First pick
Parc Gaston-Bettez
Park or garden
3.2 ha0.2 km of path
0.6 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.09%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Lanoraie · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Lanoraie is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns
The 10 km around town hold 35 protected areas. fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Verchères) Water Fowl Gathering Area (2,095 ha) is the biggest, 6.9 km from town. The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 69 km. The 10 km around town hold 35 protected areas.
Protected land
9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
35
within 10 km, 14 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
69 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
33 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Lanoraie 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town7.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas14Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Lanoraie comes 9th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,602 to 5,783 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
Lanoraie9%
Towns its size3.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Lanoraie14
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Lanoraie0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Lanoraie beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 7 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shediac NB | 14% | 0.9% | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Dunrobin ON | 14% | 0.1% | 50 | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Osoyoos BC | 14% | 0.8% | 22 | 0 | 9 |
| 4 | Saint Marys NB | 13% | 15% | 44 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Iris ON | 12% | 0% | 26 | 4 | 6 |
| 6 | New Edinburgh ON | 11% | 0.1% | 37 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Seguin ON | 10% | 1.2% | 20 | 0 | 10 |
| 8 | Orford QC | 9.3% | 39% | 44 | 4 | 15 |
| 9 | Lanoraie QC | 9% | 7.8% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Armstrong BC | 8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Emerald Woods - Sawmill Creek ON | 6.9% | 21% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Lampman ON | 6.9% | 13% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Chertsey QC | 6.5% | 7.2% | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Annapolis County, Subdivision C NS | 6.3% | 0.1% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Havelock ON | 5.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Smithers BC | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 4 |
| 17 | Vieux-Québec—Cap-Blanc—Colline parlementaire QC | 5% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 18 | Rosedale Village ON | 4.5% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Braeside AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 20 | Carp ON | 3.8% | 2.9% | 10 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Waterloo QC | 3.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 | Oakridge AB | 2.9% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Sherwood/McCarthy SK | 2.7% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Memramcook NB | 2% | 0% | 55 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | County Court ON | 2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | The Pas MB | 1.9% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Duncan BC | 1.9% | 0% | 31 | 2 | 1 |
| 28 | Montcalm MB | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Forest Hill ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Buena Vista SK | 1.7% | 1.6% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | St. Matthews MB | 1.6% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 32 | Confederation Park SK | 1.2% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Parkview AB | 1.2% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 34 | Westwood MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 35 | Meadow Lake SK | 0.7% | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Bankview AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan QC | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Charleswood AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 39 | Remington Park ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Evansdale AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Lanoraie
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
3 named parks and woods to walk in near Lanoraie
Largest first: Parc Gaston-Bettez leads with 3.2 ha. Numbers match the map.
L'Escale-du-Roy
Park or garden
1.9 ha0.2 km of path
1.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Les Petites Fripouilles
Park or garden
0.2 ha
Centralin the middle of Lanoraie
Directionsto a point inside
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
About 1 in 10 of Lanoraie’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 (14%)Further (86%)
Lanoraie14%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 4,900 residents live further than 400 m from one. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
35 protected areas around Lanoraie
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Lanoraie7.8%
Within 10 km9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 35, 14 are public and the remainder private. fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Verchères) Water Fowl Gathering Area covers 2,095 ha, the most of any named area. 21 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
fleuve Saint-Laurent, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,525 ha · reaches Lanoraie
fleuve Saint-Laurent, Lanoraie, Île aux Foins Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 746 ha · reaches Lanoraie
Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 415 ha · reaches Lanoraie
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Saint-Ours) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 445 ha · 1.3 km from the edge of town
Îles de Contrecoeur (Suite de 0178) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 578 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Saint-Ours) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 57 ha · 1.6 km from the edge of town
Îles de Contrecoeur National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 298 ha · 1.7 km from the edge of town
Île du Milieu - Île de la Commune Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 377 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Contrecoeur) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 625 ha · 2.5 km from the edge of town
Îles de Contrecoeur (Suite En 0180) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 705 ha · 3.0 km from the edge of town
4 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
The nearest big park: La Mauricie National Park, 69 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)
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
33 km south-west8.1 km²since 1984
National park
La Mauricie National Park
69 km north536 km²since 1970
Closer to home, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is 33 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
Lanoraie has 1 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
1.0 km
in and around the town (145.7 km²)
Woodland
44%
about 64.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
LanoraieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
LanoraieTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland44%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 81% of Canadian towns. For path density, 98% 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 named walking route passes Lanoraie on the map
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 town; 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
Get out in Lanoraie in May to July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fleury (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) | 9.0 | 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 |
In July the typical high is 27 °C; in January, -6 °C. For dry weather, February is best (61 mm); August gets 114 mm. A typical year sees 202 cm of snow. The climate in Lanoraie →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Lanoraie
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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
Outdoors around Lanoraie: 10 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Playgrounds lead the count with 7.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Chez Denisein town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Lanoraie
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-Roch-de-RichelieuSainte-Victoire-de-SorelLavaltrieSaint-OursSorel-TracySaint-ThomasLanoraie
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanoraie | 9% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu 9.6 km | 8.6% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| Sainte-Victoire-de-Sorel 9.8 km | 6.9% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Lavaltrie 10 km | 9.9% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Ours 10 km | 6.4% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Sorel-Tracy 11 km | 12% | 75 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Thomas 11 km | 5.1% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Lanoraie’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
Questions about the outdoors in Lanoraie
What is the nearest provincial park to Lanoraie?
The closest is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), at 33 km.
Which is the biggest protected area near Lanoraie?
It is fleuve Saint-Laurent (Îles de Verchères) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 2,095 ha.
When should you visit Lanoraie for the outdoors?
May to July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Are there protected areas near Lanoraie?
Within 10 km, 9% of the land lies in protected areas.
What is the nearest national park to Lanoraie?
The nearest is La Mauricie National Park, 69 km away.
What is the nearest beach to Lanoraie?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
Sources
Sources for this page on Lanoraie
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).