First pick
Uxbridge Woodlands
Wood or forest
4,290 ha153.8 km of path
34 h 10 minto walk all 153.8 km of path
15 km south-westfrom the centre
Oak Ridges TrailRed Oak TrailCountryside Preserve Trails+5 paths
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dwrite7841 · CC BY-SA 4.02.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Port Perry · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park is 9.0 km from Port Perry
The closest provincial park is Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, 2.3 km from the edge of town. The Oak Ridges Trail is the one mapped walking route close by. For a swim, Sand Bar Beach is the beach within 5 km.
Protected land
2.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
32
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
9.0 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
2.3 km
Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Port Perry 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 km2.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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
Port Perry comes 19th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (22,890 to 24,987 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
Port Perry2.9%
Towns its size2.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Port Perry2
Towns its size7
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Port Perry1
Towns its size1
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For walking routes, Port Perry sits near the top of its size group: 12 of 39 have more. On public protected areas it is behind: 32 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sept-Îles QC | 24% | 33% | 64 | 0 | 15 |
| 2 | Saint-Lazare QC | 13% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Westmount NS | 11% | 4.8% | 16 | 6 | 18 |
| 4 | Brownsville BC | 11% | 1.3% | 119 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Saint-Lambert QC | 8.1% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 6 |
| 6 | Old Barrhaven East ON | 6.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Riley Park BC | 6.2% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 48 |
| 8 | Outremont QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 24 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Candiac QC | 5.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Rivière-Blanche QC | 5.8% | 8.1% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Morningside Heights ON | 5.7% | 4.1% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Cartierville QC | 5.6% | 19% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Kingston NS | 4.8% | 3.1% | 30 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Mile End QC | 4.5% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Milliken ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Waterdown ON | 4.4% | 4.9% | 25 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Springwater ON | 3.8% | 6.9% | 14 | 1 | 17 |
| 18 | Agincourt South-Malvern West ON | 3.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Port Perry ON | 2.9% | 2% | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | South Eglinton-Davisville ON | 2.7% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 21 | Birchcliffe-Cliffside ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| 22 | Dorset Park ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | West London ON | 2.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Renfrew-Collingwood BC | 2.2% | 0.7% | 12 | 4 | 28 |
| 25 | Brockville ON | 1.9% | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Steeles ON | 1.9% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Huntsville ON | 1.8% | 2.2% | 7 | 2 | 13 |
| 28 | Junction-Wallace Emerson ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 13 |
| 29 | Newtonbrook West ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Fort St. John BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Owen Sound ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 33 | 2 | 12 |
| 32 | Mount Pearl NL | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | High Park-Swansea ON | 0.9% | 5% | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 34 | Embrun ON | 0.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Ouest (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.8% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Oro-Medonte ON | 0.6% | 0.6% | 32 | 4 | 18 |
| 37 | New Hamburg ON | 0.4% | 0% | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | Islington ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 39 | Essex ON | 0.1% | 0.5% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Etobicoke City Centre ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 17 |
The map
The green map of Port Perry
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
Walk in Port Perry: 13 named parks and woods
The biggest is Uxbridge Woodlands, 4,290 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
13 named parks and woods, 4,348 ha in all
Parks & gardens 38 haWoods 4,311 ha
Uxbridge Woodlands and Purple Woods together hold 99% of it.
Port Perry Fair Ground
Park or garden
11 ha0.2 km of path
3.2 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Purple Woods
Wood or forest
21 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
9.7 km southfrom the centre
Oak Ridges TrailSugar Shack PathDiscovery Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Port Perry Waterfront
Park or garden
3.8 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
2.7 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Blackstock Fairground exhibition ground
Park or garden
3.7 ha
8.0 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Burketon Park
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
3.0 ha
12 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 13 named parks and green spaces
Uxbridge WoodlandsWood or forest · 4,290 ha · 153.8 km of path
DirectionsPort Perry Fair GroundPark or garden · 11 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsCartwright FieldsPark or garden · 9.8 ha
DirectionsPurple WoodsWood or forest · 21 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsPort Perry WaterfrontPark or garden · 3.8 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsBlackstock Fairground exhibition groundPark or garden · 3.7 ha
DirectionsBurketon ParkPark or garden · 3.0 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSunrise ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha
DirectionsIlinden Macedonian ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha
DirectionsSunrise BeachPark or garden · 1.2 ha
DirectionsPalmer ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsApple Vally ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsPalmer PlaygroundPark 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 Port Perry
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 (20%)Further (80%)
Port Perry20%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 19,000 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
2.9% of the country within 10 km of Port Perry is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Port Perry2%
Within 10 km2.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 32, 2 are public land; the others are privately held. Rouge National Urban Park covers 4,551 ha, the most of any named area. The figures include 30 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Uxbridge Urban Provincial ParkProvincial park · 532 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Rouge National Urban ParkNational urban park · 4,551 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
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
Parks around Port Perry
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
Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park
2.3 km south-west5.3 km²since 2024
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
9.0 km south-west46 km²since 2015
Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 2.3 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
80 km of paths in and around Port Perry
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
80 km
in and around the town (657.5 km²)
Woodland
26%
about 169.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Port PerryTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Port PerryTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland26%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 71% of Canadian towns. For path density, 83% 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
Port Perry has 1 named walking route
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Regional
Oak Ridges Trail272.4 km
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 Port Perry: May and August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Oshawa (23 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 75 | 54 | 54 | 87 | 85 | 94 | 86 | 74 | 86 | 72 | 73 | 68 |
Highs peak near 26 °C in July and fall to -1 °C in January. The wettest month, June, brings 94 mm, against 54 mm in February. Snow totals about 102 cm a year. The climate in Port Perry →
Beaches
Sand Bar Beach, 0.4 km away, is the beach near Port Perry
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Sand Bar Beachgrass · 0.4 km from town
DirectionsBeach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Outdoors around Port Perry: 52 places to go
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, 27 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Blue Mountainin town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Durham Regional Forest1.3 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 27
Plus 27 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 15
Plus 15 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Port Perry
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. Port Perry has few close neighbours with figures, so the list reaches 18–29 km out.
UxbridgeOshawaWhitbyBowmanvillePort Perry
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Perry | 2.9% | 32 | 1 | 1 |
| Uxbridge 18 km | 4.8% | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| Oshawa 24 km | 2.4% | 30 | 1 | 4 |
| Whitby 24 km | 3.9% | 37 | 1 | 3 |
| Bowmanville 29 km | 1.6% | 25 | 2 | 9 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Port Perry.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Port Perry
How far is the nearest provincial park from Port Perry?
It is Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, 2.3 km away.
Where can you swim near Port Perry?
The nearest is Sand Bar Beach, 0.4 km from town.
Where can you walk near Port Perry?
OpenStreetMap maps the Oak Ridges Trail close by.
How much land around Port Perry is protected?
Within 10 km, 2.9% of the land lies in protected areas.
When should you visit Port Perry for the outdoors?
May and August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is Port Perry from a national park?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 9.0 km off.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Port Perry?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, a national urban park covering 4,551 ha.
Sources
Where Port Perry’s outdoors figures come from
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).