First pick
Wilson Park
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
19 ha2.8 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.8 km of path
1.8 km southfrom the centre
Wilson Park Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 3.02.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stanley Park · parks, protected land & trails
Within 10 km of Stanley Park: 20 public protected areas
For walks, the Grand Valley Trail runs within 2 km. National parks are all over 100 km off. The largest named area nearby is Huron Natural Area, 96 ha, 4.3 km away.
Protected land
2.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
22
within 10 km, 20 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
50 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Stanley Park apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Many protected areas20 public areas within 10 kmParks are a drive awayThe nearest provincial park, Trillium Woods Provincial Park, is 50 km off
Stanley Park is strongest on the number of public protected areas close by. What it lacks is a big park within easy reach.
Against other towns
Stanley Park 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 km2.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town5.9%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas20Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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
Stanley Park comes 20th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
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
Stanley Park2.5%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stanley Park20
Towns its size6
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stanley Park1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Stanley Park beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 2 of 39 do better.
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
Parks, woods and paths around Stanley Park
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
16 named parks and woods to walk in near Stanley Park
The biggest is Wilson Park, 19 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
16 named parks and woods, 53 ha in all
Parks & gardens 53 ha
Two places, Wilson Park and Greenway, make up 43% of the total.
Greenway
Park or garden
4.1 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the centre
Dom Cardillo Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Knollwood Park
Park or garden · 320 m outside town
3.9 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.6 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Franklin Park
Park or garden
4.0 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Stanley Park
Directionsto a point inside
Rockway Gardens
Park or garden
3.1 ha0.3 km of path
1.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Idlewood Greenway
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
2.2 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Eby Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.4 km of path
1.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 16 named parks and green spaces
Wilson ParkPark or garden · 19 ha · 2.8 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGreenwayPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsKnollwood ParkPark or garden · 3.9 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsFranklin ParkPark or garden · 4.0 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsMontgomery ParkPark or garden · 3.8 ha
DirectionsRockway GardensPark or garden · 3.1 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsIdlewood GreenwayPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsEby ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsMidland ParkPark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsIdlewood ParkPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsTecumseh ParkPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsProspect ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsCrosby ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsDixon GreenPark or garden · 0.6 ha · just outside town
DirectionsKinzie ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsRanderson 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
In Stanley Park, a park is close to every home
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%)
Stanley Park100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 2.5% of the land near Stanley Park
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Stanley Park5.9%
Within 10 km2.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 20 of the 22, and private owners the rest. Biggest of the named areas: Huron Natural Area, 96 ha. 2 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Idlewood ParkNature reserve · 48 ha · reaches Stanley Park
Springmount Park - Idlewood CreekNature reserve · 27 ha · reaches Stanley Park
Briarfield ParkNature reserve · 3.3 ha · 0.8 km from the edge of town
Natchez WoodsNature reserve · 23 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
Lackner WoodsNature reserve · 31 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
Grand River Natural Area - Sims EstateNature reserve · 12 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Lakeside ParkNature reserve · 9.2 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Kolb ParkNature reserve · 8.7 ha · 2.5 km from the edge of town
Homer Watson ParkNature reserve · 60 ha · 2.7 km from the edge of town
Steckle WoodsNature reserve · 30 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
10 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
Trillium Woods Provincial Park is 50 km away
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
50 km south-west0.1 km²since 1969
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Stanley Park 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
Stanley Park has 45 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
45 km
in and around the town (16 km²)
Woodland
7.9%
about 1.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Stanley ParkTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.8
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Stanley ParkTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland7.9%
0%50%100%
Few places match it for paths: more than 69% of Canadian towns have fewer. Woods cover less of it than in 53% 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
Stanley Park 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
Grand Valley Trail218.5 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Stanley Park: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Kitchener/Waterloo, 6.0 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 |
July is warm and wet, 96 mm; the driest month, February, has 46 mm. January brings highs of -2 °C, July highs of 27 °C. The climate in Stanley Park →
Things to do
115 things to do outdoors near Stanley Park
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Natchez Hill tops the hills nearby, 356 m. Playgrounds lead the count with 99.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Natchez Hill356 m · 1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 11
Idlewood Park Natural Area0.1 km from town
DirectionsStanley Park Conservation Area0.3 km from town
DirectionsSpringmount Park0.3 km from town
DirectionsBriarfield Park0.9 km from town
DirectionsIdlewood Creek1.2 km from town
DirectionsGeorgian Park1.6 km from town
DirectionsBlue Spring Woods1.6 km from town
DirectionsNatchez Woods1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 3 nature reserves more.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 99
McDonald's PlayPlace1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 98 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Stanley Park
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Heritage ParkIdlewoodRosemountVanierAuditoriumCentreville ChicopeeStanley Park
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Park | 2.5% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Heritage Park 1.5 km | 1.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Idlewood 1.8 km | 2.8% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Rosemount 1.8 km | 1.8% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Vanier 1.9 km | 2.6% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| Auditorium 2.1 km | 1.9% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| Centreville Chicopee 2.3 km | 2.5% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
None of its neighbours has twice the protected land around it that Stanley Park has.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Stanley Park
Where can you walk near Stanley Park?
The Grand Valley Trail, mapped within 2 km.
Is there a provincial park near Stanley Park?
The closest is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, at 50 km.
Is there protected land near Stanley Park?
Within 10 km, 2.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
Which is the biggest protected area near Stanley Park?
Huron Natural Area, a nature reserve of 96 ha.
When is the best time for walking in Stanley Park?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is Stanley Park near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Stanley Park.
Sources
Where Stanley Park’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).