First pick
Terrain des Loisirs
Park or garden
1.7 ha
0.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Ange-Gardien · parks, protected land & trails
Ange-Gardien has 0.3% protected land within 10 km
CPCAD lists 7 protected areas within 10 km. The closest provincial park is Yamaska National Park (Québec), 17 km from the edge of town. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
7
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
17 km
Yamaska National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Each figure for Ange-Gardien, set against 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.
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 areas0Areas 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, Ange-Gardien is 10th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,052 to 3,150 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
Ange-Gardien0.3%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Ange-Gardien0
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Ange-Gardien0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Ange-Gardien lags towns its size: 33 of 39 are ahead.
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 | Welcome Beach BC | 15% | 8.8% | 37 | 0 | 60 |
| 5 | Percé QC | 15% | 2.2% | 39 | 2 | 20 |
| 6 | Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 9.8% | 92 | 2 | 15 |
| 7 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm ON | 11% | 0% | 24 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo BC | 9.4% | 10% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Saint-David-de-Falardeau QC | 8.6% | 3.7% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Chalk River ON | 8.2% | 1% | 29 | 0 | 21 |
| 11 | Greenbelt (east) ON | 7.4% | 45% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Ainslie Wood East ON | 7.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Paspébiac QC | 6.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Clear Hills AB | 5.4% | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| 15 | Clermont QC | 4.1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Athens ON | 3.9% | 2% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 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 | Garrison Woods AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lakeshore ON | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Crescentwood MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 23 | Minburn County No. 27 AB | 1.2% | 0.9% | 120 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Thorhild County AB | 1.2% | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Lower Mount Royal AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 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 | Westgate AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Crawford Plains AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Saint-Gabriel QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 35 | Saint-Dominique QC | 0.1% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Liboire QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | La Loche SK | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 39 | Crystallina Nera West AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Glengarry AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Ange-Gardien
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Ange-Gardien
The biggest is Terrain des Loisirs, 1.7 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
Few people in Ange-Gardien 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Ange-Gardien0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. Around 3,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Ange-Gardien has 7 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Ange-Gardien0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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: Yamaska National Park (Québec), 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
Québec national park (provincial)
Yamaska National Park (Québec)
17 km east13 km²since 1983
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Ange-Gardien, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s parcs nationaux are provincial parks, run by Sépaq; Parks Canada’s national parks are separate.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
10 km of paths in and around Ange-Gardien
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
10 km
in and around the town (138 km²)
Woodland
18%
about 25.4 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Ange-GardienTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Ange-GardienTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland18%
0%50%100%
89% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². For woods, it beats 65% 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 named walking route passes Ange-Gardien on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Ange-Gardien in May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Granby, 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 95 | 74 | 88 | 101 | 100 | 121 | 122 | 113 | 113 | 109 | 92 | 98 |
Rain peaks with the heat: 122 mm in July, against 74 mm in February. Daytime highs run from -5 °C in January up to 26 °C in July. Snowfall averages 262 cm a year. The climate in Ange-Gardien →
Things to do
Near Ange-Gardien: 7 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.
The most common are playgrounds: 4 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 2
Halte Saint-Charlesin town
DirectionsHalte Opti & Lions0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Mon Reposin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Ange-Gardien
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-Paul-d'AbbotsfordSaint-CésaireFarnhamSaint-Alphonse-de-GranbySainte-Brigide-d'IbervilleRougemontAnge-Gardien
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ange-Gardien | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford 8.2 km | 0.6% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Césaire 8.9 km | 0.4% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Farnham 9.1 km | 0.2% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
| Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby 12 km | 1.2% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville 12 km | 0.3% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Rougemont 14 km | 1.5% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
Around Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby and Rougemont the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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 Ange-Gardien
What is the best season to get outdoors in Ange-Gardien?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Ange-Gardien from a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of Ange-Gardien.
Is there a provincial park near Ange-Gardien?
Yamaska National Park (Québec), 17 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Ange-Gardien?
Protected areas cover 0.3% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Where Ange-Gardien’s outdoors figures come from
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).