First pick
Bridgeview Park
Park or garden
15 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
0.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Jubilee TrailCreekview Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 3.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Petrolia · parks, protected land & trails
Only 0.3% of the land within 10 km of Petrolia is protected
The 10 km around town hold 3 protected areas. There is no national park within 100 km of the town. The nearest provincial park, Pinery Provincial Park, is 43 km away.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
43 km
Pinery Provincial Park
Against other towns
Each figure for Petrolia, set against 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.1%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 routes0Named 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
Petrolia has the 7th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,337 to 6,504 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
Petrolia0.3%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Petrolia0
Towns its size6
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Petrolia0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Petrolia trails its peers is public protected areas; 35 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 | Tweed ON | 9.9% | 9.1% | 68 | 1 | 5 |
| 12 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Mount Royal ON | 6.5% | 2.6% | 17 | 0 | 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 | Cumberland AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 23 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 24 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 25 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 27 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 28 | Garden Village BC | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 6 |
| 29 | Royalwood MB | 0.7% | 9.6% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 32 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 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
The green map of Petrolia
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
Walk in Petrolia: 7 named parks and woods
Bridgeview Park is the largest, at 15 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
7 named parks and woods, 20 ha in all
Parks & gardens 20 ha
Add Bridgeview Park to Woodland Park and you have 83% of it.
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.
Close to home
6 in 10 people in Petrolia 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 (62%)Further (39%)
Petrolia62%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. About 2,500 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Petrolia has 3 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Petrolia3.1%
Within 10 km0.3%
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
43 km to Pinery 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
Pinery Provincial Park
43 km north-east25 km²since 1957
For a national park, people in Petrolia travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
8 km of paths in and around Petrolia
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
7.8 km
in and around the town (33.8 km²)
Woodland
14%
about 4.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
PetroliaTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PetroliaTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 59% of Canadian towns. For path density, 76% 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 Petrolia
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Petrolia: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Sarnia (19 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.0 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 57 | 48 | 57 | 79 | 85 | 93 | 80 | 71 | 84 | 78 | 80 | 60 |
Snow totals about 112 cm a year. Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -1 °C in January. Most rain and snow falls in June, 93 mm; February sees 48 mm. The climate in Petrolia →
Things to do
Near Petrolia: one viewpoint on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are picnic sites: 3 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 2
Lorne C Henderson Conservation Area1.3 km from town
DirectionsChandros Managed Forest1.7 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Lorne C. Henderson Campground1.6 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Petrolia
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
EnniskillenPlympton-WyomingPetrolia
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Petrolia | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Enniskillen 2.1 km | 0.2% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Plympton-Wyoming 13 km | 0.2% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
No place nearby has double Petrolia’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Petrolia
How much land around Petrolia is protected?
Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Petrolia?
Pinery Provincial Park, 43 km from the edge of town.
How far is Petrolia from a national park?
None within 100 km of Petrolia.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Petrolia?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
The sources behind Petrolia’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).