First pick
Parc John Lyons Park
Park or garden
2.6 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
1.2 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Quintin Soloviev · CC BY 4.018%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Shediac · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Shediac is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The nearest national park is Fundy National Park, 53 km away. For a swim, Parlee Beach is the nearest of 4 beaches within 5 km. 20 protected areas lie within 10 km.
Protected land
18%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
20
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
53 km
Fundy National Park
Nearest provincial park
49 km
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Shediac 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km18%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town5.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches4Beaches 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, Shediac ranks 4th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,682 to 10,029 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
Shediac18%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Shediac3
Towns its size4
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Shediac0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Shediac beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 3 of 39 do better. For public protected areas, though, 21 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area C (Puntledge - Black Creek), Comox Valley BC | 22% | 12% | 74 | 1 | 7 |
| 2 | Shawnigan BC | 22% | 6.4% | 66 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | Kitimat BC | 20% | 6.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Shediac NB | 18% | 5.4% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Hatchet Lake NS | 14% | 36% | 53 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Lac-Deschênes QC | 14% | 49% | 32 | 3 | 10 |
| 7 | Antigonish County, Subdivision A NS | 11% | 9.3% | 128 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | South Cambie BC | 8.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 49 |
| 9 | M-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Argyle North SK | 4.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Elizabethtown-Kitley ON | 4.2% | 1.7% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Glastonbury AB | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | The Valleys of Thornhill ON | 3.8% | 12% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Acadia AB | 3.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 15 | Van Kirk ON | 3.2% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 16 | Shawnessy AB | 3.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 17 | Laurentian Valley ON | 2.4% | 0.9% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Guildwood ON | 2.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Rosenberg ON | 2.2% | 9.1% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Laurentian Hills ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lorraine QC | 1.6% | 0.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Blind Bay BC | 1.6% | 1.5% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 23 | Bridle Path-Sunnybrook-York Mills ON | 1.5% | 3.9% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Sainte-Catherine-de-la-Jacques-Cartier QC | 1.4% | 0.1% | 27 | 0 | 16 |
| 25 | Wiarton ON | 1.4% | 2.4% | 64 | 3 | 55 |
| 26 | Ladysmith BC | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 2 |
| 27 | Vincent ON | 1.3% | 3.1% | 14 | 4 | 7 |
| 28 | Lac-Saint-Charles QC | 1% | 1.6% | 21 | 1 | 4 |
| 29 | Willowgrove SK | 0.8% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 2 |
| 30 | Roberval QC | 0.6% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 31 | Thamesford ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 15 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Malahide ON | 0.5% | 0% | 8 | 3 | 5 |
| 33 | Stanley MB | 0.5% | 0.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Penbrooke Meadows AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Springbank Hill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | River Valley Oleskiw AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Devonshire ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Bridgewater NS | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mineola ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 40 | Palmerston ON | 0% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Shediac 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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Shediac
Largest first: Parc John Lyons Park leads with 2.6 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 6 ha in all
Parks & gardens 6.4 ha
Parc John Lyons Park and Rotary Park together hold 72% of it.
Parc Pascal Poirier
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.4 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Rue Saint-Pierre
Park or garden
0.6 ha
0.8 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
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
About 3 in 10 of Shediac’s residents are 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 (32%)Further (68%)
Shediac32%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. That leaves about 6,700 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
The 20 protected areas near Shediac
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Shediac5.4%
Within 10 km18%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 20 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22) covers 285,278 ha, the most of any named area. 17 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22)Nature reserve · 285,278 ha · reaches Shediac
4037400Nature reserve · 83 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
4037300Nature reserve · 39 ha · 1.3 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
53 km to Fundy National Park
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
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
49 km south-east2.6 km²since 2000
National park
Fundy National Park
53 km south-west206 km²since 1948
Closer to home, Amherst Shore Provincial Park is 49 km away.
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: 33 km in and around Shediac
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
33 km
in and around the town (150.9 km²)
Woodland
51%
about 77.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ShediacTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ShediacTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland51%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 84% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 76% 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 mapped walking route near Shediac
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
Walking season in Shediac: May to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Moncton, 16 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 21 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 102 | 88 | 111 | 94 | 98 | 95 | 87 | 77 | 103 | 124 | 109 | 115 |
Most rain and snow falls in October, 124 mm; August sees 77 mm. The warmest days come in July (25 °C highs), the coldest in January (-4 °C). Winter brings about 310 cm of snow. The climate in Shediac →
Beaches
Shediac has 4 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Parlee Beachsand · 0.8 km from town
DirectionsPointe Grande-Digue1.2 km from town
Directions2 further beaches go unnamed. The coast is close: 65 km of shoreline within 5 km. No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Shediac: one viewpoint on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
8 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Parlee Beach Provincial Park0.5 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 8
Plus 8 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Camping Beauséjourin town
DirectionsCamping Oceanicin town
DirectionsParlee Beach Provincial Park Camp Site0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Shediac
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ShediacDundasBeaubassin East / Beaubassin-estCocagneShediac
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shediac | 18% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| Shediac 3.6 km | 14% | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| Dundas 12 km | 29% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| Beaubassin East / Beaubassin-est 15 km | 27% | 29 | 0 | 11 |
| Cocagne 18 km | 39% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
For protected land, Cocagne has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- 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. National parks are Parks Canada’s; provincial parks are the province’s or territory’s, Québec’s parcs nationaux among them.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
Questions about the outdoors in Shediac
What is the best season to get outdoors in Shediac?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Shediac?
It is Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22), a nature reserve covering 285,278 ha.
Is there a provincial park near Shediac?
The closest is Amherst Shore Provincial Park, at 49 km.
Is there protected land near Shediac?
Within 10 km, 18% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is Shediac near a national park?
The nearest is Fundy National Park, 53 km away.
Is there a beach near Shediac?
Parlee Beach, 0.8 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Sources
The sources behind Shediac’s outdoors figures
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).