First pick
Innisfil Beach Bark
Park or garden
29 ha2.6 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.6 km of path
3.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Innisfil · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park lies 35 km beyond Innisfil’s edge
For a swim, Friday Harbour Beach is the nearest of 17 beaches within 5 km. For a provincial park, Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park lies 9.8 km off. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking).
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
35 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
9.8 km
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
17
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Innisfil has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Beaches17 beaches within 5 kmLittle protected land0.3% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
What Innisfil has most to offer outdoors is its beaches. What it lacks is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Innisfil 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%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 routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches17Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Innisfil sits 5th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (43,243 to 58,010 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
Innisfil0.3%
Towns its size4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Innisfil1
Towns its size10
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Innisfil1
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Innisfil beats most towns its size for walking routes; 16 of 39 do better. For protected land nearby, though, 35 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dollard-Des Ormeaux QC | 27% | 3.7% | 40 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Shawinigan QC | 24% | 61% | 40 | 16 | 10 |
| 3 | Vaudreuil-Dorion QC | 20% | 0.7% | 73 | 0 | 10 |
| 4 | Châteauguay QC | 19% | 0.8% | 34 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Mission BC | 19% | 3.5% | 28 | 3 | 33 |
| 6 | Newton BC | 15% | 7.3% | 174 | 6 | 1 |
| 7 | Sault-Saint-Louis QC | 11% | 10% | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Rouyn-Noranda QC | 11% | 14% | 90 | 15 | 8 |
| 9 | Saint-Eustache QC | 9.9% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 7 |
| 10 | Pointe-aux-Trembles QC | 9.5% | 7.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Rimouski QC | 8.8% | 3.6% | 43 | 10 | 48 |
| 12 | Salaberry-de-Valleyfield QC | 8.8% | 1.9% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | West Vancouver BC | 8.6% | 21% | 56 | 10 | 132 |
| 14 | Vernon BC | 8.4% | 1.9% | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 15 | Whalley BC | 8.2% | 1% | 125 | 5 | 7 |
| 16 | Anjou QC | 6.5% | 2.4% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Hagerman's Corners ON | 6.4% | 0% | 26 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Stouffville ON | 5.9% | 0.5% | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Fabreville QC | 5.8% | 3% | 39 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Mascouche QC | 4% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Port-Maurice QC | 4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Spruce Grove AB | 3.1% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Timmins ON | 2.7% | 1.8% | 7 | 0 | 6 |
| 24 | Alliston ON | 2.1% | 0.4% | 36 | 2 | 3 |
| 25 | Charlottetown PE | 2% | 2% | 15 | 25 | 13 |
| 26 | Quinte West ON | 1.4% | 0.6% | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Bradford ON | 1.1% | 1.3% | 28 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | Keswick ON | 0.7% | 0.9% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 29 | Roseborough ON | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Hurontario ON | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Rocky View County AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 20 | 9 | 19 |
| 32 | Paris ON | 0.4% | 0.2% | 26 | 7 | 3 |
| 33 | Woodstock ON | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Lakeshore ON | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Churchill Meadows ON | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Innisfil ON | 0.3% | 0.1% | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 37 | Victoriaville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Caledonia ON | 0.2% | 0.4% | 17 | 4 | 7 |
| 39 | St. Thomas ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 40 | Cornwall ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Innisfil
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
14 named parks and woods to walk in near Innisfil
Innisfil Beach Bark is the largest, at 29 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
14 named parks and woods, 74 ha in all
Parks & gardens 63 haWoods 11 ha
Innisfil Beach Bark plus Nature Express Headquarters account for 55% of the green.
Sandringham Park
Park or garden · 380 m outside town
9.3 ha1.3 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
7.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Thornton Community Park
Park or garden · 290 m outside town
8.2 ha
13 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Previn Park
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Nature Express Headquarters
Wood or forest
11 ha
9.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Webster Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Innisfil
Directionsto a point inside
All 14 named parks and green spaces
Innisfil Beach BarkPark or garden · 29 ha · 2.6 km of path
DirectionsSandringham ParkPark or garden · 9.3 ha · 1.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsThornton Community ParkPark or garden · 8.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsPrevin ParkPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsNature Express HeadquartersWood or forest · 11 ha
DirectionsWebster ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsLSAMI ParkPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsThornton Hill Soccer ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha
DirectionsShalom ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsChurch Street ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsAnna Maria ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsCrossroads ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.1 km of path
Directionsboat parkingPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsLen Vanderpost ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSource: 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 5 in 10 of Innisfil’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 (50%)Further (50%)
Innisfil50%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 25,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
6 protected areas lie within 10 km of Innisfil
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Innisfil0.1%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 1 of the 6; land trusts and private owners hold the others. 5 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial ParkProvincial park · 34 ha · 9.8 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
Parks around Innisfil
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
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park
9.8 km south0.3 km²since 1994
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
35 km south-east46 km²since 2015
Closer to home, Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park is 9.8 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
Innisfil and its edge hold 79 km of footpath
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
79 km
in and around the town (429.4 km²)
Woodland
16%
about 69.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
InnisfilTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
InnisfilTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland16%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 78% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 63% 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 Innisfil
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking)12.4 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 Innisfil: May, July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Egbert (19 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 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 26 °C; January the coldest, at -3 °C. Most rain and snow falls in June, 83 mm; February sees 45 mm. Expect around 174 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Innisfil →
Beaches
Innisfil has 17 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Friday Harbour Beachsand · in town
DirectionsJohnson's Beach Parksand · 0.9 km from town
DirectionsMinets Point Beach1.8 km from town
DirectionsCrestwood Beach2.4 km from town
DirectionsSandy ones: 2. Add 13 unnamed beaches to the count. Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
75 things to do outdoors near Innisfil
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 68.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Friday Harbour Nature Preservein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 68
Shalom Park Playground0.4 km from town
DirectionsThornton Creek Estates Park0.5 km from town
DirectionsCatherine Park1.2 km from town
DirectionsPainswick Park1.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 64 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Innisfil Dog Beachin town
DirectionsCampsites 2
Plus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Innisfil
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
KeswickBarrieInnisfil
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Barrie has at least twice the protected share around it.
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.
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Innisfil
How far is Innisfil from a national park?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 35 km away.
Is there a beach near Innisfil?
Try Friday Harbour Beach, in town, first of several.
Where can you walk near Innisfil?
The Thornton-Cookstown Trans Canada Trail (hiking), mapped within 2 km.
How much land around Innisfil is protected?
Yes: 0.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Innisfil?
The closest is Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park, at 9.8 km.
What is the largest protected area near Innisfil?
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park: 34 ha, a provincial park.
When is the best time for walking in Innisfil?
May, July and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
Where Innisfil’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).