First pick
Parc Louis-Querbes
Park or garden
10 ha
1.3 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: SDCJ · Public domain1.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Joliette · parks, protected land & trails
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 38 km away, is the closest provincial park to Joliette
CPCAD lists 10 protected areas within 10 km. Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological Reserve (415 ha) is the biggest, 4.7 km from town. For a national park, La Mauricie National Park is 75 km away.
Protected land
1.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
10
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
75 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
38 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Joliette 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km1.2%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.8%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
Among 40 towns its size, Joliette is 13th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (21,921 to 22,970 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
Joliette1.2%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Joliette1
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Joliette0
Towns its size1
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Joliette is weakest for walking routes: 23 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area A, Metro Vancouver BC | 26% | 34% | 203 | 11 | 269 |
| 2 | Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac QC | 19% | 0.1% | 28 | 0 | 7 |
| 3 | Colwood BC | 19% | 2.3% | 36 | 4 | 21 |
| 4 | Saint-Lazare QC | 13% | 0% | 42 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Cornell ON | 12% | 16% | 9 | 2 | 1 |
| 6 | South End NS | 11% | 4.5% | 19 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Snowdon QC | 10% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Berczy Village ON | 9.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Mont-Royal QC | 7.5% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Heights BC | 6.7% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 52 |
| 11 | Du College/Hodge QC | 6% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Old Barrhaven West ON | 6% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| 13 | Uxbridge ON | 4.8% | 5.1% | 25 | 2 | 1 |
| 14 | Cité-Universitaire QC | 4.1% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Brentwood BC | 4% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 29 |
| 16 | Riverview NB | 2.7% | 2.3% | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Eglinton East ON | 2.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Cranbrook BC | 2.4% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Flemingdon Park ON | 2.4% | 17% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Church-Wellesley ON | 2.3% | 0% | 11 | 9 | 20 |
| 21 | East End-Danforth ON | 2.2% | 0% | 13 | 3 | 24 |
| 22 | Moss Park ON | 2.2% | 0% | 10 | 9 | 43 |
| 23 | Port Colborne ON | 2% | 2.1% | 10 | 0 | 8 |
| 24 | Sainte-Lucie QC | 2% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Steeles ON | 1.9% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Bayview Village ON | 1.7% | 16% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Bedford Park-Nortown ON | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Joliette QC | 1.2% | 0.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Red Deer County AB | 1.1% | 1.1% | 76 | 1 | 60 |
| 30 | High Park-Swansea ON | 0.9% | 5% | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| 31 | Kingsview Village-The Westway ON | 0.9% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Binbrook ON | 0.9% | 0.2% | 22 | 2 | 1 |
| 33 | Willowridge-Martingrove-Richview ON | 0.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | High Park North ON | 0.6% | 0% | 10 | 4 | 15 |
| 35 | New Hamburg ON | 0.4% | 0% | 18 | 3 | 1 |
| 36 | Humber Bay Shores ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 18 |
| 37 | Rockcliffe-Smythe ON | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 8 |
| 38 | Erindale ON | 0.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Cobourg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 40 | Yellowknife NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 7 | 4 |
The map
The green map of Joliette
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
28 named parks and woods to walk in near Joliette
Largest first: Parc Louis-Querbes leads with 10 ha. Numbers match the map.
28 named parks and woods, 89 ha in all
Parks & gardens 89 ha
Spread across many places, the largest holding 11%.
