First pick
Parc-École Saint-André
Park or garden
1.7 ha
1.3 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: BAnQ · Public domain7.4%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Saint-André-d'Argenteuil is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns
46 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. For a swim, Plage municipale de Brownsburg-Chatham is the nearest of 3 beaches within 5 km. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
7.4%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
46
within 10 km, 21 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
At the edge
Voyageur Provincial Park
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Saint-André-d'Argenteuil has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
Protected land all round7.4% of the land within 10 km, more than 80% of Canadian townsMany protected areas21 public areas within 10 kmA provincial park at the edgeVoyageur Provincial Park reaches the town
For someone who likes to get outside, Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’s draw is protected land around it, with the number of public protected areas close by close behind.
Against other towns
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 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.
Protected within 10 km7.4%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town7.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas21Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil has the 10th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,252 to 3,349 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-d'Argenteuil7.4%
Towns its size2.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil21
Towns its size2
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 7 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint-Jean-Port-Joli QC | 52% | 0.7% | 30 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | Annapolis County, Subdivision D NS | 25% | 31% | 135 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Pictou NS | 24% | 0.5% | 7 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Division No. 19, Unorganized MB | 22% | 24% | 57 | 0 | 65 |
| 5 | Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast BC | 16% | 11% | 27 | 0 | 37 |
| 6 | Dalhousie NB | 13% | 0.2% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Atholville NB | 12% | 3.1% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Inverness County, Subdivision C NS | 8.2% | 6.3% | 181 | 3 | 13 |
| 9 | Sheet Harbour NS | 7.7% | 7.8% | 124 | 2 | 17 |
| 10 | Saint-André-d'Argenteuil QC | 7.4% | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Central Okanagan West BC | 6.7% | 5.4% | 49 | 1 | 35 |
| 12 | Enderby BC | 5.7% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Greeningdon ON | 5.4% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Grande-Rivière QC | 4.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Hill Park ON | 4.9% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 3 |
| 16 | Pilot Butte SK | 3.8% | 0% | 4 | 12 | 0 |
| 17 | Hampton NB | 3.7% | 1% | 14 | 2 | 1 |
| 18 | Rankin Inlet NU | 3.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Saint-Jean-Baptiste QC | 2.2% | 2% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Wellington AB | 2.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Normanhurst ON | 2% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 22 | North Algona Wilberforce ON | 1.8% | 4.6% | 10 | 0 | 1 |
| 23 | Mill Courtland Woodside Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Point Road MB | 1.5% | 0.2% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Bonavista NL | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 26 | Stoke QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 3 | 1 |
| 27 | Bulyea Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 28 | Miller AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Saint-Christophe-d'Arthabaska QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 30 | Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Sainte-Clotilde QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Virden MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Inuvik NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Hay River NT | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 15 |
| 35 | Arviat NU | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 36 | Beverly Heights AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | Eaux Claires AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Holyrood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | Northmount AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Westwood AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
The biggest is Parc-École Saint-André, 1.7 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
Few people in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 3,300 residents are further than 400 m from a park. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
The 46 protected areas near Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
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-d'Argenteuil7.4%
Within 10 km7.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
On public land: 21 of the 46. The others are private conservation land. Voyageur Provincial Park covers 1,466 ha, the most of any named area. 20 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Voyageur Provincial ParkProvincial park · 1,466 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Lac des Deux Montagnes (Baie Quesnel) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 662 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Lac des Deux Montagnes - Baie Carillon Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 434 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Lac des Deux Montagnes - B. Fer Cheval Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 248 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Deux Montagnes, Lac des - Baie Carillon Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 227 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Baie Brazeau et Baie des Seigneurs Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 107 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Lac des Deux Montagnes - B. Fer Cheval Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 91 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Presqu'île-Robillard Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 84 ha · reaches Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Lac des Deux Montagnes (Pointe Séguin) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 52 ha · 0.6 km from the edge of town
Lac des Deux Montagnes (Pointe Séguin) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 53 ha · 0.7 km from the edge of town
10 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
From the edge of Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, Voyageur Provincial Park begins
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
Provincial park
Voyageur Provincial Park
At the edge · west15 km²since 1966
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Saint-André-d'Argenteuil, 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
Saint-André-d'Argenteuil and its edge hold 13 km of footpath
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
13 km
in and around the town (165.3 km²)
Woodland
29%
about 48.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-André-d'ArgenteuilTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-André-d'ArgenteuilTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland29%
0%50%100%
89% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is more wooded than 73% 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-d'Argenteuil
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 route shows within 2 km of the town; volunteers map trails unevenly from one region to the next.
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-d'Argenteuil: May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Lachute (9.5 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) | 9.1 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
About 218 cm of snow falls in a year. January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 27 °C. Most rain and snow falls in October, 120 mm; February sees 72 mm. The climate in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil →
Beaches
Plage municipale de Brownsburg-Chatham, 4.1 km away, is the beach near Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Plage municipale de Brownsburg-Chatham4.1 km from town
DirectionsUnnamed on the map: 2 more. Whether the water is fit for a swim isn’t in any open national dataset; public health posts the local advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Saint-André-d'Argenteuil: 2 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.
11 playgrounds top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 2
Plus 2 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 1
Plus 1 peak without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 3
Boisé multiressource Von Allmenin town
DirectionsParc Carillonin town
DirectionsRéserve écologique de la Presqu'île-Robillardin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 5
Camping municipal du Parc Carillonin town
DirectionsCamping rustiquein town
DirectionsCamping Trans-Canadien0.8 km from town
DirectionsPortage Campground1.3 km from town
DirectionsIroquois Campground1.5 km from town
DirectionsSlipways 7
Plus 7 slipways without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
LachuteEast HawkesburyRigaudSaint-PlacideBrownsburg-ChathamTrès-Saint-RédempteurSaint-André-d'Argenteuil
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-André-d'Argenteuil | 7.4% | 46 | 0 | 3 |
| Lachute 9.8 km | 3.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| East Hawkesbury 9.8 km | 3.3% | 36 | 0 | 3 |
| Rigaud 11 km | 7.1% | 44 | 2 | 2 |
| Saint-Placide 12 km | 9% | 46 | 0 | 0 |
| Brownsburg-Chatham 13 km | 3.1% | 35 | 0 | 3 |
| Très-Saint-Rédempteur 15 km | 4.9% | 33 | 1 | 0 |
None of the places nearby has twice as much protected land around it as Saint-André-d'Argenteuil. More routes are mapped around Rigaud (2).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Walking routes. The list is OpenStreetMap’s, so a missing trail may just be unmapped. The Trans Canada Trail appears where OSM maps it.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil
Is Saint-André-d'Argenteuil near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-André-d'Argenteuil.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
May to August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Are there protected areas near Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
Within 10 km, 7.4% of the land lies in protected areas.
Is there a provincial park near Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
Voyageur Provincial Park begins at the town’s edge.
Which is the biggest protected area near Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
Voyageur Provincial Park: 1,466 ha, a provincial park.
What is the nearest beach to Saint-André-d'Argenteuil?
The nearest is Plage municipale de Brownsburg-Chatham, 4.1 km from town.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-André-d'Argenteuil’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).