First pick
Shingle Beach Recreation Site
Park or garden
45 ha
18 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain2.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Electoral Area D, qathet · parks, protected land & trails
A provincial park at Electoral Area D, qathet’s edge: Anderson Bay Park
Swimmers have 7 beaches within 5 km, Shehtekwahn East Bay Beach the nearest. 23 protected areas lie within 10 km. 88 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park.
Protected land
2.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
23
within 10 km, 13 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
88 km
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Anderson Bay Park
Beaches
7
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Electoral Area D, qathet has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Above all, Electoral Area D, qathet offers a provincial park at its edge, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
How Electoral Area D, qathet 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km2.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.7%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas13Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches7Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Electoral Area D, qathet has the 18th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,221 to 2,587 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
Electoral Area D, qathet2.5%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Electoral Area D, qathet13
Towns its size4
Towns in British Columbia14
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Electoral Area D, qathet0
Towns its size0
Towns in British Columbia1
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Electoral Area D, qathet does best for public protected areas: 8 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Electoral Area D, qathet BC | 2.5% | 3.7% | 23 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Electoral Area D, qathet
The town’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
Walk in Electoral Area D, qathet: one named park or wood
Shingle Beach Recreation Site is the largest, at 45 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Source: 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
In Electoral Area D, qathet, parks are rarely a short walk away
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 (0%)Further (100%)
Electoral Area D, qathet0%
Towns in British Columbia72%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. For about 1,200 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 2.5% of the land near Electoral Area D, qathet
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Electoral Area D, qathet3.7%
Within 10 km2.5%
Towns in British Columbia6.7%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 13 of the 23; land trusts and private owners hold the others. Biggest of the named areas: Sabine Channel Marine Park, 2,254 ha. Another 10 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
South Texada Island ParkProvincial park · 900 ha · reaches Electoral Area D, qathet
Anderson Bay ParkProvincial park · 35 ha · reaches Electoral Area D, qathet
Jedediah Island Marine ParkProvincial park · 603 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
Sabine Channel Marine ParkProvincial park · 2,254 ha · 1.4 km from the edge of town
Squitty Bay ParkProvincial park · 52 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
Lasqueti Island Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 217 ha · 7.6 km from the edge of town
East of Hornby Island Glass Sponge Reef Marine RefugeNature reserve · 320 ha · 7.8 km from the edge of town
Buccaneer Bay ParkProvincial park · 45 ha · 9.1 km from the edge of town
Francis Point ParkProvincial park · 83 ha · 9.5 km from the edge of town
Francis Point Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 17 ha · 9.8 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison figures.
2 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are counted, not listed.
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
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is 88 km away
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
South Texada Island Park
At the edge9.0 km²since 1997
Provincial park
Anderson Bay Park
At the edge0.4 km²since 2000
Provincial park
Jedediah Island Marine Park
1.0 km south-east6.0 km²since 1995
Provincial park
Sabine Channel Marine Park
1.4 km south-east23 km²since 2001
Provincial park
Squitty Bay Park
4.3 km south-east0.5 km²since 1988
Provincial park
Buccaneer Bay Park
9.1 km south-east0.5 km²since 1989
7 provincial parks lie within 10 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Electoral Area D, qathet and its edge hold 44 km of footpath
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
44 km
in and around the town (428.3 km²)
Woodland
66%
about 281 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Electoral Area D, qathetTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Electoral Area D, qathetTowns in British ColumbiaTypical Canadian town
Woodland66%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 90% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 85% 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
No named walking route passes Electoral Area D, qathet on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered as routes.
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 Electoral Area D, qathet: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Comox, 31 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) | 8.6 | 10.0 | 11.7 | 13.7 | 15.3 | 16.3 | 15.9 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.6 | 9.0 | 8.1 |
| High (°C) | 6 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 23 | 23 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 177 | 112 | 108 | 64 | 40 | 42 | 24 | 31 | 47 | 125 | 189 | 194 |
Snowfall averages 51 cm a year. Daytime highs run from 6 °C in December up to 23 °C in July. December is the wettest month (194 mm) and July the driest (24 mm). The climate in Electoral Area D, qathet →
Beaches
Electoral Area D, qathet has 7 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Shehtekwahn East Bay Beachmixed · 0.1 km from town
DirectionsShehtekwahn East Bay Beachmixed · 0.2 km from town
DirectionsAdd 5 unnamed beaches to the count. The shoreline runs 234 km within 5 km of town. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Electoral Area D, qathet: 5 viewpoints, 2 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 10 hills and peaks, ahead of the rest. The tallest named summit close by is Mount Shepherd (855 m).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 5
Old Pocahontas Fire Lookout Sitein town
DirectionsReflection Screen Towerin town
DirectionsPlus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 10
Bloody Mountain691 m · in town
DirectionsComet Mountain256 m · in town
DirectionsMount Davies760 m · in town
DirectionsMount Davies South Peak757 m · in town
DirectionsMount Dick348 m · in town
DirectionsMount Grant744 m · in town
DirectionsMount Pocahontas509 m · in town
DirectionsMount Shepherd855 m · in town
DirectionsPlus 2 hills and peaks more.
Nature reserves 1
Bob's Lake Recreation Sitein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Campsites 6
Bob's Lake Recreation Site North Campgroundin town
DirectionsBob's Lake Recreation Site South Campgroundin town
DirectionsShelter Point Regional Campgroundin town
DirectionsPlus 3 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Electoral Area D, qathet
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Electoral Area C, qathetElectoral Area B, qathetPowell RiverElectoral Area D, qathet
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area D, qathet | 2.5% | 23 | 0 | 7 |
| Electoral Area C, qathet 13 km | 5.9% | 9 | 18 | 12 |
| Electoral Area B, qathet 15 km | 5.2% | 5 | 17 | 12 |
| Powell River 19 km | 5.5% | 5 | 6 | 9 |
Around Electoral Area C, qathet, Electoral Area B, qathet and Powell River the protected share is at least double. More routes are mapped around Electoral Area C, qathet (18).
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. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Electoral Area D, qathet
What is the nearest provincial park to Electoral Area D, qathet?
Anderson Bay Park, which reaches the edge of town.
Is there a beach near Electoral Area D, qathet?
Shehtekwahn East Bay Beach, 0.1 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Are there protected areas near Electoral Area D, qathet?
Within 10 km, 2.5% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Electoral Area D, qathet?
It is Sabine Channel Marine Park, a provincial park covering 2,254 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Electoral Area D, qathet?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Electoral Area D, qathet near a national park?
Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, 88 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Where Electoral Area D, qathet’s outdoors figures come from
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.
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).