First pick
West Humber Parkland
Park or garden
273 ha18.2 km of path
4 h 5 minto walk all 18.2 km of path
3.7 km south-westfrom the centre
Humber River Recreational TrailWest Humber Recreational TrailHospital Hook
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: SimonP · CC BY-SA 3.03.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Humber Summit · parks, protected land & trails
Rouge National Urban Park is 29 km from Humber Summit
The largest is Brampton Natural Heritage System: 1,126 ha, 5.6 km from the edge of town. 9 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. For a provincial park, Forks of the Credit Provincial Park lies 34 km off.
Protected land
3.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
29 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
34 km
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
Against other towns
Humber Summit 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.
Protected within 10 km3.6%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 areas2Areas 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
Among 40 towns its size, Humber Summit ranks 12th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (11,951 to 12,432 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
Humber Summit3.6%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Humber Summit2
Towns its size5
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Humber Summit0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Humber Summit beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 11 of 39 do better. For public protected areas, though, 27 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cantley QC | 21% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | Elliot Lake ON | 18% | 7.2% | 10 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Orleans Village - Chateauneuf ON | 14% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Nelson BC | 14% | 0.1% | 10 | 2 | 8 |
| 5 | Summerland BC | 11% | 7.5% | 25 | 0 | 45 |
| 6 | Rideau Lakes ON | 10% | 14% | 77 | 6 | 12 |
| 7 | Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine QC | 7.3% | 6.1% | 46 | 0 | 94 |
| 8 | Saltspring Island BC | 6.7% | 17% | 109 | 3 | 44 |
| 9 | Valley Creek ON | 6.3% | 29% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Chapman Mills ON | 6% | 1.9% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Saint-Rodrigue QC | 4.8% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 4 |
| 12 | Humber Summit ON | 3.6% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Moncton NB | 3.4% | 1.4% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Milliken ON | 3.4% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | McKenzie Lake AB | 3.3% | 1.1% | 2 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Yonge-Eglinton ON | 2.6% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Saint-Sauveur QC | 2.3% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| 18 | St. Andrews MB | 2.3% | 1.1% | 9 | 2 | 2 |
| 19 | Woodbine Corridor ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 3 | 34 |
| 20 | Bromont QC | 2.2% | 2% | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | St. Clements MB | 2.2% | 3% | 9 | 8 | 10 |
| 22 | Dovercourt Village ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| 23 | Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts QC | 1.8% | 1.6% | 15 | 1 | 8 |
| 24 | Forest Hill North ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Royal Oak AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 26 | Grey Highlands ON | 1.3% | 0.7% | 77 | 4 | 0 |
| 27 | Saint-Raymond QC | 1.2% | 1.2% | 27 | 8 | 5 |
| 28 | The Hamptons AB | 1.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Georgian Bluffs ON | 1.1% | 1.9% | 67 | 4 | 17 |
| 30 | River Park South MB | 1.1% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Tyndall Park MB | 1.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Wellesley ON | 1% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | Wetaskiwin County No. 10 AB | 0.7% | 1% | 52 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Blackfalds AB | 0.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Chalmers MB | 0.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Tay ON | 0.5% | 0.6% | 17 | 3 | 5 |
| 37 | Uptown ON | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Norwich ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| 39 | Etobicoke West Mall ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | DT Hospital ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Humber Summit
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; 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 Humber Summit: 19 named parks and woods
West Humber Parkland is the largest, at 273 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
19 named parks and woods, 462 ha in all
Parks & gardens 462 ha
West Humber Parkland and Rowntree Mills Park together hold 82% of it.
