First pick
Parc de l'Érablière
Park or garden
9.5 ha1.4 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.4 km of path
Centralin the middle of Crabtree
Sentier de l'ÉrablièreSentier de l'érablière
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Providence Doucet providence · CC00.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Crabtree · parks, protected land & trails
From Crabtree, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (33 km)
Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%. 4 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. The largest is Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological Reserve: 415 ha, 9.9 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
0.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
4
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
81 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
33 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Crabtree 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 km0.1%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 areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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
Crabtree has the 6th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,171 to 4,305 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
Crabtree0.1%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Crabtree1
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Crabtree0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Crabtree trails its peers is protected land nearby; 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Pocatière QC | 35% | 0.2% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Anderson Walk BC | 23% | 8.2% | 180 | 8 | 4 |
| 3 | Electoral Area F, Central Kootenay BC | 22% | 2.9% | 13 | 2 | 12 |
| 4 | Electoral Area E, Cariboo BC | 16% | 17% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Victoria County, Subdivision B NS | 12% | 17% | 244 | 1 | 21 |
| 6 | Westphal NS | 12% | 0.5% | 14 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Invermere BC | 10% | 13% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Red Lake ON | 10% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Carleton-sur-Mer QC | 10% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Merivale Gardens - Grenfell Glen - Pineglen - Country Place ON | 9.5% | 23% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Spring Valley ON | 6.4% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Sunrise Estates BC | 5.8% | 3.1% | 152 | 5 | 0 |
| 13 | Balfour ON | 5.7% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 3 |
| 14 | Port Hardy BC | 4.1% | 2.2% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 15 | Simonds NB | 3.9% | 12% | 12 | 0 | 17 |
| 16 | Electoral Area E, Sunshine Coast BC | 3.4% | 5.1% | 34 | 0 | 48 |
| 17 | Downtown SK | 3.2% | 39% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Stellarton NS | 3.1% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Ormstown QC | 2.9% | 1.6% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 20 | Richmond County, Subdivision A NS | 2.7% | 1.4% | 149 | 0 | 27 |
| 21 | Templemead ON | 2.3% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 0 |
| 22 | Vermilion AB | 1.5% | 9.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Lantzville BC | 1.5% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 8 |
| 24 | St. George MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Calder AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | Tuxedo MB | 1.3% | 20% | 24 | 1 | 27 |
| 27 | Métabetchouan--Lac-à-la-Croix QC | 1% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 10 |
| 28 | Fraipont MB | 0.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Banff Trail AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Discovery Ridge AB | 0.5% | 32% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Wildwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | Callaghan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Jackson Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | East Angus QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Crabtree QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Saint-Ambroise QC | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Napierville QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Claresholm AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Mayliewan AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Ozerna AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Crabtree 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
5 named parks and woods to walk in near Crabtree
Largest first: Parc de l'Érablière leads with 9.5 ha. Numbers match the map.
5 named parks and woods, 21 ha in all
Parks & gardens 21 ha
Between them, Parc de l'Érablière and Parc Denis-Laporte cover 80%.
Parc Denis-Laporte
Park or garden
7.4 ha0.3 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Armand Desrochers
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Crabtree
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Moulin-Fisk
Park or garden
2.0 ha0.2 km of path
3.8 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
7 in 10 people in Crabtree 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 (73%)Further (27%)
Crabtree73%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. Around 1,100 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
4 protected areas lie within 10 km of Crabtree
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Crabtree0%
Within 10 km0.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 1 of the 4. The others are private conservation land. 3 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 415 ha · 9.9 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
The nearest big park: La Mauricie National Park, 81 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)
33 km south8.1 km²since 1984
National park
La Mauricie National Park
81 km north-east536 km²since 1970
Nearer still is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), a provincial park 33 km away. Québec’s “national” parks are the province’s own, managed by Sépaq.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Crabtree has 15 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
15 km
in and around the town (58.1 km²)
Woodland
20%
about 11.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
CrabtreeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
CrabtreeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland20%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 68% of Canadian towns. 75% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 Crabtree
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
Get out in Crabtree in May to July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Fleury, 41 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) | 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) | 81 | 61 | 71 | 96 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 114 | 97 | 108 | 90 | 85 |
About 202 cm of snow falls in a year. For dry weather, February is best (61 mm); August gets 114 mm. January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 27 °C. The climate in Crabtree →
Things to do
11 things to do outdoors near Crabtree
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 7.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 2
Plus 2 dog parks without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping des Deux Rivièresin town
DirectionsCamping Au soleil St-Paul De Joliette1.7 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Crabtree
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-PaulSainte-Marie-SaloméJolietteSaint-LiguoriSaint-JacquesSaint-Charles-BorroméeCrabtree
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crabtree | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Paul 4.0 km | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé 5.1 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Joliette 6.3 km | 1.2% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Liguori 7.4 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Jacques 7.4 km | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée 8.9 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Saint-Paul and Joliette have at least twice the protected share around them.
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.
- 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.
- 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.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Crabtree
What is the best season to get outdoors in Crabtree?
May to July and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Crabtree?
The closest is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), at 33 km.
Which is the biggest protected area near Crabtree?
Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve of 415 ha.
Is there protected land near Crabtree?
Protected areas cover 0.1% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Crabtree from a national park?
The nearest is La Mauricie National Park, 81 km away.
Sources
Sources for this page on Crabtree
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).