First pick
Parc Normand-Rogers
Park or garden
4.3 ha0.7 km of path
10 minto walk all 0.7 km of path
0.9 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.01.9%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Mille-Isles · parks, protected land & trails
Voyageur Provincial Park, 29 km away, is the closest provincial park to Mille-Isles
For a swim, Beach is the nearest of 4 beaches within 5 km. Within 100 km there is no national park. 4.1 km out lies the largest, 06151R003 Biological Refuge, at 81 ha.
Protected land
1.9%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
19
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
29 km
Voyageur Provincial Park
Beaches
4
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Mille-Isles, 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km1.9%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town3.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches4Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Mille-Isles has the 18th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,886 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
Mille-Isles1.9%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Mille-Isles2
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Mille-Isles0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Mille-Isles lags towns its size: 23 of 39 are ahead.
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 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Mille-Isles QC | 1.9% | 3.3% | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Mille-Isles
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 Mille-Isles: one named park or wood
Parc Normand-Rogers is the largest, at 4.3 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on 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 Mille-Isles 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%)
Mille-Isles0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. That leaves about 1,900 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
1.9% of the country within 10 km of Mille-Isles 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 Mille-Isles3.3%
Within 10 km1.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Governments hold 2 of the 19, and private owners the rest. At 81 ha, 06151R003 Biological Refuge is the largest. 17 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
06151R003 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 81 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
06151R002 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 62 ha · 5.5 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
29 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
29 km south-west15 km²since 1966
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Mille-Isles has its province’s. 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
19 km of paths in and around Mille-Isles
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
19 km
in and around the town (106.5 km²)
Woodland
87%
about 92.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Mille-IslesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Mille-IslesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland87%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 99% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 79% 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 Mille-Isles
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 Mille-Isles: May to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Lachute, 21 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) | 9.0 | 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 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
The wettest month, October, brings 120 mm, against 72 mm in February. The warmest days come in July (27 °C highs), the coldest in January (-6 °C). Winter brings about 218 cm of snow. The climate in Mille-Isles →
Beaches
4 beaches within 5 km of Mille-Isles
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beachin town
DirectionsPlage municipalesand · 4.6 km from town
DirectionsOpenStreetMap shows 2 more, nameless. 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.
Things to do
Near Mille-Isles: 1 viewpoints, 1 waterfalls
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 campsites: 28 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Treehousein town
DirectionsHills and peaks 3
Mont Green0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Chutesin town
DirectionsNature reserves 2
Camp Tamaracouta Scouts Reservein town
DirectionsRéserve scout Tamaracoutain town
DirectionsCampsites 28
Brunswick Housein town
DirectionsChesterfieldin town
DirectionsFlying Postin town
DirectionsFort Alexanderin town
DirectionsFort Chimoin town
DirectionsFort Chipewyanin town
DirectionsFort Enterprisein town
DirectionsFort Georgein town
DirectionsPlus 20 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Mille-Isles
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Morin-HeightsSaint-SauveurSainte-Anne-des-LacsGorePiedmontPrévostMille-Isles
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mille-Isles | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| Morin-Heights 7.7 km | 2.2% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint-Sauveur 7.9 km | 2.3% | 21 | 0 | 7 |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 8.9 km | 2% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Gore 9.1 km | 1.6% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Piedmont 10 km | 3.1% | 17 | 2 | 3 |
| Prévost 13 km | 2.1% | 18 | 2 | 2 |
No place nearby has double Mille-Isles’ share of protected land. More routes are mapped around Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs (2).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- 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. 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 Mille-Isles
How much land around Mille-Isles is protected?
Yes: 1.9% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest beach to Mille-Isles?
The nearest is Beach, in town.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Mille-Isles?
Voyageur Provincial Park, 29 km from the edge of town.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Mille-Isles?
06151R003 Biological Refuge: 81 ha, a wildlife area.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Mille-Isles?
May to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
How far is Mille-Isles from a national park?
None within 100 km of Mille-Isles.
Sources
Sources for this page on Mille-Isles
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).