First pick
Le Centre Nature
Park or garden
5.2 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Basile
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Harfang · CC BY-SA 3.03.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Basile · parks, protected land & trails
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 41 km away, is the closest provincial park to Saint-Basile
19 protected areas lie within 10 km. 64 km separate the town from La Mauricie National Park, its nearest national park. The largest is Cap-Santé (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering Area: 682 ha, 3.2 km from the edge of town.
Protected land
3.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
19
within 10 km, 18 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
64 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
41 km
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Each figure for Saint-Basile, 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km3.3%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas18Areas 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
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Basile ranks 16th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,875 to 2,961 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-Basile3.3%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Basile18
Towns its size2
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Basile0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Saint-Basile’s strong point is public protected areas, where 5 of 39 top it.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | O'Leary PE | 25% | 4.9% | 53 | 9 | 22 |
| 2 | Algonquin Highlands ON | 18% | 16% | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Head of St Margarets Bay NS | 16% | 4.1% | 46 | 1 | 5 |
| 4 | Parry Sound, Unorganized, Centre Part ON | 15% | 16% | 43 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Wawa ON | 11% | 5.1% | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| 6 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières QC | 10% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Carpenter ON | 7% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Dégelis QC | 6.5% | 5.4% | 23 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Suder Greens AB | 5.9% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 10 | Shaver ON | 5.6% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Crerar ON | 4.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Saint-Isidore QC | 4.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Butler ON | 3.7% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Regent Park SK | 3.5% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Saint-Basile QC | 3.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine QC | 2% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 21 | Mayfair SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley QC | 1.3% | 0.7% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | Black Diamond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 25 | Saint-Bruno QC | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Athabasca AB | 0.4% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Lauderdale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Skyrattler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 30 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 31 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 | Allendale AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 33 | McKernan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| 34 | Tipaskan AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Botwood NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Springdale NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Scott QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Fairview AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Carrington AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Overlanders AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Saint-Basile
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Saint-Basile
Le Centre Nature is the largest, at 5.2 ha; the rest follow by size, 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
About 2 in 10 of Saint-Basile’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 (18%)Further (82%)
Saint-Basile18%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. That leaves about 2,400 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
3.3% of the country within 10 km of Saint-Basile 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-Basile0%
Within 10 km3.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
18 of the 19 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Cap-Santé (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering Area is the biggest, 682 ha. One area belongs to a private owner or a land trust and isn’t named here.
Cap-Santé (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 682 ha · 3.2 km from the edge of town
Portneuf Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 354 ha · 4.7 km from the edge of town
Pointe Platon Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 117 ha · 4.8 km from the edge of town
Pointe Platon (Est) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 374 ha · 4.9 km from the edge of town
Décharge du Platon Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 379 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
Jules-Carpentier Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 4.7 ha · 5.3 km from the edge of town
Pointe-Platon Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 59 ha · 5.7 km from the edge of town
Cap-Santé Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 236 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Duchesnay Old-Growth ForestNature reserve · 17 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Donnacona (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 121 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
8 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
64 km to La Mauricie National Park
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)
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec)
41 km north-east671 km²since 1981
National park
La Mauricie National Park
64 km west536 km²since 1970
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), a provincial park, is nearer at 41 km. Despite the name, a Québec parc national is a provincial park.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
25 km of paths in and around Saint-Basile
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
25 km
in and around the town (160.8 km²)
Woodland
54%
about 86.6 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-BasileTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-BasileTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland54%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 85% of Canadian towns. It has fewer paths per km² than 80% 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
No named walking route passes Saint-Basile 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.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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-Basile: May and August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Quebec Jean Lesage (Airport), 34 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 87 | 66 | 78 | 94 | 92 | 115 | 119 | 109 | 111 | 116 | 91 | 96 |
Snowfall averages 253 cm a year. Daytime highs run from -7 °C in January up to 25 °C in July. July brings both the warmest days and the most rain (119 mm); February is driest (66 mm). The climate in Saint-Basile →
Things to do
Outdoors around Saint-Basile: 6 places to go
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 4 picnic sites, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 1
Montagne de Sainte-Angéliquein town
DirectionsPicnic sites 4
Plus 4 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Gardens to visit
The garden near Saint-Basile: Joly de Lotbinière Estate, 5.9 km off
Gardens and arboretums within 15 km of the town’s edge, and the historic gardens, parks and estates in the town itself, nearest first.
Joly de Lotbinière EstateNational Historic Site · 5.9 km from town
Its pageOne carries a national designation.
Sources: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL, and Wikidata (CC0), as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic places from Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, the Canadian Register of Historic Places and Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel.
Next door
Next to Saint-Basile
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
PortneufCap-SantéPont-RougeDonnaconaSaint-RaymondDeschambault-GrondinesSaint-Basile
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Basile | 3.3% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| Portneuf 7.2 km | 9.8% | 29 | 5 | 6 |
| Cap-Santé 8.1 km | 8.3% | 26 | 0 | 2 |
| Pont-Rouge 9.8 km | 5.1% | 41 | 0 | 1 |
| Donnacona 12 km | 9.6% | 23 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Raymond 15 km | 1.2% | 27 | 8 | 5 |
| Deschambault-Grondines 17 km | 9.4% | 26 | 0 | 6 |
Saint-Raymond has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 8. For protected land, Portneuf, Cap-Santé and Donnacona have twice as much or more.
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.
- 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. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Basile
What is the largest protected area near Saint-Basile?
It is Cap-Santé (ouest) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 682 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Saint-Basile?
May and August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is Saint-Basile near a national park?
La Mauricie National Park is closest, at 64 km.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Saint-Basile?
Jacques-Cartier National Park (Québec), 41 km from the edge of town.
Are there protected areas near Saint-Basile?
Yes: 3.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Where Saint-Basile’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.
Gardens: OpenStreetMap (leisure=garden) and Wikidata gardens within 15 km, as gathered in TownRatings’ Canadian attractions set; historic gardens and parks from Canada’s heritage registers (Parks Canada DFHD, the Canadian Register of Historic Places, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel).
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).