First pick
Bruce's Mill Conservation Area
Park or garden
115 ha5.7 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.7 km of path
7.5 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Silver Dovelet · CC BY-SA 3.05.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Stouffville · parks, protected land & trails
The boundary of Rouge National Urban Park runs along Stouffville
Within 10 km are 51 protected areas. The nearest provincial park, Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park, is 7.9 km away. Within 10 km of the town, 5.9% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
5.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
51
within 10 km, 33 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
At the edge
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
7.9 km
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Stouffville stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Next to a national parkRouge National Urban Park starts at the edge of townMany protected areas33 public areas within 10 km
For someone who likes to get outside, Stouffville’s draw is Rouge National Urban Park on its doorstep, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
How Stouffville compares with 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km5.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas33Areas 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
Among 40 towns its size, Stouffville ranks 16th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (47,929 to 68,714 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
Stouffville5.9%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Stouffville33
Towns its size7
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Stouffville1
Towns its size2
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Stouffville does best for public protected areas: 7 of the other 39 have more. For walking routes, though, 20 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dollard-Des Ormeaux QC | 27% | 3.7% | 40 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Langford BC | 27% | 18% | 41 | 7 | 19 |
| 3 | Shawinigan QC | 24% | 61% | 40 | 16 | 10 |
| 4 | Châteauguay QC | 19% | 0.8% | 34 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Newton BC | 15% | 7.3% | 174 | 6 | 1 |
| 6 | Port Coquitlam BC | 15% | 5.6% | 125 | 3 | 30 |
| 7 | Pointe-aux-Trembles QC | 9.5% | 7.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Rimouski QC | 8.8% | 3.6% | 43 | 10 | 48 |
| 9 | West Vancouver BC | 8.6% | 21% | 56 | 10 | 132 |
| 10 | Vernon BC | 8.4% | 1.9% | 17 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Whalley BC | 8.2% | 1% | 125 | 5 | 7 |
| 12 | Fleetwood BC | 7.8% | 7.9% | 162 | 10 | 0 |
| 13 | North Vancouver BC | 7.5% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 66 |
| 14 | North Bay ON | 7.4% | 5.6% | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 15 | Mirabel QC | 5.9% | 0.3% | 76 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Stouffville ON | 5.9% | 0.5% | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Fabreville QC | 5.8% | 3% | 39 | 0 | 4 |
| 18 | Mascouche QC | 4% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Welland ON | 3.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Aurora ON | 2.2% | 0.6% | 42 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Alliston ON | 2.1% | 0.4% | 36 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Charlottetown PE | 2% | 2% | 15 | 25 | 13 |
| 23 | Georgetown ON | 1.8% | 3.5% | 38 | 6 | 2 |
| 24 | Quinte West ON | 1.4% | 0.6% | 22 | 3 | 1 |
| 25 | Belleville ON | 1.2% | 1.8% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Blainville QC | 1.1% | 0% | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Bradford ON | 1.1% | 1.3% | 28 | 5 | 1 |
| 28 | Brandon MB | 1.1% | 0.9% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Saint-Hyacinthe QC | 0.7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Keswick ON | 0.7% | 0.9% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 31 | Roseborough ON | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Rocky View County AB | 0.5% | 0.6% | 20 | 9 | 19 |
| 33 | Woodstock ON | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| 34 | Churchill Meadows ON | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfil ON | 0.3% | 0.1% | 6 | 1 | 17 |
| 36 | Victoriaville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Caledonia ON | 0.2% | 0.4% | 17 | 4 | 7 |
| 38 | St. Thomas ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 39 | Cornwall ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Medicine Hat AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Stouffville
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
15 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Stouffville
Largest first: Bruce's Mill Conservation Area leads with 115 ha. Numbers match the map.
15 named parks and woods, 227 ha in all
Parks & gardens 185 haWoods 42 ha
Between them, Bruce's Mill Conservation Area and Stouffville Conservation Area cover 69%.
