First pick
The New Brunswick Botanical Garden
Park or garden
11 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
1.1 km south-westfrom the centre
Parc linéaire interprovincial Petit-Témis
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domain5.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Jacques · parks, protected land & trails
Within 10 km of Saint-Jacques: 23 public protected areas
17 km from town is Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park. The protected share within 10 km is 5.9%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%. 8.5 km out lies the largest, Dionne Brook, at 1,935 ha.
Protected land
5.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
23
within 10 km, 23 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Saint-Jacques against 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 km5.9%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 areas23Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Jacques ranks 7th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,763 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
Saint-Jacques5.9%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Jacques23
Towns its size4
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Jacques0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Saint-Jacques beats most towns its size for public protected areas; only 1 of 39 does better.
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-Jacques NB | 5.9% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 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
Saint-Jacques on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
A named park or wood to walk in near Saint-Jacques
The New Brunswick Botanical Garden is the largest, at 11 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
Most of Saint-Jacques is more than a short walk from 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Saint-Jacques0%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. For about 1,800 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Around Saint-Jacques, protected areas make up 5.9%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Jacques0%
Within 10 km5.9%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 23. The largest named one is Dionne Brook, at 1,935 ha.
Ruisseau Teed Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 45 ha · reaches Saint-Jacques
Belone BrookNature reserve · 1,835 ha · reaches Saint-Jacques
4012400Nature reserve · 504 ha · reaches Saint-Jacques
4012300Nature reserve · 240 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
Green River NorthNature reserve · 464 ha · 0.3 km from the edge of town
Rivière-Madawaska Rare Forest EcosystemProtected area · 38 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
4011100Nature reserve · 744 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Moose Valley HillNature reserve · 1,001 ha · 2.7 km from the edge of town
Ruisseau Benedict White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 619 ha · 3.0 km from the edge of town
4011000Nature reserve · 395 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
13 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec) is 17 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
Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec)
17 km north-west177 km²since 2009
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Jacques; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Saint-Jacques has 31 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
31 km
in and around the town (451.4 km²)
Woodland
91%
about 412.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-JacquesTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-JacquesTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland91%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 90% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it than in 100% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Saint-Jacques
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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 Saint-Jacques: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Edmundston, 5.3 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 22 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 12 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 63 | 64 | 67 | 85 | 101 | 107 | 86 | 89 | 103 | 87 | 89 |
Summer storms make July the wettest month, 107 mm; February sees 63 mm. The warmest days come in July (25 °C highs), the coldest in January (-7 °C). The climate in Saint-Jacques →
Things to do
Near Saint-Jacques: 3 viewpoints, 3 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
12 playgrounds top the list. Mont Farlagne, 430 m, is the high point nearby.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Mont Farlagne430 m · 0.8 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 6
Panoramic Campingin town
DirectionsCampement pour cyclistes0.1 km from town
DirectionsCampement de groupes0.1 km from town
DirectionsDe la République Provincial Park0.2 km from town
DirectionsLuc Thibodeau0.2 km from town
DirectionsDenis Desjardin0.3 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Saint-Jacques: New Brunswick Botanical Garden, 0.2 km off
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
New Brunswick Botanical GardenGarden or park · 0.2 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 Saint-Jacques
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-JosephEdmundstonSaint-Jacques
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jacques | 5.9% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Joseph 4.3 km | 5.3% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Edmundston 8.1 km | 0.6% | 5 | 0 | 3 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Saint-Jacques’.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Jacques
What is the biggest park or reserve near Saint-Jacques?
Dionne Brook, a nature reserve of 1,935 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Saint-Jacques?
None within 100 km of Saint-Jacques.
How much land around Saint-Jacques is protected?
Yes: 5.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Saint-Jacques?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Jacques?
The closest is Lac-Témiscouata National Park (Québec), at 17 km.
Sources
Sources for this page on Saint-Jacques
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).