First pick
Brant Park Conservation Area
Park or garden
182 ha2.3 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.3 km of path
3.4 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Brantford · parks, protected land & trails
3 named trails run within 2 km of Brantford
15 protected areas lie within 10 km. 0.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 14 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
37 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Brantford apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Walking routes3 named routes within 2 kmLittle protected land0.3% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Brantford is strongest on its choice of walking routes. Less going for it: protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Brantford 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 km0.3%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 areas14Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes3Named 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, Brantford is 3rd from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (91,290 to 165,354 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
Brantford0.3%
Towns its size3.7%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Brantford14
Towns its size14
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Brantford3
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For walking routes, Brantford sits near the top of its size group: 13 of 39 have more. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 37 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maple Ridge BC | 26% | 21% | 101 | 1 | 41 |
| 2 | Delta BC | 24% | 17% | 181 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | North Vancouver BC | 15% | 22% | 18 | 11 | 169 |
| 4 | Kamloops BC | 14% | 13% | 16 | 0 | 11 |
| 5 | Chilliwack BC | 11% | 7.7% | 36 | 4 | 26 |
| 6 | Saanich BC | 11% | 9.4% | 43 | 7 | 56 |
| 7 | Strathcona County AB | 9.4% | 1.4% | 38 | 7 | 6 |
| 8 | Trois-Rivières QC | 8.4% | 1.2% | 44 | 1 | 10 |
| 9 | Repentigny QC | 8.3% | 1.6% | 41 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Cape Breton NS | 8.2% | 8.6% | 176 | 1 | 74 |
| 11 | New Westminster BC | 8% | 0% | 83 | 4 | 9 |
| 12 | Victoria BC | 8% | 0.9% | 20 | 4 | 34 |
| 13 | Pickering ON | 7.6% | 11% | 46 | 1 | 11 |
| 14 | Saguenay QC | 6% | 6.1% | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Brossard QC | 5.6% | 9.1% | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| 16 | Kingston ON | 5% | 6.2% | 54 | 2 | 5 |
| 17 | Ajax ON | 4.9% | 5.8% | 31 | 1 | 8 |
| 18 | Lévis QC | 4.1% | 0.6% | 62 | 1 | 8 |
| 19 | Whitby ON | 3.9% | 4.7% | 37 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | Terrebonne QC | 3.8% | 3.6% | 60 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Langley BC | 3.5% | 2.9% | 144 | 8 | 10 |
| 22 | St. John's NL | 2.2% | 1.2% | 6 | 1 | 41 |
| 23 | Moncton NB | 2.2% | 1.7% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Nanaimo BC | 1.9% | 6.7% | 42 | 2 | 33 |
| 25 | Cambridge ON | 1.7% | 0.4% | 33 | 10 | 2 |
| 26 | Bowmanville ON | 1.6% | 3% | 25 | 2 | 9 |
| 27 | Newmarket ON | 1.3% | 1.8% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Milton ON | 1.3% | 0% | 38 | 15 | 3 |
| 29 | St. Catharines ON | 1.2% | 1.7% | 15 | 4 | 7 |
| 30 | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu QC | 1.1% | 1.2% | 18 | 1 | 3 |
| 31 | Niagara Falls ON | 1.1% | 1.7% | 15 | 3 | 4 |
| 32 | Chatham ON | 1% | 1% | 21 | 0 | 8 |
| 33 | Guelph ON | 0.9% | 3.1% | 15 | 10 | 5 |
| 34 | Red Deer AB | 0.7% | 1.2% | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Peterborough ON | 0.6% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 2 |
| 36 | Waterloo ON | 0.6% | 0% | 17 | 12 | 1 |
| 37 | Lethbridge AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Brantford ON | 0.3% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Thunder Bay ON | 0.1% | 0.4% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Airdrie AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Brantford 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
30 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Brantford
Brant Park Conservation Area is the largest, at 182 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
30 named parks and woods, 346 ha in all
Parks & gardens 333 haWoods 14 ha
Add Brant Park Conservation Area to Mohawk Park and you have 59% of it.
