First pick
Rail Trail Park
Wood or forest
61 ha4.3 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.3 km of path
1.4 km south-eastfrom the centre
Escarpment Rail TrailWentworth Stairs
Directionsto a point inside
4.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in St. Clair · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to St. Clair is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away
One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. Protected areas cover 4.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
4.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
23
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
83 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
18 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
St. Clair 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 km4.5%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 areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
St. Clair has the 17th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,150 to 3,255 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
St. Clair4.5%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
St. Clair4
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
St. Clair1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, St. Clair sits near the top of its size group: 16 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pincher Creek No. 9 AB | 32% | 30% | 74 | 11 | 43 |
| 2 | Electoral Area C (Part 1), Kitimat-Stikine BC | 21% | 17% | 36 | 0 | 84 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexis-des-Monts QC | 16% | 12% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
| 4 | Dalhousie NB | 13% | 0.2% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Queensway Terrace North ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | New Maryland NB | 11% | 25% | 28 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | North Cypress-Langford MB | 9.8% | 6.1% | 44 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Roblin MB | 8.8% | 0.5% | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Beaumont QC | 7.7% | 0.1% | 42 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Kingsclear NB | 7.4% | 7.7% | 31 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Gilbert ON | 7.2% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Electoral Area D, North Okanagan BC | 6.2% | 6.4% | 26 | 0 | 10 |
| 15 | Adstock QC | 5% | 8.3% | 4 | 3 | 2 |
| 16 | Marathon ON | 4.6% | 3% | 4 | 1 | 30 |
| 17 | St. Clair ON | 4.5% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Blakeley ON | 4.1% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Lake City BC | 3.7% | 1.2% | 33 | 2 | 27 |
| 20 | Val-Morin QC | 2.5% | 5.7% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Athlone AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Cedar Hill ON | 1.9% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Greater Madawaska ON | 1.8% | 1.6% | 10 | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | Erlton AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 | Jasper Park AB | 1.1% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Sturgeon Creek MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 27 | Mont-Saint-Grégoire QC | 0.9% | 0.8% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Canossa AB | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Seven Oaks MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rosslyn AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Adelaide-Metcalfe ON | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Brookside AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 33 | Weinlos AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Enniskillen ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Valhalla MB | 0.2% | 0.6% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Hazeldean AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Bishop's Falls NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Coalhurst AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Beverly Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in St. Clair
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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
Walk in St. Clair: 5 named parks and woods
Rail Trail Park is the largest, at 61 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 69 ha in all
Parks & gardens 7.4 haWoods 61 ha
Two places, Rail Trail Park and Bruce Trail Park, make up 98% of the total.
Bruce Trail Park
Park or garden
6.0 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.9 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Myrtle Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of St. Clair
Directionsto a point inside
Concession / Upper Sherman
Park or garden · 200 m outside town
0.5 ha
1.1 km southfrom 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
8 in 10 people in St. Clair 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 (84%)Further (16%)
St. Clair84%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 500 people more than a short walk away. It is above the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
4.5% of the land around St. Clair 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 St. Clair0%
Within 10 km4.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
4 of the 23 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. At 39 ha, Windermere Basin Park is the largest. The figures include 19 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Former Upper Ottawa LandfillNature reserve · 11 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Windermere Basin ParkNature reserve · 39 ha · 5.0 km from the edge of town
BontaProtected area · 8.3 ha · 8.8 km from the edge of town
WattieProtected area · 1.8 ha · 9.6 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
83 km to Rouge National Urban Park
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
18 km north6.8 km²since 1975
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
83 km north-east46 km²since 2015
A provincial park is closer: Bronte Creek Provincial Park, at 18 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
21 km of paths in and around St. Clair
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
21 km
in and around the town (7.3 km²)
Woodland
7%
about 0.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
St. ClairTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.8
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
St. ClairTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland7%
0%50%100%
For path density, it beats 69% of Canadian towns. 55% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
St. Clair has 1 named walking route
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
Walking season in St. Clair: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Hamilton (11 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 brings both the warmest days and the most rain (98 mm); February is driest (53 mm). July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at 0 °C. The climate in St. Clair →
Beaches
3 beaches within 5 km of St. Clair, none named
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
St. Clair has 6 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (66).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 6
Plus 6 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 66
Peace Memorial playground0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 65 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 3
Corktown Dog Park0.7 km from town
DirectionsBirch Avenue Dog Park1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near St. Clair: Royal Botanical Gardens, 5.1 km away
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 · 5.1 km from town
Its pageOne carries a national designation.
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 St. Clair
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
StinsonGibsonBlakeleyEastmountInch ParkLandsdaleSt. Clair
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
No neighbouring place reaches twice St. Clair’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- 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. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in St. Clair
Which is the biggest protected area near St. Clair?
Windermere Basin Park, a nature reserve of 39 ha.
Where can you swim near St. Clair?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
What walking routes are near St. Clair?
OpenStreetMap maps the Bruce Trail - Iroquoia section close by.
What is the nearest national park to St. Clair?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 83 km off.
Is there protected land near St. Clair?
Yes: 4.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from St. Clair?
It is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 18 km away.
When is the best time for walking in St. Clair?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where St. Clair’s outdoors figures come from
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).