First pick
Parc des Loisirs
Park or garden
5.1 ha
Centralin the middle of Nicolet
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Dominic Germain · CC BY-SA 3.011%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Nicolet · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Nicolet is protected than around nearly 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The closest of Canada’s national parks is La Mauricie National Park, at 46 km. 19 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. There is a beach within 5 km, unnamed on the map.
Protected land
11%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
19
within 10 km, 13 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
46 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
78 km
Yamaska National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Nicolet beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 km11%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town8.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas13Areas 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
Nicolet comes 3rd of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,534 to 8,935 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
Nicolet11%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Nicolet13
Towns its size6
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Nicolet0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Nicolet sits near the top of its size group: 2 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Blossom Park - Timbermill ON | 9.6% | 12% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 5.3% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 22 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 24 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 25 | Munroe East MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Kingsway South ON | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 28 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Marlborough AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | DT Cooksville ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
The green map of Nicolet
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
20 named parks and woods to walk in near Nicolet
Largest first: Parc des Loisirs leads with 5.1 ha. Numbers match the map.
20 named parks and woods, 18 ha in all
Parks & gardens 18 ha
Its largest place holds only 28%: the rest is spread out.
Parc Marguerite-D'Youville
Park or garden
1.7 ha0.1 km of path
1.6 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 20 named parks and green spaces
Parc des LoisirsPark or garden · 5.1 ha
DirectionsParc de l'aqueducPark or garden · 2.0 ha
DirectionsParc Marguerite-D'YouvillePark or garden · 1.7 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc Louis-CaronPark or garden · 1.3 ha
DirectionsParc Mariette-F.-MartelPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsParc Henri-Paul RicardPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsParc Gérard-LupienPark or garden · 0.8 ha
DirectionsParc NicoterrePark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc Gaston-RheaultPark or garden · 0.6 ha
DirectionsParc du SouvenirPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc Henri-FréchettePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc Jardins des SoeursPark or garden · 0.3 ha · 0.1 km of path
DirectionsParc des Sœurs-du-Précieux-SangPark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsParc Claire-Saint-PierrePark or garden · 0.5 ha
DirectionsHalte Josapha-DuhaimePark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc Thérèse-Boisvert-AllardPark or garden · 0.4 ha
DirectionsParc Rodolphe-DuguayPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsHalte Lucien-SavardPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc George-BallPark or garden · 0.3 ha
DirectionsParc du portugalPark or garden · 0.3 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 Nicolet 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 (52%)Further (48%)
Nicolet52%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. Around 4,200 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
19 protected areas around Nicolet
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Nicolet8.5%
Within 10 km11%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
13 of the 19 are on public land. Refuge de Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering Area covers 2,821 ha, the most of any named area. 6 areas, privately held or of unrecorded ownership, are left unnamed.
Refuge de Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 2,821 ha · reaches Nicolet
lac Saint-Pierre S.-E. Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 1,954 ha · reaches Nicolet
port Saint-Francois - Pont Laviolette Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 507 ha · reaches Nicolet
Port Saint-François - Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 364 ha · reaches Nicolet
Battures aux Outardes Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 43 ha · reaches Nicolet
Île aux Sternes Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 914 ha · 0.7 km from the edge of town
Marcel-Léger Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 36 ha · 1.4 km from the edge of town
Île aux Sternes Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 5.5 ha · 1.8 km from the edge of town
Pointe du Lac -Rivière Yamachiche Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,125 ha · 2.1 km from the edge of town
Sud-Ouest du Pont Laviolette Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 37 ha · 2.1 km from the edge of town
3 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
46 km to La Mauricie National 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
National park
La Mauricie National Park
46 km north-west536 km²since 1970
Québec national park (provincial)
Yamaska National Park (Québec)
78 km south13 km²since 1983
Québec’s parcs nationaux are provincial parks, run by Sépaq; Parks Canada’s national parks are separate.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Nicolet has 15 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
15 km
in and around the town (149.5 km²)
Woodland
21%
about 30.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
NicoletTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NicoletTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland21%
0%50%100%
More of it is wooded than in 68% of Canadian towns. 86% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 Nicolet
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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 Nicolet: May and August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Nicolet (4.1 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 | 14.1 | 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 |
July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (103 mm); February is driest (49 mm). In July the typical high is 26 °C; in January, -7 °C. A typical year sees 213 cm of snow. The climate in Nicolet →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Nicolet
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
Near Nicolet: 2 viewpoints on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (6).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Acqueduc Municipal0.2 km from town
DirectionsHalte 5501.1 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Réserve écologique Marcel-Léger1.8 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Port-Saint-Françoisin town
DirectionsSlipways 1
Mise a eau, Nicoletin town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Nicolet
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Trois-RivièresBécancourBaie-du-FebvreYamachicheNicolet
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nicolet | 11% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Trois-Rivières 14 km | 8.4% | 44 | 1 | 10 |
| Bécancour 14 km | 6% | 42 | 1 | 13 |
| Baie-du-Febvre 16 km | 11% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Yamachiche 19 km | 5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Nicolet’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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. 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Nicolet
What is the nearest provincial park to Nicolet?
It is Yamaska National Park (Québec), 78 km away.
When should you visit Nicolet for the outdoors?
May and August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Nicolet?
It is Refuge de Nicolet Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 2,821 ha.
Is there protected land near Nicolet?
Within 10 km, 11% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a beach near Nicolet?
One beach is mapped within 5 km, though without a name.
What is the nearest national park to Nicolet?
It is La Mauricie National Park, 46 km off.
Sources
The sources behind Nicolet’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).