Steven Brown Sports Complex
Park or garden
19 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
3.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Mohawk Park
Park or garden
20 ha0.3 km of path
3.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Jaycee Sports Park
Park or garden
16 ha1.7 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
4.1 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Franklin Grobb Memorial Forest
Wood or forest
14 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
3.9 km south-westfrom the centre
LE&N rail trail
Directionsto a point inside
Cedarland Park
Park or garden
6.1 ha0.3 km of path
3.7 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 30 named parks and green spaces
Brant Park Conservation AreaPark or garden · 182 ha · 2.3 km of path
DirectionsSteven Brown Sports ComplexPark or garden · 19 ha · 1.4 km of path
DirectionsMohawk ParkPark or garden · 20 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsJaycee Sports ParkPark or garden · 16 ha · 1.7 km of path
DirectionsCockshutt ParkPark or garden · 12 ha
DirectionsBriar ParkPark or garden · 8.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsFranklin Grobb Memorial ForestWood or forest · 14 ha · 2 km of path
DirectionsCedarland ParkPark or garden · 6.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsEdith Monture ParkPark or garden · 5.1 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsJohn Wright Soccer ComplexPark or garden · 6.6 ha
DirectionsEarl Haig ParkPark or garden · 5.4 ha
DirectionsShallow Creek ParkPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsBridal Path ParkPark or garden · 3.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsCameron Heights ParkPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsRivergreen ParkPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSpring Gardens ParkPark or garden · 3.4 ha
DirectionsHickory ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsForestwood ParkPark or garden · 3.2 ha
DirectionsWaterworks ParkPark or garden · 3.2 ha
DirectionsParson's ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsBill Little ParkPark or garden · 3.0 ha
DirectionsLynden Hills ParkPark or garden · 2.8 ha
DirectionsSilver Bridge ParkPark or garden · 2.8 ha
DirectionsTutela ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsGrandwoodlands ParkPark or garden · 2.7 ha
DirectionsJohnson ParkPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsDufferin ParkPark or garden · 2.6 ha
DirectionsBrant's Crossing ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsGreenbrier ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha
DirectionsDevereux ParkPark or garden · 2.3 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
About 9 in 10 of Brantford’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 (88%)Further (13%)
Brantford88%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%. For about 15,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
15 protected areas lie within 10 km of Brantford
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Brantford0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 14 of the 15. Barker's Bush/Lion's Park is the biggest, 80 ha. The figures include one private conservation area, left unnamed.
County of Brant NHSNature reserve · 3.0 ha · 0.7 km from the edge of town
Cainsville LagoonsNature reserve · 24 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
County of Brant NHSNature reserve · 2.4 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
County of Brant NHSNature reserve · 2.6 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
Barker's Bush/Lion's ParkNature reserve · 80 ha · 3.2 km from the edge of town
County of Brant NHSNature reserve · 2.7 ha · 3.6 km from the edge of town
County of Brant NHSNature reserve · 11 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
County of Brant NHSNature reserve · 7.7 ha · 4.5 km from the edge of town
County of Brant NHSNature reserve · 1.9 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
Jacob’s Woods ParkNature reserve · 3.8 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
4 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
37 km to Trillium Woods 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
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
37 km west0.1 km²since 1969
No national park lies within 100 km of Brantford; 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
Brantford has 148 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
148 km
in and around the town (163.6 km²)
Woodland
12%
about 19.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BrantfordTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.9
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BrantfordTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland12%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 59% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it than in 56% 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
Trails around Brantford
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
RegionalLocal
Grand Valley Trail218.5 km
Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail32.1 km
TH&B Rail Trail (hiking)20.0 km
For a longer outing, the Grand Valley Trail runs 218.5 km.
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 Brantford: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hamilton, 26 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 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 53 | 69 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 98 | 67 | 74 | 84 | 78 | 67 |
In July the typical high is 27 °C; in January, -1 °C. The wettest month is the warmest, July (98 mm); February has 53 mm. The climate in Brantford →
Things to do
Brantford has 2 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.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 149 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Brantford Kinsmen Annual Ribfestin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 149
Arctic Parkin town
DirectionsPleasant Ridge Parkin town
DirectionsPlus 147 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Dogford Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Brantford
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ParisSix Nations (Part) 40LyndenBrantford
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brantford | 0.3% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| Paris 9.6 km | 0.4% | 26 | 7 | 3 |
| Six Nations (Part) 40 15 km | 0.1% | 8 | 4 | 0 |
| Lynden 17 km | 3.1% | 33 | 3 | 3 |
For protected land, Lynden has twice as much or more. More routes are mapped around Paris (7).
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Brantford
When should you visit Brantford for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest provincial park to Brantford?
It is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 37 km away.
Is there protected land near Brantford?
Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Brantford from a national park?
None within 100 km of Brantford.
Are there hiking trails near Brantford?
OpenStreetMap maps the Grand Valley Trail, TH&B Rail Trail (hiking) and Hamilton-Brantford Rail Trail close by, with others.
What is the largest protected area near Brantford?
Barker's Bush/Lion's Park: 80 ha, a nature reserve.
Sources
Where Brantford’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).