Photo: Matthew ave jor · CC BY-SA 3.0Ste. Anne Bog Ecological Reserve reaches Ste. Anne
Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 0.2% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. No national park lies within 100 km. One unnamed beach is mapped within 5 km.
How Ste. Anne 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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Ste. Anne sits 2nd from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,302 to 6,479 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Against towns its size, Ste. Anne is weakest for protected land nearby: 37 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pointe-Calumet QC | 28% | 12% | 35 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | South Surrey BC | 22% | 28% | 130 | 3 | 4 |
| 3 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Peachland BC | 18% | 0.4% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Fitzroy ON | 16% | 1.7% | 52 | 0 | 17 |
| 7 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | City View ON | 12% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Fisher Heights ON | 11% | 0% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Lac-Brome QC | 6.8% | 1.7% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Mount Royal ON | 6.5% | 2.6% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Port-Cartier QC | 5% | 1% | 44 | 0 | 8 |
| 16 | Woodhill ON | 4.1% | 16% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 22 | Cherry Hill ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Highland ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Glamorgan AB | 1.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 26 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Neepawa MB | 1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Royalwood MB | 0.7% | 9.6% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Terwillegar Towne AB | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 31 | Beechborough-Greenbrook ON | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | St. Paul County No. 19 AB | 0.4% | 0.7% | 23 | 0 | 9 |
| 33 | Mission AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Petrolia ON | 0.3% | 3.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Glencoe ON | 0.3% | 0.7% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Crescent Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Hollick-Kenyon AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Princeville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Ste. Anne MB | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Bay Roberts NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 17 |
Where the green is in Ste. Anne
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Walk in Ste. Anne: one named park or wood
Largest first: Le Bois Vert leads with 16 ha. Numbers match 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.
Few people in Ste. Anne 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.
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. About 6,400 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Ste. Anne Bog Ecological Reserve touches Ste. Anne
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
It is public land.
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.
Birds Hill Provincial Park is 32 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.
Birds Hill Provincial Park
For a national park, people in Ste. Anne travel more than 100 km.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Ste. Anne has 109 km of footpaths in and around it
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
For path density, 78% of Canadian towns do better. For woods, it beats 79% 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.
No mapped walking route near Ste. Anne
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.
September is the best month for walking in Ste. Anne
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Winnipeg Richardson (Airport) (54 km), and daylight at the town’s latitude. Good months: 12½+ hours of daylight, highs of 15–30 °C, little 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) | -11 | -9 | -1 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | -8 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 18 | 13 | 26 | 33 | 70 | 74 | 77 | 74 | 53 | 38 | 25 | 19 |
In July the typical high is 26 °C; in January, -11 °C. Summer storms make July the wettest month, 77 mm; February sees 13 mm. The climate in Ste. Anne →
A beach within 5 km of Ste. Anne
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Ste. Anne has a viewpoint within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 9 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 9
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Ste. Anne
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Around Ste. Anne, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Ste. Anne
Which is the biggest protected area near Ste. Anne?
It is Ste. Anne Bog Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve covering 420 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Ste. Anne?
No national park lies within 100 km of Ste. Anne.
Where can you swim near Ste. Anne?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Are there protected areas near Ste. Anne?
Protected areas cover 0.2% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a provincial park near Ste. Anne?
Birds Hill Provincial Park, 32 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Ste. Anne?
On the normals, September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources for this page on Ste. Anne
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).