First pick
Centennial Park
Park or garden
0.8 ha0.3 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Larry from Charlottetown, PEI, Canada · CC BY 2.05.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in O'Leary · parks, protected land & trails
The Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira runs by O'Leary
The largest is Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22): 285,278 ha, 7.3 km from the edge of town. Kouchibouguac National Park is the closest national park, 43 km from town. Within 10 km of the town, 5.6% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
5.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
43 km
Kouchibouguac National Park
Nearest provincial park
86 km
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
Walking routes
4
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where O'Leary stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
On a national routeThe Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira passes within 2 kmWalking routes4 named routes within 2 km
For someone who likes to get outside, O'Leary’s draw is the Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira, with its choice of walking routes close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for O'Leary, set against 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km5.6%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 areas7Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes4Named 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
O'Leary comes 9th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,021 to 2,587 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
O'Leary5.6%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Prince Edward Island4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
O'Leary7
Towns its size4
Towns in Prince Edward Island7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
O'Leary4
Towns its size0
Towns in Prince Edward Island11
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, O'Leary’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 8 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | O'Leary PE | 5.6% | 0% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of O'Leary
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
Walk in O'Leary: 3 named parks and woods
Centennial Park is the largest, at 0.8 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Canadian Potato Museum
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Veterans Memorial Park
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of O'Leary
Confederation Trail
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
Every resident of O'Leary lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
O'Leary100%
Towns in Prince Edward Island0.2%
Typical Canadian town83%
A typical Canadian town reaches only 83%.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of O'Leary, 5.6% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside O'Leary0%
Within 10 km5.6%
Towns in Prince Edward Island4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 7 of the 15. At 285,278 ha, Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22) is the largest. 8 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Leards Pond (O'Leary) Natural AreaNature reserve · 10 ha · 1.5 km from the edge of town
Egmont Bay PEI Conservation AgreementNature reserve · 2,958 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
Milo Cedars Woodland Natural AreaNature reserve · 44 ha · 3.8 km from the edge of town
Locke Road Jack Pine Woodland Natural AreaNature reserve · 77 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22)Nature reserve · 285,278 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Haliburton Ironwood Natural AreaNature reserve · 36 ha · 8.2 km from the edge of town
Brae Harbour Bog Natural AreaNature reserve · 144 ha · 9.3 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
The nearest big park: Kouchibouguac National Park, 43 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
National park
Kouchibouguac National Park
43 km west239 km²since 1969
Provincial park
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
86 km south2.6 km²since 2000
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
5 km of paths in and around O'Leary
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
5.3 km
in and around the town (12.7 km²)
Woodland
32%
about 4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
O'LearyTowns in Prince Edward IslandTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
O'LearyTowns in Prince Edward IslandTypical Canadian town
Woodland32%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 75% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 69% 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
Trails around O'Leary
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
NationalLocal
The Island Walk671.6 km
Confederation Trail (all spurs)341.9 km
Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira276.7 km
North Cape Coastal Walk195.1 km
Of the Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira’s 277 km, 7.0 km passes close to town.
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 O'Leary in June to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Bouctouche (52 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 72 | 59 | 79 | 69 | 93 | 82 | 89 | 74 | 101 | 106 | 92 | 86 |
For dry weather, February is best (59 mm); October gets 106 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -3 °C. The climate in O'Leary →
Things to do
3 things to do outdoors near O'Leary
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 3 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to O'Leary
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
O'LearyAlbertonAlbertonO'Leary
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
O'Leary has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 9. For protected land, O'Leary has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in O'Leary
What walking routes are near O'Leary?
OpenStreetMap maps the Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira, Confederation Trail (all spurs) and The Island Walk close by, with others.
Is there protected land near O'Leary?
Yes: 5.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the largest protected area near O'Leary?
It is Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22), a nature reserve covering 285,278 ha.
Is O'Leary near a national park?
Kouchibouguac National Park is closest, at 43 km.
When is the best time for walking in O'Leary?
June to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near O'Leary?
Amherst Shore Provincial Park, 86 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind O'Leary’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).