First pick
Bunn's Creek Parkway
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
12 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
6.6 km southfrom the centre
Bunn's Creek Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dig deeper · CC BY-SA 4.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in West St. Paul · parks, protected land & trails
6.1 km from West St. Paul to Birds Hill Provincial Park
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area (3,579 ha) is the biggest, 9.2 km from town. National parks are all over 100 km off. Count 11 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
6.1 km
Birds Hill Provincial Park
Against other towns
How West St. Paul 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 town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas9Areas 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
West St. Paul sits 12th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (10,545 to 11,059 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
West St. Paul1.5%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
West St. Paul9
Towns its size8
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
West St. Paul0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, West St. Paul is weakest for protected land nearby: 26 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ocean Park BC | 27% | 4% | 100 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Liverpool NS | 24% | 21% | 230 | 5 | 56 |
| 3 | Timberlea NS | 19% | 30% | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Hintonburg-Mechanicsville ON | 11% | 1.4% | 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 5 | Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North ON | 11% | 7.8% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Laval-Ouest QC | 11% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Yellowhead County AB | 11% | 3.4% | 33 | 2 | 11 |
| 8 | Contrecoeur QC | 10% | 6.3% | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Vieux Greenfield Park QC | 7.8% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Wendover ON | 6.7% | 4.4% | 58 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Bassin-de-la-Lièvre QC | 6.2% | 20% | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Montecito BC | 5.5% | 0% | 22 | 2 | 53 |
| 13 | Yarmouth NS | 4.7% | 4.9% | 79 | 0 | 15 |
| 14 | Birdland BC | 4.3% | 9.7% | 119 | 4 | 6 |
| 15 | Saint-Sacrement QC | 4% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Eastern Passage NS | 3.6% | 2.2% | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 17 | Cathedraltown ON | 3% | 0% | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Bendale South ON | 2.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 19 | Shelburne ON | 2.6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Grand River South ON | 2.5% | 16% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Forest Hill South ON | 2.4% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Dutrisac QC | 1.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | East London ON | 1.8% | 1.4% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bois-des-Filion QC | 1.7% | 3.3% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Westminster ON | 1.7% | 28% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Victoria Hills ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Alexandria ON | 1.5% | 0.4% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Exeter ON | 1.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | West St. Paul MB | 1.5% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ponoka County AB | 0.5% | 0.2% | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Whitecourt AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Weston-Pelham Park ON | 0.5% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | Rundle AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Temple AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Markland Wood ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Creditview ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Walkerton ON | 0.1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Lethbridge County AB | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Morinville AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Hidden Valley AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of West St. Paul
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 West St. Paul: 4 named parks and woods
The biggest is Bunn's Creek Parkway, 12 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 19 ha in all
Parks & gardens 19 ha
Most of it sits in Bunn's Creek Parkway and Hyland Provincial Park: 87% together.
Hyland Provincial Park
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
4.4 ha
3.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Amber Trails Path West
Park or garden · 400 m outside town
1.3 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
9.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bunn's Creek Park West
Park or garden · 100 m outside town
1.2 ha0.2 km of path
6.0 km southfrom the centre
Bunn's Creek 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
About 5 in 10 of West St. Paul’s residents are a short walk from 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 (48%)Further (52%)
West St. Paul48%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. For about 5,600 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
1.5% of the land around West St. Paul 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 West St. Paul0%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 9 of the 11. The largest named one is Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area, at 3,579 ha. Another 2 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Bunns Creek CorridorMunicipal park · 17 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
McBeth and River Ridge ParksMunicipal park · 8.6 ha · 0.5 km from the edge of town
Kildonan ParkMunicipal park · 5.6 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
Little Mountain ParkMunicipal park · 51 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Birds Hill Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,060 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Seine River CorridorMunicipal park · 111 ha · 7.1 km from the edge of town
Whittier Park Riparian ForestMunicipal park · 6.4 ha · 7.2 km from the edge of town
Rotary Prairie Nature ParkMunicipal park · 8.1 ha · 7.2 km from the edge of town
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management AreaWildlife area · 3,579 ha · 9.2 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
Birds Hill Provincial Park, 6.1 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
6.1 km east21 km²since 1964
No national park lies within 100 km of West St. Paul; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
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: 49 km in and around West St. Paul
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
49 km
in and around the town (132.5 km²)
Woodland
under 0.1%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
West St. PaulTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
West St. PaulTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodlandunder 0.1%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 94% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 70% 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 West St. Paul
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
September is the best month for walking in West St. Paul
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (16 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 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 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 month, July, is also the wettest (77 mm), while February is driest at 13 mm. The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-11 °C). The climate in West St. Paul →
Things to do
West St. Paul has 2 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 47 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
BC91.7 km from town
DirectionsBC101.9 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 47
School playground (le terrain) over geothermal field1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 46 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Hyland Park Boat Launch0.1 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to West St. Paul
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
East St. PaulRiverbendRivergroveValhallaRiver EastWest Kildonan IndustrialWest St. Paul
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West St. Paul | 1.5% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| East St. Paul 5.0 km | 3.4% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Riverbend 6.5 km | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Rivergrove 6.7 km | 0.2% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Valhalla 7.0 km | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| River East 7.2 km | 0.2% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| West Kildonan Industrial 7.5 km | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, East St. Paul has twice as much or more.
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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in West St. Paul
Which is the biggest protected area near West St. Paul?
Oak Hammock Marsh Wildlife Management Area: 3,579 ha, a wildlife area.
When should you visit West St. Paul for the outdoors?
September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is there a provincial park near West St. Paul?
Birds Hill Provincial Park, 6.1 km away.
What is the nearest national park to West St. Paul?
No national park lies within 100 km of West St. Paul.
How much land around West St. Paul is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Where West St. Paul’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).