First pick
Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway Trail
Park or garden
77 ha14 km of path
3 h 5 minto walk all 14 km of path
3.6 km westfrom the centre
Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway TrailHerb Grey Parkway Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Chris Woodrich · CC BY-SA 4.00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Roseland · parks, protected land & trails
Within 46 km of Roseland: Point Pelee National Park
Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 2.4 km. The protected share within 10 km is 0.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. There is one protected area within 10 km.
Protected land
0.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
46 km
Point Pelee National Park
Nearest provincial park
2.4 km
Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park
Against other towns
Roseland 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km0.1%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 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
Roseland has the least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (20,055 to 21,144 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
Roseland0.1%
Towns its size4.5%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Roseland1
Towns its size8
Towns in Ontario4
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Roseland0
Towns its size0
Towns in Ontario1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Roseland is weakest for protected land nearby: 38 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-du-Loup QC | 36% | 0.6% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Pitt Meadows BC | 28% | 18% | 127 | 2 | 11 |
| 3 | Dorval QC | 20% | 0.2% | 38 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | Dunbar-Southlands BC | 17% | 0.9% | 12 | 1 | 62 |
| 5 | Woodlawn NS | 15% | 3.3% | 27 | 5 | 11 |
| 6 | Upper Lachine QC | 12% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Côte-Saint-Antoine QC | 11% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Wismer Commons ON | 11% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Westmount QC | 8.5% | 0.3% | 23 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Lower Sackville NS | 8.5% | 14% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Édouard-Montpetit QC | 8.3% | 0.7% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Baie-Comeau QC | 7.4% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Corner Brook NL | 6.3% | 3.8% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Sacré-Coeur QC | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Longue-Pointe QC | 6.3% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Windsor NS | 5.7% | 2.2% | 153 | 1 | 14 |
| 17 | Maisonneuve QC | 5.2% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Quispamsis NB | 5% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 14 |
| 19 | Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures QC | 5% | 0.5% | 37 | 1 | 2 |
| 20 | Bridgenorth ON | 4.7% | 0.3% | 21 | 0 | 6 |
| 21 | Maple ON | 4.3% | 1.2% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | West Rouge ON | 3.4% | 2.2% | 14 | 0 | 10 |
| 23 | Cranston AB | 2.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 14 |
| 24 | Thorncliffe Park ON | 2.5% | 16% | 12 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Rosedale-Moore Park ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 8 | 14 |
| 26 | Gabriel-Sagard QC | 2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Thornlea ON | 1.9% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Fenside-Parkwoods ON | 1.9% | 5.5% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Yonge-Doris ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Fort York-Liberty Village ON | 1.7% | 0% | 11 | 6 | 34 |
| 31 | Huron Heights ON | 1.6% | 1.8% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | White Oaks ON | 1.4% | 0.1% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Salmon Arm BC | 1.3% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Oakwood Village ON | 1.3% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 3 |
| 35 | Centre (Montréal-Nord) QC | 1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Camrose AB | 0.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Sturgeon County AB | 0.8% | 0.7% | 25 | 8 | 1 |
| 38 | Niagara-on-the-Lake ON | 0.6% | 0.4% | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| 39 | East Windsor ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Roseland ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Roseland on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
23 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Roseland
Largest first: Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway Trail leads with 77 ha. Numbers match the map.
23 named parks and woods, 206 ha in all
Parks & gardens 129 haWoods 77 ha
Most of it sits in Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway Trail and Devonwood Conservation Area: 59% together.
