First pick
James Smith Park
Park or garden
5.2 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain5.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Shaver · parks, protected land & trails
From Shaver, Bronte Creek Provincial Park is the nearest provincial park (28 km)
Of the country within 10 km, 5.6% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. Count 12 protected areas within 10 km of town. For a national park, Rouge National Urban Park is 95 km away.
Protected land
5.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
12
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
95 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
28 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Shaver 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km5.6%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 areas1Areas 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
Shaver comes 10th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,845 to 2,918 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
Shaver5.6%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Shaver1
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Shaver0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Shaver does best for protected land nearby: 9 of the other 39 have more. On public protected areas it is behind: 27 of 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 | Labelle QC | 25% | 19% | 22 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Algonquin Highlands ON | 18% | 16% | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON | 15% | 16% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 6 | South Keys ON | 8.3% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Navan - Sarsfield ON | 8% | 0.3% | 41 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Leeming ON | 6.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Saint-Anicet QC | 6.1% | 4.9% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Crerar ON | 4.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-Isidore QC | 4.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Normanview West SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Basile QC | 3.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Perry ON | 2.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Minnedosa MB | 2.9% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Dundonald SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Westmount SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Sicamous BC | 0.9% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Bridgeport North ON | 0.9% | 4.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Black Diamond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Weedon QC | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Grassie MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 33 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Harbour Grace NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 37 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Springdale NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Fairview AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Shaver
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
Walk in Shaver: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is James Smith Park, 5.2 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Optimist Youth Park
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
2.0 ha
0.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Shaver Estates Park
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.1 km of path
1.0 km 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
Every resident of Shaver 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%)
Shaver100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, lower than here.
Protected areas
5.6% of the country within 10 km of Shaver 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 Shaver0%
Within 10 km5.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
1 of the 12 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Another 11 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
FarmerProtected area · 15 ha · 3.1 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, 95 km off
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
28 km north-east6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
95 km north-east46 km²since 2015
A provincial park is closer: Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 28 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Shaver has 8 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
7.6 km
in and around the town (10.9 km²)
Woodland
15%
about 1.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ShaverTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.7
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ShaverTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland15%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 62% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 61% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Shaver
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
Shaver is best on foot in May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (5.9 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 | 10.5 | 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 |
Summer brings the most rain: 98 mm in July; February gets 53 mm. January brings highs of -1 °C, July highs of 27 °C. The climate in Shaver →
Things to do
14 things to do outdoors near Shaver
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 14 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
Royal Botanical Gardens, 13 km from Shaver, 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 · 13 km from town
Its pageParks Canada lists one as 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 Shaver
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
LeemingSpring ValleyGarnerMarrittOakesSulphur SpringsShaver
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shaver | 5.6% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Leeming 1.0 km | 6.6% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Spring Valley 1.3 km | 6.4% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Garner 2.5 km | 6.5% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Marritt 3.6 km | 7.2% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Oakes 4.2 km | 7.4% | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| Sulphur Springs 4.3 km | 5.1% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
Sulphur Springs has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 3. Around Shaver, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- 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. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
Questions about the outdoors in Shaver
What is the largest protected area near Shaver?
Farmer, a protected area of 15 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Shaver?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is Shaver near a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 95 km from the edge of town.
What is the nearest provincial park to Shaver?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 28 km away.
Are there protected areas near Shaver?
Within 10 km, 5.6% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
The sources behind Shaver’s outdoors figures
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).