First pick
Parc des Générations
Park or garden
6.1 ha0.1 km of path
0.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Fralambert · Public domain5.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-André-Avellin · parks, protected land & trails
30 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Saint-André-Avellin
For a provincial park, Plaisance National Park (Québec) lies 4.5 km off. 6.2 km out lies the largest, Mashkiki Land set aside, at 3,450 ha. Within 10 km of the town, 5.1% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
5.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
32
within 10 km, 30 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
4.5 km
Plaisance National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
How Saint-André-Avellin 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 km5.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.2%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas30Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named 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-André-Avellin comes 13th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,787 to 3,930 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-André-Avellin5.1%
Towns its size2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-André-Avellin30
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-André-Avellin0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Saint-André-Avellin does best for public protected areas: 2 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electoral Area F, East Kootenay BC | 30% | 23% | 41 | 2 | 10 |
| 2 | L'Islet QC | 30% | 0.1% | 43 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Georgian Bay ON | 13% | 19% | 52 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Electoral Area J, Central Kootenay BC | 11% | 4.9% | 13 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | Salisbury NB | 11% | 12% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Trend-Arlington ON | 10% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 5 |
| 7 | Lamont County AB | 9.6% | 2.2% | 51 | 4 | 1 |
| 8 | Saint-Maurice QC | 9.2% | 0.5% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Cap-Santé QC | 8.3% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Colchester County, Subdivision A NS | 7.5% | 14% | 51 | 0 | 6 |
| 11 | Ainslie Wood West ON | 7.5% | 15% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 12 | Sainte-Marguerite-du-Lac-Masson QC | 5.9% | 0.1% | 14 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Saint-André-Avellin QC | 5.1% | 1.2% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Normanview Residents Group SK | 3.7% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Fairview AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | East Hawkesbury ON | 3.3% | 6.2% | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Maniwaki QC | 3.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Electoral Area C, Fraser-Fort George BC | 3.1% | 3.3% | 15 | 1 | 32 |
| 19 | Eleanor ON | 3.1% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Mulmur ON | 2.1% | 2.9% | 25 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Auditorium ON | 1.9% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Grand River North ON | 1.8% | 3.6% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Guernsey ON | 1.6% | 0% | 16 | 2 | 6 |
| 24 | Stoney Creek ON | 1.5% | 0% | 14 | 4 | 8 |
| 25 | Norwood East MB | 1.5% | 0% | 21 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | City Park SK | 1.3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 27 | Bridgeport East ON | 1.2% | 0% | 20 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Forty Mile County No. 8 AB | 1.1% | 1.6% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Corkery ON | 0.9% | 2.3% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Jamieson Place AB | 0.8% | 0% | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Livingston AB | 0.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Rosscarrock AB | 0.6% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Leila-McPhillips Triangle MB | 0.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Meadows MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Pasadena NL | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Penhold AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Clareview Town Centre AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Maple AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Cardston AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Pincher Creek AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
The green map of Saint-André-Avellin
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-André-Avellin: 3 named parks and woods
Largest first: Parc des Générations leads with 6.1 ha. Numbers match the map.
Ernest Whissel
Park or garden
0.5 ha0.2 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-André-Avellin
Directionsto a point inside
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
About 4 in 10 of Saint-André-Avellin’s residents are a short walk from 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 (40%)Further (61%)
Saint-André-Avellin40%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. Around 2,300 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
5.1% of the country within 10 km of Saint-André-Avellin is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-André-Avellin1.2%
Within 10 km5.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 30 of the 32. The others are private conservation land. Mashkiki Land set aside is the biggest, 3,450 ha. Another 2 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 · 4.5 km from the edge of town
baie Noire Est section Ouest Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 275 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Plaisance (Tête de la Baie) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 111 ha · 5.0 km from the edge of town
Tête de la Baie Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 79 ha · 5.0 km from the edge of town
Baie des Arcands Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 23 ha · 5.3 km from the edge of town
baie de la Pentecôte (section B de la) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 74 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Montebello Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 71 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
baie Noire Est Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 19 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Papineauville (Baie de la Pentecôte, section est) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 135 ha · 5.8 km from the edge of town
Baie Noire Ouest Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 340 ha · 5.8 km from the edge of town
20 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
4.5 km to Plaisance National Park (Québec)
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)
4.5 km south-west28 km²since 2002
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Saint-André-Avellin, 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
26 km of paths in and around Saint-André-Avellin
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
26 km
in and around the town (211 km²)
Woodland
54%
about 114.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-André-AvellinTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-André-AvellinTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland54%
0%50%100%
83% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is more wooded than 85% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Saint-André-Avellin
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Walking season in Saint-André-Avellin: May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Lachute (57 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 | 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) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
The wettest month, October, brings 120 mm, against 72 mm in February. January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 26 °C. The climate in Saint-André-Avellin →
Things to do
Near Saint-André-Avellin: 3 viewpoints, 6 waterfalls
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The tallest named summit close by is Montagne des Sœurs (330 m). The map shows 6 picnic sites, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 3
Plus 3 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Montagne des Sœurs330 m · in town
DirectionsWaterfalls 6
Chuetes Marcottein town
DirectionsChute du Diablein town
DirectionsChutes à Joubert0.0 km from town
DirectionsChutes du Moulin0.7 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 6
Plus 6 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 3
La Cabane Enchantée0.9 km from town
DirectionsPlus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 2
Camping Au Petit Lac-Simonin town
DirectionsCamping St-André-Avellinin town
DirectionsSlipways 2
Plus 2 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-André-Avellin
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
RiponPapineauvillePlaisanceMontpellierSaint-André-Avellin
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-Avellin | 5.1% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Ripon 7.2 km | 6.4% | 14 | 0 | 4 |
| Papineauville 11 km | 5.3% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| Plaisance 13 km | 6.1% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Montpellier 17 km | 7% | 31 | 0 | 5 |
Saint-André-Avellin is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-André-Avellin
What is the largest protected area near Saint-André-Avellin?
It is Mashkiki Land set aside, a protected area covering 3,450 ha.
Is there protected land near Saint-André-Avellin?
Yes: 5.1% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-André-Avellin?
Plaisance National Park (Québec), 4.5 km away.
Is Saint-André-Avellin near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-André-Avellin.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-André-Avellin?
On the normals, May to August: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-André-Avellin’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).