First pick
Shakespeare Pond Conservation Area
Park or garden
18 ha1.3 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.3 km of path
17 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Jfvoll · CC BY-SA 4.00.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Perth East · parks, protected land & trails
Only 0.5% of the land within 10 km of Perth East is protected
6 protected areas lie within 10 km. 2 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Avon Trail and Kissing Bridge Trail. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
0.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
29 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Perth East 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.5%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 areas0Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Perth East sits 7th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,160 to 13,648 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
Perth East0.5%
Towns its size3.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Perth East0
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Perth East2
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Perth East lags towns its size: 37 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semiahmoo Town Centre BC | 21% | 0.8% | 103 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 20% | 2.6% | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | West Point Grey BC | 14% | 0.5% | 11 | 1 | 65 |
| 4 | Glebe-Dows Lake ON | 12% | 11% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 5 | Beaurivage QC | 8.1% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sidney BC | 7% | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 7 |
| 7 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC | 6.9% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Terrace BC | 6.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Durand ON | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Pine Grove ON | 6.2% | 37% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Cloverdale BC | 6% | 0.4% | 160 | 5 | 0 |
| 12 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB | 5.5% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 13 | Dolbeau-Mistassini QC | 5.4% | 6.6% | 19 | 0 | 12 |
| 14 | Madoc ON | 5.1% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 15 | E-F-K-Section (bramalea) ON | 5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Springdale ON | 4.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Montcalm QC | 4.7% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 18 | Aloha Estates BC | 4.3% | 2% | 111 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Vanier QC | 4.2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| 20 | L'Aéroport QC | 4% | 0% | 33 | 1 | 3 |
| 21 | Stittsville North ON | 3.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Thornhill Woods ON | 3.5% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Centennial Scarborough ON | 3.5% | 8.1% | 14 | 0 | 7 |
| 24 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 25 | Yonge-St.Clair ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 26 | Douglasdale/Glen AB | 2.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 27 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 28 | West Queen West ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 24 |
| 29 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | Kincardine ON | 1% | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 31 | Dawson Creek BC | 1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Signal Hill AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Streetsville ON | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 35 | Mount Dennis ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Rossmere-A MB | 0.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Huntington Hills AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Lorette MB | 0% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Redstone AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Perth East on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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
9 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Perth East
Largest first: Shakespeare Pond Conservation Area leads with 18 ha. Numbers match the map.
9 named parks and woods, 44 ha in all
Parks & gardens 44 ha
Add Shakespeare Pond Conservation Area to PERC Park and you have 57% of it.
PERC Park
Park or garden
7.6 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
6.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Kyle Yost Memorial Park
Park or garden
5.2 ha
11 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Devon East Park
Park or garden
3.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
15 km southfrom the centre
Stratford Side Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Greenwood Park
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.4 km of path
6.7 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Devon Street West Parkland
Park or garden · 250 m outside town
2.3 ha0.4 km of path
15 km southfrom the centre
Stratford Side Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Optimist Park
Park or garden
1.6 ha0.4 km of path
17 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Shakespeare Pond Conservation AreaPark or garden · 18 ha · 1.3 km of path
DirectionsPERC ParkPark or garden · 7.6 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsKyle Yost Memorial ParkPark or garden · 5.2 ha
DirectionsDevon East ParkPark or garden · 3.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsShakespeare ParkPark or garden · 3.3 ha
DirectionsGreenwood ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsDevon Street West ParklandPark or garden · 2.3 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsOptimist ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsKnights of Columbus Forest ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
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
2 in 10 people in Perth East live 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 (23%)Further (77%)
Perth East23%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 10,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
6 protected areas lie within 10 km of Perth East
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Perth East1.7%
Within 10 km0.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
29 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
29 km south0.1 km²since 1969
No national park lies within 100 km of Perth East; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Perth East and its edge hold 87 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
87 km
in and around the town (900 km²)
Woodland
11%
about 94.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Perth EastTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Perth EastTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland11%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 54% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 86% 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
2 walking routes near Perth East
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Avon Trail168.9 km
Kissing Bridge Trail46.8 km
At 168.9 km, the Avon Trail is the longest local route.
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 Perth East: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Kitchener/Waterloo, 46 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) | -3 | -2 | 3 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 66 | 46 | 57 | 81 | 80 | 81 | 96 | 67 | 75 | 71 | 75 | 55 |
Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -3 °C in January. July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (96 mm); February is driest (46 mm). The climate in Perth East →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Perth East
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Perth East: 63 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 51.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Galbraith Conservation Areain town
DirectionsHarmony Conservation Areain town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 51
Greenwood Playground0.5 km from town
DirectionsVineyard Village Playground0.6 km from town
DirectionsThe Fields Playground0.6 km from town
DirectionsDufferin Playground1.7 km from town
Directionsswings1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 46 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Perth East
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
StratfordWellesleyPerth East
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Around Stratford and Wellesley the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Perth East
Where can you walk near Perth East?
OpenStreetMap maps the Avon Trail and Kissing Bridge Trail close by, with others.
Where can you swim near Perth East?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Is Perth East near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Perth East.
Are there protected areas near Perth East?
Yes: 0.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Perth East?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Perth East?
The closest is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, at 29 km.
Sources
The sources behind Perth East’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).