 top it. On protected land nearby it is behind: 31 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 5 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 9 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Corktown ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Grande Cache AB | 5.5% | 2.2% | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 12 | Clayton Heights BC | 5.4% | 2.3% | 131 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 17 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 22 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Camrose County AB | 1.4% | 1.3% | 148 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Kingsway South ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 29 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Marlborough AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 33 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
The green map of St. Adolphe
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
Walk in St. Adolphe: 5 named parks and woods
The biggest is La Barrière Park, 85 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 147 ha in all
Parks & gardens 147 ha
Between them, La Barrière Park and Hespeler Park cover 82%.
Hespeler Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
35 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
8.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Duff Roblin Provincial Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
21 ha
10 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Grande Pointe Park
Park or garden
3.9 ha0.3 km of path
12 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
D'Autueil Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
8.6 km north-eastfrom the centre
Promenade Olive Guillemette
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
1 in 10 people in St. Adolphe 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 (5.2%)Further (95%)
St. Adolphe5.2%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 8,300 people more than a short walk away. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
LaSalle River Corridor reaches St. Adolphe
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside St. Adolphe0.2%
Within 10 km0.2%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
The 16 are all publicly owned. LaSalle River Corridor leads for size with 165 ha.
LaSalle River CorridorMunicipal park · 165 ha · reaches St. Adolphe
Jennifer and Tom Shay Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 6.7 ha · reaches St. Adolphe
Seine River CorridorMunicipal park · 111 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
St. Norbert CC ForestMunicipal park · 0.8 ha · 3.1 km from the edge of town
Kings ParkMunicipal park · 24 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
Kilkenny ForestMunicipal park · 7.4 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Dakota ForestMunicipal park · 8.3 ha · 4.8 km from the edge of town
Dalhousie ForestMunicipal park · 2.2 ha · 5.4 km from the edge of town
Carrigan Place WoodlotMunicipal park · 0.9 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Minnetonka WoodlotMunicipal park · 1.5 ha · 6.0 km from the edge of town
6 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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, 23 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
23 km north21 km²since 1964
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, St. Adolphe 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
Paths to walk: 130 km in and around St. Adolphe
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
130 km
in and around the town (445.8 km²)
Woodland
1.8%
about 8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
St. AdolpheTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
St. AdolpheTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.8%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 73% of Canadian towns. For woods, 76% of Canadian towns have more.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near St. Adolphe
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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 St. Adolphe
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (31 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) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | -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 |
A typical year sees 126 cm of snow. In July the typical high is 26 °C; in January, -11 °C. July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (77 mm); February is driest (13 mm). The climate in St. Adolphe →
Things to do
Outdoors around St. Adolphe: 7 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 5 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Cheyenne Parkin town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to St. Adolphe
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
NivervilleSt. NorbertLa SalleRichmond WestSouth PointeFort RichmondSt. Adolphe
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Adolphe | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| Niverville 7.1 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| St. Norbert 13 km | 0.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| La Salle 14 km | 0.4% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Richmond West 15 km | 1.6% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| South Pointe 15 km | 1.6% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Fort Richmond 15 km | 1.6% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
Richmond West, South Pointe and Fort Richmond have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
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.
- 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.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- 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 St. Adolphe
When is the best time for walking in St. Adolphe?
September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near St. Adolphe?
It is LaSalle River Corridor, a municipal park covering 165 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to St. Adolphe?
Birds Hill Provincial Park, 23 km from the edge of town.
Is St. Adolphe near a national park?
None within 100 km of St. Adolphe.
How much land around St. Adolphe is protected?
Yes: 0.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on St. Adolphe
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).