First pick
Guelph Park
Park or garden
1.3 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jason F. Voll · CC BY-SA 3.01.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Fairfield · parks, protected land & trails
Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 51 km away, is the closest provincial park to Fairfield
CPCAD lists 18 protected areas within 10 km. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 1.4% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town.
Protected land
1.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
18
within 10 km, 18 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
51 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
Against other towns
How Fairfield 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.4%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 areas18Areas 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
Fairfield has the 18th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,431 to 3,564 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
Fairfield1.4%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Fairfield18
Towns its size3
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Fairfield0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Fairfield does best for public protected areas: 5 of the other 39 have more. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wellington NB | 32% | 2.4% | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Shuniah ON | 19% | 1.4% | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Saint-Pascal QC | 17% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Lawrencetown NS | 8.5% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 5 | Bridgeview BC | 8.3% | 1.1% | 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | Thurso QC | 8% | 14% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Mackenzie BC | 7.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Fessenden ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 9 | Malartic QC | 6.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Guybourg QC | 6.4% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 6.2% | 7.6% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Edwards - Carlsbad Springs ON | 5.6% | 5.6% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Port Hawkesbury NS | 5.1% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Thomas QC | 5.1% | 0.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bifrost-Riverton MB | 5% | 0.7% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola BC | 3.8% | 4.8% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hampton Heights ON | 3.7% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Horton ON | 2.1% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Buckland No. 491 SK | 2% | 2.2% | 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | Thorncliff AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Brevoort Park SK | 1.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Fairfield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby QC | 1.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Buchanan MB | 1.2% | 0.1% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Niakwa Place MB | 0.8% | 4.3% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Richmond County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 1.8% | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 28 | Lynnwood AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 29 | Downtown East Village AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Daly Grove AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Ramsay Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Sakaw AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Saint-Côme--Linière QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Richfield AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Saint-Isidore QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Gilles QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Morris MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Carman MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Three Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Delwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Fairfield on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 Fairfield: 11 named parks and woods
The biggest is Guelph Park, 1.3 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
11 named parks and woods, 8 ha in all
Parks & gardens 7.8 ha
It is shared out: the largest place is only 17% of the whole.
Lips Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
1.4 ha0.3 km of path
0.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
George Lippert Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Hillside Park
Park or garden · 140 m outside town
1.2 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Fairfield
Directionsto a point inside
Breithaupt Park
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.3 km of path
0.7 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Uniroyal-Goodrich Park
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Oxford Street Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Community Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Arnold Park
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.1 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Guelph ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsLips ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGeorge Lippert ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsHillside ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsBreithaupt ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsUniroyal-Goodrich ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsOxford Street ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsArnold ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsAsh ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
DirectionsDuke Street PlaygroundPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsHart GreenPark or garden · 0.2 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
Every resident of Fairfield 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%)
Fairfield100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Around Fairfield, protected areas make up 1.4%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Fairfield0%
Within 10 km1.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
None of the 18 is private. Huron Natural Area covers 96 ha, the most of any named area.
Carisbrook Drive Natural AreaNature reserve · 12 ha · 1.4 km from the edge of town
Lakeside ParkNature reserve · 9.2 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
Idlewood ParkNature reserve · 48 ha · 4.5 km from the edge of town
Natchez WoodsNature reserve · 23 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
Kolb ParkNature reserve · 8.7 ha · 4.7 km from the edge of town
Springmount Park - Idlewood CreekNature reserve · 27 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Laurentian WetlandNature reserve · 17 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Borden WetlandsNature reserve · 16 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Lackner WoodsNature reserve · 31 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Briarfield ParkNature reserve · 3.3 ha · 5.9 km from the edge of town
8 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
51 km to Trillium Woods Provincial 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
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
51 km south-west0.1 km²since 1969
For a national park, people in Fairfield travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Fairfield and its edge hold 41 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
41 km
in and around the town (10 km²)
Woodland
9.1%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
FairfieldTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths4.1
02.55 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FairfieldTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland9.1%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 84% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 50% 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
No named walking route passes Fairfield on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the neighbourhood. Trails may exist without being mapped 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
Walking season in Fairfield: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Kitchener/Waterloo, 9.1 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light 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 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -2 | -1 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 66 | 46 | 57 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 96 | 67 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 55 |
The wettest month is the warmest, July (96 mm); February has 46 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -2 °C. The climate in Fairfield →
Things to do
90 things to do outdoors near Fairfield
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 74 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Plus 2 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 8
Union Lane Greenin town
DirectionsSpringdale Green Natural Area0.4 km from town
DirectionsSpringwood Park0.7 km from town
DirectionsBechtel Park0.9 km from town
DirectionsMoses Springer Park1.2 km from town
DirectionsPaige Park1.5 km from town
DirectionsCarisbrook Drive Natural Area1.5 km from town
DirectionsHillside Reserve1.9 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 74
Plus 71 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Scouts Canada Camp Mohawk1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite 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 Fairfield: Waterloo Park, 2.4 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.
Waterloo ParkGarden or park · 2.4 km from town
DirectionsSources: 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 Fairfield
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Mt. Hope Huron ParkCentral FrederickBridgeport EastCity Commercial CoreCherry HillAuditoriumFairfield
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fairfield | 1.4% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park 0.4 km | 1.5% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Central Frederick 1.3 km | 1.7% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Bridgeport East 1.3 km | 1.2% | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| City Commercial Core 1.6 km | 1.8% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Cherry Hill 2.0 km | 1.6% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Auditorium 2.1 km | 1.9% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
Fairfield is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
Questions about the outdoors in Fairfield
How far is Fairfield from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Fairfield.
Are there protected areas near Fairfield?
Within 10 km, 1.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest provincial park to Fairfield?
Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 51 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Fairfield?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Fairfield?
Huron Natural Area, a nature reserve of 96 ha.
Sources
The sources behind Fairfield’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).