First pick
Upper Three Corner Pond Park
Park or garden
17 ha
3.5 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: ALAN SCHMIERER · CC01.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Torbay · parks, protected land & trails
Beaches near Torbay: 20 within 5 km
Marine Drive Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 4.5 km. For walks, the East Coast Trail runs within 2 km. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land
1.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
4.5 km
Marine Drive Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
20
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Torbay, set against 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km1.9%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 areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches20Beaches 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, Torbay ranks 20th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,183 to 8,416 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
Torbay1.9%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Torbay2
Towns its size4
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador1
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Torbay1
Towns its size0
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Torbay trails its peers is public protected areas; 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Malbaie QC | 27% | 0.5% | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Argyle NS | 21% | 22% | 136 | 0 | 22 |
| 3 | Alta Vista ON | 13% | 0.7% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Old Ottawa East ON | 13% | 4.2% | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 5 | Upper Cornell ON | 12% | 49% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Crestview-Tanglewood ON | 12% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Mount Joy ON | 10% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Rigaud QC | 7.1% | 1.5% | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| 9 | Secord AB | 6.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 5.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Norton Park ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Saint-Roch QC | 5.1% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | G-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Somerset AB | 4.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley BC | 4% | 4.1% | 97 | 2 | 19 |
| 16 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo BC | 3.2% | 7.5% | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Walden AB | 3.2% | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 12 |
| 18 | McNab/Braeside ON | 2.7% | 0.1% | 35 | 0 | 14 |
| 19 | Douro-Dummer ON | 2.3% | 1.4% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 20 | Torbay NL | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 21 | Goderich ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 22 | Alnwick/Haldimand ON | 1.1% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | South Terwillegar AB | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | St. Norbert MB | 0.6% | 1.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | South-West Oxford ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 26 | Bayfield ON | 0.5% | 0.1% | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 27 | Vermilion River County AB | 0.5% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | Southdale MB | 0.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Springfield North MB | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Plattsville ON | 0.4% | 0.1% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| 31 | Clinton ON | 0.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| 32 | Valley Gardens MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Kildare-Redonda MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Marlborough Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | St. Marys ON | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 36 | King Edward Park AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 37 | Strathcona AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Happy Valley-Goose Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| 39 | Aylmer ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ponoka AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Torbay
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 Torbay: 2 named parks and woods
The biggest is Upper Three Corner Pond Park, 17 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Woodbridge Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.3 km of path
2.1 km south-westfrom 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
1 in 10 people in Torbay 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 (7.5%)Further (93%)
Torbay7.5%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador21%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. Around 7,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
1.9% of the country within 10 km of Torbay 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 Torbay0%
Within 10 km1.9%
Towns in Newfoundland and Labrador0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 2 of the 3. The others are private conservation land. Marine Drive Provincial Park leads for size with 617 ha. One area belongs to a private owner or a land trust and isn’t named here.
Pippy Park Barren Lands ZoneNature reserve · 486 ha · 2.8 km from the edge of town
Marine Drive Provincial ParkProvincial park · 617 ha · 4.5 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
Marine Drive Provincial Park is 4.5 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
Marine Drive Provincial Park
4.5 km north-west6.2 km²
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Torbay, so the parks here are provincial.
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: 78 km in and around Torbay
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
78 km
in and around the town (68.4 km²)
Woodland
34%
about 23.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
TorbayTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
TorbayTowns in Newfoundland and LabradorTypical Canadian town
Woodland34%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 76% of Canadian towns. 56% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
1 walking route near Torbay
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
East Coast Trail318.0 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Torbay: June to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from ST. John's (Airport) (4.1 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 153 | 123 | 140 | 122 | 98 | 88 | 100 | 100 | 126 | 158 | 157 | 174 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 21 °C; February the coldest, at -1 °C. December is the wettest month (174 mm) and June the driest (88 mm). Expect around 363 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Torbay →
Beaches
Beaches near Torbay
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Torbay Beachin town
DirectionsMiddle Cove0.8 km from town
DirectionsOuter Cove Beachsand · 1.8 km from town
DirectionsDuck Pond Beachgrass · 2.4 km from town
DirectionsThe map adds 16 unnamed stretches of beach. Within 5 km is 50 km of coastline. 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
Torbay 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.
For a climb, 150m steep terrain rises to 150 m. The most common are playgrounds: 21 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 5
150m steep terrain150 m · in town
DirectionsSteep Terrainin town
DirectionsPlus 3 hills and peaks more.
Playgrounds 21
Marine Drive Playgroundin town
DirectionsWestern Island Pond Playgroundin town
DirectionsAnn-Jeanette Playground1.4 km from town
DirectionsLockheed Street Playground1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 17 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Torbay
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer CoveFlatrockPortugal Cove-St. Philip'sSt. John'sPouch CoveWabanaTorbay
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Torbay | 1.9% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Logy Bay-Middle Cove-Outer Cove 5.0 km | 1.1% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| Flatrock 6.6 km | 1.3% | 3 | 1 | 18 |
| Portugal Cove-St. Philip's 9.5 km | 1.5% | 3 | 2 | 35 |
| St. John's 11 km | 2.2% | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| Pouch Cove 12 km | 0.9% | 3 | 1 | 12 |
| Wabana 15 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 33 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Torbay’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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. 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.
- 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 Torbay
Are there protected areas near Torbay?
Yes: 1.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Are there hiking trails near Torbay?
OpenStreetMap maps the East Coast Trail close by.
Where can you swim near Torbay?
Try Torbay Beach, in town, first of several.
Is there a provincial park near Torbay?
Marine Drive Provincial Park, 4.5 km from the edge of town.
What is the largest protected area near Torbay?
Marine Drive Provincial Park, a provincial park of 617 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Torbay?
June to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Torbay from a national park?
None within 100 km of Torbay.
Sources
The sources behind Torbay’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).