First pick
Confederation Beach Park
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
65 ha7.8 km of path
1 h 45 minto walk all 7.8 km of path
3.0 km north-westfrom the centre
Waterfront Trail;Hamilton Beach TrailHamilton Beach Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lakeshore · parks, protected land & trails
Beaches near Lakeshore: 8 within 5 km
The nearest provincial park, Bronte Creek Provincial Park, is 17 km away. A drive of 78 km reaches Rouge National Urban Park, the nearest national park. Of the country within 10 km, 1.5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
78 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Beaches
8
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Lakeshore 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km1.5%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 routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches8Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Lakeshore sits 20th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,075 to 3,178 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
Lakeshore1.5%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lakeshore3
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lakeshore0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trois-Pistoles QC | 44% | 0.9% | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Cap-Pelé NB | 43% | 2.6% | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Pincher Creek No. 9 AB | 32% | 30% | 74 | 11 | 43 |
| 4 | Welcome Beach BC | 15% | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| 5 | Percé QC | 15% | 2.2% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Queensway Terrace North ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 7 | Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 9.8% | 92 | 2 | 15 |
| 8 | French River / Rivière des Français ON | 9.5% | 8.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupré QC | 9.1% | 0.2% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau QC | 8.6% | 3.7% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Chalk River ON | 8.2% | 1% | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| 12 | Kingsclear NB | 7.4% | 7.7% | 31 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Greenbelt (east) ON | 7.4% | 45% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Ainslie Wood East ON | 7.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 15 | Paspébiac QC | 6.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Clear Hills AB | 5.4% | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| 17 | Clermont QC | 4.1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Blakeley ON | 4.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Athens ON | 3.9% | 2% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Garrison Woods AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lakeshore ON | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Minburn County No. 27 AB | 1.2% | 0.9% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Thorhild County AB | 1.2% | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Brooklands MB | 1.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire QC | 0.9% | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | Admaston/Bromley ON | 0.7% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Lower Mount Royal AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Ange-Gardien QC | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Westgate AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Brookside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 31 | Crawford Plains AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Saint-Gabriel QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | Enniskillen ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Valhalla MB | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Bishop's Falls NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Saint-Liboire QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | La Loche SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 39 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Glengarry AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Lakeshore 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 named parks and woods to walk in near Lakeshore
The biggest is Confederation Beach Park, 65 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Ferris Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
3.6 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Eastdale Park
Park or garden · 340 m outside town
4.2 ha0.4 km of path
1.7 km south-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
A park is within a short walk for 8 in 10 in Lakeshore
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 (77%)Further (23%)
Lakeshore77%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 700 people more than a short walk away. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
1.5% of the country within 10 km of Lakeshore 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 Lakeshore0%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 3 of the 15, and private owners the rest. Windermere Basin Park leads for size with 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.
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 2.0 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 3.9 km from the edge of town
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 8.4 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 78 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
78 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Closer to home, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is 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 Lakeshore
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 (12.2 km²)
Woodland
2.6%
about 0.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
LakeshoreTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.9
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LakeshoreTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland2.6%
0%50%100%
For woods, 71% of Canadian towns have more. It has fewer paths per km² than 59% 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 Lakeshore
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
The best months for walking in Lakeshore: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Hamilton, 19 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 | 10.4 | 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 |
Expect around 141 cm of snow over a winter. Rain peaks with the heat: 98 mm in July, against 53 mm in February. July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at 0 °C. The climate in Lakeshore →
Beaches
The shore near Lakeshore
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Community Beachin town
DirectionsCherry Beach0.3 km from town
DirectionsCrescent Beachpebbles · 0.6 km from town
DirectionsVan Wagners Beachsand · 3.0 km from town
Directions4 more are mapped without a name. 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
26 things to do outdoors near Lakeshore
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 22 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites 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.
Gardens to visit
2 gardens and historic parks to visit near Lakeshore
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 · 3.5 km from town
DirectionsRoyal Botanical GardensNational Historic Site · 13 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 Lakeshore
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
EastdalePoplar ParkGuernseyRiverdale EastWestmeriaHighway ValleyLakeshore
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeshore | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| Eastdale 1.6 km | 1.6% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| Poplar Park 1.7 km | 1.6% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| Guernsey 1.8 km | 1.6% | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| Riverdale East 2.1 km | 1.6% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| Westmeria 2.4 km | 1.6% | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| Highway Valley 2.9 km | 1.6% | 18 | 5 | 6 |
More routes are mapped around Highway Valley (5). Around Lakeshore, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Lakeshore
Is there a provincial park near Lakeshore?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 17 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Lakeshore?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Lakeshore?
Windermere Basin Park: 39 ha, a nature reserve.
Is there a beach near Lakeshore?
The nearest is Community Beach, in town.
Are there protected areas near Lakeshore?
Within 10 km, 1.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is Lakeshore near a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 78 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Lakeshore
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).