First pick
Parc de la Confédération
Park or garden · 120 m outside town
5.3 ha2.4 km of path
30 minto walk all 2.4 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Chicoutimi · CC BY 3.012%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Hampstead · parks, protected land & trails
Hampstead has more protected land around it than nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
CPCAD lists 24 protected areas within 10 km. The nearest provincial park, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), is 16 km away. Biggest among them: Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 3,183 ha, 7.5 km off.
Protected land
12%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
24
within 10 km, 15 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
16 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Each figure for Hampstead, 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km12%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 areas15Areas 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
Among 40 towns its size, Hampstead ranks 5th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,307 to 7,607 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
Hampstead12%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Hampstead15
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Hampstead0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Hampstead’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 4 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digby NS | 27% | 33% | 43 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Saint-Joseph-du-Lac QC | 20% | 1.1% | 33 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Blackburn Hamlet ON | 15% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Trent Lakes ON | 14% | 12% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Hampstead QC | 12% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Lochdale BC | 7.2% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 71 |
| 7 | Parry Sound ON | 7.1% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Saint-Jude QC | 7.1% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Louiseville QC | 6.9% | 0.9% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Colborne ON | 6.1% | 5.7% | 31 | 3 | 2 |
| 11 | Chandler QC | 5.8% | 0.4% | 22 | 0 | 17 |
| 12 | N-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Teston ON | 5.1% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Portage la Prairie MB | 4.7% | 7% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Gibson ON | 4.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Coronation Park SK | 4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Campbellton NB | 3.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 18 | Cathedral Village SK | 2.8% | 0% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Westlock County AB | 2.6% | 3.4% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Blake-Jones ON | 2.3% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 21 | University ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 9 | 20 |
| 22 | Slave Lake AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Currie Barracks AB | 1.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Eastview SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Wainfleet ON | 1.4% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 8 |
| 26 | Bonnyville AB | 1.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Kentville NS | 1.1% | 17% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Betsworth MB | 0.8% | 1.5% | 12 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | Blairmore Suburban Centre SK | 0.8% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Ranchlands AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Sage Creek MB | 0.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Fort Frances ON | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Forest Lawn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Ermineskin AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Fairview ON | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Port Credit ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 37 | Brentwood AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Clarenville NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Hamptons AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Hampstead
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
Walk in Hampstead: 15 named parks and woods
Parc de la Confédération is the largest, at 5.3 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
15 named parks and woods, 24 ha in all
Parks & gardens 24 ha
Two places, Parc Hampstead and Parc de la Confédération, make up 46% of the total.
Parc Hampstead
Park or garden
5.9 ha1.6 km of path
20 minto walk all 1.6 km of path
Centralin the middle of Hampstead
Directionsto a point inside
Parc MacDonald
Park or garden · 100 m outside town
3.5 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.7 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Somerled
Park or garden · 210 m outside town
1.8 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
0.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Rembrandt
Park or garden · 290 m outside town
2.1 ha0.3 km of path
1.3 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Rosemary-Brown
Park or garden · 190 m outside town
1.1 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
1.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Applewood
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.4 km of path
0.8 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Gayton Park
Park or garden
0.9 ha0.3 km of path
Centralin the middle of Hampstead
Directionsto a point inside
All 15 named parks and green spaces
Parc de la ConfédérationPark or garden · 5.3 ha · 2.4 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc HampsteadPark or garden · 5.9 ha · 1.6 km of path
DirectionsParc MacDonaldPark or garden · 3.5 ha · 0.9 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc SomerledPark or garden · 1.8 ha · 0.6 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc RembrandtPark or garden · 2.1 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Rosemary-BrownPark or garden · 1.1 ha · 0.7 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc ApplewoodPark or garden · 1.0 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsGayton ParkPark or garden · 0.9 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc WexfordPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc EllerdalePark or garden · 0.4 ha · 0.3 km of path
DirectionsParc DufferinPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc McDowellPark or garden · 0.2 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc AldredPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc LanghornePark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc Aaron-HartPark or garden · 0.3 ha · just outside town
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
Every resident of Hampstead lives 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 (100%)Further (0%)
Hampstead100%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Against the typical Canadian town’s 83%, that is high.
Protected areas
24 protected areas around Hampstead
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Hampstead0%
Within 10 km12%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
15 of the 24 are on public land. Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area leads for size with 3,183 ha. The count includes 9 areas that are private or not recorded as public; they aren’t named.
Parc-du-Mont-Royal Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant SpeciesWildlife area · 3.0 ha · 4.6 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (Verdun) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 424 ha · 5.9 km from the edge of town
Rapides de Lachine (Lasalle) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 264 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Lac St-Louis (Île St-Bernard/Pt Mercier) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,242 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (S de Verdun) Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.8 ha · 6.2 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (Ese Lasalle) Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.9 ha · 6.4 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Louis (Dorval) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 475 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Louis (Île Dixie) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 38 ha · 6.6 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (Île des Soeurs) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 389 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Rapides de Lachine (Île aux Hérons) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 190 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
5 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 16 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)
16 km north-east8.1 km²since 1984
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Hampstead, 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
26 km of paths in and around Hampstead
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
26 km
in and around the town (10.8 km²)
Woodland
1%
about 0.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
HampsteadTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths2.4
01.53 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
HampsteadTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland1%
0%50%100%
81% of Canadian towns are more wooded. It has more footpath per km² than 62% 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 mapped walking route near Hampstead
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Hampstead: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Montreal Trudeau (Airport) (8.4 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 66 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 89 | 103 | 84 | 92 |
Daytime highs run from -5 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. October is the wettest month (103 mm) and February the driest (66 mm). Snowfall averages 217 cm a year. The climate in Hampstead →
Things to do
Hampstead has 3 viewpoints within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 85 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 85
Plus 85 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 10
Parc à chiens du parc de la Confédération0.4 km from town
DirectionsParc à chiens du parc Notre-Dame-de-Grâce1.3 km from town
DirectionsParc canin chemin Mackle1.5 km from town
DirectionsParc à chiens du parc Trenholme1.7 km from town
DirectionsParc à chiens du parc William-Bowie1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlus 5 dog parks without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
2 gardens within reach of Hampstead
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Parc AngrignonGarden or park · 4.7 km from town
DirectionsMontréal Botanical GardenNational Historic Site · 10 km from town
Its pageA National Historic Site is among them.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Hampstead
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
SnowdonLoyolaCôte-Saint-AntoineCôte-Saint-LucSavaneUpper LachineHampstead
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hampstead | 12% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Snowdon 1.1 km | 10% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| Loyola 1.6 km | 14% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| Côte-Saint-Antoine 1.8 km | 11% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| Côte-Saint-Luc 1.9 km | 14% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| Savane 2.0 km | 11% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| Upper Lachine 2.3 km | 12% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
Around Hampstead, nobody nearby has double its protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Hampstead
What is the nearest national park to Hampstead?
No national park lies within 100 km of Hampstead.
What is the largest protected area near Hampstead?
Lac St-Louis (Centre du Lac) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 3,183 ha, a wildlife area.
When is the best time for walking in Hampstead?
On the normals, May to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is there a provincial park near Hampstead?
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 16 km from the edge of town.
How much land around Hampstead is protected?
Within 10 km, 12% of the land lies in protected areas.
Sources
The sources behind Hampstead’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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).