First pick
Parc Philippe-Lavallée
Park or garden
1.0 ha0.2 km of path
3.2 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P. Davignon · CC BY-SA 4.019%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Kanesatake · parks, protected land & trails
Kanesatake has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns
CPCAD lists 35 protected areas within 10 km. For a provincial park, Oka National Park (Québec) lies 1.2 km off. Within 5 km are 5 beaches; Sandy Beach is the nearest.
Protected land
19%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
35
within 10 km, 24 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
1.2 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
Where Kanesatake stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round19% of the land within 10 km, more than 95% of Canadian townsMany protected areas24 public areas within 10 kmBeaches5 beaches within 5 km
For someone who likes to get outside, Kanesatake’s draw is protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
Kanesatake 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 km19%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 areas24Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches5Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Kanesatake comes 3rd of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,872 to 2,587 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
Kanesatake19%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Kanesatake24
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Kanesatake0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Kanesatake beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 2 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Kanesatake QC | 19% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Kanesatake
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the First Nations reserve; 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
A named park or wood to walk in near Kanesatake
Parc Philippe-Lavallée is the largest, at 1.0 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
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.
Protected areas
The 35 protected areas near Kanesatake
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Kanesatake0%
Within 10 km19%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 35, 24 are public and the remainder private. Oka National Park (Québec) leads for size with 2,370 ha. Not named: 11 areas held privately or with no public owner on record.
Anglais, Pointe aux Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 57 ha · reaches Kanesatake
Deux Montagnes, Lac des - Oka Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,583 ha · reaches Kanesatake
Lac des Deux Montagnes (Como) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 513 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
Lac des Deux Montagnes (Hudson) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 865 ha · 0.4 km from the edge of town
lac des Deux Montagnes (Baie de Saint-Placide) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 546 ha · 1.0 km from the edge of town
Oka National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 2,370 ha · 1.2 km from the edge of town
rivière aux Serpents Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 67 ha · 1.3 km from the edge of town
Serpents, Rivière aux Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 26 ha · 1.5 km from the edge of town
Lac des Deux Montagnes (A de Vaudreuil) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,239 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
Lac des Deux Montagnes (Baie de Choisy) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 493 ha · 3.5 km from the edge of town
14 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
Oka National Park (Québec), 1.2 km off
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)
Oka National Park (Québec)
1.2 km east24 km²since 1990
For a national park, people in Kanesatake travel more than 100 km. 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
12 km of paths in and around Kanesatake
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
12 km
in and around the town (50.3 km²)
Woodland
38%
about 18.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
KanesatakeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
KanesatakeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland38%
0%50%100%
For path density, 75% of Canadian towns do better. For woods, it beats 78% 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 Kanesatake
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 First Nations reserve; 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
Kanesatake is best on foot in May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Lachute (25 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) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 27 °C. Rain and snow peak in October (120 mm) and ease in February (72 mm). About 218 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Kanesatake →
Beaches
Kanesatake has 5 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Sandy Beachsand · 1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlage d'Okasand · 3.2 km from town
DirectionsPlage d'Okasand · 4.1 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap marks 3 as sandy. There are also 2 beaches without a name. No national or provincial register of beach water quality is published as open data, so check the local health unit before swimming.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Kanesatake: 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.
Mont Bleu tops the hills nearby, 249 m. Playgrounds lead the count with 19.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
Mont Bleu249 m · in town
DirectionsMontagne du Radar190 m · 1.9 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 19
Plus 19 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
L'Anse1.9 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
A garden to visit near Kanesatake: Morgan Arboretum, 11 km away
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Morgan ArboretumGarden or park · 11 km from town
DirectionsSources: 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 Kanesatake
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
OkaHudsonSaint-PlacideSaint-LazareVaudreuil-sur-le-LacSaint-Joseph-du-LacKanesatake
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kanesatake | 19% | 35 | 0 | 5 |
| Oka 3.7 km | 20% | 53 | 0 | 12 |
| Hudson 3.8 km | 20% | 52 | 0 | 5 |
| Saint-Placide 9.0 km | 9% | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Lazare 9.4 km | 13% | 42 | 0 | 4 |
| Vaudreuil-sur-le-Lac 9.5 km | 30% | 29 | 0 | 5 |
| Saint-Joseph-du-Lac 10.0 km | 20% | 33 | 0 | 10 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Kanesatake’s.
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.
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Kanesatake
Which is the biggest protected area near Kanesatake?
Oka National Park (Québec): 2,370 ha, a québec national park (provincial).
What is the best season to get outdoors in Kanesatake?
May to August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Kanesatake?
No national park lies within 100 km of Kanesatake.
Is there a provincial park near Kanesatake?
The closest is Oka National Park (Québec), at 1.2 km.
Where can you swim near Kanesatake?
Try Sandy Beach, 1.4 km from town, first of several.
Are there protected areas near Kanesatake?
Yes: 19% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on Kanesatake
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).