First pick
Henry Kelsey Park
Park or garden
15 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
1.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Tanbir M-05 · CC BY-SA 4.01.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mount Royal · parks, protected land & trails
Fred Heal Canoe Launch, 16 km away, is the closest provincial park to Mount Royal
3 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. Within 100 km there is no national park. Biggest among them: Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary, 130 ha, 6.4 km off.
Protected land
1.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Fred Heal Canoe Launch
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Mount Royal, 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km1.3%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 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
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
Mount Royal has the 19th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,202 to 5,386 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
Mount Royal1.3%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mount Royal2
Towns its size3
Towns in Saskatchewan2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mount Royal0
Towns its size0
Towns in Saskatchewan0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Mount Royal is weakest for public protected areas: 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grand Bay-Westfield NB | 29% | 1% | 21 | 1 | 39 |
| 2 | Oliver BC | 19% | 0.8% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Metchosin BC | 18% | 9.6% | 31 | 2 | 22 |
| 4 | Lake Echo NS | 16% | 33% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 5 | Upper Tantallon NS | 13% | 19% | 157 | 3 | 12 |
| 6 | Billings Bridge - Heron Park ON | 11% | 2.4% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Saint-Denis-de-Brompton QC | 9.4% | 1.6% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo BC | 9.1% | 9.1% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Central Frontenac ON | 8.2% | 8.2% | 39 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | The Ravines of Rainbow Creek ON | 6.9% | 8.2% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Gourley ON | 6.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Uplands SK | 5.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Trumpeter Area AB | 5.4% | 1.6% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 14 | Electoral Area B, Central Kootenay BC | 4.5% | 7.4% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Aldergrove AB | 3.7% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Crown Point East ON | 3.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | West Meadowlark Park AB | 2.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Southdale ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Waverley Heights MB | 1.7% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Normand Park MB | 1.5% | 3.1% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | South West Industrial SK | 1.4% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Mount Royal SK | 1.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Windsor QC | 1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Headingley MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 25 | Westdale MB | 1% | 1% | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 26 | St. Boniface Industrial Park MB | 0.6% | 0.1% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Deer Lake NL | 0.4% | 3.8% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 28 | Norwood ON | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Ogilvie Ridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Belmont AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Kirkness AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover QC | 0.1% | 0.5% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Edmonton Energy And Technology Park AB | 0.1% | 0.8% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Ritchie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Tweddle Place AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Chisasibi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | Carstairs AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Westlock AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Belvedere AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Mount Royal
The neighbourhood’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
15 named parks and woods to walk in near Mount Royal
Henry Kelsey Park is the largest, at 15 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
15 named parks and woods, 74 ha in all
Parks & gardens 74 ha
Many small places make up the total; the biggest is 20%.
Dr. Seager Wheeler Park
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
7.3 ha2 km of path
25 minto walk all 2 km of path
1.3 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Pierre Radisson Park
Park or garden
10 ha0.1 km of path
0.6 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Leif Erickson Park
Park or garden
5.6 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Ashworth Holmes Park
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
5.0 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.4 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Mount Royal Park
Park or garden
5.1 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Mount Royal
Directionsto a point inside
All 15 named parks and green spaces
Henry Kelsey ParkPark or garden · 15 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsDr. Seager Wheeler ParkPark or garden · 7.3 ha · 2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsPierre Radisson ParkPark or garden · 10 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsLeif Erickson ParkPark or garden · 5.6 ha · 1.1 km of path
DirectionsSifton ParkPark or garden · 6.2 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsAshworth Holmes ParkPark or garden · 5.0 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMount Royal ParkPark or garden · 5.1 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsScott ParkPark or garden · 5.5 ha
DirectionsRiversdale Kiwanis ParkPark or garden · 5.4 ha
DirectionsA.H. Browne ParkPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSenator J. Gladstone ParkPark or garden · 2.8 ha · just outside town
DirectionsPleasant Hill ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsPierre Radisson Dog ParkPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsCahill ParkPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsMalborough ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
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
All of Mount Royal is within a short walk of 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%)
Mount Royal100%
Towns in Saskatchewan97%
Typical Canadian town83%
That beats the typical Canadian town, where it is 83%.
Protected areas
Around Mount Royal, protected areas make up 1.3%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Mount Royal0%
Within 10 km1.3%
Towns in Saskatchewan1.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 2 of the 16; land trusts and private owners hold the others. Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary covers 130 ha, the most of any named area. 14 areas, privately held or of unrecorded ownership, are left unnamed.
Cosmopolitan ParkMunicipal park · 11 ha · 2.6 km from the edge of town
Sutherland Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 130 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: Fred Heal Canoe Launch, 16 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
Fred Heal Canoe Launch
16 km south0.1 km²since 1988
No national park lies within 100 km of Mount Royal; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Mount Royal has 39 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
39 km
in and around the town (13.5 km²)
Woodland
0.3%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Mount RoyalTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.9
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Mount RoyalTowns in SaskatchewanTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.3%
0%50%100%
It has more footpath per km² than 71% of Canadian towns. Woods cover less of it than in 89% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Mount Royal
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the neighbourhood, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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 Mount Royal in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Saskatoon Diefenbaker (Airport), 3.8 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) | 8.2 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.8 | 15.7 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 14.6 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.7 | 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 |
The warmest days come in July (25 °C highs), the coldest in January (-10 °C). Expect 75 mm in June, the wettest month, and 9 mm in February. Winter brings about 91 cm of snow. The climate in Mount Royal →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Mount Royal
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
87 things to do outdoors near Mount Royal
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 84 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 84
Plus 84 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 3
Pierre Radisson Dog Parkin town
DirectionsPaul Mostaway Park0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Mount Royal
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
WestmountWestviewCaswell HillMassey PlacePleasant HillMeadowgreenMount Royal
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Royal | 1.3% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| Westmount 1.1 km | 1.4% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Westview 1.3 km | 1.4% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| Caswell Hill 1.4 km | 1.4% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| Massey Place 1.5 km | 1.4% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Pleasant Hill 1.5 km | 1.6% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| Meadowgreen 1.7 km | 1.7% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Mount Royal’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Mount Royal
How far is Mount Royal from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Mount Royal.
When should you visit Mount Royal for the outdoors?
May and July to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Where can you swim near Mount Royal?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Which is the biggest protected area near Mount Royal?
It is Sutherland Migratory Bird Sanctuary, a wildlife area covering 130 ha.
Is there protected land near Mount Royal?
Protected areas cover 1.3% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Mount Royal?
Fred Heal Canoe Launch, 16 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Mount Royal
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).