Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0Within 5 km are 18 beaches; Chocolate Lake Beach is the nearest. 6 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Fleming Park Trail System and The McIntosh Run Community Trail. Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area (8,626 ha) is the biggest, 8.3 km from town.
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Westmount is strongest on protected land around it, with its choice of walking routes 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (22,497 to 23,948 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Among its peers, Westmount’s strong point is walking routes, where 3 of 39 top it.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Colwood BC | 19% | 2.3% | 36 | 4 | 21 |
| 2 | Saint-Lazare QC | 13% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Westmount NS | 11% | 4.8% | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Brownsville BC | 11% | 1.3% | 119 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Snowdon QC | 10% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Saint-Lambert QC | 8.1% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Mont-Royal QC | 7.5% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Old Barrhaven East ON | 6.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Riley Park BC | 6.2% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 48 |
| 10 | Rivière-Blanche QC | 5.8% | 8.1% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Uxbridge ON | 4.8% | 5.1% | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 12 | Waterdown ON | 4.4% | 4.9% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Cité-Universitaire QC | 4.1% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Port Perry ON | 2.9% | 2% | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | Riverview NB | 2.7% | 2.3% | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | South Eglinton-Davisville ON | 2.7% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Eglinton East ON | 2.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 19 | Cranbrook BC | 2.4% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Flemingdon Park ON | 2.4% | 17% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Moss Park ON | 2.2% | 0% | 10 | 9 | 43 |
| 22 | Renfrew-Collingwood BC | 2.2% | 0.7% | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 23 | Sainte-Lucie QC | 2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Brockville ON | 1.9% | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Steeles ON | 1.9% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Huntsville ON | 1.8% | 2.2% | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 27 | Junction-Wallace Emerson ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| 28 | Bayview Village ON | 1.7% | 16% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | High Park-Swansea ON | 0.9% | 5% | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 30 | Binbrook ON | 0.9% | 0.2% | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 31 | Embrun ON | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Ouest (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | New Hamburg ON | 0.4% | 0% | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 34 | Humber Bay Shores ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 35 | Islington ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 36 | Erindale ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Cobourg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Essex ON | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Etobicoke City Centre ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 40 | Yellowknife NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 7 | 4 |
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Largest first: Long Lake Provincial Park leads with 1,920 ha. Numbers match the map.
Add Long Lake Provincial Park to Mcintosh Run Regional Park and you have 93% of it.
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 typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better. Around 1,000 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
7 of the 16 are on public land. Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area leads for size with 8,626 ha. 9 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
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.
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Westmount, so the parks here are provincial. There are 3 provincial parks 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).
It has more footpath per km² than 74% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 63% 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.
The longest of the rest is the Fleming Park Trail System, 4.5 km. For a short stroll, 3 are under 3 km.
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 (Shearwater, 9.4 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 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 19 | 23 | 23 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 124 | 114 | 120 | 108 | 115 | 107 | 95 | 94 | 107 | 141 | 135 | 156 |
The yearly snowfall is near 215 cm. Precipitation runs from 94 mm in August to 156 mm in December. From 0 °C in January to 23 °C in August: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Westmount →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
OpenStreetMap marks 2 as sandy. Add 10 unnamed beaches to the count. Within 5 km is 70 km of coastline. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
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.
Count 91 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Plus 9 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Plus 83 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 4 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Parks Canada lists one as a National Historic Site.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westmount | 11% | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| South End 2.4 km | 11% | 19 | 6 | 22 |
| Fairview 2.6 km | 14% | 16 | 4 | 13 |
| Windsor Park 2.7 km | 7.6% | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| North End 2.8 km | 7% | 14 | 5 | 18 |
| Mount Royale 3.0 km | 15% | 18 | 5 | 14 |
| Schmidtville 3.3 km | 5.9% | 16 | 4 | 18 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Westmount’s.
Five Bridge Lakes Wilderness Area, a nature reserve of 8,626 ha.
Long Lake Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
Protected areas cover 11% of the land within 10 km.
The Fleming Park Trail System, The McIntosh Run Community Trail and North Loop, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Try Chocolate Lake Beach, in town, first of several.
None within 100 km of Westmount.
June to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).