First pick
Lillie Roberts Park
Park or garden
2.7 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mount Royal
Directionsto a point inside
6.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mount Royal · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park is 42 km from Mount Royal
The protected share within 10 km is 6.5%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 19 km from town is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
6.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
17
within 10 km, 8 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
42 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
19 km
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Mount Royal 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km6.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2.6%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas8Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Mount Royal has the 13th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,337 to 6,504 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
Mount Royal6.5%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mount Royal8
Towns its size6
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mount Royal0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Mount Royal beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 12 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pointe-Calumet QC | 28% | 12% | 35 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | South Surrey BC | 22% | 28% | 130 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Pontiac QC | 21% | 51% | 67 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Fitzroy ON | 16% | 1.7% | 52 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | City View ON | 12% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Fisher Heights ON | 11% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B NS | 11% | 1.8% | 103 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Tweed ON | 9.9% | 9.1% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Mount Royal ON | 6.5% | 2.6% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Mont-Joli QC | 5.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Port-Cartier QC | 5% | 1% | 44 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Pictou County, Subdivision B NS | 4.8% | 1.1% | 165 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Woodhill ON | 4.1% | 16% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Cumberland AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 23 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 25 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Garden Village BC | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | Royalwood MB | 0.7% | 9.6% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 34 | Petrolia ON | 0.3% | 3.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Glencoe ON | 0.3% | 0.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Crescent Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Hollick-Kenyon AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Princeville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Ste. Anne MB | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Bay Roberts NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
The map
Where the green is in Mount Royal
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Mount Royal
The biggest is Lillie Roberts Park, 2.7 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Barbreh Brown Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha
Centralin the middle of Mount Royal
Directionsto a point inside
R.M. Wells Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
0.6 ha0.1 km of path
1.4 km southfrom 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
All of Mount Royal 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%)
Mount Royal100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
Around Mount Royal, protected areas make up 6.5%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Mount Royal2.6%
Within 10 km6.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 17, 8 are public land; the others are privately held. The largest named one is Brampton Natural Heritage System, at 1,126 ha. 9 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Brampton Natural Heritage SystemNature reserve · 1,126 ha · reaches Mount Royal
Terrastone CourtNature reserve · 7.3 ha · 7.9 km from the edge of town
Connaught CrescentNature reserve · 2.0 ha · 8.2 km from the edge of town
Bambi TrailNature reserve · 5.6 ha · 8.3 km from the edge of town
Albion Vaughan RoadNature reserve · 2.9 ha · 8.7 km from the edge of town
Meadowvale CourtNature reserve · 7.3 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
Old King RoadNature reserve · 9.7 ha · 9.2 km from the edge of town
Queen StreetNature reserve · 4.5 ha · 9.2 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
Parks around Mount Royal
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
19 km west2.9 km²since 1985
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
42 km north-east46 km²since 2015
A provincial park is closer: Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, at 19 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Mount Royal has 13 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
13 km
in and around the town (10.4 km²)
Woodland
6.4%
about 0.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Mount RoyalTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Mount RoyalTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland6.4%
0%50%100%
For path density, 55% of Canadian towns do better. 57% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
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 named walking route passes Mount Royal on the map
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 route shows within 2 km of the neighbourhood; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Mount Royal is best on foot in May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Toronto Pearson (Airport) (16 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) | 9.3 | 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 |
Some 115 cm of snow falls each winter. Summer highs reach 27 °C in July; in January they stay near -1 °C. Precipitation runs from 50 mm in February to 81 mm in June. The climate in Mount Royal →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Mount Royal
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Mount Royal 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.
22 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 22
Plus 22 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Mount Royal
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Vales of CastlemoreSandalwood East (mountainash)WildfieldCastlemore EstatesSandalwood West (sunny Meadow)CountrysideMount Royal
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royal | 6.5% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Vales of Castlemore 2.3 km | 5.2% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| Sandalwood East (mountainash) 2.5 km | 4.3% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| Wildfield 2.7 km | 9.1% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Castlemore Estates 3.1 km | 7.8% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) 3.4 km | 4.1% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| Countryside 4.2 km | 4.4% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Mount Royal’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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. 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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Mount Royal
What is the best season to get outdoors in Mount Royal?
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 there a provincial park near Mount Royal?
The closest is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, at 19 km.
Which is the biggest protected area near Mount Royal?
Brampton Natural Heritage System: 1,126 ha, a nature reserve.
How much land around Mount Royal is protected?
Within 10 km, 6.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest beach to Mount Royal?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
What is the nearest national park to Mount Royal?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 42 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Mount Royal
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).