Explore Oshawa’s parks using open map data

A map of park boundaries can help you understand how green spaces fit into an Oshawa neighbourhood. The City's Oshawa Park Locations dataset identifies city-owned parks as areas on a map, including neighbourhood, community, and city parks.

CanQuery brings that published layer into an interactive map. You can explore an area, select a park shape, and read the information attached to it without first downloading a geographic data file.

Explore the park map

1. Open the Oshawa parks map.
2. Pan to the part of Oshawa you want to explore. On a phone, use the zoom controls and move the map to narrow the area.
3. Select a coloured park shape to open its details. The source’s FULLNAME field contains the name field; LOCATION provides location information where supplied.
4. Zoom in if the map asks you to narrow the view. CanQuery requests a bounded set of features for the visible area, so a broad view may not display every shape at once.
5. Follow the dataset link to inspect the publisher, source attribution, and available download.

The map is a view of the City's published layer. It does not require you to load the separate CSV resource into CanQuery.

Understand the shapes and fields

This layer represents park areas rather than a list of entrances. A boundary can help you recognize a park in relation to nearby streets, but it does not identify an accessible entrance, an open gate, or a suitable walking route.

The details use the source's field names. Some names, such as HOLDINGTYP and HOLDINGDES, describe the municipal inventory and may be less familiar than a park's public name. Missing or unclear values should remain unknown; they are not evidence that a facility or service does not exist.

Use the map as a starting point for a visit

Park boundaries alone do not tell you whether washrooms are open, a playground is under repair, or an event is taking place. Confirm time-sensitive details with the City before making a trip that depends on them.

The metadata update date shown on the dataset describes its catalogue record. It is different from the date CanQuery retrieves features for your map view, and neither should be interpreted as a fresh inspection of park conditions. The guide’s verification date records a check that this exploration workflow works.

Find the source and more local data

The official Oshawa Park Locations page explains the layer's purpose and provides access to the City's publication. The CanQuery dataset page keeps that source and attribution alongside the resource.

Visit Oshawa’s place page for more local datasets. When sharing the park map, include the park name you selected: the map link opens the resource, but does not currently preserve your precise map position or selection.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – The Corporation of the City of Oshawa.