First pick
Terrain Soccer Gentilly
Park or garden
7.8 ha
17 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gaétan Veillette · CC BY-SA 4.06%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Bécancour · parks, protected land & trails
Bécancour has 13 beaches within 5 km
CPCAD lists 42 protected areas within 10 km. The nearest national park is La Mauricie National Park, 43 km away. Within 10 km of the town, 6% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
42
within 10 km, 20 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
43 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
81 km
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
13
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in Bécancour, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Bécancour is strongest on its beaches, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
Each figure for Bécancour, 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 km6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas20Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches13Beaches 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, Bécancour ranks 11th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (14,684 to 15,220 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
Bécancour6%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Bécancour20
Towns its size6
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Bécancour1
Towns its size1
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Bécancour’s strong point is public protected areas, where 4 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Whistler BC | 56% | 26% | 11 | 3 | 8 |
| 2 | Pincourt QC | 33% | 0.6% | 38 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Les Rapides QC | 16% | 0% | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Arbutus Ridge BC | 15% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 62 |
| 5 | Rivière-Gatineau QC | 13% | 0% | 38 | 1 | 2 |
| 6 | Dupéré QC | 7.7% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Pointe-Saint-Charles QC | 7.7% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| 8 | Middle Sackville NS | 6.4% | 6.5% | 25 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Vieux-Bourg QC | 6.1% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Saint-Louis QC | 6.1% | 0.1% | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Bécancour QC | 6% | 1.1% | 42 | 1 | 13 |
| 12 | Powell River BC | 5.5% | 0.1% | 5 | 6 | 9 |
| 13 | Vales of Castlemore ON | 5.2% | 21% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Sainte-Adèle QC | 4.8% | 8% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Buttonville ON | 3.2% | 0% | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Limoges ON | 3.1% | 5.7% | 31 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Royal Orchard ON | 3% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Orsainville QC | 2.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 6 |
| 19 | Taylor-Massey ON | 2.3% | 13% | 12 | 1 | 15 |
| 20 | Doon South ON | 2.3% | 16% | 22 | 2 | 0 |
| 21 | Springbrook ON | 2.2% | 15% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Hyde Park ON | 2.2% | 0.6% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | South London ON | 2% | 1.2% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | North Battleford SK | 1.9% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Lawrence Park South ON | 1.7% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Lawrence Park North ON | 1.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Des Châtels QC | 1.3% | 0% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Roncesvalles ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 30 | Lakewood SK | 1.3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Ingersoll ON | 1.1% | 0% | 8 | 2 | 0 |
| 32 | Windermere AB | 1% | 2.3% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Campbellford ON | 0.8% | 0.5% | 24 | 7 | 0 |
| 34 | Chappelle AB | 0.8% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Carleton Place ON | 0.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Rockwood ON | 0.5% | 0.4% | 27 | 15 | 5 |
| 37 | Lacombe AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Mountain View County AB | 0.1% | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Cooksville NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Portage la Prairie MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Bécancour
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
12 named parks and woods to walk in near Bécancour
The biggest is Terrain Soccer Gentilly, 7.8 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
12 named parks and woods, 29 ha in all
Parks & gardens 26 haWoods 3.1 ha
Most of it sits in Terrain Soccer Gentilly and Parc de la Rivière-Bécancour: 45% together.
Terrain des loisirs
Park or garden
4.9 ha0.1 km of path
6.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Rivière-Bécancour
Park or garden
5.1 ha
5.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Seigneurie Godefroy
Park or garden
2.0 ha
6.7 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc-école Harfang-des-Neiges
Park or garden
1.9 ha
17 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 12 named parks and green spaces
Terrain Soccer GentillyPark or garden · 7.8 ha
DirectionsTerrain des loisirsPark or garden · 4.9 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc de la Rivière-BécancourPark or garden · 5.1 ha
DirectionsParc de la Seigneurie GodefroyPark or garden · 2.0 ha
DirectionsParc-école Harfang-des-NeigesPark or garden · 1.9 ha
DirectionsParc-école ExploramiPark or garden · 1.7 ha
DirectionsÎle à PichéWood or forest · 3.1 ha
DirectionsParc des CygnesPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc du Domaine-de-la-TourPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc des Petits-SeigneursPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc du Plateau-LavalPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc BergeronPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsSource: 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
2 in 10 people in Bécancour 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 (24%)Further (76%)
Bécancour24%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 11,400 residents live further than 400 m from one. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
6% of the land around Bécancour is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Bécancour1.1%
Within 10 km6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 42, 20 are public land; the others are privately held. Refuge de Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering Area is the biggest, 2,821 ha. The count includes 20 areas that are private or not recorded as public; they aren’t named.