Phyllis Rawlinson Park
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
39 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
12 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Stouffville Conservation Area
Wood or forest
42 ha
1.9 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Stouffville Arena Park
Park or garden
6.8 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Whitchurch-Stouffville Community Park, Vandorf
Park or garden
4.9 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
11 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Stouffville Leisure Centre Memorial Park
Park or garden
6.2 ha0.3 km of path
2.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Sunnyridge Park
Park or garden
2.8 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
3.4 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ballantrae Community Centre and Sports Fields
Park or garden
4.0 ha
7.6 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 15 named parks and green spaces
Bruce's Mill Conservation AreaPark or garden · 115 ha · 5.7 km of path
DirectionsPhyllis Rawlinson ParkPark or garden · 39 ha · 2.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsStouffville Conservation AreaWood or forest · 42 ha
DirectionsStouffville Arena ParkPark or garden · 6.8 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsWhitchurch-Stouffville Community Park, VandorfPark or garden · 4.9 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsStouffville Leisure Centre Memorial ParkPark or garden · 6.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSunnyridge ParkPark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsBallantrae Community Centre and Sports FieldsPark or garden · 4.0 ha
DirectionsCoultice ParkPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsWhelers Mill ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsLatcham Gallery ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsStouffer Street ParkettePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsDannor Ave. ParkettePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsLoretta Crescent ParkettePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsDoughrty Crescent ParkPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path
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
6 in 10 people in Stouffville 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 (38%)
Stouffville62%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 22,000 people more than a short walk away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
Around Stouffville, protected areas make up 5.9%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Stouffville0.5%
Within 10 km5.9%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
33 of the 51 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. At 4,551 ha, Rouge National Urban Park is the largest. Another 15 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Rouge National Urban ParkNational urban park · 4,551 ha · reaches Stouffville
Haynes Lake Wetlands and UplandsNature reserve · 14 ha · 1.2 km from the edge of town
Riotrin ValleylandsNature reserve · 20 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
Trailwood ReserveNature reserve · 13 ha · 2.0 km from the edge of town
Jefferson ForestNature reserve · 37 ha · 3.1 km from the edge of town
Rouge River Headwaters Valley & TrailsNature reserve · 37 ha · 3.6 km from the edge of town
Oak Ridges EastNature reserve · 27 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
Thomas Broadhurst TrailNature reserve · 18 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
Elgin West Channel LandsNature reserve · 89 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Saigeon TrailNature reserve · 20 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
15 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
The parks within reach of Stouffville
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
National urban park
Rouge National Urban Park
At the edge46 km²since 2015
Provincial park
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park
7.9 km north-west0.3 km²since 1994
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
214 km of paths in and around Stouffville
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
214 km
in and around the town (282.3 km²)
Woodland
25%
about 70.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
StouffvilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
StouffvilleTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland25%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 61% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 71% 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
1 walking route near Stouffville
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 Stouffville: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Toronto Buttonville (Airport) (15 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) | -2 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 64 | 51 | 52 | 79 | 80 | 87 | 85 | 72 | 83 | 71 | 77 | 63 |
The yearly snowfall is near 146 cm. Most rain and snow falls in June, 87 mm; February sees 51 mm. From -2 °C in January to 27 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Stouffville →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Stouffville
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
2 viewpoints near Stouffville
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 76 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Nature reserves 16
Clarke Tractin town
DirectionsDainty Tractin town
DirectionsEldred King Tractin town
DirectionsHall Tractin town
DirectionsHollidge Tractin town
DirectionsMitchell Tractin town
DirectionsNorth Tractin town
DirectionsPangman Springs Conservation Areain town
DirectionsPlus 8 nature reserves without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 76
Plus 76 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Woodland Trails Scout Campin town
DirectionsCamp Green Acres1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Stouffville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
GreensboroughUpper CornellWismer CommonsMount JoyCornellBerczy VillageStouffville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stouffville | 5.9% | 51 | 1 | 1 |
| Greensborough 8.5 km | 8.5% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| Upper Cornell 8.6 km | 12% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Wismer Commons 8.7 km | 11% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Mount Joy 9.6 km | 10% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Cornell 9.7 km | 12% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| Berczy Village 9.9 km | 9.3% | 17 | 1 | 1 |
For protected land, Upper Cornell and Cornell have twice as much or more.
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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Stouffville
What is the biggest park or reserve near Stouffville?
Rouge National Urban Park: 4,551 ha, a national urban park.
When should you visit Stouffville for the outdoors?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Stouffville?
Yes: Rouge National Urban Park reaches the edge of Stouffville.
What is the nearest provincial park to Stouffville?
Holland Landing Prairie Provincial Park, 7.9 km away.
How much land around Stouffville is protected?
Within 10 km, 5.9% of the land lies in protected areas.
Where can you walk near Stouffville?
Try the Oak Ridges Trail.
Where can you swim near Stouffville?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
Sources
Where Stouffville’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).