Photo: Ldesbiens at English Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 2.5Protected areas cover 26% of the country around L'Anse-Saint-Jean
The 10 km around town hold 29 protected areas. Walkers have 4 mapped routes close by, starting with the Sentier les Caps and Sentier des Poètes. Within 5 km lie 7 beaches, unnamed on the map.
Where L'Anse-Saint-Jean stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
L'Anse-Saint-Jean is strongest on protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Each figure for L'Anse-Saint-Jean, set against 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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
No town of the 40 its size has more protected land around it than L'Anse-Saint-Jean
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,310 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.
For protected land nearby, L'Anse-Saint-Jean tops all 39 other towns its size.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | L'Anse-Saint-Jean QC | 26% | 10% | 29 | 4 | 7 |
| 2 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 |
L'Anse-Saint-Jean on the map: green space, protected land and paths
The town’s parks, woods, protected land and paths as mapped.
Few people in L'Anse-Saint-Jean 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.
Most towns do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%. About 1,300 residents live further than 400 m from one.
29 protected areas around L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Governments or Indigenous nations hold all 29. Biggest of the named areas: Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, 124,600 ha.
19 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.
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park starts at the edge of L'Anse-Saint-Jean
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.
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
Fjord-du-Saguenay National Park (Québec)
Hautes-Gorges-de-la-Rivière-Malbaie National Park (Québec)
For a national park, people in L'Anse-Saint-Jean travel more than 100 km. There are 3 provincial parks within 10 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.
196 km of paths in and around L'Anse-Saint-Jean
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
For path density, 72% of Canadian towns do better. More of it is wooded than in 99% 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.
4 mapped routes to walk from L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The longest of the rest is the Sentier les Caps, 28.2 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
The best months for walking in L'Anse-Saint-Jean: June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Grandes-Bergeronnes, 55 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) | 8.8 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.0 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -8 | -6 | -1 | 6 | 14 | 19 | 22 | 22 | 17 | 9 | 3 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 63 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 96 | 101 | 113 | 111 | 110 | 124 | 78 | 86 |
January is the driest month at 63 mm; October the wettest at 124 mm. From -8 °C in January to 22 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in L'Anse-Saint-Jean →
7 unnamed beaches near L'Anse-Saint-Jean
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
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.
Near L'Anse-Saint-Jean: 14 viewpoints, 3 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 14 viewpoints, the biggest group. Look up to Mont Edouard: 633 m.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 14
Plus 11 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 10
Plus 7 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 3
Plus 3 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Campsites 9
Plus 3 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to L'Anse-Saint-Jean
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page. The nearest places to L'Anse-Saint-Jean with figures are 30–47 km away.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L'Anse-Saint-Jean | 26% | 29 | 4 | 7 |
| Saint-Félix-d'Otis 30 km | 24% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| Sacré-Coeur 34 km | 30% | 45 | 4 | 4 |
| Saint-Siméon 47 km | 38% | 41 | 1 | 5 |
L'Anse-Saint-Jean holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- 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. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in L'Anse-Saint-Jean
How far is L'Anse-Saint-Jean from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from L'Anse-Saint-Jean.
Which is the biggest protected area near L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park: 124,600 ha, a provincial park.
When is the best time for walking in L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
On the normals, June, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Where can you swim near L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Are there hiking trails near L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
OpenStreetMap maps the Sentier les Caps, Sentier des Poètes and Sentier des Chutes close by, with others.
How much land around L'Anse-Saint-Jean is protected?
Yes: 26% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is the nearest provincial park from L'Anse-Saint-Jean?
Fjord-du-Saguenay National Park (Québec) begins at the town’s edge.
Sources for this page on L'Anse-Saint-Jean
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).