First pick
Waldheim Regional Park
Park or garden
26 ha
14 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Bruce Guenter from Saskatoon, SK, Canada · CC BY 2.04%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Laird No. 404 · parks, protected land & trails
5.0 km from Laird No. 404 to Fort Carlton Provincial Park
OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The protected share within 10 km is 4%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. A drive of 82 km reaches Prince Albert National Park, the nearest national park.
Protected land
4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
15
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
82 km
Prince Albert National Park
Nearest provincial park
5.0 km
Fort Carlton Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Laird No. 404 beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 km4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches 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, Laird No. 404 ranks 14th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,488 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
Laird No. 4044%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Laird No. 4044
Towns its size4
Towns in Saskatchewan2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Laird No. 4040
Towns its size0
Towns in Saskatchewan0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Laird No. 404 sits near the top of its size group: 12 of 39 have more.
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 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Laird No. 404 SK | 4% | 0.8% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| 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
Where the green is in Laird No. 404
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
Walk in Laird No. 404: one named park or wood
Waldheim Regional Park is the largest, at 26 ha; the rest follow by size, 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
Few people in Laird No. 404 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Laird No. 4040%
Towns in Saskatchewan97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 1,500 people more than a short walk away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 4% of the land near Laird No. 404
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Laird No. 4040.8%
Within 10 km4%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 4 of the 15, and private owners the rest. Biggest of the named areas: Fort Carlton Provincial Park, 132 ha. The figures include 11 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Petrofka Recreation SiteProtected area · 25 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
Fort Carlton Provincial ParkProvincial park · 132 ha · 5.0 km from the edge of town
2 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are counted, not listed.
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
Prince Albert National Park, 82 km off
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
Fort Carlton Provincial Park
5.0 km north1.3 km²
National park
Prince Albert National Park
82 km north3,875 km²since 1927
Nearer still is Fort Carlton Provincial Park, a provincial park 5.0 km away.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
2 km of paths in and around Laird No. 404
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
2.5 km
in and around the town (816.7 km²)
Woodland
5.2%
about 42.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Laird No. 404Towns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Laird No. 404Towns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Woodland5.2%
0%50%100%
For woods, 60% of Canadian towns have more. It has fewer paths per km² than 99% 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 Laird No. 404
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Laird No. 404 is best on foot in May and July to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport) (38 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.7 | 16.8 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.7 |
| High (°C) | -10 | -8 | -1 | 11 | 18 | 22 | 25 | 25 | 19 | 10 | -1 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 14 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 42 | 75 | 59 | 43 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 12 |
Some 91 cm of snow falls each winter. Precipitation runs from 9 mm in February to 75 mm in June. Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -10 °C. The climate in Laird No. 404 →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Laird No. 404
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
7 things to do outdoors near Laird No. 404
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 5 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Nature reserves 1
Langham and District Regional Park1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Laird No. 404
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WaldheimRosthern No. 403DalmenyLaird No. 404
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laird No. 404 | 4% | 15 | 0 | 3 |
| Waldheim 14 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Rosthern No. 403 17 km | 2.2% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Dalmeny 19 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Laird No. 404 doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Laird No. 404
Where can you swim near Laird No. 404?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there protected areas near Laird No. 404?
Within 10 km, 4% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Laird No. 404?
It is Prince Albert National Park, 82 km off.
What is the nearest provincial park to Laird No. 404?
It is Fort Carlton Provincial Park, 5.0 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Laird No. 404?
May and July to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Which is the biggest protected area near Laird No. 404?
Fort Carlton Provincial Park: 132 ha, a provincial park.
Sources
Where Laird No. 404’s outdoors figures come from
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).