First pick
Parc de l'Engoulevent
Park or garden · 290 m outside town
1.3 ha0.4 km of path
0.9 km south-westfrom the centre
Rue des Migrateurs
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Kossin · CC BY-SA 3.011%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Charlemagne · parks, protected land & trails
Charlemagne has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 8.2 km. CPCAD lists 34 protected areas within 10 km. 5.4 km out lies the largest, fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Verchères) Water Fowl Gathering Area, at 2,095 ha.
Protected land
11%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
34
within 10 km, 18 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
8.2 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Charlemagne 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 km11%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas18Areas 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
Charlemagne comes 4th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,566 to 6,831 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
Charlemagne11%
Towns its size3.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Charlemagne18
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Charlemagne0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Charlemagne beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 9 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Thunder Bay, Unorganized ON | 18% | 18% | 136 | 6 | 347 |
| 2 | Pictou County, Subdivision A NS | 13% | 1.7% | 58 | 3 | 29 |
| 3 | Old Ottawa South ON | 12% | 5.4% | 36 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Charlemagne QC | 11% | 1.4% | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Harrietsfield NS | 11% | 19% | 33 | 3 | 22 |
| 6 | Rivers Edge / Castlemore Crossing ON | 8.1% | 23% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Beaverbrook ON | 7.8% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | The Estates of Rainbow Creek ON | 7.1% | 6.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Sackville NB | 6.5% | 0.1% | 85 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Centre QC | 6.5% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Notre-Dame-de-la-Garde QC | 6.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Southern Gulf Islands BC | 6.2% | 26% | 115 | 0 | 83 |
| 13 | Notre-Dame-du-Mont-Carmel QC | 5.7% | 21% | 22 | 1 | 1 |
| 14 | Barrington NS | 5.2% | 6.8% | 91 | 0 | 45 |
| 15 | Barnstown ON | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Anniedale BC | 4.5% | 7.9% | 155 | 8 | 3 |
| 17 | Stipeley ON | 4.3% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Millrise AB | 4.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| 19 | Canyon Meadows AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 20 | Westview Village AB | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 7 | 0 |
| 21 | Annapolis County, Subdivision A NS | 3.1% | 1.6% | 54 | 1 | 4 |
| 22 | Whitmore Park SK | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 23 | Hillsdale SK | 2.4% | 40% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 24 | Riverdale West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 8 |
| 25 | Corman ON | 1.3% | 0.2% | 17 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Glenwood MB | 1.3% | 1.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Old Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 29 |
| 28 | Weston MB | 1.3% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Industrial ON | 1.2% | 0% | 24 | 2 | 10 |
| 30 | Elmhurst MB | 0.9% | 1.8% | 19 | 1 | 38 |
| 31 | Spruce Cliff AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Griesbach AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Garden City MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Renfrew AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Brintnell AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Lucan ON | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 37 | Bonnie Doon AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 38 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rhineland MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Klarvatten AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Charlemagne
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
11 named parks and woods to walk in near Charlemagne
The biggest is Parc de l'Engoulevent, 1.3 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
11 named parks and woods, 9 ha in all
Parks & gardens 9.4 ha
It is shared out: the largest place is only 20% of the whole.
Parc Jacques-Laurin
Park or garden
1.9 ha
Centralin the middle of Charlemagne
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Presqu'île
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.2 km of path
1.0 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Coopérative
Park or garden · 360 m outside town
0.9 ha0.3 km of path
1.4 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Le Gardeur
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
1.5 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc faunique 640
Park or garden
0.7 ha0.1 km of path
1.0 km south-eastfrom the centre
Route Verte 5
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Simard
Park or garden · 260 m outside town
0.8 ha
1.1 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Petit-Bois-des-Pères
Park or garden
0.8 ha
Centralin the middle of Charlemagne
Directionsto a point inside
All 11 named parks and green spaces
Parc de l'EngouleventPark or garden · 1.3 ha · 0.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Jacques-LaurinPark or garden · 1.9 ha
DirectionsParc de la Presqu'îlePark or garden · 1.2 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de la CoopérativePark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Le GardeurPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc faunique 640Park or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc SimardPark or garden · 0.8 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc du Petit-Bois-des-PèresPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsParc Médéric-LebeauPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc Des-RivesPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc Des Sapins-PrigonrieuxPark or garden · 0.3 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
A park is within a short walk for 8 in 10 in Charlemagne
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 (83%)Further (17%)
Charlemagne83%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. Around 1,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
34 protected areas around Charlemagne
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Charlemagne1.4%
Within 10 km11%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
18 of the 34 are on public land. fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Verchères) Water Fowl Gathering Area leads for size with 2,095 ha. 16 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
fleuve Saint-Laurent - Repentigny Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 491 ha · 0.6 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Emb Rdp) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 326 ha · 0.6 km from the edge of town
Fl St-Laurent (Île aux Canards) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 22 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
Fl St-Laurent (Ilot Vert) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 9.5 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Sainte-Thérèse / et Ci) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 411 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Bellegarde) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 346 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent, Saint-Sulpice, Repentigny Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 883 ha · 4.2 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Sainte-Thérèse) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 322 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île de Varennes) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 24 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Sainte-Thérèse Sud) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 24 ha · 5.3 km from the edge of town
8 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
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is 8.2 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)
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
8.2 km south8.1 km²since 1984
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Charlemagne, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s parcs nationaux are provincial parks, run by Sépaq; Parks Canada’s national parks are separate.
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: 22 km in and around Charlemagne
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
22 km
in and around the town (12.6 km²)
Woodland
9.2%
about 1.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CharlemagneTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths1.7
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CharlemagneTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland9.2%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 51% of Canadian towns. Few places match it for paths: more than 52% of Canadian towns have fewer.
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 mapped walking route near Charlemagne
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
The best months for walking in Charlemagne: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Montreal Trudeau (Airport) (35 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) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 66 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 89 | 103 | 84 | 92 |
In July the typical high is 27 °C; in January, -6 °C. February is the driest month at 66 mm; October the wettest at 103 mm. A typical year sees 217 cm of snow. The climate in Charlemagne →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Charlemagne, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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
Near Charlemagne: one viewpoint on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
29 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Observatoire à Balbuzards1.6 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Parc de conservation du Ruisseau-de-Feu1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 nature reserve without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 2
Halte Claude-Hunault-dit-Deschamps0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 29
Plus 29 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Charlemagne
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RepentignyPointe-aux-TremblesVarennesRivière-des-PrairiesSaint-FrançoisMascoucheCharlemagne
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlemagne | 11% | 34 | 0 | 2 |
| Repentigny 5.2 km | 8.3% | 41 | 0 | 2 |
| Pointe-aux-Trembles 7.0 km | 9.5% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| Varennes 7.4 km | 9.3% | 56 | 0 | 2 |
| Rivière-des-Prairies 8.7 km | 8.8% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-François 9.6 km | 5.4% | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| Mascouche 10 km | 4% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
Charlemagne holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
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.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Charlemagne
What is the nearest national park to Charlemagne?
No national park lies within 100 km of Charlemagne.
When should you visit Charlemagne for the outdoors?
May to 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 Charlemagne?
The closest is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), at 8.2 km.
Is there a beach near Charlemagne?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
How much land around Charlemagne is protected?
Protected areas cover 11% of the land within 10 km.
What is the largest protected area near Charlemagne?
It is fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Verchères) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 2,095 ha.
Sources
The sources behind Charlemagne’s outdoors figures
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).