First pick
Parc Richelieu
Park or garden
7.6 ha1.2 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.2 km of path
1.1 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Veillg1 · CC03.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lachute · parks, protected land & trails
Voyageur Provincial Park is 6.3 km from Lachute
No national park lies within 100 km. CPCAD lists 27 protected areas within 10 km. Protected areas cover 3.5% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
3.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
27
within 10 km, 10 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
6.3 km
Voyageur Provincial Park
Against other towns
Lachute 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 km3.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.9%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas10Areas 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
Lachute comes 18th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (15,181 to 15,792 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
Lachute3.5%
Towns its size2.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lachute10
Towns its size7
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lachute0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Lachute beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 13 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pincourt QC | 33% | 0.6% | 38 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Lachine-Ouest QC | 19% | 0.1% | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 3 | Beauharnois QC | 17% | 2.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gaspé QC | 13% | 21% | 41 | 13 | 51 |
| 5 | Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont ON | 12% | 0% | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Severn ON | 9.6% | 1.1% | 52 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant ON | 8.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Pointe-Saint-Charles QC | 7.7% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 6 |
| 9 | Vieux-Longueuil QC | 6.4% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 10 | Lougheed BC | 5.6% | 0% | 53 | 2 | 49 |
| 11 | Saint-François QC | 5.4% | 1% | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lairet QC | 5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Sainte-Adèle QC | 4.8% | 8% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 14 | Jésuites QC | 4.6% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 15 | Parksville BC | 4.4% | 13% | 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 16 | Vallée-de-la-Lièvre QC | 4.3% | 16% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Downtown ON | 3.6% | 2.8% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 18 | Lachute QC | 3.5% | 0.9% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | François-Perrault QC | 2.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Vanier ON | 2.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Trinity-Bellwoods ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 22 | Byron ON | 2.1% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Pleasant View ON | 1.9% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Little Portugal ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 25 | East Willowdale ON | 1.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Hamilton Road ON | 1.7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Stonebridge SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul QC | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Parc-Jarry QC | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Loretteville QC | 1.1% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| 31 | Pembroke ON | 1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Dorchester ON | 0.6% | 1% | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | High River AB | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Thorncliffe AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Central Elgin ON | 0.2% | 0.3% | 8 | 7 | 6 |
| 36 | Edenbridge-Humber Valley ON | 0.2% | 2.1% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 37 | Laurel AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 38 | Sheridan ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | East Riverside ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Edgemont AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
Lachute 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
10 named parks and woods to walk in near Lachute
Parc Richelieu is the largest, at 7.6 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
10 named parks and woods, 21 ha in all
Parks & gardens 21 ha
Add Parc Richelieu to Parc Mady and you have 58% of it.
Parc Mady
Park or garden
4.8 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
0.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Barron
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.9 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.9 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lachute
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Ayers
Park or garden
2.4 ha0.6 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.6 km of path
1.4 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Benard-Guay
Park or garden
0.6 ha0.2 km of path
2.4 km westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Malaket
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
0.8 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Lachute
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Parc RichelieuPark or garden · 7.6 ha · 1.2 km of path
DirectionsParc MadyPark or garden · 4.8 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsParc BarronPark or garden · 3.3 ha · 0.9 km of path
DirectionsParc AyersPark or garden · 2.4 ha · 0.6 km of path
DirectionsParc Benard-GuayPark or garden · 0.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Mont-JoiePark or garden · 0.9 ha
DirectionsParc MalaketPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc de l'Hôtel-de-VillePark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Horace-LamarchePark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsAire de repos ProvidencePark or garden · 0.3 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 4 in 10 of Lachute’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 (37%)Further (63%)
Lachute37%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. About 9,700 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
3.5% of the country within 10 km of Lachute 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 Lachute0.9%
Within 10 km3.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of the 27, 10 are public land; the others are privately held. At 1,466 ha, Voyageur Provincial Park is the largest. The count includes 17 areas that are private or not recorded as public; they aren’t named.
Ormes-Lièges-du-Canton-de-Chatham Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant SpeciesWildlife area · 9.2 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
Voyageur Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,466 ha · 6.3 km from the edge of town
Parc Carillon Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 173 ha · 6.9 km from the edge of town
Lac des Deux Montagnes - Baie Carillon Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 434 ha · 8.3 km from the edge of town
Deux Montagnes, Lac des - Baie Carillon Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 227 ha · 8.3 km from the edge of town
lac des Deux Montagnes (Baie de Saint-Placide) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 546 ha · 8.7 km from the edge of town
Lac des Deux Montagnes - B. Fer Cheval Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 248 ha · 9.4 km from the edge of town
Lac des Deux Montagnes - B. Fer Cheval Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 91 ha · 9.4 km from the edge of town
Baie Brazeau et Baie des Seigneurs Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 107 ha · 10.0 km from the edge of town
Presqu'île-Robillard Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 84 ha · 10.0 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
6.3 km to Voyageur 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
Voyageur Provincial Park
6.3 km south-west15 km²since 1966
For a national park, people in Lachute 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
Paths to walk: 55 km in and around Lachute
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
55 km
in and around the town (179.2 km²)
Woodland
53%
about 94.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
LachuteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LachuteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland53%
0%50%100%
For path density, 72% of Canadian towns do better. Woods cover more of it than in 84% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Lachute
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 route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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 Lachute: May to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Lachute, 0.9 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) | -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 |
Winter brings about 218 cm of snow. Most rain and snow falls in October, 120 mm; February sees 72 mm. The warmest days come in July (27 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). The climate in Lachute →
Things to do
A waterfall near Lachute
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
16 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 16
Plus 16 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 Lachute
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Brownsburg-ChathamSaint-André-d'ArgenteuilGoreEast HawkesburySaint-PlacideLachute
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lachute | 3.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 6.4 km | 3.1% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 9.8 km | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| Gore 12 km | 1.6% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| East Hawkesbury 16 km | 3.3% | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint-Placide 17 km | 9% | 46 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil and Saint-Placide have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Lachute
When should you visit Lachute for the outdoors?
May to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the nearest provincial park to Lachute?
The closest is Voyageur Provincial Park, at 6.3 km.
Which is the biggest protected area near Lachute?
Voyageur Provincial Park: 1,466 ha, a provincial park.
Is there protected land near Lachute?
Yes: 3.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is Lachute near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Lachute.
Sources
The sources behind Lachute’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).