First pick
Parc familial des Berges
Park or garden
15 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
3.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
![Rue principale à Cap-Santé . - [1930]](https://images.townratings.com/ca/town_images/52434030/b9b4ae56130e42df4136.jpg)
Photo: Unknown Unknown · Public domain8.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Cap-Santé · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Cap-Santé is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns
Count 26 protected areas within 10 km of town. 69 km separate the town from La Mauricie National Park, its nearest national park. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
8.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
26
within 10 km, 25 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
69 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
50 km
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Cap-Santé has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round8.3% of the land within 10 km, more than 82% of Canadian townsMany protected areas25 public areas within 10 km
Cap-Santé is strongest on protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
Cap-Santé 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 one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km8.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas25Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Cap-Santé has the 6th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,808 to 3,957 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
Cap-Santé8.3%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Cap-Santé25
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Cap-Santé0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Cap-Santé beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 3 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay BC | 30% | 23% | 41 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | L'Islet QC | 30% | 0.1% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay BC | 11% | 4.9% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 4 | Trend-Arlington ON | 10% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Lamont County AB | 9.6% | 2.2% | 51 | 4 | 1 |
| 6 | Cap-Santé QC | 8.3% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 7 | Colchester County, Subdivision A NS | 7.5% | 14% | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Ainslie Wood West ON | 7.5% | 15% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 9 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Saint-André-Avellin QC | 5.1% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Normanview Residents Group SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Fairview AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 13 | New Richmond QC | 3.4% | 0.5% | 19 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George BC | 3.1% | 3.3% | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 15 | Lisgar ON | 2.8% | 0% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 16 | Mulmur ON | 2.1% | 2.9% | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 17 | Auditorium ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Grand River North ON | 1.8% | 3.6% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Guernsey ON | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Stoney Creek ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | Norwood East MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 22 | Keswick AB | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | City Park SK | 1.3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Bridgeport East ON | 1.2% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 25 | Forty Mile County No. 8 AB | 1.1% | 1.6% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Corkery ON | 0.9% | 2.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Jamieson Place AB | 0.8% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Livingston AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosscarrock AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Leila-McPhillips Triangle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Meadows MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Pasadena NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Penhold AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 34 | Maple AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 35 | Watford ON | 0.1% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Cardston AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Danville QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Pincher Creek AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Fort Macleod AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Belle Rive AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Cap-Santé 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
Walk in Cap-Santé: 3 named parks and woods
The biggest is Parc familial des Berges, 15 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Parc Joseph-Filion
Park or garden
0.3 ha0.2 km of path
1.9 km southfrom 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
Most of Cap-Santé is more than 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Cap-Santé0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
That leaves about 3,900 people more than a short walk away. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
26 protected areas around Cap-Santé
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Cap-Santé0.1%
Within 10 km8.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 25 of the 26, and private owners the rest. Cap-Santé (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering Area is the biggest, 682 ha. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
Cap-Santé (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 682 ha · reaches Cap-Santé
Cap-Santé Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 236 ha · reaches Cap-Santé
Donnacona (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 121 ha · reaches Cap-Santé
Donnacona Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 114 ha · reaches Cap-Santé
Pointe Platon (Est) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 374 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Pointe Platon Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 117 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Décharge du Platon Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 379 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
Portneuf Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 354 ha · 2.1 km from the edge of town
Pointe-Platon Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 59 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Sainte-Croix Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 114 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
15 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
69 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
Québec national park (provincial)
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)
50 km north-east671 km²since 1981
National park
La Mauricie National Park
69 km west536 km²since 1970
Closer to home, Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec) is 50 km away. A Québec parc national belongs to the province, not to Parks Canada.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Cap-Santé and its edge hold 8 km of footpath
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
8.3 km
in and around the town (91.9 km²)
Woodland
34%
about 30.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Cap-SantéTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Cap-SantéTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland34%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 76% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 87% 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 Cap-Santé 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.
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
Walking season in Cap-Santé: May, June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Fortierville, 31 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 23 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 81 | 69 | 79 | 94 | 92 | 108 | 133 | 103 | 95 | 105 | 82 | 100 |
In July the typical high is 26 °C; in January, -7 °C. The wettest month is the warmest, July (133 mm); February has 69 mm. A typical year sees 253 cm of snow. The climate in Cap-Santé →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Cap-Santé, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Cap-Santé: 2 and 1
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 15.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Vieux Quai Lemay1.8 km from town
DirectionsBerges de Portneuf1.9 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 15
Plus 15 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Cap-Santé: Joly de Lotbinière Estate, 2.6 km off
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Joly de Lotbinière EstateNational Historic Site · 2.6 km from town
Its pageOne carries a national designation.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Cap-Santé
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
DonnaconaPortneufSaint-BasileSainte-CroixPont-RougeSaint-Édouard-de-LotbinièreCap-Santé
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cap-Santé | 8.3% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| Donnacona 5.2 km | 9.6% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| Portneuf 7.5 km | 9.8% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| Saint-Basile 8.1 km | 3.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Croix 8.9 km | 9.6% | 32 | 0 | 3 |
| Pont-Rouge 11 km | 5.1% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Édouard-de-Lotbinière 12 km | 12% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
Portneuf has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 5. No place nearby has double Cap-Santé’s share of protected land.
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.
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Cap-Santé
What is the nearest beach to Cap-Santé?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there protected areas near Cap-Santé?
Yes: 8.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest provincial park to Cap-Santé?
The closest is Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), at 50 km.
What is the largest protected area near Cap-Santé?
Cap-Santé (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 682 ha, a wildlife area.
Is Cap-Santé near a national park?
The nearest is La Mauricie National Park, 69 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Cap-Santé?
May, June, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Cap-Santé’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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).