Ontario Nature Parks

Get away and experience the diversity of Ontario’s nature parks and get pleasure from nature at its best. Ontario nature parks offer something for everyone, whether you are returning to a favorite park, or exploring a new part of the nature parks. The Ontario Parks system is frequently used as the model for other parks systems in North America. This can be accredited to its delicate stability of recreation, preservation, and conservation. Many parks in Ontario also offer a Natural Heritage Education program.

The mandate of the Ontario parks is to make sure that significant natural, cultural, and recreational environments are protected and that these areas allow and encourage recreational activities for visitors. Park visitors can experience amazing views at Ouimet Canyon or at The Lookout at Sleeping Giant, or have the benefit of spectacular sandy beaches at Pancake Bay and Neys.  Quetico Provincial Park and Lady Evelyn-Smoothwater offer world-class canoeing and backcountry exploration.  Families can go round the visitor centers at French River or Lake Superior provincial parks, or take part in a Voyageur adventure tour at Samuel de Champlain.

Typically, Ontario parks have good beaches, numerous campgrounds, and lots of outdoor pastime opportunities. Most parks provide services that may include laundromats, toilets and showers, boat launch facilities, playgrounds, interpretive programs, picnic tables and hiking trails suitable for a family holiday. Ontario nature reserve parks are established to stand for and protect the unique natural habitats and landforms of the province. These areas are protected for research and educational reasons. Due to the vulnerability of many of these natural features, only a small number of nature reserves are available to the public.