Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Pierre-Olivier Fortin · CC BY-SA 3.0One mapped walking route passes within 2 km: the Montée du Paradis Hike. OpenStreetMap shows 2 unnamed beaches within 5 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (15,315 to 16,007 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
For public protected areas, Loretteville lags towns its size: 28 of 39 are ahead.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lachine-Ouest QC | 19% | 0.1% | 28 | 0 | 4 |
| 2 | Les Golfs QC | 17% | 18% | 40 | 4 | 13 |
| 3 | Gaspé QC | 13% | 21% | 41 | 13 | 51 |
| 4 | Ledbury-Heron Gate-Ridgemont ON | 12% | 0% | 34 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Lavaltrie QC | 9.9% | 0.3% | 33 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Severn ON | 9.6% | 1.1% | 52 | 1 | 7 |
| 7 | Brookside - Briarbrook - Morgans Grant ON | 8.1% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Vieux-Longueuil QC | 6.4% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 5 |
| 9 | Lougheed BC | 5.6% | 0% | 53 | 2 | 49 |
| 10 | Saint-François QC | 5.4% | 1% | 56 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Vieux-Moulin QC | 4.7% | 0.1% | 20 | 0 | 6 |
| 12 | Jésuites QC | 4.6% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Parksville BC | 4.4% | 13% | 24 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Saint-Louis QC | 4.3% | 0% | 15 | 2 | 4 |
| 15 | Vallée-de-la-Lièvre QC | 4.3% | 16% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Downtown ON | 3.6% | 2.8% | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 17 | Lachute QC | 3.5% | 0.9% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | François-Perrault QC | 2.6% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Vanier ON | 2.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Trinity-Bellwoods ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 7 | 24 |
| 21 | North Toronto ON | 1.9% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 1 |
| 22 | Little Portugal ON | 1.8% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 23 | Newtonbrook East ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | East Willowdale ON | 1.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Parc-Jarry QC | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Comox BC | 1.4% | 2.6% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 27 | Lansing-Westgate ON | 1.3% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Loretteville QC | 1.1% | 0% | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 | Pembroke ON | 1% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Kenora ON | 1% | 0% | 6 | 2 | 7 |
| 31 | Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines QC | 0.7% | 0.1% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Dorchester ON | 0.6% | 1% | 17 | 2 | 2 |
| 33 | High River AB | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Corunna ON | 0.4% | 1% | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 35 | Thorncliffe AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Edenbridge-Humber Valley ON | 0.2% | 2.1% | 6 | 1 | 6 |
| 37 | South Windsor ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Sheridan ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | East Riverside ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 40 | Edgemont AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The neighbourhood’s parks, woods, protected land and paths, with its named places numbered.
Parc linéaire de la rivière Saint-Charles is the largest, at 90 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
Most of it sits in Parc linéaire de la rivière Saint-Charles and Parc Véga: 83% together.
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.
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.
That is below the typical Canadian town (83%). About 3,600 residents live further than 400 m from one.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Of those 21, 2 are public and the remainder private. Biggest of the named areas: Tourbière-de-Shannon Ecological Reserve, 169 ha. 19 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
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 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.
For a national park, people in Loretteville travel more than 100 km. Sépaq runs Québec’s parcs nationaux, which are provincial parks under another name.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
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).
Woods cover more of it than in 85% of Canadian towns. It has more footpath per km² than 54% 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.
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Quebec Jean Lesage (Airport), 6.3 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 87 | 66 | 78 | 94 | 92 | 115 | 119 | 109 | 111 | 116 | 91 | 96 |
Summer storms make July the wettest month, 119 mm; February sees 66 mm. In July the typical high is 25 °C; in January, -7 °C. A typical year sees 299 cm of snow. The climate in Loretteville →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
For a climb, Mont Brillant rises to 450 m. The most common are playgrounds: 68 on the map.
Plus 5 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 67 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loretteville | 1.1% | 21 | 1 | 2 |
| Wendake 1.5 km | 1.1% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| Des Châtels 1.7 km | 1.3% | 25 | 1 | 2 |
| Saint-Émile 3.4 km | 2% | 25 | 1 | 3 |
| Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf 4.4 km | 3.2% | 26 | 1 | 4 |
| Val-Bélair 4.4 km | 1.7% | 27 | 2 | 12 |
| Lac-Saint-Charles 5.3 km | 1% | 21 | 1 | 4 |
Around Neufchatel Est—Lebourgneuf the protected share is at least double.
Tourbière-de-Shannon Ecological Reserve, a nature reserve of 169 ha.
The beaches mapped within 5 km have no names on the map.
Try the Montée du Paradis Hike.
Protected areas cover 1.1% of the land within 10 km.
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Loretteville.
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 22 km from the edge of town.
On the normals, May and August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
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).