Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.0Saint-Antonin touches 01151R015 Biological Refuge
Biggest among them: Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, 174,227 ha, 5.9 km off. A provincial park, Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, lies 13 km away. The protected share within 10 km is 6.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Saint-Antonin 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Saint-Antonin has the 13th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,540 to 4,721 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Saint-Antonin beats most towns its size for public protected areas; 13 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jasper AB | 100% | 100% | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 2 | Electoral Area D (Oyster Bay - Buttle Lake), Strathcona BC | 49% | 64% | 34 | 11 | 8 |
| 3 | Shelburne NS | 27% | 28% | 194 | 0 | 80 |
| 4 | Cumberland County, Subdivision D NS | 15% | 7.1% | 69 | 0 | 13 |
| 5 | Douglas BC | 13% | 3.2% | 82 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Electoral Area P (Rivers and the Peaks), Thompson-Nicola BC | 11% | 8.3% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Riverside Park - Mooneys Bay ON | 9.5% | 10% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | Berthierville QC | 9.1% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Guysborough NS | 8.9% | 15% | 308 | 1 | 56 |
| 10 | Gurnett ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 11 | Neuville QC | 7.1% | 1.3% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Horning ON | 6.4% | 20% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Antonin QC | 6.1% | 0.5% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Cornwallis MB | 5.5% | 3.7% | 26 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Melville SK | 5.2% | 1% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Mathias-sur-Richelieu QC | 4.3% | 0% | 41 | 0 | 3 |
| 17 | Wainwright No. 61 AB | 3.7% | 3.1% | 41 | 0 | 5 |
| 18 | Kingsland AB | 3.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 7 |
| 19 | Britannia Youngstown AB | 3.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Country Hills ON | 2.6% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Shippagan NB | 2.5% | 18% | 26 | 0 | 47 |
| 22 | Battleford SK | 2.2% | 1.1% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Electoral Area B, Nanaimo BC | 2.1% | 3.2% | 38 | 0 | 10 |
| 24 | Saint-Étienne-des-Grès QC | 2% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Caraquet NB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 11 |
| 26 | Fairfield Park MB | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Pembina Strip MB | 1.7% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Rockwood MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Carlisle AB | 1.5% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Albion ON | 1.4% | 11% | 14 | 5 | 1 |
| 31 | Riverview MB | 1.4% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 0 |
| 32 | Iroquois Falls ON | 0.8% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Britannia ON | 0.7% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Blue Quill AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Dutton ON | 0.2% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Vanderhoof BC | 0.2% | 3.8% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 37 | Macewan Glen AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 38 | Saint-Ambroise-de-Kildare QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Raymond AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Eastwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Saint-Antonin on the map: green space, protected land and paths
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town.
About 2 in 10 of Saint-Antonin’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.
A median Canadian town manages 83%. For about 3,600 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas cover 6.1% of the land near Saint-Antonin
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
None of the 15 is private. At 174,227 ha, Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes is the largest.
5 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.
The nearest big park: Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, 13 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.
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Antonin; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Saint-Antonin has 25 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 · km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 86% of Canadian towns. It is more wooded than 94% 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.
No named walking route passes Saint-Antonin on the map
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.
Get out in Saint-Antonin in June, August and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Grandes-Bergeronnes, 53 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 16.0 | 15.6 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.2 | 8.4 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -6 | -1 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 10 | 3 | -4 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 63 | 68 | 74 | 98 | 96 | 101 | 113 | 111 | 110 | 124 | 78 | 86 |
For dry weather, January is best (63 mm); October gets 124 mm. Summer highs reach 23 °C in July; in January they stay near -7 °C. The climate in Saint-Antonin →
Outdoors around Saint-Antonin: 10 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
5 campsites top the list.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 5
Plus 4 campsites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next to Saint-Antonin
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Antonin | 6.1% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Modeste 7.0 km | 5.9% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Rivière-du-Loup 7.7 km | 36% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| Notre-Dame-du-Portage 9.4 km | 42% | 30 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska 14 km | 19% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| Cacouna 15 km | 44% | 29 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Arsène 17 km | 25% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
For protected land, Rivière-du-Loup, Notre-Dame-du-Portage and Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska have twice as much or more.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Protected land. The 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Antonin
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Antonin?
June, August and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Which is the biggest protected area near Saint-Antonin?
Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, a nature reserve of 174,227 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Antonin?
The closest is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, at 13 km.
How much land around Saint-Antonin is protected?
Protected areas cover 6.1% of the land within 10 km.
What is the nearest national park to Saint-Antonin?
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Antonin.
Sources for this page on Saint-Antonin
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).