First pick
Grands Jardins de Normandin
Park or garden
16 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
1.2 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Ville de Normandin · Public domain1.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Normandin · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Normandin is Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), 23 km away
3.8 km out lies the largest, Proposed rivière Ashuapmushuan Aquatic Reserve, at 27,660 ha. National parks are all over 100 km off. Count 9 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
1.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
9
within 10 km, 9 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
23 km
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Normandin 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km1.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas9Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Normandin has the 16th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,018 to 3,114 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
Normandin1.1%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Normandin9
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Normandin0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Normandin sits near the top of its size group: 13 of 39 have more. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 24 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cap-Pelé NB | 43% | 2.6% | 11 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Cap-Saint-Ignace QC | 20% | 0.1% | 51 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Elkford BC | 12% | 16% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Sudbury, Unorganized, North Part ON | 11% | 9.8% | 92 | 2 | 15 |
| 5 | Vanscoy No. 345 SK | 11% | 4.2% | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Leslie Park - Bruce Farm ON | 11% | 0% | 24 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Electoral Area D, Cariboo BC | 9.4% | 10% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON | 8.3% | 6.2% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Greenbelt (east) ON | 7.4% | 45% | 53 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Ainslie Wood East ON | 7.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 3 |
| 11 | Kirkendall South ON | 6.9% | 0.9% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Clear Hills AB | 5.4% | 5.4% | 31 | 0 | 115 |
| 13 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard QC | 4.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Athens ON | 3.9% | 2% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 15 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge QC | 3.2% | 3.7% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Dewdney Place SK | 3.1% | 90% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Rosedale ON | 2.3% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Alpine ON | 2.1% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot BC | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 15 | 2 |
| 20 | Nutana Park SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Poplar Park ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | South Portage MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 23 | Crescentwood MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Princeton BC | 1.2% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 18 |
| 25 | Normandin QC | 1.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Brooklands MB | 1.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Admaston/Bromley ON | 0.7% | 1% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 28 | Lorne MB | 0.7% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Luxton MB | 0.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Tisdale SK | 0.4% | 0.2% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Shippagan NB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 32 | Ange-Gardien QC | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Bisset AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Crawford Plains AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Kernohan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 36 | Laurier Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Gabriel QC | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 38 | Saint-Dominique QC | 0.1% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Houston BC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 8 |
| 40 | Glengarry AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Normandin
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
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Normandin
The biggest is Grands Jardins de Normandin, 16 ha. Biggest first, 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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in Normandin
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 (46%)Further (54%)
Normandin46%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. For about 1,700 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Normandin, 1.1% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Normandin0%
Within 10 km1.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Each of the 9 is held by a public body. Proposed rivière Ashuapmushuan Aquatic Reserve is the biggest, 27,660 ha.
02551R024 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 377 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
Lac aux Foins Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 16 ha · 3.0 km from the edge of town
Proposed rivière Ashuapmushuan Aquatic ReserveNature reserve · 27,660 ha · 3.8 km from the edge of town
rivière Ticouape-1 Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 7.4 ha · 7.1 km from the edge of town
Rivière Mistassini 160501 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 42 ha · 7.4 km from the edge of town
Rivière Ticouape Sud Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 68 ha · 8.7 km from the edge of town
rivière Ticouape Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 40 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
Îles Flottantes Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 463 ha · 9.2 km from the edge of town
Rivière Mistassini 160502 Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 37 ha · 9.6 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
The nearest big park: Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), 23 km away
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)
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
23 km east98 km²since 1985
No national park lies within 100 km of Normandin; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. The province names its big parks parcs nationaux, though they are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
24 km of paths in and around Normandin
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
24 km
in and around the town (289.5 km²)
Woodland
39%
about 113.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
NormandinTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
NormandinTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland39%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 79% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 88% 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 named walking route passes Normandin on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
May is the best month for walking in Normandin
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Roberval (40 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.8 | 14.4 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -9 | -2 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 2 | -7 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 87 | 112 | 104 | 99 | 81 | 71 | 66 |
A typical year sees 271 cm of snow. July is warm and wet, 112 mm; the driest month, February, has 45 mm. In July the typical high is 24 °C; in January, -11 °C. The climate in Normandin →
Things to do
Normandin has 1 viewpoints and 3 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: campsites, 3 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Petite chute de l'ours0.1 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 3
Grande chute de l'ours.in town
DirectionsPetite chute de l'oursin town
DirectionsPetite chute à l'Ours0.0 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Chute à l'oursin town
DirectionsCamping municipal Albanel1.2 km from town
DirectionsCamping Au Soleil Levant1.4 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Normandin
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
AlbanelLa DoréGirardvilleNormandin
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Normandin | 1.1% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| Albanel 9.1 km | 0.1% | 5 | 0 | 2 |
| La Doré 15 km | 2.1% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Girardville 19 km | 1.4% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Normandin.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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. 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.
- 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 Normandin
When is the best time for walking in Normandin?
May, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near Normandin?
It is Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), 23 km away.
What is the largest protected area near Normandin?
Proposed rivière Ashuapmushuan Aquatic Reserve, a nature reserve of 27,660 ha.
How much land around Normandin is protected?
Yes: 1.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
How far is Normandin from a national park?
None within 100 km of Normandin.
Sources
Sources for this page on Normandin
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).