First pick
Terrain des loisirs
Park or garden
4.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Alexandre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: DomLemLali · CC BY-SA 4.00.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Alexandre · parks, protected land & trails
Little of the land around Saint-Alexandre is protected: 0.6% within 10 km
For walks, the CheminDuQuébec - 5 - St-Jean--Farnham runs within 2 km. 23 protected areas lie within 10 km. The largest named area nearby is Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity Reserve, 487 ha, 5.4 km away.
Protected land
0.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
23
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
31 km
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
Walking routes
1
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Saint-Alexandre, set against 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. Outdoors isn’t graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km0.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.6%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes1Named 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
Saint-Alexandre sits 14th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,648 to 2,724 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
Saint-Alexandre0.6%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Alexandre1
Towns its size2
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Alexandre1
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Saint-Alexandre is weakest for protected land nearby: 26 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Ronge SK | 49% | 0.2% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Bouctouche NB | 27% | 1.6% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Electoral Area A, Central Kootenay BC | 26% | 38% | 20 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | Musquodoboit Harbour NS | 16% | 28% | 50 | 1 | 17 |
| 5 | Meadow Lake No. 588 SK | 13% | 15% | 25 | 3 | 4 |
| 6 | Tumbler Ridge BC | 12% | 5.1% | 5 | 0 | 51 |
| 7 | Eastman QC | 11% | 7.4% | 49 | 5 | 7 |
| 8 | Swan Valley West MB | 11% | 1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Electoral Area F, Sunshine Coast BC | 10% | 15% | 73 | 0 | 231 |
| 10 | Saint George NB | 7.2% | 14% | 28 | 0 | 23 |
| 11 | Freelton ON | 5.6% | 1.6% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | East River, Part 1 PE | 4.3% | 9.1% | 38 | 14 | 20 |
| 14 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 15 | Emerson-Franklin MB | 3.7% | 0.1% | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton QC | 2.8% | 5.3% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Trinity ON | 2.6% | 2.8% | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 18 | Division No. 8, Subdivision L NL | 1.9% | 0.2% | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | La Présentation QC | 1.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Adelaide/Churchill SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 21 | Eastdale ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | Meadowlark Park AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 23 | Westview SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | North Point Douglas MB | 1.2% | 0% | 17 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Grand Manan NB | 0.8% | 6.1% | 14 | 1 | 31 |
| 26 | Hanna AB | 0.8% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Saint-Alexandre QC | 0.6% | 0.6% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Grey MB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Sundre AB | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Macamic QC | 0.3% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 31 | Cy Becker AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lee Ridge AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 33 | Spaniard's Bay NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 18 |
| 34 | Saint-Bernard QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Martin QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Plessisville QC | 0% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Saint-Léonard-d'Aston QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Delton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Gold Bar AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Highlands AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Saint-Alexandre
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
Walk in Saint-Alexandre: one named park or wood
The biggest is Terrain des loisirs, 4.4 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
3 in 10 people in Saint-Alexandre live near a park
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 (31%)Further (69%)
Saint-Alexandre31%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 1,800 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
Saint-Alexandre has 23 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Alexandre0.6%
Within 10 km0.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 1 of the 23. 22 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity ReserveNature reserve · 487 ha · 5.4 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
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec) is 31 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)
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
31 km north-west8.8 km²since 1985
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Alexandre; 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
Saint-Alexandre has 2 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
1.9 km
in and around the town (124.7 km²)
Woodland
7%
about 8.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-AlexandreTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-AlexandreTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland7%
0%50%100%
For woods, 55% of Canadian towns have more. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 97% 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
1 walking route near Saint-Alexandre
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Other waymarked
CheminDuQuébec - 5 - St-Jean--Farnham23.1 km
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Saint-Alexandre: May, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Granby, 35 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 | 13.4 | 14.9 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.9 | 9.4 | 8.8 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | -1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 95 | 74 | 88 | 101 | 100 | 121 | 122 | 113 | 113 | 109 | 92 | 98 |
The wettest month is the warmest, July (122 mm); February has 74 mm. Daytime highs run from -4 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. Snowfall averages 262 cm a year. The climate in Saint-Alexandre →
Things to do
6 things to do outdoors near Saint-Alexandre
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 5 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 5
Plus 5 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Alexandre
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Sainte-Anne-de-SabrevoisSainte-SabineSainte-Brigide-d'IbervilleHenryvilleMont-Saint-GrégoireFarnhamSaint-Alexandre
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Alexandre | 0.6% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois 8.6 km | 1.7% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Sabine 8.9 km | 0.1% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Sainte-Brigide-d'Iberville 10 km | 0.3% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| Henryville 11 km | 2.8% | 59 | 0 | 5 |
| Mont-Saint-Grégoire 12 km | 0.9% | 12 | 1 | 1 |
| Farnham 13 km | 0.2% | 9 | 1 | 0 |
Around Sainte-Anne-de-Sabrevois and Henryville the protected share is at least double.
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.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Alexandre
Where can you walk near Saint-Alexandre?
OpenStreetMap maps the CheminDuQuébec - 5 - St-Jean--Farnham close by.
How much land around Saint-Alexandre is protected?
Yes: 0.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the largest protected area near Saint-Alexandre?
It is Proposed Samuel-De Champlain Biodiversity Reserve, a nature reserve covering 487 ha.
How far is Saint-Alexandre from a national park?
None within 100 km of Saint-Alexandre.
Is there a provincial park near Saint-Alexandre?
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), 31 km from the edge of town.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Alexandre?
May, August and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Sources
Where Saint-Alexandre’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).