Photo: Anonymous Unknown author · Public domainFew places match Rivière-Rouge for protected land nearby: more than 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The 10 km around town hold 36 protected areas. For a swim, Plage du secteur Kilby is the nearest of 18 beaches within 5 km. Within 100 km there is no national park.
Where Rivière-Rouge stands out outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
What Rivière-Rouge has most to offer outdoors is protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Rivière-Rouge against 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Rivière-Rouge has the most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,778 to 4,989 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Rivière-Rouge beats most towns its size for public protected areas; only 1 of 39 does better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rivière-Rouge QC | 17% | 6.6% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 2 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 3 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 4 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | Bells Corners East ON | 9.2% | 4.6% | 21 | 3 | 5 |
| 6 | Cardston County AB | 8.8% | 7.6% | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Westdale South ON | 7.1% | 28% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Falkirk East ON | 7% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | York Road ON | 6.1% | 41% | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Rosenthal AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, North Okanagan BC | 5.9% | 4.7% | 26 | 0 | 7 |
| 12 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Palliser AB | 4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 5 |
| 14 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 15 | Roxton Pond QC | 2.6% | 7.3% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 16 | Cumberland BC | 2.6% | 8.1% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Hastings Highlands ON | 2.4% | 0.5% | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| 19 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 20 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Central Business District SK | 1.5% | 5.4% | 17 | 0 | 3 |
| 24 | Lakewood Urban Centre SK | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Edenwold No. 158 SK | 1.4% | 2% | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| 26 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 27 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 28 | Westmount AB | 0.9% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| 29 | St. Stephen NB | 0.7% | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Highland Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Anthony Henday South East AB | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Warwick QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Altona MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Where the green is in Rivière-Rouge
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Walk in Rivière-Rouge: 6 named parks and woods
The biggest is Île Rouge, 38 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Most of it sits in Île Rouge and Île Blanche: 77% together.
Parc Liguori-Gervais
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.
A park is within a short walk for 1 in 10 in Rivière-Rouge
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.
In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here. About 4,400 residents live further than 400 m from one.
The 36 protected areas near Rivière-Rouge
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Of the 36, 35 are public land; the others are privately held. Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) is the biggest, 151,010 ha. One more area within 10 km is private land, held by a landowner or a conservation group: counted here, not named.
23 more named areas within 10 km are in the figures.
2 areas recorded only by their type (provincial layers such as wildlife habitat areas) are counted, not listed.
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.
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec) starts at the edge of Rivière-Rouge
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.
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
For a national park, people in Rivière-Rouge travel more than 100 km. Note that Québec calls its provincial parks parcs nationaux; Sépaq manages them.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
50 km of paths in and around Rivière-Rouge
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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
For woods, it beats 97% of Canadian towns. For path density, 89% of Canadian towns do better.
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
No mapped walking route near Rivière-Rouge
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap as routes.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
Walking season in Rivière-Rouge: May to July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Maniwaki (96 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 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -3 | 3 | 10 | 19 | 23 | 25 | 25 | 20 | 12 | 5 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 76 | 56 | 71 | 72 | 73 | 80 | 87 | 95 | 87 | 96 | 72 | 76 |
From -6 °C in January to 25 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. Most rain and snow falls in October, 96 mm; February sees 56 mm. The climate in Rivière-Rouge →
Rivière-Rouge has 18 beaches close by
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
There are also 14 beaches without a name. Sandy ones: 3. 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.
Near Rivière-Rouge: 5 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.
Campsites lead the count with 54.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 4
Plus 3 hills and peaks without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Picnic sites 9
Plus 9 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 54
Plus 46 campsites without a name on the map.
Slipways 6
Plus 6 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Rivière-Rouge
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rivière-Rouge | 17% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| Nominingue 11 km | 12% | 21 | 0 | 15 |
| La Macaza 12 km | 32% | 16 | 1 | 4 |
| La Minerve 18 km | 9.4% | 27 | 1 | 8 |
No neighbouring place reaches twice Rivière-Rouge’s protected share.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Rivière-Rouge
What is the biggest park or reserve near Rivière-Rouge?
It is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), a québec national park (provincial) covering 151,010 ha.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Rivière-Rouge?
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), which reaches the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Rivière-Rouge?
On the normals, May to July and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
How much land around Rivière-Rouge is protected?
Protected areas cover 17% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to Rivière-Rouge?
No national park lies within 100 km of Rivière-Rouge.
Where can you swim near Rivière-Rouge?
The nearest is Plage du secteur Kilby, in town.
The sources behind Rivière-Rouge’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).