First pick
Parc Recreatif De Pabos Inc
Park or garden
18 ha
8.9 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: GuyFromGaspésie2 · CC05.8%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Chandler · parks, protected land & trails
Within 10 km of Chandler: 21 public protected areas
Swimmers have 17 beaches within 5 km, Plage du Chenal the nearest. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Forillon National Park, at 41 km. 1.8 km out lies the largest, Grande-Rivière Ecological Reserve, at 18,400 ha.
Protected land
5.8%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
22
within 10 km, 21 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
41 km
Forillon National Park
Nearest provincial park
30 km
Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec)
Beaches
17
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Chandler apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Above all, Chandler offers the number of public protected areas close by, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
Chandler beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 km5.8%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas21Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches17Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Chandler has the 7th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,190 to 7,447 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
Chandler5.8%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Chandler21
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Chandler0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Chandler sits near the top of its size group: 4 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac QC | 20% | 1.1% | 33 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Trent Lakes ON | 14% | 12% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 3 | Vanier South ON | 12% | 1.1% | 39 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | Peace River AB | 8.4% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 5 | Saint-Jude QC | 7.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 6 | Colborne ON | 6.1% | 5.7% | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| 7 | Chandler QC | 5.8% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| 8 | Teston ON | 5.1% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Portage la Prairie MB | 4.7% | 7% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Coronation Park SK | 4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Haysboro AB | 3.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | Concord ON | 3.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Cathedral Village SK | 2.8% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Saint-Paul QC | 2.4% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Athabasca County AB | 2.4% | 3.2% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Twin Lakes SK | 2.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Colborne ON | 2.2% | 0.3% | 28 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Slave Lake AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Currie Barracks AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Brown's Corners ON | 1.8% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Whyte Ridge MB | 1.7% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Lymburn AB | 1.7% | 0% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | North River Heights MB | 1.5% | 0% | 26 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Wainfleet ON | 1.4% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 25 | Bonnyville AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 26 | Merritt BC | 0.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 27 | Chibougamau QC | 0.8% | 0.1% | 8 | 0 | 7 |
| 28 | Blairmore Suburban Centre SK | 0.8% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Erin Woods AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 30 | Ranchlands AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | La Sarre QC | 0.5% | 0.1% | 9 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Sage Creek MB | 0.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Brighton SK | 0.5% | 0.1% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 34 | Cavanagh AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Brentwood AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Clarenville NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Val-des-Sources QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Niverville MB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Hamptons AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Kincora AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Chandler 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
6 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Chandler
Largest first: Parc Recreatif De Pabos Inc leads with 18 ha. Numbers match the map.
6 named parks and woods, 80 ha in all
Parks & gardens 19 haWoods 61 ha
Between them, Fôret rare du Gros-Ruisseau-de-la-Chute and Parc Recreatif De Pabos Inc cover 55%.
Fôret rare du Gros-Ruisseau-de-la-Chute
Wood or forest
26 ha
11 km north-westfrom 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
About 2 in 10 of Chandler’s residents are 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 (17%)Further (83%)
Chandler17%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town reaches 83%. That leaves about 6,100 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Chandler, 5.8% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Chandler0.4%
Within 10 km5.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
21 of the 22 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Biggest of the named areas: Grande-Rivière Ecological Reserve, 18,400 ha. The figures include one private conservation area, left unnamed.
Newport 19-05-06 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 515 ha · reaches Chandler
Anse à Fullum Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 452 ha · reaches Chandler
Anse à Carnaval 190505 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 258 ha · reaches Chandler
Anse aux Canards 19-05-04 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 236 ha · reaches Chandler
Les Îlots 19-05-07 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 154 ha · reaches Chandler
Baie du Petit Pabos Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 75 ha · reaches Chandler
Rivière-du-Grand-Pabos Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 23 ha · reaches Chandler
Gros-Ruisseau-de-la-Chute Rare Forest EcosystemProtected area · 13 ha · reaches Chandler
Les Îlots (anc. s Mahy) Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 2.3 ha · reaches Chandler
Île Dupuis Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.4 ha · reaches Chandler
10 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
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
Forillon National Park is 41 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)
Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec)
30 km north-east5.8 km²since 1985
National park
Forillon National Park
41 km north217 km²since 1970
Closer to home, Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec) is 30 km away. Despite the name, a Québec parc national is a provincial park.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Chandler has 43 km of footpaths in and around it
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
43 km
in and around the town (538.3 km²)
Woodland
85%
about 457.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
ChandlerTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
ChandlerTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland85%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 98% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 89% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Chandler
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Chandler: June to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Gaspe, 52 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) | -4 | -4 | -1 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 22 | 22 | 18 | 11 | 5 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 88 | 73 | 104 | 88 | 92 | 79 | 100 | 91 | 91 | 130 | 105 | 120 |
October is the wettest month (130 mm) and February the driest (73 mm). In July the typical high is 22 °C; in January, -4 °C. The climate in Chandler →
Beaches
Beaches near Chandler: 17 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage du Chenalsand · in town
DirectionsPlage Pabos Millsin town
DirectionsPlage Pabos Millsin town
DirectionsPlage du Grand Pabosin town
DirectionsPlage Pabos Mills0.1 km from town
DirectionsAnother 12 have no name on the map. The coast is close: 50 km of shoreline within 5 km. Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Chandler has 1 viewpoints and 1 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: picnic sites, 4 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Pont d'aluminium0.1 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Big Falls Brookin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping du Parc du Bourg de Pabosin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Chandler
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to Chandler with figures are 16–23 km away.
Grande-RivièrePort-Daniel--GasconsSainte-Thérèse-de-GaspéChandler
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandler | 5.8% | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| Grande-Rivière 16 km | 4.9% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Port-Daniel--Gascons 21 km | 1.7% | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Sainte-Thérèse-de-Gaspé 23 km | 3.1% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Chandler’s.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
Questions about the outdoors in Chandler
Is there a provincial park near Chandler?
It is Île-Bonaventure-et-du-Rocher-Percé National Park (Québec), 30 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Chandler?
On the normals, June to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the largest protected area near Chandler?
It is Grande-Rivière Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve covering 18,400 ha.
Is Chandler near a national park?
It is Forillon National Park, 41 km off.
What is the nearest beach to Chandler?
Plage du Chenal, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Are there protected areas near Chandler?
Within 10 km, 5.8% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
Where Chandler’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).