First pick
Grand Trunk Park
Park or garden · 160 m outside town
29 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
2.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Johntwrl · CC BY-SA 3.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Sherbrooke · parks, protected land & trails
Elk Island National Park lies 35 km beyond Sherbrooke’s edge
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 6.5 km. For walks, 2 named routes run within 2 km, such as the Edmonton Pedway Network and NAIT Pwedway System. There is one protected area within 10 km.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
1
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
35 km
Elk Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
6.5 km
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Sherbrooke compares with other 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km1.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Sherbrooke is 16th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,991 to 7,277 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Sherbrooke1.5%
Towns its size2.2%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Sherbrooke1
Towns its size7
Towns in Alberta2
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Sherbrooke2
Towns its size0
Towns in Alberta0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Sherbrooke trails its peers is public protected areas; 34 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fernie BC | 31% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | Hope BC | 15% | 4.1% | 11 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Vanier South ON | 12% | 1.1% | 39 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Springhill NS | 11% | 9% | 79 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 | Algoma, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 10% | 91 | 4 | 228 |
| 6 | Lowertown East ON | 11% | 0% | 38 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Les Cèdres QC | 11% | 0.1% | 40 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | Peace River AB | 8.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Kent BC | 8.3% | 8.2% | 16 | 2 | 42 |
| 10 | L'Ange-Gardien QC | 5.4% | 0% | 59 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Hope ON | 4.8% | 1.8% | 58 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Carlisle ON | 4% | 0% | 30 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Raleigh ON | 4% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Edgeley ON | 3.9% | 0.4% | 31 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Haysboro AB | 3.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Midnapore AB | 3.3% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Concord ON | 3.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Saint-Paul QC | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Electoral Area C, East Kootenay BC | 2.3% | 1.5% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Colborne ON | 2.2% | 0.3% | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 21 | Fairwinds BC | 2.2% | 4.7% | 23 | 0 | 15 |
| 22 | Brown's Corners ON | 1.8% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Lymburn AB | 1.7% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | North River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Sherbrooke AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | King Edward MB | 1.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Meadowood MB | 1.3% | 1.8% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Inglewood AB | 1.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | Shannon QC | 0.9% | 3.9% | 21 | 1 | 14 |
| 30 | Merritt BC | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 | Chibougamau QC | 0.8% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 32 | Cougar Ridge AB | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 33 | Yarmouth NS | 0.6% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| 34 | Erin Woods AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 35 | La Sarre QC | 0.5% | 0.1% | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Brighton SK | 0.5% | 0.1% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 37 | Rhatigan Ridge AB | 0.5% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 0 |
| 38 | Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh ON | 0.4% | 0.9% | 13 | 5 | 5 |
| 39 | Niverville MB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Wainwright AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Sherbrooke on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
20 named parks and woods to walk in near Sherbrooke
Grand Trunk Park is the largest, at 29 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
20 named parks and woods, 59 ha in all
Parks & gardens 59 ha
Grand Trunk Park plus Lauderdale Dog Park account for 65% of the green.
Lauderdale Dog Park
Park or garden · 170 m outside town
9.1 ha
2.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Queen Mary Park
Park or garden
4.8 ha0.4 km of path
1.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Littlewood Park
Park or garden
1.0 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the centre
Control Tower Way NW
Directionsto a point inside
Central McDougall Park
Park or garden · 330 m outside town
1.7 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
2.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Westwood Park
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
1.6 ha0.4 km of path
2.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Calder Memorial Park
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
1.5 ha0.2 km of path
1.6 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Spruce Avenue Park
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.3 km of path
2.6 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 20 named parks and green spaces
Grand Trunk ParkPark or garden · 29 ha · 1.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsLauderdale Dog ParkPark or garden · 9.1 ha · just outside town
DirectionsQueen Mary ParkPark or garden · 4.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsLittlewood ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsCentral McDougall ParkPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsWestwood ParkPark or garden · 1.6 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsCalder Memorial ParkPark or garden · 1.5 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsSpruce Avenue ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsLorne Larsen ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsRocketship ParkPark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsInglewood School ParkPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsNorwood SquarePark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsWinnifred Stewart ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsWestwood ArenaPark or garden · 1.1 ha · just outside town
DirectionsPrince Charles ParkPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsInglewood ParkPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsTouchdown ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha · just outside town
DirectionsVictoria Cross Memorial ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsPrince Rupert ParkPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsConway Farrell ParkPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
9 in 10 people in Sherbrooke live near 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.
