First pick
Maxville Fair Grounds
Park or garden
21 ha
13 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Doug Kerr from Albany, NY, United States · CC BY-SA 2.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Alexandria · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park, Alfred Bog Provincial Park, is 5.2 km from Alexandria
CPCAD lists 12 protected areas within 10 km. No national park lies within 100 km. Of the country within 10 km, 1.5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
12
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
5.2 km
Alfred Bog Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Alexandria compares with other 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.4%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
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Alexandria is 14th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (10,498 to 11,034 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
Alexandria1.5%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Alexandria1
Towns its size10
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Alexandria0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Alexandria 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 | Ocean Park BC | 27% | 4% | 100 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Liverpool NS | 24% | 21% | 230 | 5 | 56 |
| 3 | Timberlea NS | 19% | 30% | 22 | 12 | 7 |
| 4 | Vanier North ON | 11% | 0.6% | 40 | 2 | 2 |
| 5 | Hintonburg-Mechanicsville ON | 11% | 1.4% | 32 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Rothwell Heights - Beacon Hill North ON | 11% | 7.8% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Laval-Ouest QC | 11% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Yellowhead County AB | 11% | 3.4% | 33 | 2 | 11 |
| 9 | Contrecoeur QC | 10% | 6.3% | 40 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Vieux Greenfield Park QC | 7.8% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Wendover ON | 6.7% | 4.4% | 58 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bassin-de-la-Lièvre QC | 6.2% | 20% | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Montecito BC | 5.5% | 0% | 22 | 2 | 53 |
| 14 | Yarmouth NS | 4.7% | 4.9% | 79 | 0 | 15 |
| 15 | Birdland BC | 4.3% | 9.7% | 119 | 4 | 6 |
| 16 | Saint-Sacrement QC | 4% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Eastern Passage NS | 3.6% | 2.2% | 14 | 2 | 21 |
| 18 | Cathedraltown ON | 3% | 0% | 38 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Bendale South ON | 2.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Shelburne ON | 2.6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Grand River South ON | 2.5% | 16% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Dutrisac QC | 1.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | East London ON | 1.8% | 1.4% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Bois-des-Filion QC | 1.7% | 3.3% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Westminster ON | 1.7% | 28% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Victoria Hills ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Alexandria ON | 1.5% | 0.4% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Exeter ON | 1.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 29 | West St. Paul MB | 1.5% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ponoka County AB | 0.5% | 0.2% | 36 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Whitecourt AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Weston-Pelham Park ON | 0.5% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 9 |
| 33 | Rundle AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Temple AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Markland Wood ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Creditview ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Walkerton ON | 0.1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Lethbridge County AB | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Morinville AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Hidden Valley AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Alexandria
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 Alexandria: 4 named parks and woods
Maxville Fair Grounds is the largest, at 21 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 36 ha in all
Parks & gardens 31 haWoods 4.6 ha
Between them, Maxville Fair Grounds and Island Park cover 80%.
Island Park
Park or garden
7.6 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
4.1 km eastfrom 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
About 1 in 10 of Alexandria’s residents are a short walk from 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 (15%)Further (85%)
Alexandria15%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 9,200 residents live further than 400 m from one. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
1.5% of the land around Alexandria 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 Alexandria0.4%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 12, 1 are public land; the others are privately held. Another 11 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Alfred Bog Provincial ParkProvincial park · 3,208 ha · 5.2 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
The nearest big park: Alfred Bog Provincial Park, 5.2 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
Alfred Bog Provincial Park
5.2 km north-west32 km²since 2023
For a national park, people in Alexandria 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
Alexandria has 16 km of footpaths in and around it
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
16 km
in and around the town (800.5 km²)
Woodland
35%
about 283.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
AlexandriaTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AlexandriaTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland35%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 77% of Canadian towns. For path density, 96% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Alexandria
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Get out in Alexandria in May, June and August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Cornwall (32 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -2 | 4 | 12 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 80 | 63 | 64 | 83 | 85 | 95 | 97 | 83 | 99 | 100 | 82 | 75 |
Expect 100 mm in October, the wettest month, and 63 mm in February. January brings highs of -4 °C, July highs of 27 °C. About 198 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Alexandria →
Things to do
Outdoors around Alexandria: 10 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 5 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Bonnie Hill0.3 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Greenfield Forestin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Alexandria
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Alexandria with figures are 21–30 km away.
South GlengarryRivière-BeaudetteSaint-PolycarpeVankleek HillTrès-Saint-RédempteurAlexandria
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexandria | 1.5% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| South Glengarry 21 km | 2.3% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| Rivière-Beaudette 28 km | 7.6% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Polycarpe 29 km | 4.2% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Vankleek Hill 30 km | 5.2% | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| Très-Saint-Rédempteur 30 km | 4.9% | 33 | 1 | 0 |
For protected land, Rivière-Beaudette, Saint-Polycarpe and Vankleek Hill have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Alexandria
Is Alexandria near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Alexandria.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Alexandria?
On the normals, May, June and August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How much land around Alexandria is protected?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Alexandria?
Alfred Bog Provincial Park, 5.2 km away.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Alexandria?
Alfred Bog Provincial Park, a provincial park of 3,208 ha.
Sources
The sources behind Alexandria’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).