First pick
Île à Moutons
Wood or forest · 50 m outside town
13 ha
19 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Municipalitelapeche · CC BY-SA 4.019%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in La Pêche · parks, protected land & trails
La Pêche has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns
CPCAD lists 33 protected areas within 10 km. For a swim, Plage Breton is the nearest of 12 beaches within 5 km. Biggest among them: Proposed Mont-Sainte-Marie Biodiversity Reserve, 13,679 ha, 8.8 km off.
Protected land
19%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
33
within 10 km, 25 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
14 km
Fitzroy Provincial Park
Beaches
12
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets La Pêche apart 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 areas25 public areas within 10 kmBeaches12 beaches within 5 km
Above all, La Pêche offers protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
How La Pêche compares with 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
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 town8.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas25Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches12Beaches 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 Pêche has the 2nd most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (9,188 to 9,557 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 Pêche19%
Towns its size3.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
La Pêche25
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
La Pêche0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, La Pêche does best for public protected areas: 3 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three Rivers PE | 31% | 4.4% | 64 | 14 | 42 |
| 2 | La Pêche QC | 19% | 8.3% | 33 | 0 | 12 |
| 3 | Revelstoke BC | 16% | 0.3% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Mount Royale NS | 15% | 24% | 18 | 5 | 14 |
| 5 | Braemar Park-Belair Heights-Copeland Park ON | 13% | 1.7% | 30 | 2 | 7 |
| 6 | Fall River NS | 11% | 2.9% | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Manor Park ON | 11% | 4.1% | 41 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Centrepointe - Briargreen ON | 11% | 0% | 26 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Burnaby Mountain BC | 8.1% | 0% | 36 | 2 | 84 |
| 10 | Oromocto NB | 6.6% | 3.8% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Castlegar BC | 6% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Strathcona ON | 6% | 13% | 26 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Boischatel QC | 5.9% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Vankleek Hill ON | 5.2% | 0.1% | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 15 | Saint-Apollinaire QC | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Sulphur Springs ON | 5.1% | 36% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Otterburn Park QC | 5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | L'Épiphanie QC | 4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Walsh Acres/Lakeridge/Garden Ridge SK | 3.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Thistletown-Beaumond Heights ON | 3.2% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Riverbend AB | 3.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Fletchers Meadow South ON | 2.7% | 11% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Richmond ON | 2.5% | 0.2% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Danforth ON | 2.3% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 24 |
| 25 | Elms-Old Rexdale ON | 1.9% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Steeles Corners ON | 1.8% | 0% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Avalon SK | 1.6% | 0.7% | 21 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Stoney Creek ON | 1.3% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | University Heights Urban Centre SK | 0.9% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 3 |
| 30 | Barbertown ON | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Hawkwood AB | 0.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 32 | La Salle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Downtown Commercial Core AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | Rustic ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Amber Trails MB | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Mount Pleasant AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Plympton-Wyoming ON | 0.2% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Silver Berry AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Cooksville NHD (East) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Saint-Rémi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
La Pêche on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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 La Pêche: 6 named parks and woods
Île à Moutons is the largest, at 13 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
6 named parks and woods, 27 ha in all
Parks & gardens 1.3 haWoods 26 ha
Île à Moutons and Île Machado together hold 63% of it.
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
Few people in La Pêche 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 (0%)Further (100%)
La Pêche0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. About 9,400 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
The 33 protected areas near La Pêche
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside La Pêche8.3%
Within 10 km19%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 33, 25 are public land; the others are privately held. Proposed Mont-Sainte-Marie Biodiversity Reserve is the biggest, 13,679 ha. 8 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Venosta White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 4,792 ha · reaches La Pêche
Parc de la Gatineau White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 1,610 ha · reaches La Pêche
lac Saint-Charles White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 416 ha · reaches La Pêche
Gatineau Park peripheryProtected area · 223 ha · reaches La Pêche
07251R023 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 88 ha · reaches La Pêche
07151R019 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 85 ha · reaches La Pêche
Chemin, Fierobin, la Pêche HeronryProtected area · 30 ha · reaches La Pêche
07251R022 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 65 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
Mont-O'Brien Land set asideProtected area · 1,097 ha · 2.4 km from the edge of town
07251R024 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 96 ha · 3.2 km from the edge of town
15 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
14 km to Fitzroy Provincial 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
Provincial park
Fitzroy Provincial Park
14 km south-west2.0 km²since 1963
For a national park, people in La Pêche travel more than 100 km. Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
La Pêche has 110 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
110 km
in and around the town (760.8 km²)
Woodland
80%
about 606.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
La PêcheTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
La PêcheTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland80%
0%50%100%
For path density, 81% of Canadian towns do better. It is more wooded than 96% 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 La Pêche
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Walking season in La Pêche: May and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Luskville, 17 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -5 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 25 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 6 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 77 | 63 | 63 | 74 | 79 | 99 | 97 | 96 | 87 | 84 | 74 | 76 |
Most rain and snow falls in June, 99 mm; February sees 63 mm. Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -5 °C in January. Snow totals about 193 cm a year. The climate in La Pêche →
Beaches
La Pêche has 12 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Bretonsand · in town
DirectionsPlage Bretonsand · in town
DirectionsMorrison's Quarry Beach0.1 km from town
DirectionsPlage Parentsand · 0.3 km from town
DirectionsPlage Smithsand · 0.9 km from town
DirectionsPlage La Pêchesand · 4.3 km from town
DirectionsSandy ones: 5. 6 more are mapped without a name. This page can’t show water quality: no open, Canada-wide record of beach testing exists. Check local advisories first.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near La Pêche: 11 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.
The tallest named summit close by is Mont Edelweiss (350 m). The map shows 12 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 11
bbq0.8 km from town
DirectionsBrown Lake Lookout1.0 km from town
DirectionsCarrman Lake Lookout1.0 km from town
DirectionsMud Lookout1.2 km from town
DirectionsBonny View1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 6 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 6
Graham Hillin town
DirectionsMont Edelweiss350 m · in town
DirectionsMontagne à Bleuetsin town
DirectionsWrong Hillin town
DirectionsMonument1.0 km from town
DirectionsTeacup Hill1.0 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 12
Plus 12 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 9
Camp Scout Impeesain town
DirectionsCamp-Kalallain town
DirectionsDomaine Des Bon Vivantsin town
DirectionsLac Renaud0.2 km from town
DirectionsLac Taylor Campground0.2 km from town
DirectionsLac Philippe0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 3 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to La Pêche
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
LowChelseaLa Pêche
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
More routes are mapped around Chelsea (6). None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as La Pêche.
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.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in La Pêche
How far is the nearest provincial park from La Pêche?
Fitzroy Provincial Park, 14 km away.
What is the best season to get outdoors in La Pêche?
May and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is La Pêche near a national park?
No national park lies within 100 km of La Pêche.
Where can you swim near La Pêche?
Plage Breton, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
How much land around La Pêche is protected?
Within 10 km, 19% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the biggest park or reserve near La Pêche?
Proposed Mont-Sainte-Marie Biodiversity Reserve, a nature reserve of 13,679 ha.
Sources
The sources behind La Pêche’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).