Photo: Ansgar Walk · CC BY-SA 2.5None of the land within 10 km of Arviat is protected
Within 5 km lie 72 beaches, unnamed on the map. No national park lies within 100 km.
What sets Arviat apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Arviat’s best card is its beaches. What it lacks is protected land nearby.
Each figure for Arviat, 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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Among 40 towns its size, Arviat is 6th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,279 to 3,383 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Where Arviat trails its peers is public protected areas; 27 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC | 52% | 0.7% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 3 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 4 | North Kawartha ON | 18% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Kensington, Part 1 PE | 11% | 0.9% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| 7 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS | 8.2% | 6.3% | 181 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Electoral Area E (West Boundary), Kootenay Boundary BC | 6.5% | 1.6% | 24 | 0 | 36 |
| 12 | Enderby BC | 5.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Wellington AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | North Algona Wilberforce ON | 1.8% | 4.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Point Road MB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | North St. Boniface MB | 1.4% | 7.7% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Bonavista NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 23 | Channel-Port aux Basques NL | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 16 |
| 24 | Compton QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Coach Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Placentia NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Virden MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Gibbons AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Inuvik NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Hay River NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 35 | Arviat NU | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 36 | Eaux Claires AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Holyrood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | Montrose AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Westwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Parks, woods and paths around Arviat
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths as mapped.
A park is within a short walk for 2 in 10 in Arviat
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 reaches 83%. Around 2,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
No protected area lies within 10 km of Arviat
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
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.
No mapped walking route near Arviat
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
July is the best month for walking in Arviat
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Arviat, 0.5 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) | 6.4 | 8.9 | 11.5 | 14.6 | 17.4 | 19.3 | 18.4 | 15.8 | 12.8 | 9.9 | 7.1 | 5.5 |
| High (°C) | -24 | -24 | -18 | -9 | -1 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 8 | 0 | -11 | -19 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 12 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 19 | 30 | 42 | 60 | 47 | 27 | 20 | 13 |
Summer highs reach 15 °C in July; in January they stay near -24 °C. August is the wettest month (60 mm) and February the driest (11 mm). Some 81 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Arviat →
72 beaches within 5 km of Arviat, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Within 5 km is 132 km of coastline. Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
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. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Arviat
When should you visit Arviat for the outdoors?
July: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Arviat?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Arviat.
Is there a beach near Arviat?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Sources for this page on Arviat
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).