First pick
Parc Paul-Buissonneau
Park or garden
3.0 ha
4.3 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dominic Paquin · Public domain2.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mandeville · parks, protected land & trails
La Mauricie National Park is 28 km from Mandeville
Within 10 km are 19 protected areas. Biggest among them: Proposed Basses-Collines-du-Lac-au-Sorcier Biodiversity Reserve, 19,107 ha, 6.3 km off. Walkers have 3 mapped routes close by, starting with the Sentier du Lac Joe and Sentier Chériore.
Protected land
2.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
19
within 10 km, 18 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
28 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
26 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
3
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Beaches
7
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Mandeville has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
For someone who likes to get outside, Mandeville’s draw is its choice of walking routes, with its beaches close behind.
Against other towns
How Mandeville 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km2.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.8%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas18Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes4Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches7Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Mandeville has the 18th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,500 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.
Protected within 10 km
Mandeville2.5%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mandeville18
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mandeville4
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Mandeville does best for public protected areas: 4 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Castlemore Estates ON | 7.8% | 6.5% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 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 |
The map
The green map of Mandeville
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 Mandeville: one named park or wood
Largest first: Parc Paul-Buissonneau leads with 3.0 ha. Numbers match the map.
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 Mandeville 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%)
Mandeville0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. That leaves about 2,500 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
2.5% of the country within 10 km of Mandeville 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 Mandeville1.8%
Within 10 km2.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 18 of the 19, and private owners the rest. Proposed Basses-Collines-du-Lac-au-Sorcier Biodiversity Reserve is the biggest, 19,107 ha. One further area is privately owned conservation land; it counts in the figures but isn’t named, as a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
04151R033 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 187 ha · reaches Mandeville
06251R031 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 109 ha · reaches Mandeville
06251R033 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 106 ha · reaches Mandeville
06251R032 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 105 ha · reaches Mandeville
06251R028 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 74 ha · reaches Mandeville
06251R021 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 61 ha · reaches Mandeville
06251R022 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 50 ha · reaches Mandeville
06251R047 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 57 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
04151R106 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 81 ha · 3.8 km from the edge of town
06251R046 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 70 ha · 5.6 km from the edge of town
8 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 parks within reach of Mandeville
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)
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
26 km west1,510 km²since 1981
National park
La Mauricie National Park
28 km north-east536 km²since 1970
Closer to home, Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) is 26 km away. A Québec parc national belongs to the province, not to Parks Canada.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Mandeville and its edge hold 65 km of footpath
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
65 km
in and around the town (442.4 km²)
Woodland
86%
about 381.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
MandevilleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
MandevilleTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland86%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 98% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 81% 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
3 walking routes near Mandeville
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Local
Sentier du Tonnerre17.4 km
Sentier du Lac Joe15.4 km
Sentier Chériore14.0 km
For a longer outing, the Sentier du Tonnerre runs 17.4 km.
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 Mandeville in May and August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Nicolet (58 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 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 49 | 52 | 82 | 75 | 95 | 103 | 86 | 95 | 90 | 75 | 76 |
Rain peaks with the heat: 103 mm in July, against 49 mm in February. The warmest days come in July (26 °C highs), the coldest in January (-7 °C). The climate in Mandeville →
Beaches
Mandeville has 7 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage Armstrong0.8 km from town
DirectionsPlage Sarrazin1.3 km from town
DirectionsPlage Turenne1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlage du Manoir2.6 km from town
Directions3 further beaches go unnamed. Water quality isn’t shown: there’s no open national record of beach tests. Local health authorities post advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Mandeville has 14 viewpoints and 4 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 14 viewpoints, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 14
Plus 14 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 2
La Palette du Diable1.0 km from town
DirectionsMontagne d'Albert-Lambert1.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 9
Camping de la Baiein town
DirectionsCamping Mastigouchein town
DirectionsLac-aux-Sablesin town
DirectionsSecteur Plagein town
DirectionsSection Campingin town
DirectionsSection Parcin town
DirectionsSection Villagein town
DirectionsPlus 2 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Mandeville
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-GabrielSaint-Gabriel-de-BrandonSaint-Alexis-des-MontsSaint-DamienMandeville
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mandeville | 2.5% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| Saint-Gabriel 12 km | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon 14 km | 0.2% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| Saint-Alexis-des-Monts 16 km | 16% | 43 | 15 | 8 |
| Saint-Damien 18 km | 4% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
Saint-Alexis-des-Monts has at least twice the protected share around it. Saint-Alexis-des-Monts has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 15.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Mandeville
When should you visit Mandeville for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the nearest national park to Mandeville?
La Mauricie National Park, 28 km from the edge of town.
Where can you swim near Mandeville?
Plage Armstrong, 0.8 km from town, is the nearest mapped beach.
What walking routes are near Mandeville?
The Sentier du Lac Joe, Sentier Chériore and Sentier du Tonnerre, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Is there a provincial park near Mandeville?
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 26 km away.
Is there protected land near Mandeville?
Yes: 2.5% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the largest protected area near Mandeville?
Proposed Basses-Collines-du-Lac-au-Sorcier Biodiversity Reserve, a nature reserve of 19,107 ha.
Sources
Where Mandeville’s outdoors figures come from
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).