Within 400 m (93%)Further (6.9%)
Sherbrooke93%
Towns in Alberta100%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. About 500 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
1.5% of the land around Sherbrooke is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Sherbrooke0%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Alberta0.4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
It is public land.
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial ParkProvincial park · 2,055 ha · 6.5 km from the edge of town
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.
National & provincial parks
Parks around Sherbrooke
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.
National parkProvincial park
Provincial park
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park
6.5 km north-west21 km²since 2005
National park
Elk Island National Park
35 km east194 km²since 1913
A provincial park is closer: Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, at 6.5 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Paths to walk: 61 km in and around Sherbrooke
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
61 km
in and around the town (24.1 km²)
Woodland
0.1%
about 0 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
SherbrookeTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.5
024 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
SherbrookeTowns in AlbertaTypical Canadian town
Woodland0.1%
0%50%100%
92% of Canadian towns are more wooded. Paths are denser here than in 64% 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.
Walking routes
2 walking routes near Sherbrooke
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
Edmonton Pedway Network3.2 km
NAIT Pwedway System0.4 km
The longest of the rest is the Edmonton Pedway Network, 3.2 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Sherbrooke: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmonton (City), 1.0 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 8.0 | 9.7 | 11.7 | 13.9 | 15.9 | 17.0 | 16.5 | 14.8 | 12.6 | 10.4 | 8.5 | 7.5 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 1 | -5 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 20 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 44 | 70 | 83 | 61 | 39 | 21 | 18 | 12 |
The warmest days come in July (24 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). The wettest month is the warmest, July (83 mm); February has 12 mm. Winter brings about 124 cm of snow. The climate in Sherbrooke →
Beaches
The beach near Sherbrooke: Accidental Beach, 2.5 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Accidental Beach2.5 km from town
DirectionsFor water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Sherbrooke: 3 viewpoints, 1 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 111 playgrounds, more than of anything else. The highest named peak nearby is Bellamy Hill, at 686 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 3
Grierson Hill678 m · 2.0 km from town
DirectionsMcDougall Hill670 m · 2.0 km from town
DirectionsBellamy Hill686 m · 2.0 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
EPCOR Waterfall1.7 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Dog parks 6
Lauderdale Dog Park0.4 km from town
Directions104th Avenue Off-Leash Dog Park1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 4 dog parks without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
3 gardens and historic parks to visit near Sherbrooke
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Chinese Garden PagodaGarden or park · 2.0 km from town
DirectionsWilliam Hawrelak ParkGarden or park · 3.6 km from town
DirectionsMill Woods Sports ParkGarden or park · 12 km from town
DirectionsSources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Sherbrooke
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
InglewoodCalderWoodcroftAthloneKensingtonWestmountSherbrooke
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
Sherbrooke holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Sherbrooke
How much land around Sherbrooke is protected?
Within 10 km, 1.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Sherbrooke?
Elk Island National Park, 35 km from the edge of town.
Where can you swim near Sherbrooke?
The nearest is Accidental Beach, 2.5 km from town.
What walking routes are near Sherbrooke?
The Edmonton Pedway Network and NAIT Pwedway System, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Sherbrooke?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, 6.5 km away.
When is the best time for walking in Sherbrooke?
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.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Sherbrooke?
Lois Hole Centennial Provincial Park, a provincial park of 2,055 ha.
Sources
Sources for this page on Sherbrooke
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).