Point map of outdoor rinks. “Outdoor Rinks" are outdoor areas of land designed to facilitate skating activities in the winter and general recreation in other seasons that are owned or maintained by Strathcona County. These areas are outdoor rinks but may not have permanent walls and/or can also allow general recreation. It includes the bounds of the area as designated by Strathcona County and are always within a 'Park'. These include permanent rinks and seasonal rinks (on grass or ice).

The ‘Strathcona County Parks’ dataset contains outdoor areas of land that support active and passive recreational activities that are owned or operated by Strathcona County. It includes all natural and human-made landscaping, facilities and structures consistent with the general purpose of public park land whether or not the facilities are publicly operated or operated by other organizations pursuant to arrangements with the public authority owning the park. This will include but is not limited to municipal parks, schools, community halls, storm water management facilities, urban forests and protected areas. The boundaries of the ‘Park’ are typically related to the parcel boundaries as defined by zoning/Order-in-Council/other cadastre but there may be exceptions. Please note, there may be some ‘parks’ (protected areas, natural reserves, crown reservations, etc) that will not be included in this data layer if they are not owned or operated by Strathcona County.

The ‘Strathcona County Parks’ dataset contains outdoor areas of land that support active and passive recreational activities that are owned or operated by Strathcona County. It includes all natural and human-made landscaping, facilities and structures consistent with the general purpose of public park land whether or not the facilities are publicly operated or operated by other organizations pursuant to arrangements with the public authority owning the park. This will include but is not limited to municipal parks, schools, community halls, storm water management facilities, urban forests and protected areas. The boundaries of the ‘Park’ are typically related to the parcel boundaries as defined by zoning/Order-in-Council/other cadastre but there may be exceptions. Please note, there may be some ‘parks’ (protected areas, natural reserves, crown reservations, etc) that will not be included in this data layer if they are not owned or operated by Strathcona County.

Trails within the rural areas of Strathcona County. Data includes the start and end coordinates, as well as the bounding box of the trail segment.

“Playing Fields" are outdoor areas of land covered in grass and/or loose shale designed to facilitate organized and unorganized recreation that are owned or maintained by Strathcona County. These areas are commonly sport fields with designated boundaries for particular activities (i.e. soccer field) but can also allow general recreation and may not have specific visible boundaries on-site. It includes the bounds of the area as designated by Strathcona County and are always within a 'Park'. These typically include soccer field, football fields and baseball diamonds. Similar items excluded include Basketball Courts and outdoor rinks.

Urban Trails within Strathcona County based upon surface type. Most of the Urban Trails are within Sherwood park, with a few in Ardrossan and Josephburg.

“Playing Fields" are outdoor areas of land covered in grass and/or loose shale designed to facilitate organized and unorganized recreation that are owned or maintained by Strathcona County. These areas are commonly sport fields with designated boundaries for particular activities (i.e. soccer field) but can also allow general recreation and may not have specific visible boundaries on-site. It includes the bounds of the area as designated by Strathcona County and are always within a 'Park'. These typically include soccer field, football fields and baseball diamonds. Similar items excluded include Basketball Courts and outdoor rinks.

“Splash Parks" are outdoor areas designated for water recreation that are owned by Strathcona County. Typically, a splash park (also referred to as a spray park) is a concrete area with water pipes, jets, colourful characters, and other items that move water by shooting, spraying, trickling, or other similar means. They are typically focused for children but all residents are welcome. Splash parks are usually within a 'park' but not always. This data set does not include areas like outdoor swimming pools, or water recreation features that people do not interact with such as decorative fountains. Splash park features are represented as polygons.

“Outdoor Rinks" are outdoor areas of land designed to facilitate skating activities in the winter and general recreation in other seasons that are owned or maintained by Strathcona County. These areas are outdoor rinks but may not have permanent walls and/or can also allow general recreation. It includes the bounds of the area as designated by Strathcona County and are always within a 'Park'. These include permanent rinks and seasonal rinks (on grass or ice).

“Playgrounds" are areas of land covered in a resilient surface containing play equipment designed to facilitate general recreation that are owned or operated by Strathcona County. These areas are commonly sand or rubber covered areas surrounded by one or more concreate retaining walls with swings, slides, decks, forts and other similar equipment. The bounds of the playground area are designated by Strathcona County and are always within a 'Park'. Playgrounds can be located indoor or outdoor. This data set includes traditional sand-covered playgrounds and creative playgrounds. It does not included are facilities like BMX parks, parks, or splash parks.