First pick
Parc Thomas-Monro l’Embouchure
Park or garden
2.3 ha1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1 km of path
1.2 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.06.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Les Coteaux · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Les Coteaux’s edge: lac Saint-Francois (Saint-Zotique) Water Fowl Gathering Area
Within 10 km of the town, 6.7% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. Biggest among them: lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 1,275 ha, 4.5 km off. Oka National Park (Québec) is the closest provincial park, at 23 km.
Protected land
6.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 7 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
23 km
Oka National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Les Coteaux, 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km6.7%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas7Areas 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
Among 40 towns its size, Les Coteaux ranks 10th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (6,186 to 6,402 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
Les Coteaux6.7%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Les Coteaux7
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Les Coteaux0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Les Coteaux’s strong point is protected land nearby, where 9 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hubley NS | 20% | 37% | 32 | 3 | 4 |
| 2 | Hautes-Plaines QC | 19% | 9.8% | 33 | 1 | 4 |
| 3 | Peachland BC | 18% | 0.4% | 22 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Fitzroy ON | 16% | 1.7% | 52 | 0 | 17 |
| 5 | Pineview ON | 15% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Dutch Settlement NS | 8.7% | 15% | 69 | 10 | 8 |
| 7 | Nouveau Greenfield Park QC | 6.9% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 8 | Lac-Brome QC | 6.8% | 1.7% | 55 | 0 | 6 |
| 9 | Beaver County AB | 6.8% | 7.7% | 143 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | Les Coteaux QC | 6.7% | 0.2% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Fatima QC | 6.6% | 4.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Cachet ON | 6.6% | 0% | 31 | 1 | 1 |
| 13 | Turnball ON | 6.1% | 39% | 20 | 3 | 1 |
| 14 | Beasley ON | 5.1% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Woodhill ON | 4.1% | 16% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 16 | Barrhead County No. 11 AB | 3.4% | 1.2% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Electoral Area C, Peace River BC | 1.9% | 1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Heritage Park ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | Munster - Ashton ON | 1.6% | 1.1% | 28 | 7 | 2 |
| 20 | Osgoode - Vernon ON | 1.6% | 0.8% | 21 | 0 | 4 |
| 21 | Mcquesten West ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| 22 | Cherry Hill ON | 1.6% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Glenora AB | 1.6% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 24 | Woodstock NB | 1.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Willow Creek No. 26 AB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Highland ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Valley Park ON | 1.4% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 0 |
| 28 | Sargent Park MB | 1.4% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Greystone Heights SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Grosvenor Park SK | 1.4% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Neepawa MB | 1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lanark Highlands ON | 0.5% | 0.3% | 11 | 0 | 6 |
| 33 | St. Paul AB | 0.5% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Mission AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Duggan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Princeville QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 37 | Ste. Anne MB | 0.2% | 0.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Beauceville QC | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | The Orchards At Ellerslie AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Mildmay ON | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Les Coteaux 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
9 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Les Coteaux
The biggest is Parc Thomas-Monro l’Embouchure, 2.3 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
9 named parks and woods, 13 ha in all
Parks & gardens 13 ha
The green is scattered, with no place over 19%.
Parc Rejean-Boisvenu
Park or garden
2.6 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Les Coteaux
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Quatre-Saisons
Park or garden · 220 m outside town
2.2 ha
3.2 km south-westfrom the centre
Piste cyclable de Soulanges
Directionsto a point inside
All 9 named parks and green spaces
Parc Thomas-Monro l’EmbouchurePark or garden · 2.3 ha · 1 km of path
DirectionsParc Rejean-BoisvenuPark or garden · 2.6 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Quatre-SaisonsPark or garden · 2.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc Hervé-LaframboisePark or garden · 1.5 ha
DirectionsParc Émile-AsselinPark or garden · 1.4 ha
DirectionsParc BissonnettePark or garden · 1.4 ha
DirectionsParc EmblèmePark or garden · 1.0 ha
DirectionsParc WilsonPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc FournierPark or garden · 0.4 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
5 in 10 people in Les Coteaux 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 (49%)Further (51%)
Les Coteaux49%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. About 3,200 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Protected areas
6.7% of the land around Les Coteaux 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 Les Coteaux0.2%
Within 10 km6.7%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Of those 9, 7 are public and the remainder private. At 1,275 ha, lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area is the largest. 2 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
lac Saint-Francois (Saint-Zotique) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 857 ha · reaches Les Coteaux
Micocoulier Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 29 ha · 2.2 km from the edge of town
Îles-Arthur-et-Bienville Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant SpeciesWildlife area · 29 ha · 2.3 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Pointe Beaudette) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 605 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,275 ha · 4.5 km from the edge of town
Canal de Beauharnois (Centre Du) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,028 ha · 7.6 km from the edge of town
lac Saint-Francois (Saint-Anicet / Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 789 ha · 9.0 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
23 km to Oka National Park (Québec)
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)
Oka National Park (Québec)
23 km north-east24 km²since 1990
For a national park, people in Les Coteaux travel more than 100 km. 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
Paths to walk: 9 km in and around Les Coteaux
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
8.8 km
in and around the town (32.4 km²)
Woodland
14%
about 4.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Les CoteauxTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Les CoteauxTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
For path density, 74% of Canadian towns do better. More of it is wooded than in 59% 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 Les Coteaux
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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 Les Coteaux: May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (ST-Anicet, 19 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 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 22 | 14 | 7 | 0 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 73 | 59 | 67 | 97 | 90 | 105 | 100 | 89 | 99 | 109 | 81 | 77 |
A typical year sees 170 cm of snow. In July the typical high is 27 °C; in January, -4 °C. The wettest month, October, brings 109 mm, against 59 mm in February. The climate in Les Coteaux →
Beaches
Plage de Saint-Zotique, 4.6 km away, is the beach near Les Coteaux
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage de Saint-Zotique4.6 km from town
DirectionsFor 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
9 things to do outdoors near Les Coteaux
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 6 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Camping Coteau-Landingin town
DirectionsCamping Tepee0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Les Coteaux
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Coteau-du-LacSaint-ZotiqueSalaberry-de-ValleyfieldSaint-PolycarpeSaint-CletSainte-BarbeLes Coteaux
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Coteaux | 6.7% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| Coteau-du-Lac 4.6 km | 4.4% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Zotique 4.7 km | 7.5% | 12 | 0 | 2 |
| Salaberry-de-Valleyfield 7.2 km | 8.8% | 27 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Polycarpe 9.1 km | 4.2% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Clet 9.5 km | 2.1% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Barbe 10 km | 8.6% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
Les Coteaux is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
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.
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- Protected land. Protected here means in CPCAD, Canada’s official list: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and other conserved land, measured within 10 km of the town’s edge.
Questions about the outdoors in Les Coteaux
What is the biggest park or reserve near Les Coteaux?
lac Saint-Francois (Canal Port-Lewis) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 1,275 ha, a wildlife area.
How far is Les Coteaux from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Les Coteaux.
When should you visit Les Coteaux for the outdoors?
May and July to September, 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 Les Coteaux?
Oka National Park (Québec), 23 km from the edge of town.
What is the nearest beach to Les Coteaux?
The nearest is Plage de Saint-Zotique, 4.6 km from town.
Are there protected areas near Les Coteaux?
Protected areas cover 6.7% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
The sources behind Les Coteaux’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).