First pick
Ormstown Exhibition Ground
Park or garden
12 ha
2.4 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.02.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Ormstown · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Ormstown is Oka National Park (Québec), 31 km away
The largest is lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 1,275 ha, 7.0 km from the edge of town. Within 5 km lie 2 beaches, unnamed on the map. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
2.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 6 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
31 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Ormstown 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km2.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.6%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas6Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Ormstown sits 20th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,192 to 4,331 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
Ormstown2.9%
Towns its size3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Ormstown6
Towns its size6
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Ormstown0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Pocatière QC | 35% | 0.2% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Electoral Area E, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 31% | 24 | 2 | 14 |
| 3 | Anderson Walk BC | 23% | 8.2% | 180 | 8 | 4 |
| 4 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay BC | 22% | 2.9% | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| 5 | Oka QC | 20% | 26% | 53 | 0 | 12 |
| 6 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo BC | 16% | 17% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Beaupré QC | 16% | 1.2% | 26 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Victoria County, Subdivision B NS | 12% | 17% | 244 | 1 | 21 |
| 9 | Westphal NS | 12% | 0.5% | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Invermere BC | 10% | 13% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Red Lake ON | 10% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Bancroft ON | 9.5% | 2.3% | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 13 | Sunrise Estates BC | 5.8% | 3.1% | 152 | 5 | 0 |
| 14 | Bruleville ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Grand Forks BC | 4.5% | 0.9% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Port Hardy BC | 4.1% | 2.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Simonds NB | 3.9% | 12% | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 18 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast BC | 3.4% | 5.1% | 34 | 0 | 48 |
| 19 | Downtown SK | 3.2% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 20 | Stellarton NS | 3.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Ormstown QC | 2.9% | 1.6% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Richmond County, Subdivision A NS | 2.7% | 1.4% | 149 | 0 | 27 |
| 23 | Bartonville ON | 2.5% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Central Park MB | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Eganville ON | 1.5% | 0.4% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Vermilion AB | 1.5% | 9.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Lantzville BC | 1.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 28 | St. George MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Calder AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 20% | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| 31 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix QC | 1% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 32 | Fraipont MB | 0.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Discovery Ridge AB | 0.5% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Jackson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | East Angus QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Crabtree QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Ambroise QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Claresholm AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mayliewan AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ozerna AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Ormstown on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; 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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Ormstown
The biggest is Ormstown Exhibition Ground, 12 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
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
1 in 10 people in Ormstown live 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 (12%)Further (88%)
Ormstown12%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. About 3,800 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 2.9% of the land near Ormstown
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Ormstown1.6%
Within 10 km2.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 16, 6 are public land; the others are privately held. lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area covers 1,275 ha, the most of any named area. 10 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Pin-Rigide Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 66 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
Boisé-des-Muir Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 12 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
Canal de Beauharnois (Centre Du) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,028 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
Canal de Beauharnois Nord Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 30 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,275 ha · 7.0 km from the edge of town
Petit Canal de Beauharnois Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 191 ha · 8.9 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: Oka National Park (Québec), 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
Québec national park (provincial)
Oka National Park (Québec)
31 km north24 km²since 1990
For a national park, people in Ormstown travel more than 100 km. Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Ormstown has 11 km of footpaths in and around it
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
11 km
in and around the town (206.2 km²)
Woodland
40%
about 82.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
OrmstownTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
OrmstownTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland40%
0%50%100%
For path density, 92% of Canadian towns do better. For woods, it beats 79% 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 Ormstown
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 town; 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
Get out in Ormstown in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (ST-Anicet, 27 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.5 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 59 | 67 | 97 | 90 | 105 | 100 | 89 | 99 | 109 | 81 | 77 |
Snow totals about 170 cm a year. Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -4 °C in January. Expect 109 mm in October, the wettest month, and 59 mm in February. The climate in Ormstown →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Ormstown, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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.
Things to do
5 things to do outdoors near Ormstown
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 2
Réserve naturelle du Rocherin town
DirectionsRéserve écologique du Pin-Rigide0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds 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 Ormstown
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
FranklinSaint-Louis-de-GonzagueSaint-Stanislas-de-KostkaHuntingdonHinchinbrookeTrès-Saint-SacrementOrmstown
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ormstown | 2.9% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Franklin 9.3 km | 0.4% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague 12 km | 5.8% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka 13 km | 6.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Huntingdon 14 km | 3% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Hinchinbrooke 14 km | 1% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Très-Saint-Sacrement 15 km | 1.3% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague and Saint-Stanislas-de-Kostka have at least twice the protected share around them.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Ormstown
Is there a beach near Ormstown?
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Which is the biggest protected area near Ormstown?
lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area of 1,275 ha.
Are there protected areas near Ormstown?
Yes: 2.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest national park to Ormstown?
No national park lies within 100 km of Ormstown.
When is the best time for walking in Ormstown?
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 Ormstown?
The closest is Oka National Park (Québec), at 31 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Ormstown
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).