First pick
Wasaga Sports Park
Park or garden
42 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
3.3 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.03%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Wasaga Beach · parks, protected land & trails
Wasaga Beach borders Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
13 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Beach Area 3. Georgian Bay Islands National Park is the closest national park, 31 km from town. 21% of the town lies within a protected area.
Protected land
3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
31 km
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
Beaches
13
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Wasaga Beach stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A provincial park at the edgeWasaga Beach Provincial Park reaches the townProtected land in town21% of Wasaga Beach itself lies in protected areasBeaches13 beaches within 5 km
What Wasaga Beach has most to offer outdoors is a provincial park at its edge, with protected land inside its own boundary close behind.
Against other towns
How Wasaga Beach 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town21%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
Beaches13Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Wasaga Beach ranks 19th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (27,388 to 30,171 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
Wasaga Beach3%
Towns its size2.7%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Wasaga Beach2
Towns its size7
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Wasaga Beach0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Wasaga Beach lags towns its size: 31 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squamish BC | 30% | 21% | 20 | 3 | 20 |
| 2 | Du Plateau QC | 22% | 25% | 48 | 4 | 9 |
| 3 | Marpole BC | 17% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Bedford NS | 15% | 2.3% | 29 | 11 | 5 |
| 5 | Portobello South ON | 12% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Austinville NS | 11% | 0% | 27 | 7 | 17 |
| 7 | René-Lévesque QC | 8.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 8 | Montagne QC | 7.7% | 42% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Stonebridge - Half Moon Bay ON | 5% | 0.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Marie-Victorin QC | 4.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Alloa ON | 4.2% | 8.7% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | King ON | 4.1% | 2.7% | 94 | 6 | 1 |
| 13 | Collingwood ON | 3.9% | 0.2% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Duberger—Les Saules QC | 3.7% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Vieux-Rosemont QC | 3.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Conception Bay South NL | 3.6% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 23 |
| 17 | Grandview-Woodland BC | 3.5% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 51 |
| 18 | Agincourt North ON | 3.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Wasaga Beach ON | 3% | 21% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| 20 | Clairlea-Birchmount ON | 2.7% | 2.4% | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 21 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn ON | 2.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 22 | York University Heights ON | 2.7% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | West Hill ON | 2.4% | 15% | 16 | 0 | 6 |
| 24 | Boisbriand QC | 2.3% | 0.2% | 35 | 2 | 1 |
| 25 | Harbourfront-CityPlace ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 7 | 42 |
| 26 | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Wexford/Maryvale ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 5 |
| 28 | Crémazie QC | 1.8% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Val-Bélair QC | 1.7% | 2.9% | 27 | 2 | 12 |
| 30 | Parc-Extension QC | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Banbury-Don Mills ON | 1.6% | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Picton ON | 1.5% | 3.6% | 31 | 1 | 13 |
| 33 | South Riverdale ON | 1.5% | 16% | 12 | 9 | 49 |
| 34 | Argyle ON | 1.5% | 0.3% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Auteuil QC | 1.4% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Nouveau-Bordeaux QC | 1.4% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Beamsville ON | 1.2% | 1.3% | 26 | 5 | 9 |
| 38 | Meadowvale Village ON | 0.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rathwood ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 40 | Amherstburg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
The map
The green map of Wasaga Beach
The town’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
3 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Wasaga Beach
Wasaga Sports Park is the largest, at 42 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Oakview Woods Community Park
Park or garden
10 ha0.4 km of path
2.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
William Arnill Memorial Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha
3.0 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
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.
Close to home
Most of Wasaga Beach is more than a short walk from 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 (2.8%)Further (97%)
Wasaga Beach2.8%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. That leaves about 28,000 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
3% of the land around Wasaga Beach 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 Wasaga Beach21%
Within 10 km3%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 3 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Wasaga Beach Provincial Park is the biggest, 1,844 ha. One further area is privately owned conservation land; it counts in the figures but isn’t named, as a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Wasaga Beach Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,844 ha · reaches Wasaga Beach
Collingwood HarbourProtected area · 235 ha · 6.4 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 nearest big park: Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 31 km away
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
Provincial park
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park
At the edge18 km²since 1959
National park
Georgian Bay Islands National Park
31 km north14 km²since 1930
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
71 km of paths in and around Wasaga Beach
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
71 km
in and around the town (114.6 km²)
Woodland
32%
about 36.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Wasaga BeachTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Wasaga BeachTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 75% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 64% 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
No mapped walking route near Wasaga Beach
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Get out in Wasaga Beach in May, July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Egbert (36 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) | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.0 | 12.4 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -1 | -1 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 8 | 2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 48 | 62 | 74 | 83 | 78 | 83 | 72 | 65 | 72 | 58 |
About 174 cm of snow falls in a year. Expect 83 mm in June, the wettest month, and 45 mm in February. January brings highs of -1 °C, July highs of 25 °C. The climate in Wasaga Beach →
Beaches
13 beaches within 5 km of Wasaga Beach
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach Area 3sand · in town
DirectionsNew Wasaga Beachsand · in town
DirectionsBeach Area 4sand · in town
DirectionsBeach Area 5sand · 0.1 km from town
DirectionsBeach Area 1 & 2sand · 0.1 km from town
DirectionsAllenwood Beachsand · 0.1 km from town
DirectionsBeach Area 6sand · 0.2 km from town
DirectionsWoodland Beachsand · 1.7 km from town
DirectionsAnother 5 have no name on the map. OpenStreetMap marks 8 as sandy. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
A viewpoint near Wasaga Beach
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 14 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 6
Beach Area 1 & 2in town
DirectionsBeach Area 3in town
DirectionsBeach Area 4in town
DirectionsBeach Area 5in town
DirectionsBeach Area 6in town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 5
Gatewayin town
DirectionsHoliday Parkin town
DirectionsJell-E-Bean Campgroundin town
DirectionsMaple Park Family Campgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Wasaga Beach
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
StaynerCollingwoodWasaga Beach
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wasaga Beach | 3% | 3 | 0 | 13 |
| Stayner 10 km | 5% | 46 | 3 | 6 |
| Collingwood 14 km | 3.9% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Wasaga Beach. More routes are mapped around Stayner (3).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
- 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 Wasaga Beach
Where can you swim near Wasaga Beach?
The nearest is Beach Area 3, in town.
What is the nearest provincial park to Wasaga Beach?
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park, which reaches the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Wasaga Beach?
Protected areas cover 3% of the land within 10 km.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Wasaga Beach?
Wasaga Beach Provincial Park: 1,844 ha, a provincial park.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Wasaga Beach?
On the normals, May, July and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Wasaga Beach near a national park?
Georgian Bay Islands National Park, 31 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Wasaga Beach
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).