First pick
Turner Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
38 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
3.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Butler · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Butler is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 24 km away
The nearest national park is Rouge National Urban Park, 88 km away. CPCAD lists 14 protected areas within 10 km. The largest named area nearby is Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha, 9.3 km away.
Protected land
3.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
14
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
88 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
24 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Butler compares with 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 km3.7%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 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
Butler comes 13th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,878 to 2,967 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
Butler3.7%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Butler2
Towns its size2
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Butler0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Butler does best for protected land nearby: 12 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Leary PE | 25% | 4.9% | 53 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Algonquin Highlands ON | 18% | 16% | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Wawa ON | 11% | 5.1% | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières QC | 10% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Gilkson ON | 7.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Carpenter ON | 7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dégelis QC | 6.5% | 5.4% | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Suder Greens AB | 5.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Saint-Isidore QC | 4.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Butler ON | 3.7% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Basile QC | 3.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine QC | 2% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Holliston SK | 1.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Trillium ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Mayfair SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley QC | 1.3% | 0.7% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Black Diamond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Saint-Bruno QC | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Lauderdale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Skyrattler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 31 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Allendale AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Springdale NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Scott QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Fairview AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Carrington AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Lago Lindo AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Butler 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
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Butler
Largest first: Turner Park leads with 38 ha. Numbers match the map.
Billy Sherring Park
Park or garden
9.9 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Butler
Directionsto a point inside
Elmar Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
3.2 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Butler
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
Every resident of Butler lives near 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%)
Butler100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
A typical Canadian town reaches only 83%.
Protected areas
3.7% of the country within 10 km of Butler is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Butler0%
Within 10 km3.7%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 2 of the 14. The others are private conservation land. Windermere Basin Park is the biggest, 39 ha. Another 12 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 2.1 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 9.3 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 nearest big park: Rouge National Urban Park, 88 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
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
24 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
88 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 24 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
Butler has 12 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
12 km
in and around the town (7.7 km²)
Woodland
1.3%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ButlerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ButlerTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.3%
0%50%100%
It is less wooded than 80% of Canadian towns. 51% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Butler
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the neighbourhood is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Get out in Butler in May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hamilton, 6.6 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 | 14.7 | 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 |
Rain peaks with the heat: 98 mm in July, against 53 mm in February. Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -1 °C in January. The climate in Butler →
Things to do
Outdoors around Butler: 55 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 55 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 55
Swings1.2 km from town
DirectionsBaby Swings1.2 km from town
DirectionsSplash Pad1.2 km from town
DirectionsJerome Park1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 51 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Royal Botanical Gardens, 9.7 km from Butler, is the garden to visit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Royal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 9.7 km from town
Its pageOne is a National Historic Site.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Butler
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BarnstownEleanorRushdaleCrerarTemplemeadSheldonButler
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Sheldon has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 3. No neighbouring place reaches twice Butler’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Butler
What is the largest protected area near Butler?
Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, a nature reserve.
How far is Butler from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 88 km from the edge of town.
When should you visit Butler 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.
Is there a provincial park near Butler?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 24 km away.
Are there protected areas near Butler?
Within 10 km, 3.7% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
Sources for this page on Butler
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).