First pick
Optimist/Kinsmen Park
Park or garden
8.3 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Optimist Park Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Peter Giesbrecht · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Aylmer · parks, protected land & trails
No protected area lies within 10 km of Aylmer
The closest provincial park is Port Bruce Provincial Park, 12 km from the edge of town. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
12 km
Port Bruce Provincial Park
Against other towns
Aylmer against 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas0Areas 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
Aylmer sits 2nd from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,282 to 8,484 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
Aylmer0%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Aylmer0
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Aylmer0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Aylmer trails its peers is public protected areas; 38 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Malbaie QC | 27% | 0.5% | 28 | 3 | 2 |
| 2 | Alta Vista ON | 13% | 0.7% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Old Ottawa East ON | 13% | 4.2% | 39 | 4 | 3 |
| 4 | Britannia ON | 13% | 12% | 31 | 4 | 9 |
| 5 | Upper Cornell ON | 12% | 49% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | Crestview-Tanglewood ON | 12% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Mount Joy ON | 10% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Muskoka Lakes ON | 6.3% | 11% | 26 | 1 | 12 |
| 9 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 5.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Norton Park ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Trinity Commons ON | 5.3% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Saint-Roch QC | 5.1% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Vaughan Metropolitan Centre ON | 4.7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Somerset AB | 4.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Electoral Area A, Comox Valley BC | 4% | 4.1% | 97 | 2 | 19 |
| 16 | Electoral Area G, Nanaimo BC | 3.2% | 7.5% | 32 | 0 | 13 |
| 17 | Brownsburg-Chatham QC | 3.1% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Ogden AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 19 | Deer Lake BC | 2.9% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 25 |
| 20 | McNab/Braeside ON | 2.7% | 0.1% | 35 | 0 | 14 |
| 21 | Rocky Ridge AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Douro-Dummer ON | 2.3% | 1.4% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| 23 | Torbay NL | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 20 |
| 24 | Goderich ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 25 | Drumheller AB | 1% | 4.9% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Rosewood SK | 0.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Hillhurst AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | South-West Oxford ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| 29 | Bayfield ON | 0.5% | 0.1% | 6 | 2 | 11 |
| 30 | Vermilion River County AB | 0.5% | 0.3% | 24 | 0 | 6 |
| 31 | Springfield North MB | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Clinton ON | 0.4% | 0.3% | 11 | 13 | 6 |
| 33 | Valley Gardens MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Kildare-Redonda MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Marlborough Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Albert Park/Radisson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | King Edward Park AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 38 | Strathcona AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 39 | Aylmer ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Huron-Kinloss ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Aylmer
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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Aylmer
The biggest is Optimist/Kinsmen Park, 8.3 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 16 ha in all
Parks & gardens 16 ha
Optimist/Kinsmen Park plus Rotary Park account for 79% of the green.
Rotary Park
Park or garden
4.0 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Rotary Park Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Lions Park
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Balmoral Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Aylmer
Catfish Creek Trail
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
A park is within a short walk for 7 in 10 in Aylmer
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 (71%)Further (29%)
Aylmer71%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 2,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
There is no protected land within 10 km of Aylmer
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
For protected land, people look to Port Bruce Provincial Park, 12 km off.
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
12 km to Port Bruce Provincial Park
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
Port Bruce Provincial Park
12 km south0.1 km²since 1974
No national park lies within 100 km of Aylmer; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
7 km of paths in and around Aylmer
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
6.8 km
in and around the town (22.8 km²)
Woodland
7.6%
about 1.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
AylmerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AylmerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland7.6%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 53% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 72% 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
No mapped walking route near Aylmer
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 town; 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.
When to get out
Walking season in Aylmer: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (London, 32 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 79 | 63 | 67 | 89 | 89 | 86 | 81 | 67 | 93 | 83 | 88 | 79 |
Daytime highs run from -2 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. The wettest month, September, brings 93 mm, against 63 mm in February. The climate in Aylmer →
Things to do
Near Aylmer: 3 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.
Nature reserves lead the count with 3.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 3
Ivan Steen Conservation Areain town
DirectionsWard McKenna Conservation Areain town
DirectionsBrown Conservation Area0.0 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Aylmer
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
MalahideCentral ElginBayhamSt. ThomasAylmer
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aylmer | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Malahide 1.7 km | 0.5% | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| Central Elgin 14 km | 0.2% | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| Bayham 14 km | 0.5% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| St. Thomas 15 km | 0.2% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
Central Elgin has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 7. Aylmer is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
Questions about the outdoors in Aylmer
What is the nearest provincial park to Aylmer?
The closest is Port Bruce Provincial Park, at 12 km.
What is the nearest national park to Aylmer?
None within 100 km of Aylmer.
When is the best time for walking in Aylmer?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
Sources for this page on Aylmer
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).