First pick
Parc municipal de Chambord
Park or garden
0.8 ha
6.1 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gabriel Picard · CC BY-SA 4.01.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Chambord · parks, protected land & trails
Chambord touches 02251R046 Biological Refuge
The nearest provincial park, Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), is 16 km away. The largest is Louis-Ovide-Brunet Ecological Reserve: 669 ha, 7.6 km from the edge of town. For a swim, Plage Blanchet is the nearest of 3 beaches within 5 km.
Protected land
1.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 6 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Chambord 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km1.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas6Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches 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, Chambord is 19th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,800 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
Chambord1.1%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Chambord6
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Chambord0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Chambord beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 14 of 39 do better.
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 | Chambord QC | 1.1% | 1.3% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 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
Chambord 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 Chambord: one named park or wood
Largest first: Parc municipal de Chambord leads with 0.8 ha. Numbers match 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
Most of Chambord 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%)
Chambord0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 1,800 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
Around Chambord, protected areas make up 1.1%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Chambord1.3%
Within 10 km1.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 6 is on public land. At 669 ha, Louis-Ovide-Brunet Ecological Reserve is the largest.
02251R046 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 268 ha · reaches Chambord
02251R044 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 108 ha · 5.2 km from the edge of town
Lac des Cèdres Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 14 ha · 7.2 km from the edge of town
02351R303 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 207 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Louis-Ovide-Brunet Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 669 ha · 7.6 km from the edge of town
Couchepaganiche Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 38 ha · 8.2 km from the edge of town
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
16 km to Pointe-Taillon 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)
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
16 km north-east98 km²since 1985
For a national park, people in Chambord travel more than 100 km. Sépaq runs Québec’s parcs nationaux, which are provincial parks under another name.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
20 km of paths in and around Chambord
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
20 km
in and around the town (247.8 km²)
Woodland
46%
about 113.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ChambordTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChambordTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland46%
0%50%100%
For path density, 89% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover more of it than in 82% 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 Chambord 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 route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Chambord
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Roberval, 20 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -8 | -1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 2 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 87 | 112 | 104 | 99 | 81 | 71 | 66 |
The warmest month, July, is also the wettest (112 mm), while February is driest at 45 mm. July is the warmest month, with highs around 24 °C; January the coldest, at -11 °C. Expect around 271 cm of snow over a winter. The climate in Chambord →
Beaches
Chambord has 3 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Blanchetsand · in town
DirectionsPlage Chambordin town
DirectionsAdd one unnamed beach to the count. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Chambord has 17 viewpoints and 4 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
17 viewpoints top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 17
Cascada Malinein town
DirectionsCascade Malignein town
DirectionsCascade Ouiatchouanin town
DirectionsPoint de vuein town
DirectionsPlus 13 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 4
Chute Malignein town
DirectionsChute Martinein town
DirectionsChute Ouiatchouanin town
DirectionsOuiatchouan-Basin town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Val-Jalbertin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Camping de Val-Jalbertin town
DirectionsCamping Desmeulesin town
DirectionsCamping Plage Blanchetin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Chambord
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
DesbiensMétabetchouan--Lac-à-la-CroixRobervalChambord
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chambord | 1.1% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Desbiens 7.5 km | 0.6% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix 14 km | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| Roberval 17 km | 0.6% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Chambord.
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 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Chambord
When should you visit Chambord for the outdoors?
May, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Which is the biggest protected area near Chambord?
Louis-Ovide-Brunet Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve of 669 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Chambord?
No national park lies within 100 km of Chambord.
What is the nearest provincial park to Chambord?
The closest is Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), at 16 km.
Is there protected land near Chambord?
Protected areas cover 1.1% of the land within 10 km.
Where can you swim near Chambord?
Plage Blanchet, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Sources
Sources for this page on Chambord
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).