First pick
Île à Patenaude
Wood or forest
85 ha
8.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Franky-Doo-Dy · CC BY-SA 3.09.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in La Minerve · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land around La Minerve beats 8 in 10 Canadian towns
Count 27 protected areas within 10 km of town. A provincial park, Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), lies 13 km away. The largest is Proposed Buttes-du-Lac-Montjoie Biodiversity Reserve: 9,827 ha, 3.8 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
9.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
27
within 10 km, 27 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
13 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
8
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
The outdoors in La Minerve, in short
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round9.4% of the land within 10 km, more than 84% of Canadian townsMany protected areas27 public areas within 10 kmOn a national routeThe Sentier National passes within 2 kmBeaches8 beaches within 5 km
Above all, La Minerve offers protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
La Minerve 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km9.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas27Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches8Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
La Minerve comes 5th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,492 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
La Minerve9.4%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
La Minerve27
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
La Minerve1
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
La Minerve beats most towns its size for public protected areas; only 1 of 39 does 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 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | La Minerve QC | 9.4% | 3.2% | 27 | 1 | 8 |
| 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
La Minerve 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
2 named parks and woods to walk in near La Minerve
The biggest is Île à Patenaude, 85 ha. Biggest first, 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.
Close to home
Most of La Minerve is more than 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 (0%)Further (100%)
La Minerve0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. For about 1,500 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
The 27 protected areas near La Minerve
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside La Minerve3.2%
Within 10 km9.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one of the 27 is on public land. At 9,827 ha, Proposed Buttes-du-Lac-Montjoie Biodiversity Reserve is the largest.
Lac de la Sucrerie White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 2,768 ha · reaches La Minerve
Lac Lesage White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 429 ha · reaches La Minerve
Lac-Preston Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 311 ha · reaches La Minerve
Lac Gagnon White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 284 ha · reaches La Minerve
07251R055 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 126 ha · reaches La Minerve
06152R001 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 58 ha · reaches La Minerve
Lac Larouche HeronryProtected area · 31 ha · reaches La Minerve
lac Gagnon Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 58 ha · 0.1 km from the edge of town
06151R008 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 91 ha · 0.2 km from the edge of town
06452R031 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 50 ha · 0.6 km from the edge of town
16 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
1 area recorded only by its type (a provincial layer such as wildlife habitat areas) is counted, not listed.
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: Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 13 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)
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
13 km north-east1,510 km²since 1981
No national park lies within 100 km of La Minerve; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. The province names its big parks parcs nationaux, though they are provincial.
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: 37 km in and around La Minerve
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
37 km
in and around the town (424.1 km²)
Woodland
81%
about 343.8 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
La MinerveTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La MinerveTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland81%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 96% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 88% 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
The Sentier National runs past La Minerve
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
National
Sentier National340.0 km
Of the Sentier National’s 340 km, 8.8 km passes close to town.
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 La Minerve in May to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Lachute, 83 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 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
Expect 120 mm in October, the wettest month, and 72 mm in February. January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 25 °C. The climate in La Minerve →
Beaches
Beaches near La Minerve: 8 within 5 km
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage du lac Gagnon3.7 km from town
DirectionsBeaubien Beachsand · 4.7 km from town
DirectionsLe_Trou4.9 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 5 more, nameless. For water quality, look to the local health unit: no open beach-testing data covers Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near La Minerve: 5 viewpoints 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 Weskarini, 360 m, is the high point nearby. 5 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 5
Plus 5 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 3
Montagne du Lac Restherin town
DirectionsMontagne des Pins1.2 km from town
DirectionsMont Weskarini360 m · 1.4 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Réserve faunique de Papineau-Labellein town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Camping Lac Marie-Louisein town
DirectionsCamping Marie-Le Francin town
DirectionsCamping Saeyin town
DirectionsSlipways 5
Plus 5 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to La Minerve
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
LabelleNominingueRivière-RougeLa Minerve
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Minerve | 9.4% | 27 | 1 | 8 |
| Labelle 16 km | 25% | 22 | 1 | 8 |
| Nominingue 16 km | 12% | 21 | 0 | 15 |
| Rivière-Rouge 18 km | 17% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
Labelle has at least twice the protected share around it.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in La Minerve
Is there protected land near La Minerve?
Yes: 9.4% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is La Minerve near a national park?
None within 100 km of La Minerve.
Is there a beach near La Minerve?
Plage du lac Gagnon, 3.7 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Where can you walk near La Minerve?
The Sentier National, mapped within 2 km.
When is the best time for walking in La Minerve?
May to August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is there a provincial park near La Minerve?
The closest is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), at 13 km.
What is the largest protected area near La Minerve?
It is Proposed Buttes-du-Lac-Montjoie Biodiversity Reserve, a nature reserve covering 9,827 ha.
Sources
The sources behind La Minerve’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).