First pick
Westview Greenbelt
Park or garden · 280 m outside town
15 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
2.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Dinosaur Trail
Directionsto a point inside
0.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Rustic · parks, protected land & trails
Within 27 km of Rustic: Rouge National Urban Park
The North Park Trail is the one mapped walking route close by. Within 10 km of the town, 0.3% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. 6 protected areas lie within 10 km.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
27 km
Rouge National Urban Park
Nearest provincial park
38 km
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Rustic 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0.3%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 areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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, Rustic is 7th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,322 to 9,755 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
Rustic0.3%
Towns its size3.2%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Rustic1
Towns its size4
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Rustic1
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Where Rustic trails its peers is protected land nearby; 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Rivers PE | 31% | 4.4% | 64 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | La Pêche QC | 19% | 8.3% | 33 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Revelstoke BC | 16% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mount Royale NS | 15% | 24% | 18 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Lac-Deschênes QC | 14% | 49% | 32 | 3 | 10 |
| 6 | Manor Park ON | 11% | 4.1% | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A NS | 11% | 9.3% | 128 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Oromocto NB | 6.6% | 3.8% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Castlegar BC | 6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Strathcona ON | 6% | 13% | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Lakelands Village ON | 5.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Sulphur Springs ON | 5.1% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 13 | Otterburn Park QC | 5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Silverado AB | 4.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 15 | Qualicum Beach BC | 4.4% | 1.2% | 24 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Glastonbury AB | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Charlesbourg QC | 3.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 18 | Northeast SK | 3.7% | 0% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge SK | 3.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Thistletown-Beaumond Heights ON | 3.2% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Shawnessy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 22 | Richmond ON | 2.5% | 0.2% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Laurentian Valley ON | 2.4% | 0.9% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Danforth ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 24 |
| 25 | Elms-Old Rexdale ON | 1.9% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | North London ON | 1.9% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 27 | Steeles Corners ON | 1.8% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Lorraine QC | 1.6% | 0.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Avalon SK | 1.6% | 0.7% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Daniel McIntyre MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 31 | Stoney Creek ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Notre-Dame-des-Prairies QC | 1.2% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Thamesford ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 34 | Rustic ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Aspen Woods AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Plympton-Wyoming ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Silver Berry AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Saint-Rémi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Coaldale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Olds AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Rustic
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
11 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Rustic
The biggest is Westview Greenbelt, 15 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
11 named parks and woods, 48 ha in all
Parks & gardens 48 ha
The bulk, 57%, is Westview Greenbelt and Amesbury Park.
Amesbury Park
Park or garden
13 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
1.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Maple Leaf Park
Park or garden
5.1 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Queens GreenBelt Park
Park or garden
5.5 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
1.2 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Olympia Park
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
3.5 ha
1.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Harding Park
Park or garden · 390 m outside town
2.4 ha0.2 km of path
1.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Gracefield Park
Park or garden
1.4 ha0.2 km of path
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Rustic Park
Park or garden
1.1 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Rustic
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Westview GreenbeltPark or garden · 15 ha · 1.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsAmesbury ParkPark or garden · 13 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsMaple Leaf ParkPark or garden · 5.1 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsQueens GreenBelt ParkPark or garden · 5.5 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsOlympia ParkPark or garden · 3.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsHarding ParkPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGracefield ParkPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsRustic ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsJames Trimbee ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMerrill ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsRIcardo ParkettePark 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
In Rustic, 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%)
Rustic100%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town manages 83%, so this is better.
Protected areas
Rustic has 6 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Rustic0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
1 of the 6 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. 5 areas, privately held or of unrecorded ownership, are left unnamed.
Humber MarshesNature reserve · 31 ha · 6.3 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
Parks around Rustic
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
27 km north-east46 km²since 2015
Provincial park
Bronte Creek Provincial Park
38 km south-west6.8 km²since 1975
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: 22 km in and around Rustic
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
22 km
in and around the town (11.3 km²)
Woodland
1.8%
about 0.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
RusticTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.9
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RusticTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland1.8%
0%50%100%
Woods cover less of it than in 76% of Canadian towns. Paths are denser here than in 55% 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 Rustic
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
North Park Trail1.2 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Rustic is best on foot in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Toronto (City), 9.4 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) | 0 | 1 | 5 | 12 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 65 | 54 | 53 | 78 | 76 | 82 | 77 | 72 | 69 | 69 | 71 | 58 |
Precipitation runs from 53 mm in March to 82 mm in June. From 0 °C in January to 27 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The yearly snowfall is near 115 cm. The climate in Rustic →
Things to do
95 things to do outdoors near Rustic
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 90 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 90
Giovanni Caboto Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 89 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
3 gardens and historic parks to visit near Rustic
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 · 2.6 km from town
DirectionsHigh ParkGarden or park · 7.1 km from town
DirectionsQueen's ParkGarden or park · 9.2 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 Rustic
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Brookhaven-AmesburyOakdale-Beverley HeightsMaple LeafWestonPelmo Park-HumberleaDownsviewRustic
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rustic | 0.3% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| Brookhaven-Amesbury 1.4 km | 0.5% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| Oakdale-Beverley Heights 1.5 km | 0.9% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Maple Leaf 1.8 km | 0.5% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| Weston 1.9 km | 0.4% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Pelmo Park-Humberlea 2.7 km | 1.3% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| Downsview 2.7 km | 1.1% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
For protected land, Pelmo Park-Humberlea and Downsview have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Rustic
How far is Rustic from a national park?
Rouge National Urban Park, 27 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Rustic?
Within 10 km, 0.3% of the land lies in protected areas.
Are there hiking trails near Rustic?
The North Park Trail, mapped within 2 km.
What is the largest protected area near Rustic?
It is Humber Marshes, a nature reserve covering 31 ha.
When should you visit Rustic 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.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Rustic?
Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 38 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Rustic
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).