First pick
Parc Rolland-Pilon
Park or garden
2.5 ha
1.5 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.06.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Plaisance · parks, protected land & trails
41% of Plaisance itself is protected land
CPCAD lists 41 protected areas within 10 km. Of the country within 10 km, 6.1% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. No national park lies within 100 km.
Protected land
6.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
41
within 10 km, 34 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Plaisance National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What sets Plaisance apart outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land in town41% of Plaisance itself lies in protected areasMany protected areas34 public areas within 10 kmProtected land all round6.1% of the land within 10 km, more than 75% of Canadian townsA provincial park at the edgePlaisance National Park (Québec) reaches the town
Plaisance’s best card is protected land inside its own boundary, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
How Plaisance 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km6.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town41%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas34Areas 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
Plaisance comes 6th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,191 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
Plaisance6.1%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Plaisance34
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Plaisance0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
None of the other 39 towns its size has more public protected areas than Plaisance.
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 | Plaisance QC | 6.1% | 41% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| 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
Parks, woods and paths around Plaisance
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Plaisance
Largest first: Parc Rolland-Pilon leads with 2.5 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
In Plaisance, parks are rarely a short walk away
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%)
Plaisance0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this. Around 1,200 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Plaisance, 6.1% 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 Plaisance41%
Within 10 km6.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 34 of the 41. The others are private conservation land. The largest named one is Plaisance National Park (Québec), at 2,810 ha. Another 7 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Plaisance National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 2,810 ha · reaches Plaisance
baie Noire Est section Ouest Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 275 ha · reaches Plaisance
Baie Dube (Section Est de la ) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 188 ha · reaches Plaisance
Petite Presqu'île Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 161 ha · reaches Plaisance
Papineauville (Baie de la Pentecôte, section est) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 135 ha · reaches Plaisance
Papineauville (section ouest) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 126 ha · reaches Plaisance
Plaisance (Tête de la Baie) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 111 ha · reaches Plaisance
Grande Presqu'île (section au sud) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 88 ha · reaches Plaisance
baie Martin Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 83 ha · reaches Plaisance
Tête de la Baie Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 79 ha · reaches Plaisance
23 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
From the edge of Plaisance, Plaisance National Park (Québec) begins
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)
Plaisance National Park (Québec)
At the edge28 km²since 2002
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Plaisance, so the parks here are provincial. Québec’s “national” parks are the province’s own, managed by Sépaq.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Plaisance has 27 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
27 km
in and around the town (98.3 km²)
Woodland
28%
about 27.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
PlaisanceTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
PlaisanceTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland28%
0%50%100%
73% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². Woods cover more of it than in 73% 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 Plaisance 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.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
Plaisance is best on foot in May and July to September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Ottawa (City), 55 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 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 65 | 52 | 62 | 81 | 80 | 95 | 92 | 87 | 87 | 90 | 72 | 74 |
Rain and snow peak in June (95 mm) and ease in February (52 mm). January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 26 °C. The climate in Plaisance →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Plaisance
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
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Plaisance: 8 and 3
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 9 campsites, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 8
L’Arbustaiein town
DirectionsLa Falaisein town
DirectionsLa Zizanie-des-Maraisin town
DirectionsPont des Outardesin town
DirectionsPlus 4 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 7
Aire Desjardinsin town
DirectionsAire Dollar-Des Ormeauxin town
DirectionsAire Molsonin town
DirectionsLe Promontoirein town
DirectionsAire La Carrière1.4 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 9
Bienvenue Cyclistesin town
DirectionsCamping de Groupein town
DirectionsL'Érablièrein town
DirectionsLa Baiein town
DirectionsLa Cèdrièrein town
DirectionsLa Rivein town
DirectionsLe Préin town
DirectionsLes Buttesin town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite more.
Slipways 8
Treadwell Boat Launch0.3 km from town
DirectionsWendover Boat Launch0.3 km from town
DirectionsPlus 6 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Plaisance
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PapineauvilleThursoWendoverSaint-André-AvellinRocklandLochaber-Partie-OuestPlaisance
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plaisance | 6.1% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Papineauville 7.9 km | 5.3% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| Thurso 10 km | 8% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| Wendover 12 km | 6.7% | 58 | 0 | 4 |
| Saint-André-Avellin 13 km | 5.1% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Rockland 14 km | 5.2% | 57 | 0 | 2 |
| Lochaber-Partie-Ouest 17 km | 6.5% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
Plaisance holds its own on protected land: no neighbour has twice its share.
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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- 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 Plaisance
Is there protected land near Plaisance?
Protected areas cover 6.1% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a beach near Plaisance?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Plaisance?
Plaisance National Park (Québec) begins at the town’s edge.
When should you visit Plaisance for the outdoors?
On the normals, May and July to September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
What is the largest protected area near Plaisance?
Plaisance National Park (Québec), a québec national park (provincial) of 2,810 ha.
What is the nearest national park to Plaisance?
None within 100 km of Plaisance.
Sources
Where Plaisance’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).