First pick
Hanover Raceway
Park or garden
16 ha0.3 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Hanover · parks, protected land & trails
Little of the land around Hanover is protected: 0.1% within 10 km
Within 10 km are 3 protected areas. National parks are all over 100 km off. A provincial park, MacGregor Point Provincial Park, lies 42 km away.
Protected land
0.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
42 km
MacGregor Point Provincial Park
Against other towns
Hanover against 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas0Areas 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
Hanover has the 7th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,523 to 8,907 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
Hanover0.1%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Hanover0
Towns its size6
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Hanover0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Hanover trails its peers is public protected areas; 35 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 22 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 23 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Lac-Beauport QC | 0.4% | 0.1% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
The green map of Hanover
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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
5 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Hanover
Hanover Raceway is the largest, at 16 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 29 ha in all
Parks & gardens 29 ha
The bulk, 80%, is Hanover Raceway and Hanover Town Park.
Hanover Town Park
Park or garden
7.2 ha0.3 km of path
1.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hanover Kinsmen Ball Park
Park or garden
3.8 ha
Centralin the middle of Hanover
Directionsto a point inside
Karl Wilken Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.3 km of path
1.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hanover Square
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Hanover
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
About 7 in 10 of Hanover’s residents are a short walk from 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 (73%)Further (27%)
Hanover73%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). That leaves about 2,300 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
3 protected areas lie within 10 km of Hanover
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Hanover1.1%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
MacGregor Point Provincial Park, 42 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
MacGregor Point Provincial Park
42 km north-west15 km²since 1975
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Hanover has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Hanover 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 (29.1 km²)
Woodland
17%
about 5.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
HanoverTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HanoverTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland17%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 74% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 64% 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 Hanover
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Hanover is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Mount Forest (30 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -3 | 3 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 92 | 73 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 100 | 98 | 84 | 85 | 81 | 92 | 90 |
Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -3 °C in January. Precipitation runs from 68 mm in March to 100 mm in June. The climate in Hanover →
Things to do
Outdoors around Hanover: 5 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
5 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Hanover
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WalkertonDurhamMildmayHanover
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Hanover’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
Questions about the outdoors in Hanover
How far is Hanover from a national park?
None within 100 km of Hanover.
How much land around Hanover is protected?
Within 10 km, 0.1% of the land lies in protected areas.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Hanover?
The closest is MacGregor Point Provincial Park, at 42 km.
When is the best time for walking in Hanover?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Hanover’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.
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).