First pick
Montgomery Park
Park or garden
5.5 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
2.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Homeside · parks, protected land & trails
Beaches near Homeside: 6 within 5 km
The closest provincial park is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 17 km from the edge of town. One named trail is close: the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section. 81 km separate the town from Rouge National Urban Park, its nearest national park.
Protected land
2.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
81 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Homeside 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 km2.6%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 areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Homeside comes 15th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,916 to 6,115 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
Homeside2.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Homeside3
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Homeside1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Homeside does best for protected land nearby: 14 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crowsnest Pass AB | 25% | 20% | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C NS | 20% | 8% | 133 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts QC | 15% | 0.2% | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Civic Hospital ON | 11% | 0% | 34 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Lowertown West ON | 10% | 1.5% | 36 | 4 | 4 |
| 6 | Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park ON | 7.1% | 20% | 37 | 5 | 8 |
| 7 | McMasterville QC | 5.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Creston BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Cochrane ON | 5.3% | 0.6% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Port Mann BC | 5.1% | 4.4% | 108 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | Lawfield ON | 4.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Southwood AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 13 | Stettler County No. 6 AB | 3.9% | 3.3% | 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Cedarbrae AB | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Homeside ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Underwood ON | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Country Hills West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | River Bend ON | 1.8% | 13% | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Nutana Urban Centre SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Richmond West MB | 1.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Pleasant Hill SK | 1.6% | 6.9% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Richelieu QC | 1.4% | 4.8% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Caernarvon AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Val-David QC | 1.3% | 8.3% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | Worthington MB | 1.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Dunluce AB | 1.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Brokenhead MB | 1.2% | 2% | 6 | 0 | 4 |
| 28 | Saint-Henri QC | 0.5% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Inkster Gardens MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Saint-Pie QC | 0.3% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Stettler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Mayland Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | MacEwan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Lac-Mégantic QC | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Melfort SK | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Amqui QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 38 | Redcliff AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Alberta Avenue AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | Homesteader AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Homeside
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
6 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Homeside
Montgomery Park is the largest, at 5.5 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 13 ha in all
Parks & gardens 13 ha
The bulk, 74%, is Montgomery Park and Mahony Park.
Mahony Park
Park or garden · 300 m outside town
4.3 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Andrew Warburton Memorial Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Homeside
Pipeline Train
Directionsto a point inside
Fairfield Park
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Homeside
Directionsto a point inside
St. Christopher's Park
Park or garden · 330 m outside town
0.9 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
R. T. Steele Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
0.6 km north-westfrom 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
9 in 10 people in Homeside live 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 (92%)Further (7.8%)
Homeside92%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 500 residents are further than 400 m from a park. Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
Around Homeside, protected areas make up 2.6%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Homeside0%
Within 10 km2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 16 are on public land. Biggest of the named areas: Windermere Basin Park, 39 ha. Another 13 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 4.8 km from the edge of town
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 6.2 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
Rouge National Urban Park is 81 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
17 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
81 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Nearer still is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, a provincial park 17 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
11 km of paths in and around Homeside
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
11 km
in and around the town (9 km²)
Woodland
under 0.1%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
HomesideTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HomesideTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodlandunder 0.1%
0%50%100%
56% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is less wooded than 94% 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
1 walking route near Homeside
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section124.0 km
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 Homeside: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (14 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 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 53 | 69 | 81 | 81 | 78 | 98 | 67 | 74 | 84 | 78 | 67 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at 0 °C. Summer brings the most rain: 98 mm in July; February gets 53 mm. The climate in Homeside →
Beaches
The shore near Homeside
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Van Wagners Beachsand · 2.7 km from town
DirectionsHamilton Beachsand · 3.6 km from town
DirectionsCrescent Beachpebbles · 4.6 km from town
Directions2 are mapped as sand. OpenStreetMap shows 3 more, nameless. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
3 viewpoints near Homeside
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 37 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 37
Plus 37 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Near Homeside: 2 gardens and parks 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.
Confederation Beach ParkGarden or park · 2.6 km from town
DirectionsRoyal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 7.4 km from town
Its pageA National Historic Site is among them.
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 Homeside
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Crown Point EastNormanhurstBartonvilleCrown Point WestDelta EastMcquesten WestHomeside
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Homeside | 2.6% | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| Crown Point East 0.8 km | 3.1% | 23 | 1 | 6 |
| Normanhurst 1.1 km | 2% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| Bartonville 1.3 km | 2.5% | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| Crown Point West 1.5 km | 4.1% | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| Delta East 1.7 km | 3.7% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| Mcquesten West 1.7 km | 1.6% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Homeside has.
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. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Homeside
What is the biggest park or reserve near Homeside?
Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve of 39 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Homeside?
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 Homeside?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 17 km away.
Is Homeside near a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 81 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Homeside?
Yes: 2.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Where can you walk near Homeside?
Try the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section.
Where can you swim near Homeside?
The nearest is Van Wagners Beach, 2.7 km from town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Homeside
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).