First pick
Juniper Park
Park or garden
2.9 ha
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: U.S. Embassy and Consulates in Canada · Public domain–Not graded
Outdoors in Thompson · parks, protected land & trails
No protected area lies within 10 km of Thompson
No national park lies within 100 km. For a provincial park, Amisk Park Reserve lies 86 km off.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
86 km
Amisk Park Reserve
Against other towns
How Thompson 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
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 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
Of 40 towns its size, none has less protected land around it than Thompson
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (12,661 to 13,184 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
Thompson0%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Thompson0
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Thompson0
Towns its size1
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Thompson is weakest for walking routes: 20 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | View Royal BC | 21% | 45% | 35 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Westboro ON | 13% | 5.5% | 32 | 3 | 8 |
| 3 | Centre-Ville QC | 11% | 22% | 40 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | North Saanich BC | 9.2% | 5.1% | 37 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 | Quantztown ON | 8.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Windsor Park NS | 7.6% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC | 6.9% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Prince Rupert BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Deerfield ON | 5.2% | 6.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Madoc ON | 5.1% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Carrville Corners ON | 4.1% | 0.5% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Peel Village ON | 3.8% | 0.9% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Highland Creek ON | 3.5% | 0.6% | 14 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | New Springbrook ON | 3.1% | 2.4% | 19 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Lakeview AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | New Brighton AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 17 | Stratford PE | 2.7% | 0.9% | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| 18 | Albert Park SK | 2.7% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Yonge-St.Clair ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 20 | Ayr ON | 2.4% | 1.8% | 36 | 8 | 4 |
| 21 | Regent Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 10 | 8 | 40 |
| 22 | Yonge-Bay Corridor ON | 2.2% | 0% | 11 | 9 | 38 |
| 23 | Erin ON | 2.1% | 0.2% | 48 | 6 | 1 |
| 24 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 25 | Kings County, Subdivision B NS | 1.7% | 5.9% | 19 | 2 | 9 |
| 26 | Rawdon QC | 1.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Forest ON | 1.7% | 6.7% | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 28 | Brighton ON | 1.3% | 4.2% | 14 | 2 | 2 |
| 29 | Winchester ON | 1.2% | 0.6% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Kincardine ON | 1% | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 31 | Dakota Crossing MB | 0.8% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Gander NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 33 | Amos QC | 0.5% | 0.2% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Lloydminster (Part) SK | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Rutherford AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Sainte-Julienne QC | 0.2% | 1.7% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | Huntington Hills AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Downtown AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 40 | Thompson MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Thompson 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
6 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Thompson
Juniper Park is the largest, at 2.9 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 9 ha in all
Parks & gardens 9.4 ha
Between them, Juniper Park and Southwood Park cover 54%.
Rotary Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
1.5 km north-eastfrom the centre
Millenium TrailSnoman 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
9 in 10 people in Thompson 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 (89%)Further (11%)
Thompson89%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,400 people more than a short walk away. It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Thompson, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The nearest provincial park is Amisk Park Reserve, 86 km away.
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
86 km to Amisk Park Reserve
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
Amisk Park Reserve
86 km north1,980 km²
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Thompson 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
65 km of paths in and around Thompson
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
65 km
in and around the town (44.9 km²)
Woodland
63%
about 28.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ThompsonTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.5
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ThompsonTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland63%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 52% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 89% 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 Thompson
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.
When to get out
The walking year in Thompson
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Thompson, 6.3 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) | 7.6 | 9.5 | 11.6 | 14.1 | 16.2 | 17.5 | 17.0 | 15.0 | 12.6 | 10.3 | 8.2 | 7.0 |
| High (°C) | -18 | -13 | -5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 23 | 21 | 14 | 4 | -7 | -16 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 16 | 23 | 24 | 43 | 68 | 91 | 86 | 60 | 40 | 30 | 22 |
Daytime highs run from -18 °C in January up to 23 °C in July. The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (91 mm), while February is driest at 16 mm. Snowfall averages 180 cm a year. The climate in Thompson →
Things to do
A viewpoint near Thompson
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 13 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Juniper Viewpointin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 13
Plus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Thompson
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 64–144 km from Thompson.
Nelson House 170Cross Lake 19ASplit Lake 171Cross Lake 19Division No. 22, UnorganizedThompson
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thompson | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson House 170 64 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cross Lake 19A 121 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Split Lake 171 122 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cross Lake 19 125 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Division No. 22, Unorganized 144 km | 0.4% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Thompson’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Thompson
What is the nearest national park to Thompson?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Thompson.
Is there a provincial park near Thompson?
Amisk Park Reserve, 86 km away.
Sources
The sources behind Thompson’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).