Photo: Unknown author Unknown author · Public domainOnly 0.4% of the land within 10 km of Tisdale is protected
Count 2 protected areas within 10 km of town. National parks are all over 100 km off. For a provincial park, Greenwater Lake Provincial Park lies 41 km off.
Each figure for Tisdale, 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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Among 40 towns its size, Tisdale is 10th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,005 to 3,100 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For public protected areas, Tisdale lags towns its size: 35 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cap-Pelé NB | 43% | 2.6% | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Cap-Saint-Ignace QC | 20% | 0.1% | 51 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Elkford BC | 12% | 16% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 9.8% | 92 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Vanscoy No. 345 SK | 11% | 4.2% | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm ON | 11% | 0% | 24 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo BC | 9.4% | 10% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Lac-des-Écorces QC | 8.8% | 4.5% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON | 8.3% | 6.2% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Greenbelt (east) ON | 7.4% | 45% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Kirkendall South ON | 6.9% | 0.9% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Buchanan ON | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard QC | 4.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bainbridge BC | 4% | 0% | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 15 | Athens ON | 3.9% | 2% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge QC | 3.2% | 3.7% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Dewdney Place SK | 3.1% | 90% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Rosedale ON | 2.3% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 19 | Alpine ON | 2.1% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot BC | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| 21 | Nutana Park SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Poplar Park ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 23 | Albany AB | 1.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | South Portage MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Crescentwood MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Princeton BC | 1.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 27 | Normandin QC | 1.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Admaston/Bromley ON | 0.7% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 29 | Lorne MB | 0.7% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Luxton MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Tisdale SK | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Shippagan NB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 33 | Ange-Gardien QC | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Bisset AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Crawford Plains AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | Kernohan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Laurier Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 38 | Saint-Gabriel QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 39 | Saint-Dominique QC | 0.1% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Glengarry AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Where the green is in Tisdale
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town.
About 4 in 10 of Tisdale’s residents are a short walk from 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.
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. That leaves about 1,900 people more than a short walk away.
Tisdale has 2 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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.
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park is 41 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.
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Tisdale has its province’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Tisdale and its edge hold 0 km of footpath
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
It is less wooded than 64% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 100% 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Tisdale
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
The best months for walking in Tisdale: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Melfort (37 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) | 8.1 | 9.8 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.8 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 14.7 | 12.6 | 10.5 | 8.6 | 7.6 |
| High (°C) | -12 | -10 | -3 | 8 | 17 | 21 | 23 | 23 | 18 | 8 | -3 | -9 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 15 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 33 | 78 | 79 | 52 | 39 | 25 | 15 | 14 |
July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (79 mm); February is driest (10 mm). Highs peak near 23 °C in July and fall to -12 °C in January. The climate in Tisdale →
Outdoors around Tisdale: one place to go
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
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Tisdale
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. No closer places have figures: these lie 37–64 km from Tisdale.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tisdale | 0.4% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Melfort 37 km | 0.1% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Nipawin 56 km | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Moose Range No. 486 58 km | 7.3% | 15 | 0 | 29 |
| Torch River No. 488 64 km | 4.1% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Nipawin, Moose Range No. 486 and Torch River No. 488 have twice as much or more.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Tisdale
What is the nearest provincial park to Tisdale?
Greenwater Lake Provincial Park, 41 km from the edge of town.
How much land around Tisdale is protected?
Within 10 km, 0.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
When is the best time for walking in Tisdale?
May, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Tisdale near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Tisdale.
Where Tisdale’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).