First pick
Transcona Bioreserve
Park or garden
45 ha
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
0.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Meadows · parks, protected land & trails
Meadows has 0.3% protected land within 10 km
Birds Hill Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away. 5.4 km out lies the largest, Seine River Corridor, at 111 ha.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
7
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Birds Hill Provincial Park
Against other towns
Meadows 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.3%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 areas7Areas 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
Meadows sits 7th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,746 to 3,903 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
Meadows0.3%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Meadows7
Towns its size4
Towns in Manitoba12
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Meadows0
Towns its size0
Towns in Manitoba0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Meadows sits near the top of its size group: 17 of 39 have more. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alnwick NB | 32% | 7.8% | 62 | 0 | 53 |
| 2 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay BC | 30% | 23% | 41 | 2 | 10 |
| 3 | L'Islet QC | 30% | 0.1% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Georgian Bay ON | 13% | 19% | 52 | 1 | 10 |
| 5 | Roberts Creek BC | 11% | 17% | 20 | 0 | 26 |
| 6 | Salisbury NB | 11% | 12% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Trend-Arlington ON | 10% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Saint-Maurice QC | 9.2% | 0.5% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Cap-Santé QC | 8.3% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Colchester County, Subdivision A NS | 7.5% | 14% | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Saint-Tite QC | 5.8% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-André-Avellin QC | 5.1% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Electoral Area A, Fraser-Fort George BC | 4.3% | 8.5% | 11 | 0 | 45 |
| 15 | Berrisfield ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | East Hawkesbury ON | 3.3% | 6.2% | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Maniwaki QC | 3.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George BC | 3.1% | 3.3% | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 19 | Eleanor ON | 3.1% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Lake Cowichan BC | 2.8% | 3.3% | 7 | 2 | 6 |
| 21 | Mulmur ON | 2.1% | 2.9% | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 22 | Grand River North ON | 1.8% | 3.6% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Meadowgreen SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Guernsey ON | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| 25 | Stoney Creek ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Norwood East MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | City Park SK | 1.3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Bridgeport East ON | 1.2% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Pacific Heights SK | 1% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Corkery ON | 0.9% | 2.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Jamieson Place AB | 0.8% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Rosscarrock AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Leila-McPhillips Triangle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Meadows MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Penhold AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Dixie ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 5 |
| 37 | Clareview Town Centre AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Cardston AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Pleasantview AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Pincher Creek AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Meadows
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
12 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Meadows
Largest first: Transcona Bioreserve leads with 45 ha. Numbers match the map.
12 named parks and woods, 80 ha in all
Parks & gardens 80 ha
Transcona Bioreserve and Lakeside Meadows Park together hold 68% of it.
Lakeside Meadows Park
Park or garden
9.6 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Meadows
Directionsto a point inside
Rotary Prairie Nature Park
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
8.1 ha
1.7 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Devonshire Park
Park or garden
5.3 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
Centralin the middle of Meadows
Directionsto a point inside
Kildonan Meadows Park
Park or garden
3.7 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sir John A. MacDonald Park
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
2.3 ha0.5 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kiwanis Park
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Rotary Centenary Park
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
1.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Transcona BioreservePark or garden · 45 ha
DirectionsLakeside Meadows ParkPark or garden · 9.6 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsRotary Prairie Nature ParkPark or garden · 8.1 ha · just outside town
DirectionsDevonshire ParkPark or garden · 5.3 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsKildonan Meadows ParkPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsSir John A. MacDonald ParkPark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsKiwanis ParkPark or garden · 1.9 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsRotary Centenary ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsReykdal Family ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsThomas F. Copeland Memorial ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsThe MeadowsPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsMcMeans ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSource: 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
Every resident of Meadows lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Meadows100%
Towns in Manitoba97%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
7 protected areas lie within 10 km of Meadows
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Meadows0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Manitoba1.1%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
The 7 are all publicly owned. The largest named one is Seine River Corridor, at 111 ha.
Rotary Prairie Nature ParkMunicipal park · 8.1 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
Bunns Creek CorridorMunicipal park · 17 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
Seine River CorridorMunicipal park · 111 ha · 5.4 km from the edge of town
Whittier Park Riparian ForestMunicipal park · 6.4 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
McBeth and River Ridge ParksMunicipal park · 8.6 ha · 5.9 km from the edge of town
Kildonan ParkMunicipal park · 5.6 ha · 6.0 km from the edge of town
Manchester ParkMunicipal park · 1.4 ha · 9.7 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 is 11 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
Birds Hill Provincial Park
11 km north-east21 km²since 1964
No national park lies within 100 km of Meadows; 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: 19 km in and around Meadows
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
19 km
in and around the town (11.2 km²)
Woodland
0.2%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MeadowsTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MeadowsTowns in ManitobaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.2%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 91% of Canadian towns. For path density, it beats 51% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Meadows
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the neighbourhood; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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 Meadows
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Winnipeg Richardson (Airport), 15 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) | 8.5 | 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 |
January brings highs of -11 °C, July highs of 26 °C. July is warm and wet, 77 mm; the driest month, February, has 13 mm. About 126 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Meadows →
Things to do
Near Meadows: 68 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (68).
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 68
Plus 68 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Meadows
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RadissonGrassieVictoria WestPeguisKildare-RedondaMission GardensMeadows
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meadows | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Radisson 1.1 km | 0.4% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Grassie 1.6 km | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Victoria West 1.7 km | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Peguis 2.3 km | 0.5% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Kildare-Redonda 2.5 km | 0.3% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Mission Gardens 2.5 km | 0.5% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
Meadows holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- 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 Meadows
How far is the nearest provincial park from Meadows?
It is Birds Hill Provincial Park, 11 km away.
Is there protected land near Meadows?
Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Meadows?
It is Seine River Corridor, a municipal park covering 111 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Meadows?
On the normals, September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest national park to Meadows?
No national park lies within 100 km of Meadows.
Sources
Sources for this page on Meadows
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).