First pick
East Point Park
Park or garden
80 ha4.1 km of path
55 minto walk all 4.1 km of path
2.8 km eastfrom the centre
East Point Park Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: GTD Aquitaine · Public domain2.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Guildwood · parks, protected land & trails
Within 5.8 km of Guildwood: Rouge National Urban Park
For a swim, Bare Bluffs Nude Beach is the nearest of 6 beaches within 5 km. A provincial park, Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, lies 33 km away. CPCAD lists 17 protected areas within 10 km.
Protected land
2.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
17
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
5.8 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
33 km
Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park
Beaches
6
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Guildwood, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Out of doors, Guildwood leads with Rouge National Urban Park within easy reach, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
How Guildwood 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km2.2%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 areas5Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches6Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Guildwood has the 20th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,622 to 9,985 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
Guildwood2.2%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Guildwood5
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Guildwood0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley BC | 22% | 12% | 74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shawnigan BC | 22% | 6.4% | 66 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Shediac NB | 18% | 5.4% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Hatchet Lake NS | 14% | 36% | 53 | 4 | 23 |
| 5 | Lac-Deschênes QC | 14% | 49% | 32 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A NS | 11% | 9.3% | 128 | 1 | 17 |
| 7 | South Cambie BC | 8.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 49 |
| 8 | M-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Lakelands Village ON | 5.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Silverado AB | 4.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Argyle North SK | 4.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Qualicum Beach BC | 4.4% | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | Elizabethtown-Kitley ON | 4.2% | 1.7% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 14 | Glastonbury AB | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Charlesbourg QC | 3.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | The Valleys of Thornhill ON | 3.8% | 12% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Acadia AB | 3.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | Northeast SK | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Shawnessy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 20 | Laurentian Valley ON | 2.4% | 0.9% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Guildwood ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 22 | Rosenberg ON | 2.2% | 9.1% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Lorraine QC | 1.6% | 0.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Blind Bay BC | 1.6% | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills ON | 1.5% | 3.9% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier QC | 1.4% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| 27 | Wiarton ON | 1.4% | 2.4% | 64 | 3 | 55 |
| 28 | Ladysmith BC | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies QC | 1.2% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Lac-Saint-Charles QC | 1% | 1.6% | 21 | 1 | 4 |
| 31 | Willowgrove SK | 0.8% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 32 | Roberval QC | 0.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 33 | Thamesford ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Stanley MB | 0.5% | 0.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Springbank Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | River Valley Oleskiw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Devonshire ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Mineola ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 39 | Coaldale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Olds AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Guildwood
The neighbourhood’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
12 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Guildwood
The biggest is East Point Park, 80 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
12 named parks and woods, 200 ha in all
Parks & gardens 200 ha
Most of it sits in East Point Park and Guild Park and Gardens: 63% together.
Guild Park and Gardens
Park or garden
46 ha6.1 km of path
1 h 20 minto walk all 6.1 km of path
0.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
Doris McCarthy Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Highland Creek
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
33 ha3.2 km of path
40 minto walk all 3.2 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the centre
Highland Creek TrailCedar Ridge Switchbacks
Directionsto a point inside
South Marine Park
Park or garden
26 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
1.9 km southfrom the centre
Doris McCarthy Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Guild Park
Park or garden
4.3 ha0.5 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Scarborough Village Park
Park or garden · 120 m outside town
4.4 ha
1.3 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Guildwood Village Park
Park or garden
2.2 ha0.9 km of path
15 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Guildwood
Directionsto a point inside
Grey Abbey Park
Park or garden
2.2 ha0.4 km of path
1.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
East Point ParkPark or garden · 80 ha · 4.1 km of path
DirectionsGuild Park and GardensPark or garden · 46 ha · 6.1 km of path
DirectionsHighland CreekPark or garden · 33 ha · 3.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSouth Marine ParkPark or garden · 26 ha · 2.4 km of path
DirectionsGuild ParkPark or garden · 4.3 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsScarborough Village ParkPark or garden · 4.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsGuildwood Village ParkPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsGrey Abbey ParkPark or garden · 2.2 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsBethune ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsRowatson ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsRosa And Spencer Clark ParkettePark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsPoplar ParkPark or garden · 0.5 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
In Guildwood, a park is close to every home
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 (100%)Further (0%)
Guildwood100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Around Guildwood, protected areas make up 2.2%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Guildwood0%
Within 10 km2.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 17, 5 are public land; the others are privately held. Rouge National Urban Park covers 4,551 ha, the most of any named area. The count includes 12 areas that are private or not recorded as public; they aren’t named.
Lower Highland Creek-Lower Highland Creek RavineNature reserve · 60 ha · 1.9 km from the edge of town
Bob Hunter ParkNature reserve · 18 ha · 4.7 km from the edge of town
Rouge National Urban ParkNational urban park · 4,551 ha · 5.8 km from the edge of town
Warden Woods ParkNature reserve · 38 ha · 6.7 km from the edge of town
E.T. Seton ParkNature reserve · 130 ha · 9.7 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
Big parks near Guildwood
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
5.8 km north46 km²since 2015
Provincial park
Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park
33 km north5.3 km²since 2024
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 35 km in and around Guildwood
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
35 km
in and around the town (16.5 km²)
Woodland
5.6%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
GuildwoodTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.1
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
GuildwoodTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland5.6%
0%50%100%
Paths are denser here than in 58% of Canadian towns. 59% of Canadian towns are more wooded.
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 Guildwood 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.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the neighbourhood. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
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 Guildwood: May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Toronto Buttonville (Airport) (18 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 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 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 |
Expect around 146 cm of snow over a winter. The wettest month, June, brings 87 mm, against 51 mm in February. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -2 °C. The climate in Guildwood →
Beaches
Beaches near Guildwood: 6 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Bare Bluffs Nude Beachsand · 0.8 km from town
DirectionsBluffer's Beachsand · 2.7 km from town
DirectionsSandy ones: 2. The map adds 4 unnamed stretches of beach. No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
A waterfall near Guildwood
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 67 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 67
Children's Playgroundin town
DirectionsToddlers Play areain town
DirectionsPlus 65 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Guildwood
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Scarborough VillageGolfdale-Cedarbrae-WoburnWest HillMorningsideWoburn NorthEglinton EastGuildwood
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guildwood | 2.2% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| Scarborough Village 1.7 km | 2.2% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn 2.1 km | 2.7% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| West Hill 2.2 km | 2.4% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| Morningside 3.6 km | 3% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| Woburn North 4.0 km | 3.2% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| Eglinton East 4.1 km | 2.6% | 17 | 0 | 5 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Guildwood.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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 Guildwood
Is there a beach near Guildwood?
The nearest is Bare Bluffs Nude Beach, 0.8 km from town.
Are there protected areas near Guildwood?
Protected areas cover 2.2% of the land within 10 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Guildwood?
Uxbridge Urban Provincial Park, 33 km away.
When should you visit Guildwood for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the largest protected area near Guildwood?
It is Rouge National Urban Park, a national urban park covering 4,551 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Guildwood?
Rouge National Urban Park, 5.8 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Guildwood’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).