First pick
Creditview Sandalwood Park
Park or garden
43 ha3.9 km of path
50 minto walk all 3.9 km of path
0.8 km northfrom the centre
Sandalwood Trail
Directionsto a point inside
3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Creditview · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park is 54 km from Creditview
Protected areas take in 24% of the neighbourhood itself. For a provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park lies 18 km off. CPCAD lists 10 protected areas within 10 km.
Protected land
3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
54 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
18 km
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Creditview, 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town24%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas 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
Creditview comes 19th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,486 to 5,706 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
Creditview3%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Creditview2
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Creditview0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Creditview lags towns its size: 22 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hudson QC | 20% | 1.1% | 52 | 0 | 5 |
| 2 | Shediac NB | 14% | 0.9% | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | Saint Marys NB | 13% | 15% | 44 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Island Park-Wellington Village ON | 12% | 2.9% | 35 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Greenboro West ON | 9.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Orford QC | 9.3% | 39% | 44 | 4 | 15 |
| 7 | Lanoraie QC | 9% | 7.8% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Armstrong BC | 8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Lampman ON | 6.9% | 13% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 10 | Chertsey QC | 6.5% | 7.2% | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C NS | 6.3% | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Havelock ON | 5.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Smithers BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Espanola ON | 4.5% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Countryside ON | 4.4% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Braeside AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Carp ON | 3.8% | 2.9% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Gananoque ON | 3.3% | 1.5% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Creditview ON | 3% | 24% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Oakridge AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | New Glasgow PE | 2.2% | 3% | 20 | 12 | 17 |
| 22 | Huron South ON | 2.1% | 2.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Memramcook NB | 2% | 0% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Carlton AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | The Pas MB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Montcalm MB | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | St. Matthews MB | 1.6% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Stirling ON | 1.3% | 1.5% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Burrows Central MB | 1.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Meadow Lake SK | 0.7% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | West Lorne ON | 0.6% | 0.6% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Bankview AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Wolfville NS | 0.5% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Cookshire-Eaton QC | 0.4% | 0.7% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 35 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan QC | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Charleswood AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Coral Springs AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Crystallina Nera East AB | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Evansdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Riverdale AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Creditview on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The neighbourhood’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
8 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Creditview
The biggest is Creditview Sandalwood Park, 43 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
8 named parks and woods, 59 ha in all
Parks & gardens 59 ha
Two places, Creditview Sandalwood Park and Andrew McCandless Park, make up 91% of the total.
Andrew McCandless Park
Park or garden
11 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
1.6 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Mount Pleasant Square
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Moody Family Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
0.9 ha0.2 km of path
1.3 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hedgeline Parkette
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
1.0 ha0.1 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Fairhill Parkette
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
0.8 ha0.1 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Francis H. Taylor Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
0.9 ha0.1 km of path
1.4 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Angus Morrison Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha
Centralin the middle of Creditview
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
All of Creditview is within a short walk of 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Creditview100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 3% of the land near Creditview
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Creditview24%
Within 10 km3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 10 are on public land. Biggest of the named areas: Brampton Natural Heritage System, 1,126 ha. 8 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Brampton Natural Heritage SystemNature reserve · 1,126 ha · reaches Creditview
VictoriaNature reserve · 7.1 ha · 9.5 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 Creditview
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
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
18 km north-west2.9 km²since 1985
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
54 km east46 km²since 2015
Closer to home, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park is 18 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Creditview and its edge hold 37 km of footpath
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
37 km
in and around the town (11.5 km²)
Woodland
3.6%
about 0.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CreditviewTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths3.2
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CreditviewTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.6%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 74% of Canadian towns. For woods, 67% of Canadian towns have more.
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 Creditview
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the neighbourhood. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Creditview is best on foot in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Toronto Pearson (Airport), 16 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 50 | 51 | 77 | 78 | 81 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 59 |
Precipitation runs from 50 mm in February to 81 mm in June. Summer highs reach 27 °C in July; in January they stay near -1 °C. Some 115 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Creditview →
Things to do
Creditview has 3 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 56 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 56
Polkadots Playland1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 55 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Creditview
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Mount Pleasant VillageSpring ValleyMount Pleasant NorthAlloaFletchers Creek Village / Lundy VillageFletchers Meadow SouthCreditview
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creditview | 3% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Pleasant Village 1.3 km | 2.6% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Spring Valley 1.7 km | 2.4% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Pleasant North 2.1 km | 3.8% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Alloa 2.7 km | 4.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village 2.8 km | 2.5% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| Fletchers Meadow South 2.9 km | 2.7% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
Around Creditview, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
Questions about the outdoors in Creditview
How much land around Creditview is protected?
Yes: 3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest provincial park to Creditview?
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, 18 km from the edge of town.
Which is the biggest protected area near Creditview?
Brampton Natural Heritage System, a nature reserve of 1,126 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Creditview?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Creditview near a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park is closest, at 54 km.
Sources
Where Creditview’s outdoors figures come from
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).