Oakwood
Park or garden · 70 m outside town
21 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
3.5 km westfrom the centre
Oakwood Trail - CaliforniaOakwood Trail - Beals/Herb GrayOakwood Trail - Prairie
Directionsto a point inside
Devonwood Conservation Area
Wood or forest · 160 m outside town
44 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
2.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Captain John Wilson Park
Park or garden
9.8 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
1.7 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Oakwood Prairie
Wood or forest · 70 m outside town
15 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
3.5 km westfrom the centre
Oakwood Trail - CaliforniaOakwood Trail - Beals/Herb Gray
Directionsto a point inside
St. Clair College Prairie ESA
Wood or forest
17 ha
2.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Matthew Rodzik Park
Park or garden
2.6 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.2 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Holburn Park
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Roseland
Directionsto a point inside
All 23 named parks and green spaces
Rt. Hon. Herb Gray Parkway TrailPark or garden · 77 ha · 14 km of path
DirectionsOakwoodPark or garden · 21 ha · 1.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsDevonwood Conservation AreaWood or forest · 44 ha · 2.9 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsCaptain John Wilson ParkPark or garden · 9.8 ha · 2 km of path
DirectionsOakwood PrairieWood or forest · 15 ha · 1.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSt. Clair College Prairie ESAWood or forest · 17 ha
DirectionsMatthew Rodzik ParkPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsHolburn ParkPark or garden · 2.5 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsVeterans Memorial ParkPark or garden · 3.3 ha
DirectionsLake Komo ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.7 km of path
DirectionsPatrick MaguirePark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsNorth Talbot ParkPark or garden · 1.9 ha
DirectionsRoseland ParkPark or garden · 1.9 ha
DirectionsMaple ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsGoldenwood ParkPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsWolfe Lake ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsKominar ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsLake Laguna ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsSt. Clair ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsDr. Patti France Community PromenadePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsLake Trail ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsAvon Court ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsLake GrandePark 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
A park is within a short walk for 8 in 10 in Roseland
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 (77%)Further (23%)
Roseland77%
Towns in Ontario90%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 5,000 residents are further than 400 m from a park. Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
1 protected area lies within 10 km of Roseland
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Roseland0%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Ontario2.3%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public.
Ojibway Prairie Provincial ParkProvincial park · 64 ha · 2.4 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
Big parks near Roseland
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
Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park
2.4 km west0.6 km²since 1977
National park
Point Pelee National Park
46 km south-east15 km²since 1918
Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park, a provincial park, is nearer at 2.4 km.
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: 62 km in and around Roseland
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
62 km
in and around the town (27.9 km²)
Woodland
6.1%
about 1.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
RoselandTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.2
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
RoselandTowns in OntarioTypical Canadian town
Woodland6.1%
0%50%100%
Few places match it for paths: more than 59% of Canadian towns have fewer. Woods cover less of it than in 57% 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 named walking route passes Roseland 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.
No named route shows within 2 km of the neighbourhood; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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 Roseland: June and August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Windsor, 4.4 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) | 9.4 | 10.5 | 11.8 | 13.3 | 14.6 | 15.2 | 15.0 | 13.9 | 12.4 | 11.0 | 9.7 | 9.1 |
| High (°C) | 0 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 26 | 28 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 60 | 71 | 92 | 97 | 83 | 99 | 76 | 88 | 74 | 73 | 69 |
Summer storms make July the wettest month, 99 mm; February sees 60 mm. Summer highs reach 28 °C in July; in January they stay near 0 °C. Some 140 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Roseland →
Things to do
Near Roseland: 48 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
45 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Devonwood Conservation Area0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 45
Steve Budimir Park Playground1.0 km from town
DirectionsFazio Park1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 43 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Roseland
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
DevonshireSouth WindsorRemington ParkSouth WalkervilleSouth CameronFontainebleauRoseland
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roseland | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Devonshire 2.5 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Windsor 2.9 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Remington Park 4.3 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| South Walkerville 5.3 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| South Cameron 5.7 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Fontainebleau 6.3 km | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Roseland holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
Questions about the outdoors in Roseland
Is there a provincial park near Roseland?
The closest is Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park, at 2.4 km.
Is there protected land near Roseland?
Within 10 km, 0.1% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the largest protected area near Roseland?
It is Ojibway Prairie Provincial Park, a provincial park covering 64 ha.
Is Roseland near a national park?
The nearest is Point Pelee National Park, 46 km away.
When should you visit Roseland for the outdoors?
June and August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Roseland’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).