Rowntree Mills Park
Park or garden
104 ha5 km of path
1 h 5 minto walk all 5 km of path
1.5 km westfrom the centre
Humber River Recreational Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Thackeray Park
Park or garden
44 ha2.2 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.2 km of path
1.8 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Remberto Navia Sports Field
Park or garden · 230 m outside town
8.1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
3.4 km eastfrom the centre
Finch Corridor Recreation Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Lindy Lou Park
Park or garden
6.1 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Finch-Islington Park
Park or garden · 50 m outside town
4.8 ha
1.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Bluehaven Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
4.1 ha0.2 km of path
1.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Gracedale Park
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Humber Summit
Directionsto a point inside
All 19 named parks and green spaces
West Humber ParklandPark or garden · 273 ha · 18.2 km of path
DirectionsRowntree Mills ParkPark or garden · 104 ha · 5 km of path
DirectionsThackeray ParkPark or garden · 44 ha · 2.2 km of path
DirectionsRemberto Navia Sports FieldPark or garden · 8.1 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsLindy Lou ParkPark or garden · 6.1 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsFinch-Islington ParkPark or garden · 4.8 ha · just outside town
DirectionsBluehaven ParkPark or garden · 4.1 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGracedale ParkPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsLanyard ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsNorth Humber ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsApted ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsDuncanwoods GreenbeltPark or garden · 1.9 ha
DirectionsNorth Kipling ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsHumberview ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsIslington ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsHaimer ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsPlunkett parkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsGord and Irene Risk ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsKnights of Columbus ParkPark or garden · 0.2 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
8 in 10 people in Humber Summit 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 (78%)Further (22%)
Humber Summit78%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. Around 2,700 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
3.6% of the country within 10 km of Humber Summit 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 Humber Summit0%
Within 10 km3.6%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 2 of the 9. The others are private conservation land. The largest named one is Brampton Natural Heritage System, at 1,126 ha. 7 areas, privately held or of unrecorded ownership, are left unnamed.
Brampton Natural Heritage SystemNature reserve · 1,126 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
Webster ParkNature reserve · 18 ha · 10.0 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
The parks within reach of Humber Summit
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
29 km east46 km²since 2015
Provincial park
Forks of the Credit Provincial Park
34 km west2.9 km²since 1985
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
42 km of paths in and around Humber Summit
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
42 km
in and around the town (23.7 km²)
Woodland
3.9%
about 0.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Humber SummitTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.8
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Humber SummitTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland3.9%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 65% of Canadian towns. Few places match it for paths: more than 52% of Canadian towns have fewer.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Humber Summit
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the neighbourhood; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap 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
The best months for walking in Humber Summit: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Toronto Pearson (Airport), 9.6 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) | 9.3 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.4 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.6 | 8.9 |
| High (°C) | -1 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 62 | 50 | 51 | 77 | 78 | 81 | 74 | 69 | 69 | 67 | 72 | 59 |
About 115 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -1 °C, July highs of 27 °C. February is the driest month at 50 mm; June the wettest at 81 mm. The climate in Humber Summit →
Things to do
Humber Summit has a viewpoint within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 139.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 7
Plus 7 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 139
Plus 139 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
2 gardens within reach of Humber Summit
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Downsview ParkGarden or park · 4.3 km from town
DirectionsHigh ParkGarden or park · 13 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Humber Summit
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Thistletown-Beaumond HeightsMount Olive-Silverstone-JamestownHumbermedeRexdale-KiplingWoodbridgeWest Humber-ClairvilleHumber Summit
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humber Summit | 3.6% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Thistletown-Beaumond Heights 1.5 km | 3.2% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Mount Olive-Silverstone-Jamestown 1.8 km | 4.1% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Humbermede 1.9 km | 3% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Rexdale-Kipling 3.4 km | 2.6% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Woodbridge 3.5 km | 5.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| West Humber-Clairville 3.6 km | 3.4% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Humber Summit doubles its share.
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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Questions about the outdoors in Humber Summit
What is the largest protected area near Humber Summit?
It is Brampton Natural Heritage System, a nature reserve covering 1,126 ha.
How much land around Humber Summit is protected?
Protected areas cover 3.6% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Humber Summit from a national park?
The nearest is Rouge National Urban Park, 29 km away.
Is there a provincial park near Humber Summit?
The closest is Forks of the Credit Provincial Park, at 34 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Humber Summit?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Humber Summit’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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).