Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainSackville Lakes Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 0.3 km. The protected share within 10 km is 6.4%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. The largest named area nearby is Devils Jaw Wilderness Area, 1,940 ha, 9.0 km away.
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Middle Sackville is strongest on protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (14,615 to 15,181 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Middle Sackville beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 2 of 39 do better. For walking routes, though, 24 of 39 are ahead.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whistler BC | 56% | 26% | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Les Rapides QC | 16% | 0% | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | Arbutus Ridge BC | 15% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 62 |
| 4 | Rivière-Gatineau QC | 13% | 0% | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| 5 | Vieux-Montréal QC | 8% | 0% | 28 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Dupéré QC | 7.7% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pointe-Saint-Charles QC | 7.7% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Middle Sackville NS | 6.4% | 6.5% | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Vieux-Bourg QC | 6.1% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Saint-Louis QC | 6.1% | 0.1% | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Bécancour QC | 6% | 1.1% | 42 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Powell River BC | 5.5% | 0.1% | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | Vales of Castlemore ON | 5.2% | 21% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Guildford BC | 4.5% | 4% | 125 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Buttonville ON | 3.2% | 0% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Limoges ON | 3.1% | 5.7% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Royal Orchard ON | 3% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Orsainville QC | 2.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Taylor-Massey ON | 2.3% | 13% | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Doon South ON | 2.3% | 16% | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Springbrook ON | 2.2% | 15% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Hyde Park ON | 2.2% | 0.6% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | South London ON | 2% | 1.2% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | North Battleford SK | 1.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Lawrence Park South ON | 1.7% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Lawrence Park North ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Des Châtels QC | 1.3% | 0% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Roncesvalles ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 29 | Lakewood SK | 1.3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Ingersoll ON | 1.1% | 0% | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Windermere AB | 1% | 2.3% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Campbellford ON | 0.8% | 0.5% | 24 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | Chappelle AB | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Carleton Place ON | 0.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Rockwood ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 27 | 15 | 5 |
| 36 | Lacombe AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Truro NS | 0.1% | 0.3% | 10 | 4 | 0 |
| 38 | Mountain View County AB | 0.1% | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Cooksville NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Portage la Prairie MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; tap a number for its park or wood.
Sackville Lakes Provincial Park is the largest, at 294 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Between them, Sackville Lakes Provincial Park and Millwood Common Park cover 76%.
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.
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.
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. For about 4,300 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Public bodies own 24 of the 25; land trusts and private owners hold the others. The largest named one is Devils Jaw Wilderness Area, at 1,940 ha. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
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 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.
No national park lies within 100 km of Middle Sackville; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. 2 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
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).
Woods cover more of it than in 83% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 74% 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.
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the neighbourhood; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Halifax Stanfield (Airport), 20 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 24 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 126 | 111 | 120 | 106 | 110 | 90 | 87 | 91 | 107 | 140 | 159 | 147 |
Rain and snow peak in November (159 mm) and ease in July (87 mm). From -1 °C in January to 24 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The yearly snowfall is near 215 cm. The climate in Middle Sackville →
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.
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 53.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 45 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middle Sackville | 6.4% | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| Lower Sackville 3.8 km | 8.5% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| Beaver Bank 6.1 km | 8.2% | 31 | 2 | 6 |
| Hammonds Plains 7.7 km | 16% | 35 | 2 | 3 |
| Bedford 8.2 km | 15% | 29 | 11 | 5 |
| Fall River 8.2 km | 11% | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| Clayton Park West 13 km | 13% | 18 | 13 | 7 |
For protected land, Hammonds Plains, Bedford and Clayton Park West have twice as much or more. Clayton Park West has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 13.
The closest is Sackville Lakes Provincial Park, at 0.3 km.
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Devils Jaw Wilderness Area: 1,940 ha, a nature reserve.
The nearest is Springfield Lake Beach, in town.
None within 100 km of Middle Sackville.
Within 10 km, 6.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
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).