Pointe Paul - Rivière aux Orignaux Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 882 ha · reaches Bécancour
rivière aux Orignaux - les Becquets Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 790 ha · reaches Bécancour
Île Montesson Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 549 ha · reaches Bécancour
port Saint-Francois - Pont Laviolette Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 507 ha · reaches Bécancour
Léon-Provancher Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 473 ha · reaches Bécancour
Baie Lemarier Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 356 ha · reaches Bécancour
Sud-Ouest du Pont Laviolette Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 37 ha · reaches Bécancour
Île aux Sternes Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 914 ha · reaches Bécancour
Battures de Gentilly Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 683 ha · 1.1 km from the edge of town
Port Saint-François - Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 364 ha · 1.5 km from the edge of town
10 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
43 km to La Mauricie 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
National park
La Mauricie National Park
43 km north-west536 km²since 1970
Québec national park (provincial)
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
81 km south-east157 km²since 1987
Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
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: 62 km in and around Bécancour
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
62 km
in and around the town (578 km²)
Woodland
39%
about 227.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
BécancourTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
BécancourTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland39%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 79% of Canadian towns. For path density, 85% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
1 walking route near Bécancour
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Sentier de la Tourbière3.0 km
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 Bécancour: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Trois-Rivieres, 7.6 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 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 83 | 66 | 76 | 87 | 83 | 105 | 125 | 96 | 97 | 101 | 88 | 95 |
Snow totals about 274 cm a year. The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (125 mm), while February is driest at 66 mm. Highs peak near 25 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. The climate in Bécancour →
Beaches
The shore near Bécancour
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
La Petite Floridesand · in town
DirectionsPlage Cossette0.4 km from town
DirectionsBattures à Bigot1.6 km from town
DirectionsPlage de l'Ile Saint-Quentinsand · 1.8 km from town
DirectionsBattures Provencher2.1 km from town
DirectionsBatture Taureau2.2 km from town
DirectionsBattures de Gentilly2.3 km from town
DirectionsPetite batture Champlain3.7 km from town
DirectionsBattures Perron4.7 km from town
DirectionsThe map adds 4 unnamed stretches of beach. Sandy ones: 2. 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
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Bécancour: 7 and 1
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: 16 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 7
Plus 7 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Chutes Thibodeauin town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Parc écologique Godefroyin town
DirectionsRéserve écologique Léon Provancherin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 6
Plus 6 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 16
Domaine des Gnomesin town
DirectionsHébertisme0.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 14 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Camping équestre de Sainte-Gertrudein town
DirectionsSecteur de la Presqu'Île0.0 km from town
DirectionsCamping Val-Lero0.2 km from town
DirectionsCamping Port-Saint-François1.6 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 3
Plus 3 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Bécancour
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Trois-RivièresNicoletChamplainSaint-MauriceSaint-WenceslasBécancour
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bécancour | 6% | 42 | 1 | 13 |
| Trois-Rivières 12 km | 8.4% | 44 | 1 | 10 |
| Nicolet 14 km | 11% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Champlain 15 km | 8.4% | 25 | 0 | 7 |
| Saint-Maurice 18 km | 9.2% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Wenceslas 19 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Bécancour’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Bécancour
What is the nearest national park to Bécancour?
La Mauricie National Park is closest, at 43 km.
Are there protected areas near Bécancour?
Protected areas cover 6% of the land within 10 km.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Bécancour?
Refuge de Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering Area: 2,821 ha, a wildlife area.
What walking routes are near Bécancour?
The Sentier de la Tourbière, mapped within 2 km.
What is the nearest beach to Bécancour?
La Petite Floride, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Bécancour?
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.
Is there a provincial park near Bécancour?
Frontenac National Park (Québec), 81 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Sources for this page on Bécancour
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).