Photo: P199 · Public domain8.3 km from Markstay-Warren to Sturgeon River Provincial Park
The protected share within 10 km is 0.2%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. Count 3 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Markstay-Warren beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Markstay-Warren sits 5th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,951 to 3,037 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, Markstay-Warren is weakest for protected land nearby: 35 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocagne NB | 39% | 4.3% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Electoral Area C, Strathcona BC | 12% | 8.1% | 61 | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | Elkford BC | 12% | 16% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Vanscoy No. 345 SK | 11% | 4.2% | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières QC | 10% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | McDougall ON | 10% | 4.1% | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Lac-des-Écorces QC | 8.8% | 4.5% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu QC | 8.6% | 0.1% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON | 8.3% | 6.2% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Gilkson ON | 7.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kirkendall South ON | 6.9% | 0.9% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Buchanan ON | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard QC | 4.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bainbridge BC | 4% | 0% | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 15 | North Shore PE | 3.6% | 7.3% | 19 | 11 | 18 |
| 16 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC | 3.6% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Dewdney Place SK | 3.1% | 90% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Huntingdon QC | 3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Granville AB | 2.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 AB | 2.4% | 2.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Holliston SK | 1.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Poplar Park ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 23 | Albany AB | 1.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | South Portage MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Trillium ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | East Garafraxa ON | 1.1% | 0.6% | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Varsity View MB | 1.1% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 28 | Hillcrest Management Area SK | 0.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Wallace-Woodworth MB | 0.8% | 0.1% | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Lorne MB | 0.7% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sunnyside AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Stanstead QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Kernohan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Lauderdale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Skyrattler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Markstay-Warren ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Allendale AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Avonmore AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 40 | Lago Lindo AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Markstay-Warren on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths as mapped.
In Markstay-Warren, parks are rarely a short walk away
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 usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. That leaves about 3,000 people more than a short walk away.
3 protected areas lie within 10 km of Markstay-Warren
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
All 3 are public land. The largest named one is Sturgeon River Provincial Park, at 7,985 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.
Sturgeon River Provincial Park, 8.3 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.
Sturgeon River Provincial Park
Mashkinonje Provincial Park
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Markstay-Warren has its province’s. 2 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Paths to walk: 12 km in and around Markstay-Warren
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
It has fewer paths per km² than 97% of Canadian towns. More of it is wooded than in 97% 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.
No mapped walking route near Markstay-Warren
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Markstay-Warren is best on foot in May to July
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Sudbury, 29 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 3 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 67 | 51 | 58 | 68 | 79 | 77 | 84 | 90 | 103 | 94 | 75 | 66 |
Expect around 263 cm of snow over a winter. July is the warmest month, with highs around 25 °C; January the coldest, at -8 °C. Rain and snow peak in September (103 mm) and ease in February (51 mm). The climate in Markstay-Warren →
A waterfall near Markstay-Warren
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: picnic sites, 4 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 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 to Markstay-Warren
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 15–41 km from Markstay-Warren.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Markstay-Warren | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| St.-Charles 15 km | 2.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury 39 km | 6.7% | 43 | 5 | 18 |
| Sturgeon Falls 40 km | 7.2% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| French River / Rivière des Français 41 km | 9.5% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, St.-Charles, Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury and Sturgeon Falls have twice as much or more. More routes are mapped around Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury (5).
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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. 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 Markstay-Warren
Are there protected areas near Markstay-Warren?
Protected areas cover 0.2% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a provincial park near Markstay-Warren?
It is Sturgeon River Provincial Park, 8.3 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Markstay-Warren?
On the normals, May to July: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Markstay-Warren near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Markstay-Warren.
Which is the biggest protected area near Markstay-Warren?
Sturgeon River Provincial Park, a provincial park of 7,985 ha.
The sources behind Markstay-Warren’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.
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).