Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Adam Bishop · CC BY-SA 4.0Swimmers have 16 beaches within 5 km, Black Willow Beach the nearest. The closest provincial park is Wheatley Provincial Park, 0.4 km from the edge of town. Count 2 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Leamington’s best card is Point Pelee National Park on its doorstep, with its beaches close behind.
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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (32,124 to 37,226 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Against towns its size, Leamington is weakest for public protected areas: 27 of 39 have more.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Panorama Ridge BC | 23% | 13% | 181 | 2 | 1 |
| 2 | Strawberry Hill BC | 20% | 0.8% | 158 | 4 | 2 |
| 3 | Bois-Francs QC | 14% | 1.4% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 4 | Cecil-P.-Newman QC | 14% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | Clayton Park West NS | 13% | 0% | 18 | 13 | 7 |
| 6 | Sorel-Tracy QC | 12% | 0% | 75 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Val-d'Or QC | 11% | 19% | 55 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Fairview BC | 8.2% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 9 | Marc-Aurèle-Fortin QC | 7.1% | 0.5% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Sunset BC | 6.9% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 9 |
| 11 | Sainte-Marie QC | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Edmonds BC | 6.2% | 0% | 40 | 4 | 8 |
| 13 | Saint-Constant QC | 5.8% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Grande-Prairie QC | 5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Hastings-Sunrise BC | 4.7% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 27 |
| 16 | Orangeville ON | 4.2% | 3.5% | 38 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Arcola East SK | 4.2% | 8.8% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mount Pleasant BC | 4.2% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 73 |
| 19 | Killarney BC | 4% | 3.5% | 14 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | North Cowichan BC | 3.9% | 2.3% | 72 | 7 | 10 |
| 21 | West Humber-Clairville ON | 3.4% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Langley BC | 3.2% | 0% | 95 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf QC | 3.2% | 0% | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Metrotown BC | 2.5% | 0% | 21 | 3 | 6 |
| 25 | Thorold ON | 1.6% | 4.2% | 16 | 7 | 1 |
| 26 | Parkland County AB | 1.6% | 1.3% | 69 | 15 | 5 |
| 27 | Stratford ON | 1.5% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Courtenay BC | 1.4% | 2.9% | 54 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Leamington ON | 1.3% | 5.5% | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| 30 | Whitehorse YT | 1.3% | 4.5% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Dieppe NB | 1.2% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Fort Erie ON | 0.5% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 12 |
| 33 | Moose Jaw SK | 0.5% | 3.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Central Erin Mills ON | 0.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Applewood ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 3 |
| 36 | DT Core ON | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Okotoks AB | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Saint-Georges QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | LaSalle ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Fergus ON | 0% | 0% | 4 | 8 | 2 |
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
The biggest is Point Pelee National Park, 1,644 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
96% of the area is in just two places: Point Pelee National Park and Leamington Soccer Fields.
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.
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.
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. That leaves about 14,000 people more than a short walk away.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
The 2 are all publicly owned. The largest named one is Point Pelee National Park, at 1,520 ha.
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 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.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
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).
69% of Canadian towns are more wooded. It has fewer paths per km² than 74% 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.
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.
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Kingsville, 6.7 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 52 | 65 | 94 | 87 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 76 | 67 | 61 | 56 |
The yearly snowfall is near 85 cm. From 0 °C in January to 27 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. April is the wettest month (94 mm) and February the driest (52 mm). The climate in Leamington →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
OpenStreetMap shows 4 more, nameless. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 12 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Plus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 7 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 10 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 12–28 km from Leamington.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leamington | 1.3% | 2 | 0 | 16 |
| Kingsville 12 km | 0.1% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Essex 25 km | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Lakeshore 28 km | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Leamington doubles its share.
It is on the doorstep: Point Pelee National Park touches Leamington.
It is Point Pelee National Park, a national park covering 1,520 ha.
June, July and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Wheatley Provincial Park, 0.4 km away.
Black Willow Beach, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Within 10 km, 1.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
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).