First pick
Joe Malone Park
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mathers
Directionsto a point inside
1.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mathers · parks, protected land & trails
24 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Mathers
The closest provincial park is Beaudry Provincial Park, 17 km from the edge of town. Assiniboine Forest (286 ha) is the biggest, 1.3 km from town. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Protected land
1.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
24
within 10 km, 24 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Beaudry Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Mathers beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1.4%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 areas24Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Mathers sits 12th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,746 to 2,822 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
Mathers1.4%
Towns its size3.9%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mathers24
Towns its size6
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mathers0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Mathers sits near the top of its size group: 3 of 39 have more. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 27 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tofino BC | 41% | 21% | 14 | 0 | 34 |
| 2 | Victoria County, Subdivision A NS | 33% | 54% | 152 | 3 | 59 |
| 3 | Léry QC | 27% | 3.4% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Highlands BC | 24% | 41% | 40 | 0 | 18 |
| 5 | Atikokan ON | 19% | 1.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Holyrood NL | 19% | 3.2% | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Sainte-Anne-de-Sorel QC | 18% | 23% | 83 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Little Current ON | 13% | 10% | 36 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Maria QC | 9.5% | 1% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Cultus Lake BC | 9.3% | 52% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 11 | Saint-Côme QC | 9.2% | 0.8% | 24 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Rivière-Beaudette QC | 7.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Marritt ON | 7.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Ferme-Neuve QC | 5.6% | 8.2% | 42 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Jerome ON | 5.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Vernon River PE | 5.1% | 4.5% | 48 | 11 | 3 |
| 17 | Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part ON | 5.1% | 4.9% | 81 | 0 | 28 |
| 18 | Yamachiche QC | 5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Front of Yonge ON | 4.9% | 6% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Sainte-Luce QC | 4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Vars ON | 3.8% | 1.4% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Wakefield NB | 2.2% | 0.8% | 22 | 0 | 13 |
| 23 | Rosthern No. 403 SK | 2.2% | 2.6% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Lacolle QC | 1.9% | 1.1% | 34 | 1 | 3 |
| 25 | Woodcroft AB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Gore QC | 1.6% | 2.3% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Saint-Prime QC | 1.5% | 3.4% | 10 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 | Turner Valley AB | 1.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Mathers MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Electoral Area H, Cowichan Valley BC | 1.1% | 3.5% | 28 | 3 | 6 |
| 31 | Upper Mount Royal AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Grimshaw AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Talbot-Grey MB | 0.5% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Downtown West End AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Electoral Area I, Central Kootenay BC | 0.2% | 0.1% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 36 | Greenview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Kameyosek AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | Meyonohk AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Kuujjuaq QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Newton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Mathers
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Mathers: 6 named parks and woods
The biggest is Joe Malone Park, 2.8 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 8 ha in all
Parks & gardens 7.6 ha
The bulk, 65%, is Joe Malone Park and Swindon Oaks Park.
Swindon Oaks Park
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
2.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
William Osler Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
1.7 ha0.5 km of path
1.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Lanark Street Bay G Park
Park or garden
0.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Mathers
Directionsto a point inside
Lanark Street Bay H Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Mathers
Directionsto a point inside
Lanark Street Bay F Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha
Centralin the middle of Mathers
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
In Mathers, a park is close to every home
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 (100%)Further (0%)
Mathers100%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
1.4% of the country within 10 km of Mathers 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 Mathers0%
Within 10 km1.4%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All 24 are public land. The largest named one is Assiniboine Forest, at 286 ha.
Assiniboine ForestMunicipal park · 286 ha · 1.3 km from the edge of town
Harte TrailMunicipal park · 21 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
Sandra Crowson ParkMunicipal park · 3.2 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
St. Vital ParkMunicipal park · 24 ha · 4.0 km from the edge of town
Manchester ParkMunicipal park · 1.4 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
Moray ForestMunicipal park · 3.3 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
Crescent Drive ParkMunicipal park · 16 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
Bridgwater ForestMunicipal park · 10 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
St. Germain ParkMunicipal park · 3.9 ha · 5.4 km from the edge of town
Daniel Flood Green ParkMunicipal park · 2.2 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
14 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
Beaudry Provincial Park is 17 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
Beaudry Provincial Park
17 km west4.9 km²since 1974
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Mathers 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
Mathers and its edge hold 26 km of footpath
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
26 km
in and around the town (8.6 km²)
Woodland
0.2%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MathersTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.1
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MathersTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.2%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 72% of Canadian towns. It is less wooded than 90% 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 Mathers
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the neighbourhood. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
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 Mathers
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (7.6 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 | 14.4 | 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 |
In July the typical high is 26 °C; in January, -11 °C. Expect 77 mm in July, warm and wet, and 13 mm in February. A typical year sees 126 cm of snow. The climate in Mathers →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Mathers
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
43 things to do outdoors near Mathers
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Highest of the named peaks: Bison Butte, 255 m. Top of the list: playgrounds, 38 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Bison Butte255 m · 1.5 km from town
DirectionsSnow Disposal1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 38
Brock Fleet Playground0.7 km from town
DirectionsLinden Woods Playground1.1 km from town
DirectionsPlus 36 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Brenda Leipsic Off-leash Dog Park1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Mathers
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
South TuxedoTuxedoBrockvilleSouth River HeightsCentral River HeightsTuxedo IndustrialMathers
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mathers | 1.4% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| South Tuxedo 1.0 km | 1.2% | 23 | 0 | 19 |
| Tuxedo 1.1 km | 1.3% | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| Brockville 1.3 km | 1.5% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| South River Heights 1.4 km | 1.5% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Central River Heights 1.6 km | 1.5% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| Tuxedo Industrial 1.6 km | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 36 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Mathers doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Mathers
What is the nearest beach to Mathers?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
Are there protected areas near Mathers?
Within 10 km, 1.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
Which is the biggest protected area near Mathers?
Assiniboine Forest: 286 ha, a municipal park.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Mathers?
It is Beaudry Provincial Park, 17 km away.
How far is Mathers from a national park?
None within 100 km of Mathers.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Mathers?
September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
The sources behind Mathers’ 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).