Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Photo: Judicieux · CC BY-SA 4.0Count 24 protected areas within 10 km of town. 5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Plage Samuel de Champlain. OpenStreetMap shows one walking route nearby, the De Cap en Cap 1.
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Sillery is strongest on its beaches. Less going for it: a big park within easy reach.
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.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (13,635 to 14,275 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, Sillery sits near the top of its size group: 7 of 39 have more.
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kerrisdale BC | 18% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 33 |
| 2 | Hammonds Plains NS | 16% | 4.9% | 35 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | Riverview ON | 15% | 1.9% | 45 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Oakridge BC | 13% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 23 |
| 5 | Convent Glen - Orleans Woods ON | 13% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Sandy Hill ON | 13% | 1.7% | 40 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Matane QC | 11% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 8 | Ville-Émard QC | 10% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 2 |
| 9 | Findlay Creek ON | 8.2% | 2.5% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Rideaucrest - Davidson Heights ON | 6.8% | 11% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Terrace BC | 6.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Glen Cairn ON | 5.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Manor Park NS | 5.3% | 0% | 22 | 6 | 21 |
| 14 | Sillery QC | 4.8% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Saint-Amable QC | 4.3% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Plateau QC | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 4 |
| 17 | Tiny ON | 3.9% | 7.9% | 23 | 0 | 61 |
| 18 | Strathcona BC | 3.8% | 0% | 13 | 4 | 76 |
| 19 | Oakridge ON | 2.5% | 11% | 12 | 1 | 13 |
| 20 | Fletchers Creek Village / Lundy Village ON | 2.5% | 7.1% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Copperfield AB | 2.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 11 |
| 22 | Greenwood-Coxwell ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 3 | 38 |
| 23 | Prévost QC | 2.1% | 3.5% | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| 24 | Wychwood ON | 2.1% | 0% | 11 | 4 | 10 |
| 25 | Humewood-Cedarvale ON | 2% | 0% | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| 26 | Parkwoods-O'Connor Hills ON | 1.9% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Rosemère QC | 1.8% | 2.4% | 29 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Colchester County, Subdivision C NS | 1.7% | 1.8% | 125 | 5 | 1 |
| 29 | Hickory Woods ON | 1.6% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Avondale ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Dawson Creek BC | 1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Beaverton ON | 0.8% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | The Maples MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Junction Area ON | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 4 | 10 |
| 35 | Warman SK | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | River West ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Wetaskiwin AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Sandwich ON | 0.1% | 2.9% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Sainte-Marie QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Skyview Ranch AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the neighbourhood; tap a number for its park or wood.
Largest first: Parc des Champs-de-Bataille leads with 86 ha. Numbers match the map.
The bulk, 56%, is Parc des Champs-de-Bataille and Parc du Bois-de-Coulonge.
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.
A typical Canadian town reaches only 83%.
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Governments hold 14 of the 24, and private owners the rest. At 325 ha, Île d'Orléans (ouest du pont) Water Fowl Gathering Area is the largest. The figures include 10 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
4 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 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.
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Sillery 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.
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).
53% of Canadian towns are more wooded. For path density, it beats 74% 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), 9.8 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 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 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 brings the most rain: 119 mm in July; February gets 66 mm. Summer highs reach 25 °C in July; in January they stay near -7 °C. Some 299 cm of snow falls each winter. The climate in Sillery →
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Another 3 have no name on the map. Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
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.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 74 of them.
Plus 24 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Plus 13 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Plus 71 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Plus 4 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sillery | 4.8% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| Saint-Sacrement 2.1 km | 4% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| Cité-Universitaire 2.5 km | 4.1% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| Saint-Louis 3.3 km | 4.3% | 15 | 2 | 4 |
| Montcalm 3.4 km | 4.7% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| Lévis 3.5 km | 4.1% | 62 | 1 | 8 |
| Saint-Sauveur 3.8 km | 4.9% | 19 | 1 | 4 |
Sillery is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
Plage Samuel de Champlain, in town, is the nearest mapped beach.
Try the De Cap en Cap 1.
Yes: 4.8% of the land within 10 km is protected.
It is Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 35 km away.
It is Île d'Orléans (ouest du pont) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 325 ha.
None within 100 km of Sillery.
May and August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).