First pick
Sports Park
Park or garden
6.4 ha
1.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.01.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Labrador City · parks, protected land & trails
Labrador City is 4.6 km from Duley Lake Provincial Park
The 10 km around town hold one protected area. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land
1.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
4.6 km
Duley Lake Provincial Park
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Labrador City 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.2%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 areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Labrador City is 16th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,839 to 8,100 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
Labrador City1.2%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Labrador City1
Towns its size4
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador1
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Labrador City0
Towns its size0
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Labrador City trails its peers is public protected areas; 29 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morgan Creek BC | 17% | 1% | 157 | 4 | 1 |
| 2 | Shaughnessy BC | 13% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 55 |
| 3 | Kenora, Unorganized ON | 12% | 12% | 98 | 5 | 38 |
| 4 | Clare NS | 11% | 5.8% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Minden Hills ON | 8.1% | 5.9% | 7 | 3 | 2 |
| 6 | Cypress County AB | 7.9% | 5.9% | 46 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Lincoln NB | 6.8% | 3.8% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Holdom BC | 4.9% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 48 |
| 9 | Woodbine AB | 4.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Coteau-du-Lac QC | 4.4% | 0.6% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Dufferin Hill ON | 4.4% | 1.6% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Al Ritchie SK | 4.4% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 13 | La Perle AB | 4.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Haliburton Village ON | 4.1% | 2.6% | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 15 | Bienville QC | 4.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Drayton Valley AB | 3.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Legacy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Windsor Park AB | 2.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Broadview BC | 2.6% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 25 |
| 20 | Whitewater Region ON | 2.5% | 1.3% | 44 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | Woodbine-Lumsden ON | 2.5% | 5.1% | 13 | 1 | 18 |
| 22 | Cornwall PE | 1.7% | 0% | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| 23 | Talbot ON | 1.6% | 4.3% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Scenic Acres AB | 1.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Labrador City NL | 1.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | North Stormont ON | 1.2% | 1.8% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Silver Heights MB | 1.2% | 0.3% | 17 | 1 | 37 |
| 28 | Newell County AB | 0.9% | 1% | 11 | 0 | 14 |
| 29 | Cardinal ON | 0.8% | 0.9% | 13 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Otonabee-South Monaghan ON | 0.7% | 0.7% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Killarney/Glengarry AB | 0.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bayham ON | 0.5% | 0.6% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Callingwood South AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 34 | Lambton Baby Point ON | 0.3% | 7.1% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 35 | Queen Mary Park AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Acton Vale QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 | Taber AB | 0% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Harvest Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Sage Hill AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ottewell AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Where the green is in Labrador City
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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
7 named parks and woods to walk in near Labrador City
Sports Park is the largest, at 6.4 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 10 ha in all
Parks & gardens 10 ha
Sports Park and Hudson Drive Park together hold 81% of it.
Hudson Drive Park
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Durrell Street's Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Labrador City
Directionsto a point inside
Viking Crescent's Park
Park or garden
0.4 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Labrador City
Directionsto a point inside
Carol Drive's Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
0.8 km northfrom the centre
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
A park is within a short walk for 7 in 10 in Labrador City
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 (67%)Further (33%)
Labrador City67%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador21%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 2,700 residents live further than 400 m from one. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
1.2% of the country within 10 km of Labrador City 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 Labrador City0%
Within 10 km1.2%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public land.
Duley Lake Provincial ParkProvincial park · 690 ha · 4.6 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
Duley Lake Provincial Park is 4.6 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
Duley Lake Provincial Park
4.6 km south-west6.9 km²
For a national park, people in Labrador City travel more than 100 km.
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: 20 km in and around Labrador City
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
20 km
in and around the town (66.8 km²)
Woodland
under 0.1%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Labrador CityTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Labrador CityTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Woodlandunder 0.1%
0%50%100%
For path density, 72% of Canadian towns do better. 93% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
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 named walking route passes Labrador City on the map
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 town. 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
The walking year in Labrador City
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Wabush (3.5 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | -16 | -14 | -7 | 1 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 5 | -4 | -11 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 49 | 38 | 52 | 48 | 55 | 89 | 114 | 120 | 91 | 81 | 72 | 53 |
August is the wettest month (120 mm) and February the driest (38 mm). From -16 °C in January to 20 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The yearly snowfall is near 459 cm. The climate in Labrador City →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Labrador City, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
54 viewpoints near Labrador City
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: viewpoints, 54 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Yukon Peak0.1 km from town
DirectionsNorthwest Territories Peak0.2 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
nice view of Lakein town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 2
Cavendish Crescent's Playgroundin town
DirectionsHudson Drive Park's Playgroundin town
DirectionsDog 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 Labrador City
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Distances here run 6–20 km: that is how far the nearest places with figures are from Labrador City.
WabushFermontLabrador City
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
For protected land, Fermont has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Labrador City
What is the nearest national park to Labrador City?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Labrador City.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Labrador City?
Duley Lake Provincial Park, a provincial park of 690 ha.
Is there a beach near Labrador City?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Labrador City?
It is Duley Lake Provincial Park, 4.6 km away.
How much land around Labrador City is protected?
Yes: 1.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on Labrador City
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).