First pick
Parc Duguay-Mallet
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.4 km of path
1.5 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Marinadeshippagan · Public domain0.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Shippagan · parks, protected land & trails
From Shippagan, Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (91 km)
15 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage de Shippegan. Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. A drive of 84 km reaches Kouchibouguac National Park, the nearest national park.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
7
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
84 km
Kouchibouguac National Park
Nearest provincial park
91 km
Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec)
Beaches
15
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Shippagan stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Beaches15 beaches within 5 kmLittle protected land0.3% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
What Shippagan has most to offer outdoors is its beaches. The gap is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Shippagan 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km0.3%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 areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches15Beaches 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, Shippagan is 11th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,029 to 3,124 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
Shippagan0.3%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Shippagan2
Towns its size4
Towns in New Brunswick7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Shippagan0
Towns its size0
Towns in New Brunswick0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Shippagan trails its peers is protected land nearby; 29 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Trois-Pistoles QC | 44% | 0.9% | 20 | 1 | 4 |
| 2 | Cap-Pelé NB | 43% | 2.6% | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Cap-Saint-Ignace QC | 20% | 0.1% | 51 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Elkford BC | 12% | 16% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 9.8% | 92 | 2 | 15 |
| 6 | Vanscoy No. 345 SK | 11% | 4.2% | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm ON | 11% | 0% | 24 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo BC | 9.4% | 10% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON | 8.3% | 6.2% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Greenbelt (east) ON | 7.4% | 45% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ainslie Wood East ON | 7.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Kirkendall South ON | 6.9% | 0.9% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Clear Hills AB | 5.4% | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| 14 | Clermont QC | 4.1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Athens ON | 3.9% | 2% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge QC | 3.2% | 3.7% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Rosedale ON | 2.3% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Alpine ON | 2.1% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot BC | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| 20 | Nutana Park SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Poplar Park ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | South Portage MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Crescentwood MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Princeton BC | 1.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 25 | Normandin QC | 1.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Brooklands MB | 1.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Admaston/Bromley ON | 0.7% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Luxton MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Tisdale SK | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Shippagan NB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 31 | Ange-Gardien QC | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Bisset AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Crawford Plains AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Laurier Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Gabriel QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 36 | Saint-Dominique QC | 0.1% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Liboire QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | La Loche SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Glengarry AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Shippagan
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Shippagan
The biggest is Parc Duguay-Mallet, 0.6 ha. Biggest first, 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
About 5 in 10 of Shippagan’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 (54%)Further (46%)
Shippagan54%
Towns in New Brunswick8.3%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. Around 1,400 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
7 protected areas lie within 10 km of Shippagan
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Shippagan0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in New Brunswick6%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
2 of the 7 are on public land. At 17 ha, 4018700 is the largest. 5 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
4018700Nature reserve · 17 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Inkerman Migratory Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 16 ha · 5.2 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
The nearest big park: Kouchibouguac National Park, 84 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
National park
Kouchibouguac National Park
84 km south239 km²since 1969
Provincial park
Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec)
91 km north-east5.8 km²since 1985
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
30 km of paths in and around Shippagan
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
30 km
in and around the town (29.9 km²)
Woodland
45%
about 13.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ShippaganTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ShippaganTowns in New BrunswickTypical Canadian town
Woodland45%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 82% of Canadian towns. 58% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 Shippagan
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 walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap 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
Get out in Shippagan in June to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Bas Caraquet (11 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -5 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 23 | 19 | 12 | 5 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 71 | 69 | 74 | 70 | 84 | 74 | 80 | 85 | 84 | 110 | 93 | 90 |
For dry weather, February is best (69 mm); October gets 110 mm. January brings highs of -5 °C, July highs of 24 °C. About 343 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Shippagan →
Beaches
Shippagan has 15 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage de Shippegan2.8 km from town
DirectionsPokemouche Beach3.1 km from town
DirectionsThe map adds 13 unnamed stretches of beach. The shoreline runs 124 km within 5 km of town. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Shippagan: 10 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 8.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 8
Parc de l'aquariumin town
DirectionsParc Richelieuin town
DirectionsParc de Pointe-Brûlée0.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Janine du Havre1.1 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.
Next door
Next to Shippagan
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CaraquetShippaganLamèqueBas-CaraquetInkermanCaraquetShippagan
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
For protected land, Shippagan and Caraquet have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Shippagan
What is the best season to get outdoors in Shippagan?
June to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Shippagan?
The nearest is Kouchibouguac National Park, 84 km away.
Is there a beach near Shippagan?
Try Plage de Shippegan, 2.8 km from town, first of several.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Shippagan?
The closest is Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec), at 91 km.
Is there protected land near Shippagan?
Yes: 0.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the largest protected area near Shippagan?
4018700: 17 ha, a nature reserve.
Sources
Sources for this page on Shippagan
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).