Winnipeg Parks and Gardens

(Winnipeg, Manitoba - MB, Canada)

Parks and gardens throughout Winnipeg provide the perfect interlude to busy city life, offering many recreational activities. Winnipeg's parks are known for their peaceful picnic areas, scenic nature conserves, summer festivals and sports facilities, which include outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, playing fields and even golf courses.

Winnipeg's parks are popular year round and are transformed during the cold, snowy winter months, when duck ponds become ice skating rinks and nearby hills turn into cross-country skiing slopes and toboggan runs. With a selection of parks, gardens and planted squares in central Winnipeg, many of the city's largest parklands lie outside of downtown Winnipeg, close to the city suburbs. Here are Winnipeg's main parks and gardens.

Assiniboine Park

Address: 2355 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), R3P 0N6, Canada
Tel: +1 204 986 5537
Founded in the early 1900s, Assiniboine Park was landscaped with a traditional English feel and incorporates many large areas of water, open fields, landscaped gardens and a striking conservatory, which dates back to 1914. Other points of interest at Assiniboine Park include the 1930 Pavilion building, the Queen Victoria monument and the popular Leo Mol Sculpture Garden.
Open hours: Tuesday to Sunday - 10:00 to 20:00
Admission: free

Kil-Cona Park / Harbor View Recreation Complex

Address: 1867 Springfield Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), Canada
Kil-Cona Park lies on the northeastern side of Winnipeg and incorporates the Harbor View Recreation Complex, which includes a popular golf course. Covering more than 400 acres / 160 hectares, Winnipeg's Kil-Cona Park features pedal boats, tennis courts, a restaurant and seasonal winter sports, which include ice skating on the frozen pond and cross-country skiing.
Open hours: daily
Admission: free

Leo Mol Sculpture Garden

Address: 2355 Corydon Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), R3P 0N6, Canada
Tel: +1 204 986 5537
Full of outstanding sculptures, the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden is an unusual outdoor attraction and celebrates the works by local artist Leo Mol, who is famous throughout the city. Standing in Assiniboine Park, the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden contains many notable bronze sculptures, together with a gift store.
Open hours: Tuesday to Sunday - 10:00 to 20:00
Admission: free

Fort Whyte Center

Address: 1961 McCreary Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), R3P 2K9, Canada
Tel: +1 204 989 8335
Fort Whyte Center is home to an important nature area, rich in local flora and fauna. Standing in Winnipeg's Charleswood district, this impressive park is popular with birdwatchers throughout the city and offers plenty of popular recreational areas, covering in excess of 200 acres / 80 hectares.
Open hours: June to October, Monday and Tuesday - 09:00 to 17:00, Wednesday to Sunday - 09:00 to 21:00; November to May, Monday to Friday - 09:00 to 17:00, Saturday and Sunday - 10:00 to 17:00
Admission: charge, discounts for seniors and children, children under three free

Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Center

Address: Highway 61 and 220, Stonewall, Manitoba (MB), R0C 2Z0, Canada
Tel: +1 204 467 3300
Just a short trip from downtown Winnipeg, the Oak Hammock Marsh Interpretive Center is a simply vast area of green and home to a major nature reserve. With marshlands, many local birds and nature trails, the center also features a large theater area, a gift shop, a café and a host of seasonal events.
Open hours: May to October, daily - 10:00 to 20:00; November to April, daily - 10:00 to 16:30
Admission: charge, discounts for seniors, children and families, children under three free

Kildonan Park

Address: 2015 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), Canada
Kildonan Park dates back to the early 1900s and is a popular oasis away from busy Winnipeg city life. With many secluded picnic spots, barbecues, a large pavilion and a seasonal outdoor swimming pool, ice skating and tobogganing is available at the park during the snowy winter months. Kildonan Park's Rainbow Stage is one of the main attractions here, hosting many theatrical events during the summer.
Open hours: daily
Admission: free

King's Park

Address: King's Drive and Kilkenny, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), Canada
With wildlife-rich marshland teeming with local waterfowl, many seating areas and large playing fields, King's Park is perhaps best known for its spectacular Japanese Pagoda gardens, which lie in the center of the park.
Open hours: daily
Admission: free

La Barriere Park

Address: Waverley Street, South of the Perimeter, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), Canada
Full of recreational activities for all ages, including baseball areas and open soccer fields, the La Barriere Park also features a number of nature trails, picnic areas and winter cross-country skiing. Within easy reach of Winnipeg city center, La Barriere Park is full of mature trees and scenic views.
Open hours: daily
Admission: free

St. Vital Park

Address: 190 River Road, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), Canada
Offering boat hire, walking trails and a large pond full of ducks, St. Vital Park is home to a number of picnic areas and popular barbecue pits. Each winter the frozen duck pond is transformed into a popular ice skating rink, with two exciting toboggan slides nearby.
Open hours: daily
Admission: free

Whittier Park

Address: 869 Rue St. Joseph Street North, Winnipeg, Manitoba (MB), Canada
One of the most popular locations to head for during the winter months in Winnipeg, Whittier Park is famous throughout the city for its legendary toboggan slide and seasonal Festival du Voyageur.
Open hours: daily
Admission: free