Parc Amphithéâtre Fernand-Lindsay
Park or garden
8.8 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
2.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc des Berges
Park or garden
5.5 ha0.8 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.8 km of path
3.9 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Pierre-Charbonneau
Park or garden
6.4 ha
2.7 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Bourg-Boisé
Park or garden
4.2 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
2.4 km southfrom the centre
Piste Cyclable Saint-Paul
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Antonio-Barrette
Park or garden
4.0 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Joliette
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Bélair
Park or garden
3.6 ha0.6 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.4 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 28 named parks and green spaces
Parc Louis-QuerbesPark or garden · 10 ha
DirectionsParc Amphithéâtre Fernand-LindsayPark or garden · 8.8 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc des BergesPark or garden · 5.5 ha · 0.8 km of path
DirectionsParc Georges-RondeauPark or garden · 6.4 ha
DirectionsParc Pierre-CharbonneauPark or garden · 6.4 ha
DirectionsParc du Bourg-BoiséPark or garden · 4.2 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsParc Antonio-BarrettePark or garden · 4.0 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsParc BélairPark or garden · 3.6 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc des DallesPark or garden · 4.6 ha
DirectionsParc Réal-LaurinPark or garden · 4.4 ha
DirectionsParc des Champs-ÉlyséesPark or garden · 3.0 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc LajoiePark or garden · 2.6 ha · 0.5 km of path
DirectionsParc Saint-Jean-BaptistePark or garden · 2.8 ha · 0.4 km of path
DirectionsParc des TourellesPark or garden · 2.0 ha · 0.5 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Émile-PrévostPark or garden · 2.6 ha
DirectionsParc Étoile-du-NordPark or garden · 2.1 ha
DirectionsParc Colette-RobillardPark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Hervé-ChampouxPark or garden · 2.1 ha
DirectionsParc Arthur-NormandPark or garden · 2.0 ha
DirectionsParc du Docteur-Yvon-GauthierPark or garden · 1.4 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Arthur-RobillardPark or garden · 1.8 ha
DirectionsParc Robert-QuennevillePark or garden · 1.6 ha
DirectionsParc RiverainPark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsParc Raymond-VilleneuvePark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.3 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Jean-Marc-BertrandPark or garden · 0.7 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Jean-François-ArnaultPark or garden · 0.8 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc Georges-Émile-LapalmePark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc DesiletsPark or garden · 0.6 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
About 8 in 10 of Joliette’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 (85%)Further (15%)
Joliette85%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 3,000 residents live further than 400 m from one. For comparison, the median Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
1.2% of the country within 10 km of Joliette is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Joliette0.8%
Within 10 km1.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 10, 1 are public and the remainder private. The figures include 9 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 415 ha · 4.7 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
75 km to La Mauricie National Park
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)
38 km south8.1 km²since 1984
National park
La Mauricie National Park
75 km north-east536 km²since 1970
Closer to home, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is 38 km away. 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
Paths to walk: 31 km in and around Joliette
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
31 km
in and around the town (55.3 km²)
Woodland
17%
about 9.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
JolietteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.6
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
JolietteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland17%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 64% of Canadian towns. For path density, 65% of Canadian towns do better.
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 Joliette
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Walking season in Joliette: May to July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fleury (42 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) | 81 | 61 | 71 | 96 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 114 | 97 | 108 | 90 | 85 |
The wettest month, August, brings 114 mm, against 61 mm in February. Daytime highs run from -6 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. Snowfall averages 202 cm a year. The climate in Joliette →
Things to do
A waterfall near Joliette
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (17).
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 17
Plus 17 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Joliette
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-PaulSaint-Charles-BorroméeNotre-Dame-des-PrairiesCrabtreeSaint-ThomasNotre-Dame-de-LourdesJoliette
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joliette | 1.2% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Paul 3.0 km | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée 3.6 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies 3.9 km | 1.2% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Crabtree 6.3 km | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Thomas 7.2 km | 5.1% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes 8.1 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Saint-Paul and Saint-Thomas have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Joliette
How far is the nearest provincial park from Joliette?
It is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 38 km away.
Is there protected land near Joliette?
Protected areas cover 1.2% of the land within 10 km.
Which is the biggest protected area near Joliette?
Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological Reserve: 415 ha, a nature reserve.
Is Joliette near a national park?
It is La Mauricie National Park, 75 km off.
When is the best time for walking in Joliette?
May to July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
The sources behind Joliette’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).