First pick
J. Henry Tweed Conservation Area
Wood or forest
15 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
5.5 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Renard Franco · CC00.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Embrun · parks, protected land & trails
From Embrun, Plaisance National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (26 km)
10 protected areas lie within 10 km. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map. Thousand Islands National Park is the closest national park, 74 km from town.
Protected land
0.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
74 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
26 km
Plaisance National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Embrun 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.8%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
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
Embrun sits 8th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (22,755 to 24,629 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
Embrun0.8%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Embrun0
Towns its size7
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Embrun0
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For walking routes, Embrun lags towns its size: 21 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept-Îles QC | 24% | 33% | 64 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Colwood BC | 19% | 2.3% | 36 | 4 | 21 |
| 3 | Saint-Lazare QC | 13% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Westmount NS | 11% | 4.8% | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| 5 | Brownsville BC | 11% | 1.3% | 119 | 7 | 6 |
| 6 | Saint-Lambert QC | 8.1% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| 7 | Mont-Royal QC | 7.5% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Old Barrhaven East ON | 6.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Riley Park BC | 6.2% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 48 |
| 10 | Outremont QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | Rivière-Blanche QC | 5.8% | 8.1% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Cartierville QC | 5.6% | 19% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Kingston NS | 4.8% | 3.1% | 30 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Milliken ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Waterdown ON | 4.4% | 4.9% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Springwater ON | 3.8% | 6.9% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 17 | Agincourt South-Malvern West ON | 3.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Port Perry ON | 2.9% | 2% | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | South Eglinton-Davisville ON | 2.7% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Eglinton East ON | 2.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 21 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 22 | West London ON | 2.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Renfrew-Collingwood BC | 2.2% | 0.7% | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 24 | Brockville ON | 1.9% | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Steeles ON | 1.9% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Huntsville ON | 1.8% | 2.2% | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 27 | Junction-Wallace Emerson ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| 28 | Newtonbrook West ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Fort St. John BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Owen Sound ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 33 | 2 | 12 |
| 31 | Mount Pearl NL | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | High Park-Swansea ON | 0.9% | 5% | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 33 | Embrun ON | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Ouest (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | New Hamburg ON | 0.4% | 0% | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Islington ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 37 | Erindale ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Essex ON | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Etobicoke City Centre ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| 40 | Yellowknife NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 7 | 4 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Embrun
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
20 named parks and woods to walk in near Embrun
Largest first: J. Henry Tweed Conservation Area leads with 15 ha. Numbers match the map.
20 named parks and woods, 47 ha in all
Parks & gardens 25 haWoods 22 ha
Most of it sits in J. Henry Tweed Conservation Area and W.E. Burton Conservation Area: 47% together.
W.E. Burton Conservation Area
Wood or forest
7.5 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
4.0 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Richelieu Park
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.4 km of path
1.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Séraphin-Marion Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.2 km of path
11 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 20 named parks and green spaces
J. Henry Tweed Conservation AreaWood or forest · 15 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsRussell Exhibition groundPark or garden · 5.9 ha
DirectionsYahou ParkPark or garden · 5.2 ha
DirectionsW.E. Burton Conservation AreaWood or forest · 7.5 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsRichelieu ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsSéraphin-Marion ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de la PiscinePark or garden · 1.8 ha
DirectionsKeith M. Boyd ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsMelanie ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsRussell Township Dog ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsOlde Towne West ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsBordeau ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsCamelot ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsHanover ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsStiver ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsMacDougall ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsPico ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsAG Bourdeau ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsStanley ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsDuncanville ParkPark or garden · 0.2 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 4 in 10 in Embrun
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 (42%)Further (58%)
Embrun42%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. That leaves about 14,000 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
10 protected areas lie within 10 km of Embrun
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Embrun0%
Within 10 km0.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All 10 are privately held. Not named: 10 areas held privately or with no public owner on record.
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
Thousand Islands National Park is 74 km away
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
Plaisance National Park (Québec)
26 km north28 km²since 2002
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
74 km south24 km²since 1904
Nearer still is Plaisance National Park (Québec), a provincial park 26 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
39 km of paths in and around Embrun
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
39 km
in and around the town (267.2 km²)
Woodland
16%
about 43.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
EmbrunTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
EmbrunTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 62% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 81% 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 Embrun
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Embrun: May and August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Ottawa (Airport), 29 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 50 | 66 | 81 | 75 | 97 | 89 | 79 | 90 | 87 | 74 | 72 |
Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. February is the driest month at 50 mm; June the wettest at 97 mm. Snow totals about 232 cm a year. The climate in Embrun →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Embrun
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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
Outdoors around Embrun: 49 places to go
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, 38 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
W.E. Burton Conservation Areain town
DirectionsPicnic sites 8
Plus 8 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 38
Pirate's Aquaplay1.9 km from town
DirectionsZoo Lagoon1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 36 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Russell Township Dog Parkin town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Embrun
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
VarsMetcalfeEdwards - Carlsbad SpringsCasselmanLimogesNorth StormontEmbrun
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embrun | 0.8% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Vars 11 km | 3.8% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| Metcalfe 14 km | 1.9% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Edwards - Carlsbad Springs 16 km | 5.6% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| Casselman 17 km | 1.4% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Limoges 17 km | 3.1% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| North Stormont 17 km | 1.2% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
Around Vars, Metcalfe and Edwards - Carlsbad Springs the protected share is at least double.
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.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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 Embrun
Is there a provincial park near Embrun?
It is Plaisance National Park (Québec), 26 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Embrun?
On the normals, May and August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there protected land near Embrun?
Protected areas cover 0.8% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you swim near Embrun?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
What is the nearest national park to Embrun?
It is Thousand Islands National Park, 74 km off.
Sources
Sources for this page on Embrun
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).