First pick
Riverside Park
Park or garden
5.2 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.1 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Kapuskasing · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land is absent from the 10 km around Kapuskasing
National parks are all over 100 km off. A provincial park, René Brunelle Provincial Park, lies 10 km away.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
10 km
René Brunelle Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Kapuskasing 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 km0%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 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
Kapuskasing has the least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,658 to 9,033 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
Kapuskasing0%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Kapuskasing0
Towns its size10
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Kapuskasing0
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Kapuskasing trails its peers is walking routes; 20 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chelsea QC | 27% | 65% | 55 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Crescent Heights BC | 27% | 13% | 132 | 4 | 4 |
| 3 | Queenswood Heights ON | 14% | 0% | 38 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 7 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | South Slope BC | 5.8% | 0% | 39 | 2 | 10 |
| 10 | Corktown ON | 5.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Grande Cache AB | 5.5% | 2.2% | 26 | 0 | 50 |
| 12 | Clayton Heights BC | 5.4% | 2.3% | 131 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 15 | Rosewood Park BC | 4.5% | 0% | 130 | 5 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 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 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Camrose County AB | 1.4% | 1.3% | 148 | 0 | 3 |
| 25 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Booth MB | 0.9% | 1% | 20 | 1 | 37 |
| 27 | Kings County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Coaticook QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Kingsway South ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 32 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Marlborough AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 36 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 39 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Kapuskasing
The town’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
11 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Kapuskasing
The biggest is Riverside Park, 5.2 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
11 named parks and woods, 13 ha in all
Parks & gardens 13 ha
Add Riverside Park to Murdock Slidding Hill and you have 51% of it.
Murdock Slidding Hill
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.2 km of path
1.6 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Riverside ParkPark or garden · 5.2 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsMurdock Slidding HillPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsBowman Soccer FieldsPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsKapuskasing Dog ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsBowman ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsHidden ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha
Directions"Picnic Area" ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsDrury ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha
DirectionsKapuskasing Mini ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsOak ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsSeaborne ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha
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
A park is within a short walk for 7 in 10 in Kapuskasing
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 (66%)Further (34%)
Kapuskasing66%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. For about 3,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Kapuskasing, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The nearest provincial park is René Brunelle Provincial Park, 10 km away.
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
René Brunelle Provincial Park, 10 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
René Brunelle Provincial Park
10 km east30 km²since 1957
No national park lies within 100 km of Kapuskasing; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Kapuskasing has 31 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
31 km
in and around the town (127.5 km²)
Woodland
72%
about 91.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
KapuskasingTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
KapuskasingTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland72%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 75% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 92% 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 Kapuskasing
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 town 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
Kapuskasing is best on foot in May and June
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Kapuskasing (4.3 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) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.2 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.0 | 8.2 |
| High (°C) | -12 | -9 | -1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 0 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 48 | 33 | 45 | 58 | 67 | 74 | 99 | 79 | 99 | 85 | 67 | 53 |
A typical year sees 303 cm of snow. In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -12 °C. Rain and snow peak in September (99 mm) and ease in February (33 mm). The climate in Kapuskasing →
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Kapuskasing: 3 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 13 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Spruce Fallsin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 13
Plus 13 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Kapuskasing Dog Parkin town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Kapuskasing
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Kapuskasing with figures are 18–75 km away.
MoonbeamSmooth Rock FallsCochrane, Unorganized, North PartKapuskasing
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kapuskasing | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Moonbeam 18 km | 3.1% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| Smooth Rock Falls 59 km | 1.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part 75 km | 5.1% | 81 | 0 | 28 |
Around Moonbeam, Smooth Rock Falls and Cochrane, Unorganized, North Part the protected share is at least double.
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. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
Questions about the outdoors in Kapuskasing
How far is the nearest provincial park from Kapuskasing?
René Brunelle Provincial Park, 10 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Kapuskasing?
May and June: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Kapuskasing from a national park?
None within 100 km of Kapuskasing.
Sources
Where Kapuskasing’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).