First pick
Ardagh Bluffs
Wood or forest · 190 m outside town
226 ha23.2 km of path
5 h 10 minto walk all 23.2 km of path
11 km eastfrom the centre
Ardagh Ring TrailWest Creek TrailCentral Creek Trail+1 path
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.04.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Angus · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park lies 46 km beyond Angus’ edge
The nearest provincial park, Earl Rowe Provincial Park, is 1.5 km away. For walks, the Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking) runs within 2 km. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest East Beach.
Protected land
4.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
12
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
46 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
1.5 km
Earl Rowe Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Angus beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km4.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches 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, Angus ranks 17th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (24,770 to 27,321 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
Angus4.3%
Towns its size3.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Angus4
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Angus1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Angus sits near the top of its size group: 16 of 39 have more. For public protected areas, though, 21 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | White Rock BC | 22% | 0.2% | 101 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Loyola QC | 14% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Kitsilano BC | 10% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 4 | Box Grove ON | 10% | 18% | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 5 | L'Assomption QC | 8.5% | 0.4% | 40 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Foothills County AB | 7.8% | 7.5% | 29 | 1 | 11 |
| 7 | Ebenezer East ON | 7.5% | 6.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows ON | 6.3% | 4.2% | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | Candiac QC | 5.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Morningside Heights ON | 5.7% | 4.1% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Parc-Kent QC | 5.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Laurendeau QC | 4.9% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | La Prairie QC | 4.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Mile End QC | 4.5% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Enfield NS | 4.4% | 5.2% | 184 | 13 | 6 |
| 16 | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville QC | 4.4% | 20% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Angus ON | 4.3% | 0.2% | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) ON | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Beloeil QC | 3.6% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Malvern East ON | 3.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Woburn North ON | 3.2% | 5.1% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Sheldon ON | 3.1% | 0.3% | 26 | 3 | 1 |
| 23 | Dorset Park ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | Thetford Mines QC | 2.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Wellington Place ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 26 | Lunenburg NS | 2.1% | 1.7% | 140 | 5 | 33 |
| 27 | Don Valley Village ON | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Westminster-Branson ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Sault-au-Récollet QC | 1.3% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Sainte-Thérèse QC | 1% | 0% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 31 | Paradise NL | 0.8% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 32 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 AB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 33 | 1 | 56 |
| 33 | Beltline AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Strathroy ON | 0.4% | 0.4% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Lin--Laurentides QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Stonegate-Queensway ON | 0.3% | 0.6% | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 37 | Kingsville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 38 | Tecumseh ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Beaumont AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Panorama Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Angus on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
12 named parks and woods to walk in near Angus
Largest first: Ardagh Bluffs leads with 226 ha. Numbers match the map.
12 named parks and woods, 337 ha in all
Parks & gardens 22 haWoods 315 ha
Ardagh Bluffs plus Tiffin Centre for Conservation account for 84% of the green.
Tiffin Centre for Conservation
Wood or forest
58 ha3.7 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.7 km of path
4.8 km eastfrom the centre
Hawk TrailMaple Valley Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Dyer Tract
Wood or forest · 120 m outside town
30 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
9.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Thornton Community Park
Park or garden
8.2 ha
12 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Worthington Park
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
4.1 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Thornton Hill Soccer Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha
12 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Ardagh BluffsWood or forest · 226 ha · 23.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsTiffin Centre for ConservationWood or forest · 58 ha · 3.7 km of path
DirectionsDyer TractWood or forest · 30 ha · 2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsThornton Community ParkPark or garden · 8.2 ha
DirectionsWorthington ParkPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsAngus Community ParkPark or garden · 2.8 ha
DirectionsThornton Hill Soccer ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha
DirectionsStonemount ParkPark or garden · 2.0 ha
DirectionsPeacekeepers ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha
DirectionsKevin Crescent ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsEarl Cunningham ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsLen Vanderpost ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in Angus
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 (47%)Further (54%)
Angus47%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. That leaves about 14,000 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
4.3% of the land around Angus 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 Angus0.2%
Within 10 km4.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 4 of the 12, and private owners the rest. Earl Rowe Provincial Park is the biggest, 312 ha. The figures include 8 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Earl Rowe Provincial ParkProvincial park · 312 ha · 1.5 km from the edge of town
Beattie Pinery Provincial ParkProvincial park · 68 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Springwater Provincial ParkProvincial park · 193 ha · 7.6 km from the edge of town
Main TractNature reserve · 274 ha · 9.6 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 parks within reach of Angus
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
Earl Rowe Provincial Park
1.5 km south3.1 km²since 1964
Provincial park
Beattie Pinery Provincial Park
4.4 km south0.7 km²since 1997
Provincial park
Springwater Provincial Park
7.6 km north-east1.9 km²since 1958
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
46 km south-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Earl Rowe Provincial Park, a provincial park 1.5 km away. 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.
Footpaths and woods
84 km of paths in and around Angus
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
84 km
in and around the town (368.3 km²)
Woodland
28%
about 104.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
AngusTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AngusTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland28%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 76% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it than in 73% 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.
Walking routes
One mapped route to walk from Angus
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking)12.4 km
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 Angus in May, July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Egbert, 11 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 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
Snow totals about 174 cm a year. Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to -3 °C in January. Expect 83 mm in June, the wettest month, and 45 mm in February. The climate in Angus →
Beaches
Angus has 2 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
East Beachsand · 2.3 km from town
DirectionsWest Beachsand · 2.7 km from town
DirectionsSandy ones: 2. 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.
Things to do
Near Angus: 53 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (46).
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Minesing Wetlands Conservation Area - Waterfowl Viewing Platform1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 46
Thornton Creek Estates Parkin town
DirectionsRotary Splash Zone1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 44 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 6
Rotary Community Campgroundin town
DirectionsSaulainein town
DirectionsEarl Rowe Provincial Park - Riverside Campground1.9 km from town
DirectionsEarl Rowe Provincial Park - West Side Campground2.0 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Angus
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BarrieAdjala-TosorontioSpringwaterAngus
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus | 4.3% | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Barrie 15 km | 2.6% | 9 | 0 | 8 |
| Adjala-Tosorontio 19 km | 4.7% | 68 | 3 | 4 |
| Springwater 19 km | 3.8% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
More routes are mapped around Adjala-Tosorontio (3). Its neighbours have no more than twice Angus’ protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Angus
When should you visit Angus for the outdoors?
May, July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Angus?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 46 km off.
How much land around Angus is protected?
Within 10 km, 4.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
Where can you walk near Angus?
Try the Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking).
Is there a beach near Angus?
The nearest is East Beach, 2.3 km from town.
Which is the biggest protected area near Angus?
Earl Rowe Provincial Park: 312 ha, a provincial park.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Angus?
It is Earl Rowe Provincial Park, 1.5 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Angus
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).