First pick
Ma-Te-Way Recreational Park
Park or garden
62 ha2.7 km of path
35 minto walk all 2.7 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Renfrew Millennium Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: maar345 · CC BY 2.01.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Renfrew · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park, Alexander Stewart Provincial Park, is 12 km from Renfrew
Biggest among them: Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area, 443 ha, 9.6 km off. No national park lies within 100 km. The 10 km around town hold 10 protected areas.
Protected land
1.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 6 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
12 km
Alexander Stewart Provincial Park
Against other towns
Renfrew 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas6Areas 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
Renfrew sits 18th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,523 to 8,907 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
Renfrew1.9%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Renfrew6
Towns its size6
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Renfrew0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Renfrew lags towns its size: 22 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 14 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 16 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 22 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 23 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Lac-Beauport QC | 0.4% | 0.1% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Renfrew
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
10 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Renfrew
Ma-Te-Way Recreational Park is the largest, at 62 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
10 named parks and woods, 72 ha in all
Parks & gardens 72 ha
Ma-Te-Way Recreational Park and McConnell Park together hold 91% of it.
McConnell Park
Park or garden
2.7 ha0.3 km of path
0.7 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Fortington Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Knights of Columbus Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha
1.2 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Ma-Te-Way Recreational ParkPark or garden · 62 ha · 2.7 km of path
DirectionsMcConnell ParkPark or garden · 2.7 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsFortington ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsRCAF Memorial ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsHaramis ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsO'Brien ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsHorton Heights ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsKnights of Columbus ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsKiwanis ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsLegion 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
About 5 in 10 of Renfrew’s residents are a short walk from 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 (54%)Further (47%)
Renfrew54%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 4,100 residents live further than 400 m from one. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
1.9% of the land around Renfrew 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 Renfrew0%
Within 10 km1.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 10, 6 are public and the remainder private. Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area is the biggest, 443 ha. The figures include 4 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Baie Féline Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 225 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Sand Bay (est) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 402 ha · 7.7 km from the edge of town
Baie Féline Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 15 ha · 8.5 km from the edge of town
Baie Armstrong Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 12 ha · 9.4 km from the edge of town
Sand-Bay (2,0 km S.-E. de) Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.1 ha · 9.4 km from the edge of town
Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 443 ha · 9.6 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
The nearest big park: Alexander Stewart Provincial Park, 12 km away
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
Alexander Stewart Provincial Park
12 km east0.3 km²since 2003
For a national park, people in Renfrew 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
33 km of paths in and around Renfrew
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
33 km
in and around the town (33.8 km²)
Woodland
21%
about 7.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
RenfrewTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RenfrewTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland21%
0%50%100%
For path density, 59% of Canadian towns do better. For woods, it beats 68% 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
No named walking route passes Renfrew on the map
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.
When to get out
Get out in Renfrew in May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Luskville, 50 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) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 77 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 87 | 84 | 74 | 76 |
Daytime highs run from -6 °C in January up to 26 °C in July. Expect 99 mm in June, the wettest month, and 63 mm in February. Snowfall averages 193 cm a year. The climate in Renfrew →
Things to do
Outdoors around Renfrew: 9 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, 9 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 9
Plus 9 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Renfrew
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
HortonAdmaston/BromleyRenfrew
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renfrew | 1.9% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Horton 8.3 km | 2.1% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| Admaston/Bromley 12 km | 0.7% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Renfrew.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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.
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Renfrew
What is the best season to get outdoors in Renfrew?
May and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest national park to Renfrew?
No national park lies within 100 km of Renfrew.
How much land around Renfrew is protected?
Yes: 1.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Renfrew?
It is Île Kennedy Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 443 ha.
Is there a provincial park near Renfrew?
It is Alexander Stewart Provincial Park, 12 km away.
Sources
The sources behind Renfrew’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).