First pick
Parc Brochu-Châtigny
Park or garden · 90 m outside town
16 ha1.9 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.9 km of path
5.5 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Félix Mathieu-Bégin · CC BY-SA 4.0–Not graded
Outdoors in Saint-Bernard · parks, protected land & trails
No protected area lies within 10 km of Saint-Bernard
There is no national park within 100 km of the town. A provincial park, Frontenac National Park (Québec), lies 47 km away.
Protected land
0%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
0
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
47 km
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Saint-Bernard beside other Canadian towns, figure by figure
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 km0%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 areas0Areas 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-Bernard sits 7th from last of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,642 to 2,719 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-Bernard0%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Bernard0
Towns its size2
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Bernard0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Saint-Bernard trails its peers is public protected areas; 29 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 | Russell MB | 4.9% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | East River, Part 1 PE | 4.3% | 9.1% | 38 | 14 | 20 |
| 13 | Bonaventure QC | 3.7% | 1.5% | 7 | 0 | 11 |
| 14 | Emerson-Franklin MB | 3.7% | 0.1% | 123 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Saint-François-Xavier-de-Brompton QC | 2.8% | 5.3% | 16 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Trinity ON | 2.6% | 2.8% | 27 | 3 | 0 |
| 17 | Saint-Mathieu QC | 2.4% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | La Présentation QC | 1.7% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Adelaide/Churchill SK | 1.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 20 | Eastdale ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 3 | 8 |
| 21 | Westmeria ON | 1.6% | 0% | 18 | 2 | 5 |
| 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 | Waterville QC | 0.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 1 |
| 28 | Saint-Alexandre QC | 0.6% | 0.6% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Grey MB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Sundre AB | 0.4% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Macamic QC | 0.3% | 0% | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| 32 | Cy Becker AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 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
Where the green is in Saint-Bernard
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
Walk in Saint-Bernard: one named park or wood
The biggest is Parc Brochu-Châtigny, 16 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
Most of Saint-Bernard is more than 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Saint-Bernard0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. For about 2,700 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Saint-Bernard, no land is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
For protected land, people look to Frontenac National Park (Québec), 47 km off.
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
47 km to Frontenac 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)
Frontenac National Park (Québec)
47 km south157 km²since 1987
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Bernard; 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
Paths to walk: 2 km in and around Saint-Bernard
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
2.4 km
in and around the town (140 km²)
Woodland
29%
about 41 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-BernardTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-BernardTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland29%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 97% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 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
No named walking route passes Saint-Bernard 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 walking route is mapped within 2 km of the town. Mapping of trails as routes varies a great deal across Canada.
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-Bernard: May, August and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Scott (4.8 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 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 23 | 25 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 86 | 75 | 77 | 93 | 98 | 121 | 126 | 111 | 99 | 109 | 81 | 106 |
About 287 cm of snow falls in a year. July is warm and wet, 126 mm; the driest month, February, has 75 mm. January brings highs of -7 °C, July highs of 25 °C. The climate in Saint-Bernard →
Things to do
Near Saint-Bernard: 5 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 2
Le Capin town
DirectionsLe Dos de Chevalin town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Parc de la Chaudière0.2 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Bernard
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
ScottSaint-Narcisse-de-BeaurivageSaint-IsidoreSainte-MarieSaint-Lambert-de-LauzonSaint-Patrice-de-BeaurivageSaint-Bernard
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bernard | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scott 4.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage 7.4 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Isidore 8.6 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marie 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Patrice-de-Beaurivage 11 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Its neighbours have no more than twice Saint-Bernard’s protected share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Bernard
What is the best season to get outdoors in Saint-Bernard?
On the normals, May, August and September: that is when days are long, highs reach 15 °C and rain is light.
Is Saint-Bernard near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-Bernard.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Bernard?
It is Frontenac National Park (Québec), 47 km away.
Sources
Where Saint-Bernard’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).