First pick
Parc de la Pointe
Park or garden
4.5 ha
1.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.00.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Causapscal · parks, protected land & trails
The SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia runs by Causapscal
The largest is Land set aside Rivière-Causapscal: 7,382 ha, 10.0 km from the edge of town. No national park lies within 100 km. Of the country within 10 km, 0.5% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land
0.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 5 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
59 km
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
2
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Causapscal 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 kmLittle protected land0.5% within 10 km; the typical Canadian town: 2.3%
For someone who likes to get outside, Causapscal’s draw is the SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia. What it lacks is protected land nearby.
Against other towns
Each figure for Causapscal, 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. 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 km0.5%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 areas5Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes2Named 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, Causapscal is 15th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,151 to 2,587 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
Causapscal0.5%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Causapscal5
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Causapscal2
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Causapscal’s strong point is public protected areas, where 15 of 39 top it. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 25 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 22 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Causapscal QC | 0.5% | 0% | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Causapscal
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Causapscal
Parc de la Pointe is the largest, at 4.5 ha; the rest follow by size, 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 Causapscal 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%)
Causapscal0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 2,200 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
Causapscal has 5 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 Causapscal0%
Within 10 km0.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Each of the 5 is held by a public body. At 7,382 ha, Land set aside Rivière-Causapscal is the largest.
01253R027 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 362 ha · 7.8 km from the edge of town
Assemetquagan Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 7,300 ha · 9.1 km from the edge of town
01253R033 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 134 ha · 10.0 km from the edge of town
Land set aside Rivière-CausapscalProtected area · 7,382 ha · 10.0 km from the edge of town
1 area recorded only by its type (a provincial layer such as wildlife habitat areas) is counted, not listed.
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
59 km to Miguasha National Park (Québec)
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)
Miguasha National Park (Québec)
59 km south-east0.6 km²since 1985
No national park lies within 100 km of Causapscal; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
31 km of paths in and around Causapscal
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
31 km
in and around the town (224.9 km²)
Woodland
75%
about 169.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CausapscalTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CausapscalTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland75%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 82% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 94% 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 Causapscal
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
The SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia is 131 km long on the map, and 35.6 km of it lies within 2 km of town.
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 Causapscal: May, June, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Mont-Joli (77 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 |
In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -8 °C. Most rain and snow falls in October, 97 mm; April sees 64 mm. The climate in Causapscal →
Things to do
6 things to do outdoors near Causapscal
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
For a climb, Mont Climont rises to 482 m.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Mont Climont482 m · in town
DirectionsMonts Chic-Chocsin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping des chutes0.9 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Causapscal
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Lac-au-SaumonAmquiCausapscal
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Causapscal | 0.5% | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| Lac-au-Saumon 11 km | 0% | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Amqui 19 km | 0% | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Causapscal’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Causapscal
When is the best time for walking in Causapscal?
On the normals, May, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Causapscal?
Miguasha National Park (Québec), 59 km from the edge of town.
Is there protected land near Causapscal?
Protected areas cover 0.5% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Causapscal from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Causapscal.
Are there hiking trails near Causapscal?
OpenStreetMap maps the SIA, 6-Vallée de la Matapedia and SIA, 6-Route d'accès Lac-au-Saumon close by, with others.
Which is the biggest protected area near Causapscal?
Land set aside Rivière-Causapscal: 7,382 ha, a protected area.
Sources
Where Causapscal’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).