First pick
Parc Pierre-et-Maurice-Gagné
Park or garden
2.5 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Amqui
Véloroute Desjardins
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Mario Pinard · Public domain–Not graded
Outdoors in Amqui · parks, protected land & trails
The SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia runs by Amqui
Of the country within 10 km, 0% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage Pointe Fine. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
65 km
Gaspésie National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Amqui stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
On a national routeThe SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia passes within 2 kmWalking routes3 named routes within 2 kmLittle protected land0% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
For someone who likes to get outside, Amqui’s draw is the SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia, with its choice of walking routes close behind. The gap is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
How Amqui 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km0%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 areas0Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes3Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Amqui sits 3rd from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,966 to 6,153 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
Amqui0%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Amqui0
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Amqui3
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Amqui lags towns its size: 32 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crowsnest Pass AB | 25% | 20% | 21 | 6 | 0 |
| 2 | Cumberland County, Subdivision C NS | 20% | 8% | 133 | 0 | 9 |
| 3 | Sainte-Anne-des-Monts QC | 15% | 0.2% | 17 | 0 | 15 |
| 4 | Civic Hospital ON | 11% | 0% | 34 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Crystal Bay - Lakeview Park ON | 7.1% | 20% | 37 | 5 | 8 |
| 6 | Central Business Dis ON | 6.9% | 11% | 21 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Cumberland ON | 6.7% | 2.9% | 50 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Rolston ON | 6.5% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | McMasterville QC | 5.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Creston BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Port Mann BC | 5.1% | 4.4% | 108 | 6 | 7 |
| 12 | Lawfield ON | 4.2% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Crown Point West ON | 4.1% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 7 |
| 14 | Southwood AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 15 | Stettler County No. 6 AB | 3.9% | 3.3% | 96 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Homeside ON | 2.6% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 6 |
| 17 | Underwood ON | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Sioux Lookout ON | 1.7% | 4.5% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Haultain SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Richmond West MB | 1.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Pleasant Hill SK | 1.6% | 6.9% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Richelieu QC | 1.4% | 4.8% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Caernarvon AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Worthington MB | 1.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Dunluce AB | 1.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Saint-Henri QC | 0.5% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Inkster Gardens MB | 0.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Saint-Césaire QC | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Capitol Hill AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Saint-Pie QC | 0.3% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Stettler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Castleridge AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Forest Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | MacEwan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Vegreville AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | South Walkerville ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Melfort SK | 0.1% | 1.5% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Amqui QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| 39 | Alberta Avenue AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
| 40 | Homesteader AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Amqui
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
4 named parks and woods to walk in near Amqui
The biggest is Parc Pierre-et-Maurice-Gagné, 2.5 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
4 named parks and woods, 6 ha in all
Parks & gardens 6.3 ha
Two places, Parc Pierre-et-Maurice-Gagné and Parc Pierre-Olivier-Fournier, make up 69% of the total.
Parc Marcel-Rioux
Park or garden
1.5 ha0.3 km of path
0.6 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Pierre-Olivier-Fournier
Park or garden
1.8 ha
0.7 km south-westfrom 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
3 in 10 people in Amqui 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.
Within 400 m (34%)Further (66%)
Amqui34%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 4,000 people more than a short walk away. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
There is no protected land within 10 km of Amqui
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Gaspésie National Park (Québec), 65 km away, is the closest provincial park.
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: Gaspésie National Park (Québec), 65 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
Québec national park (provincial)
Gaspésie National Park (Québec)
65 km north-east802 km²since 1981
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Amqui has its province’s. Despite the name, a Québec parc national is a provincial park.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
11 km of paths in and around Amqui
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
11 km
in and around the town (187.7 km²)
Woodland
54%
about 100.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
AmquiTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
AmquiTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland54%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 91% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 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
Trails around Amqui
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
NationalLocal
SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia131.3 km
SIA, 6-Route d'accès Lac-au-Saumon6.0 km
SIA, 6-Route d'accès Amqui1.0 km
Of the SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia’s 131 km, 35.8 km passes close to town. At 6.0 km, the SIA, 6-Route d'accès Lac-au-Saumon is the longest local route.
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 Amqui in May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Mont-Joli (60 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 3 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 74 | 65 | 70 | 64 | 76 | 76 | 93 | 78 | 86 | 97 | 74 | 81 |
July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -8 °C. For dry weather, April is best (64 mm); October gets 97 mm. The climate in Amqui →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Amqui
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Pointe Finesand · 0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlage du Dépôt-à-Soucy3.7 km from town
DirectionsNo national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Amqui: 1 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
La Chute à Philomène0.6 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Parc régional du lac Matapédia1.0 km from town
DirectionsDog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping d'Amquiin town
DirectionsCamping du Lac2.0 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 Amqui
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Lac-au-SaumonCausapscalAmqui
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amqui | 0% | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Lac-au-Saumon 8.2 km | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Causapscal 19 km | 0.5% | 5 | 2 | 0 |
Amqui is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
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.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Amqui
Where can you swim near Amqui?
Plage Pointe Fine, 0.8 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Where can you walk near Amqui?
OpenStreetMap maps the SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia, SIA, 6-Route d'accès Lac-au-Saumon and SIA, 6-Route d'accès Amqui close by, with others.
What is the nearest national park to Amqui?
No national park lies within 100 km of Amqui.
When should you visit Amqui for the outdoors?
May, June, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest provincial park to Amqui?
Gaspésie National Park (Québec), 65 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Amqui
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).