Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Dillan Payne · CC BY-SA 4.0Named trails close by number 3, the Central Ravines, Belt Line & Gardens Discovery Walk and Uptown Toronto Discovery Walk among them. Swimmers have 4 beaches within 5 km, HTO Beach the nearest. The largest is E.T. Seton Park: 130 ha, 3.7 km from the edge of town.
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
What Yonge-St.Clair has most to offer outdoors is Rouge National Urban Park within easy reach, with its choice of walking routes close behind.
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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (12,962 to 13,423 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For public protected areas, Yonge-St.Clair sits near the top of its size group: 15 of 39 have more.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Semiahmoo Town Centre BC | 21% | 0.8% | 103 | 2 | 4 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 20% | 2.6% | 13 | 1 | 17 |
| 3 | Centre-Ville QC | 11% | 22% | 40 | 4 | 5 |
| 4 | North Saanich BC | 9.2% | 5.1% | 37 | 0 | 24 |
| 5 | Quantztown ON | 8.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Windsor Park NS | 7.6% | 0% | 18 | 4 | 17 |
| 7 | Saint-Jean-Vianney QC | 6.9% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 8 | Durand ON | 6.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Pine Grove ON | 6.2% | 37% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Bonnyville No. 87 AB | 5.5% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 20 |
| 11 | Deerfield ON | 5.2% | 6.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Madoc ON | 5.1% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Springdale ON | 4.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Aloha Estates BC | 4.3% | 2% | 111 | 2 | 0 |
| 15 | Carrville Corners ON | 4.1% | 0.5% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Peel Village ON | 3.8% | 0.9% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Stittsville North ON | 3.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Thornhill Woods ON | 3.5% | 2% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | New Brighton AB | 2.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 11 |
| 20 | Stratford PE | 2.7% | 0.9% | 19 | 12 | 13 |
| 21 | Albert Park SK | 2.7% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Ionview ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 5 |
| 23 | Yonge-St.Clair ON | 2.5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| 24 | Ayr ON | 2.4% | 1.8% | 36 | 8 | 4 |
| 25 | Douglasdale/Glen AB | 2.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 19 |
| 26 | Palmerston-Little Italy ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 17 |
| 27 | Rawdon QC | 1.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Forest ON | 1.7% | 6.7% | 9 | 2 | 18 |
| 29 | Corso Italia-Davenport ON | 1.4% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 8 |
| 30 | Kincardine ON | 1% | 0.9% | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 31 | Signal Hill AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Dakota Crossing MB | 0.8% | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Perth East ON | 0.5% | 1.7% | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Lloydminster (Part) SK | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Centre-Nord (Montréal-Nord) QC | 0.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Sainte-Julienne QC | 0.2% | 1.7% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Mount Dennis ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Huntington Hills AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Walker AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 40 | Redstone AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; tap a number for its park or wood.
The biggest is David A. Balfour Park, 28 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Two places, David A. Balfour Park and Kay Gardner Beltline Park, make up 69% of the total.
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.
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.
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
5 of the 14 are on public land. Biggest of the named areas: E.T. Seton Park, 130 ha. Not named: 9 areas held privately or with no public owner on record.
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 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.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
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).
It is less wooded than 63% of Canadian towns. For path density, it beats 85% 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.
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The Central Ravines, Belt Line & Gardens Discovery Walk is the big one locally: 11.2 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Toronto (City) (2.2 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) | 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 |
Snowfall averages 115 cm a year. June is the wettest month (82 mm) and March the driest (53 mm). Daytime highs run from 0 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. The climate in Yonge-St.Clair →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
There are also 3 beaches without a name. This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (108).
Plus 9 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 104 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Sources: 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Yonge-St.Clair | 2.5% | 14 | 3 | 4 |
| Casa Loma 0.9 km | 2.3% | 14 | 4 | 3 |
| Forest Hill South 1.4 km | 2.4% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| South Eglinton-Davisville 1.5 km | 2.7% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Yonge-Eglinton 1.7 km | 2.6% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| Rosedale-Moore Park 1.7 km | 2.3% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| Annex 2.1 km | 2.1% | 13 | 9 | 13 |
Around Yonge-St.Clair, nobody nearby has double its protected land. Annex has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 9.
HTO Beach, 4.7 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
The Central Ravines, Belt Line & Gardens Discovery Walk, Uptown Toronto Discovery Walk and Yonge-Bloor underground path system, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Within 10 km, 2.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
E.T. Seton Park, a nature reserve of 130 ha.
It is Bronte Creek Provincial Park, 42 km away.
It is Rouge National Urban Park, 21 km off.
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
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).