First pick
Carp Hills
Wood or forest
3,222 ha9.1 km of path
2 hto walk all 9.1 km of path
8.2 km south-eastfrom the centre
Crazy Horse TrailDUC ExtensionCrazy Horse Side Loop+3 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ross Dunn · CC BY-SA 2.016%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Fitzroy · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Fitzroy is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns
52 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. Within 5 km are 17 beaches; Constance Bay Beach is the nearest. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Thousand Islands National Park, at 90 km.
Protected land
16%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
52
within 10 km, 25 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
90 km
Thousand Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Fitzroy Provincial Park
Beaches
17
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Fitzroy apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round16% of the land within 10 km, more than 93% of Canadian townsMany protected areas25 public areas within 10 kmBeaches17 beaches within 5 kmA provincial park at the edgeFitzroy Provincial Park reaches the town
Above all, Fitzroy offers protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
Fitzroy 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km16%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.7%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas25Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches17Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Fitzroy comes 6th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,312 to 6,492 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
Fitzroy16%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Fitzroy25
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Fitzroy0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Fitzroy sits near the top of its size group: 5 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pointe-Calumet QC | 28% | 12% | 35 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | South Surrey BC | 22% | 28% | 130 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Pontiac QC | 21% | 51% | 67 | 3 | 30 |
| 4 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Fitzroy ON | 16% | 1.7% | 52 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | City View ON | 12% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Fisher Heights ON | 11% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Antigonish County, Subdivision B NS | 11% | 1.8% | 103 | 1 | 35 |
| 11 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Mount Royal ON | 6.5% | 2.6% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Mont-Joli QC | 5.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Port-Cartier QC | 5% | 1% | 44 | 0 | 8 |
| 17 | Pictou County, Subdivision B NS | 4.8% | 1.1% | 165 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Woodhill ON | 4.1% | 16% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 22 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 23 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 24 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Neepawa MB | 1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Royalwood MB | 0.7% | 9.6% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 31 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 33 | Mission AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Petrolia ON | 0.3% | 3.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Glencoe ON | 0.3% | 0.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Crescent Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Hollick-Kenyon AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Princeville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Ste. Anne MB | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Bay Roberts NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
The map
Fitzroy on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
10 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Fitzroy
Largest first: Carp Hills leads with 3,222 ha. Numbers match the map.
10 named parks and woods, 3,258 ha in all
Parks & gardens 36 haWoods 3,222 ha
Two places, Carp Hills and Parc récréatif de Quyon, make up 99% of the total.
Parc récréatif de Quyon
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
17 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
8.4 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Fitzroy Harbour Community Centre and Campbell Bicentennial Park
Park or garden
5.7 ha0.1 km of path
5.0 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Constance Buckham's Bay Community Centre Park
Park or garden
4.2 ha0.2 km of path
4.8 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Torbolton Hall / Torbolton Garage
Park or garden
2.1 ha
4.6 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Carp HillsWood or forest · 3,222 ha · 9.1 km of path
DirectionsParc récréatif de QuyonPark or garden · 17 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsFitzroy Harbour Community Centre and Campbell Bicentennial ParkPark or garden · 5.7 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsConstance Buckham's Bay Community Centre ParkPark or garden · 4.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsSheperds Grove ParkPark or garden · 3.6 ha
DirectionsTorbolton Hall / Torbolton GaragePark or garden · 2.1 ha
DirectionsGaletta ParkPark or garden · 1.8 ha
DirectionsBairds ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsRiver ParkPark or garden · 0.2 ha
DirectionsArchie 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 2 in 10 in Fitzroy
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 (18%)Further (82%)
Fitzroy18%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. About 5,200 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
52 protected areas around Fitzroy
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Fitzroy1.7%
Within 10 km16%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 52, 25 are public land; the others are privately held. Biggest of the named areas: Baie Noire (Luskville) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 528 ha. Not named: 22 areas held privately or with no public owner on record.
Baie Noire (Luskville) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 528 ha · reaches Fitzroy
Luskville (Plage-Albert-Tremblay) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 262 ha · reaches Fitzroy
Fitzroy Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 219 ha · reaches Fitzroy
Baie Pontiac Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 215 ha · reaches Fitzroy
Fitzroy Provincial ParkProvincial park · 198 ha · reaches Fitzroy
Défilé Woolsey Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 87 ha · reaches Fitzroy
Île Mohr Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 5.4 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Île Mohr (1,2 km N. de) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 121 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Eardley Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 386 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
Baie Breckenridge (Rive Ouest) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 29 ha · 0.4 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
Thousand Islands National Park, 90 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
Fitzroy Provincial Park
At the edge2.0 km²since 1963
National park
Thousand Islands National Park
90 km south24 km²since 1904
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Fitzroy has 70 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
70 km
in and around the town (251 km²)
Woodland
33%
about 83.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
FitzroyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
FitzroyTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland33%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 76% of Canadian towns. For path density, 74% of Canadian towns do better.
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 mapped walking route near Fitzroy
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 neighbourhood. 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.
When to get out
Fitzroy is best on foot in May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Luskville, 9.6 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 77 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 87 | 84 | 74 | 76 |
About 193 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -5 °C, July highs of 27 °C. Rain and snow peak in June (99 mm) and ease in February (63 mm). The climate in Fitzroy →
Beaches
17 beaches within 5 km of Fitzroy
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Constance Bay Beachsand · in town
DirectionsPlage de la Pointe Indienne0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlage Tremblay0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlage Baie-Noire1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlage Pontiac1.5 km from town
Directions12 further beaches go unnamed. Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
14 viewpoints near Fitzroy
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: playgrounds, 17 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 14
Plus 14 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 3
Morris Island Conservation Areain town
DirectionsTorbolton Forestin town
DirectionsWilland Lane Woodsin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 5
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 17
Plus 17 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 5
Camp Woolseyin town
DirectionsFitzroy Park - Pine Grove Campgroundin town
DirectionsFitzroy Park - Two Rivers Campgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 13
Private (Dion Boat Ramp)0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 12 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Fitzroy
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
KinburnPontiacDunrobinCarpArnpriorFitzroy
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Fitzroy holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share. More routes are mapped around Pontiac (3).
How to read these numbers
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.
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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 Fitzroy
What is the best season to get outdoors in Fitzroy?
May and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Fitzroy?
Fitzroy Provincial Park, which reaches the edge of town.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Fitzroy?
It is Baie Noire (Luskville) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 528 ha.
What is the nearest beach to Fitzroy?
Try Constance Bay Beach, in town, first of several.
Is Fitzroy near a national park?
It is Thousand Islands National Park, 90 km off.
Are there protected areas near Fitzroy?
Protected areas cover 16% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
The sources behind Fitzroy’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).