Photo: Tyeman200 · CC BY-SA 3.0Tillsonburg has 0.2% protected land within 10 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 20 km. One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Tillsonburg. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Tillsonburg 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Tillsonburg has the 7th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (20,915 to 22,012 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Tillsonburg beats most towns its size for walking routes; 13 of 39 do better. It trails them for public protected areas, where 35 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dorval QC | 20% | 0.2% | 38 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac QC | 19% | 0.1% | 28 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Dunbar-Southlands BC | 17% | 0.9% | 12 | 1 | 62 |
| 4 | Mont-Bleu QC | 17% | 12% | 33 | 2 | 3 |
| 5 | Woodlawn NS | 15% | 3.3% | 27 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Upper Lachine QC | 12% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | South End NS | 11% | 4.5% | 19 | 6 | 22 |
| 8 | South Frontenac ON | 9.4% | 13% | 89 | 18 | 5 |
| 9 | Varennes QC | 9.3% | 6.2% | 56 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Colchester County, Subdivision B NS | 9% | 4.9% | 84 | 10 | 5 |
| 11 | Rivière-des-Prairies QC | 8.8% | 8.6% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Petite-Bourgogne QC | 8.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 13 | Ile-des-Soeurs QC | 7.8% | 8% | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Parcours-du-Cerf - Du Tremblay QC | 6.9% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Old Barrhaven West ON | 6% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | Cole Harbour NS | 4.4% | 6.9% | 22 | 2 | 17 |
| 17 | Sandalwood East (mountainash) ON | 4.3% | 11% | 12 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | West Rouge ON | 3.4% | 2.2% | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 19 | Black Creek ON | 2.7% | 1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | East L'Amoreaux ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | L'Amoreaux West ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Port Colborne ON | 2% | 2.1% | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | Chameran/Montpellier QC | 1.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | The Beaches ON | 1.9% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 44 |
| 25 | Carling ON | 1.7% | 3.5% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Englemount-Lawrence ON | 1.4% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Sunningdale ON | 1.4% | 1.6% | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | White Oaks ON | 1.4% | 0.1% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | South Parkdale ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 22 |
| 30 | Oakdale-Beverley Heights ON | 0.9% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Sturgeon County AB | 0.8% | 0.7% | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| 32 | Middlesex Centre ON | 0.5% | 0.5% | 22 | 5 | 0 |
| 33 | Lloydminster (Part) AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Tillsonburg ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Lakeview ON | 0.2% | 0.8% | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 36 | Forest Glade ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Steinbach MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Riverside ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Evanston AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Saddle Ridge AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The green map of Tillsonburg
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Walk in Tillsonburg: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is trails, 15 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
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.
A park is within a short walk for 6 in 10 in Tillsonburg
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.
Around 9,000 residents are further than 400 m from a park. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Tillsonburg
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
It belongs to a private owner or a land trust, so the page leaves its name out.
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.
Trillium Woods Provincial Park, 20 km off
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.
Trillium Woods Provincial Park
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Tillsonburg, so the parks here are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Tillsonburg has 37 km of footpaths in and around it
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
62% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is more wooded than 66% 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.
1 walking route near Tillsonburg
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Tillsonburg is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Delhi (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) | 9.3 | 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 | 13 | 20 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 81 | 58 | 71 | 87 | 88 | 82 | 89 | 80 | 86 | 86 | 83 | 76 |
In July the typical high is 28 °C; in January, -1 °C. July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (89 mm); February is driest (58 mm). The climate in Tillsonburg →
Near Tillsonburg: 16 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.
14 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Playgrounds 14
Plus 14 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Tillsonburg
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tillsonburg | 0.2% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| South-West Oxford 15 km | 0.5% | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Norwich 16 km | 0.2% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Bayham 17 km | 0.5% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
For walking routes, South-West Oxford leads the area with 6. For protected land, no neighbour of Tillsonburg doubles its share.
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.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Tillsonburg
What is the nearest provincial park to Tillsonburg?
The closest is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, at 20 km.
When is the best time for walking in Tillsonburg?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What walking routes are near Tillsonburg?
Try the Tillsonburg.
Is there protected land near Tillsonburg?
Yes: 0.2% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest national park to Tillsonburg?
None within 100 km of Tillsonburg.
The sources behind Tillsonburg’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).