First pick
Parc Municipal
Park or garden
3.3 ha0.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Bruno
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Adqproductions · CC BY-SA 3.00.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Bruno · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park, Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), is 5.3 km from Saint-Bruno
Within 100 km there is no national park. OpenStreetMap shows one beach within 5 km, without a name. Within 10 km of the town, 0.6% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
0.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
5
within 10 km, 4 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
5.3 km
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Saint-Bruno 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. Outdoors isn’t one of Canada’s graded subjects, so there’s no letter here: each figure is set against other Canadian towns instead.
Protected within 10 km0.6%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 areas4Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches1Beaches 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-Bruno has the 15th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,889 to 2,982 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-Bruno0.6%
Towns its size1.4%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Bruno4
Towns its size2
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Bruno0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Saint-Bruno does best for public protected areas: 10 of the other 39 have more. It trails them for protected land nearby, where 24 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocagne NB | 39% | 4.3% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Algonquin Highlands ON | 18% | 16% | 8 | 0 | 10 |
| 3 | Electoral Area C, Strathcona BC | 12% | 8.1% | 61 | 0 | 170 |
| 4 | Wawa ON | 11% | 5.1% | 4 | 1 | 38 |
| 5 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières QC | 10% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | Gilkson ON | 7.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 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 | Saint-Isidore QC | 4.7% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Moosomin SK | 4.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Butler ON | 3.7% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Basile QC | 3.3% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Black River-Matheson ON | 2.4% | 0.3% | 7 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 AB | 2.4% | 2.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sainte-Marie-Madeleine QC | 2% | 0% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Holliston SK | 1.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Grant Park MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 19 | Norwood West MB | 1.5% | 0% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 20 | Trillium ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 21 | Mayfair SK | 1.4% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Sainte-Catherine-de-Hatley QC | 1.3% | 0.7% | 11 | 0 | 7 |
| 23 | East Garafraxa ON | 1.1% | 0.6% | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 24 | Black Diamond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Saint-Paul-d'Abbotsford QC | 0.6% | 0.3% | 22 | 0 | 1 |
| 26 | Saint-Bruno QC | 0.6% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Sunnyside AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | Paisley AB | 0.4% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Lauderdale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 30 | Skyrattler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Saint-Gabriel-de-Brandon QC | 0.2% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 7 |
| 32 | Port Credit NHD (West) ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Allendale AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Avonmore AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 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 | Lago Lindo AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Saint-Bruno on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Saint-Bruno
The biggest is Parc Municipal, 3.3 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
A park is within a short walk for 3 in 10 in Saint-Bruno
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 (35%)Further (65%)
Saint-Bruno35%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%. That leaves about 1,900 people more than a short walk away.
Protected areas
Saint-Bruno has 5 protected areas within 10 km
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Bruno0%
Within 10 km0.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
4 of the 5 belong to a government or an Indigenous nation. Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec) is the biggest, 9,750 ha. One further area is privately owned conservation land; it counts in the figures but isn’t named, as a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 9,750 ha · 5.3 km from the edge of town
Lac Kénogamichiche Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 31 ha · 5.9 km from the edge of town
02351R304 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 128 ha · 6.7 km from the edge of town
02351R003 Biological RefugeWildlife area · 236 ha · 9.7 km from the edge of town
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
The nearest big park: Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), 5.3 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.
National parkProvincial park
Québec national park (provincial)
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec)
5.3 km north-west98 km²since 1985
There is no national park within 100 km; for big parks, Saint-Bruno has its province’s. 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
11 km of paths in and around Saint-Bruno
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
11 km
in and around the town (124.9 km²)
Woodland
36%
about 45.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-BrunoTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-BrunoTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland36%
0%50%100%
It has fewer paths per km² than 87% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 77% 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-Bruno
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap has no named walking route within 2 km of the town. Trails may exist without being mapped 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
May is the best month for walking in Saint-Bruno
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Roberval, 46 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) | 8.7 | 10.1 | 11.7 | 13.6 | 15.2 | 16.1 | 15.7 | 14.3 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 9.1 | 8.3 |
| High (°C) | -11 | -8 | -1 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 2 | -6 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 55 | 45 | 57 | 64 | 71 | 87 | 112 | 104 | 99 | 81 | 71 | 66 |
Daytime highs run from -11 °C in January up to 24 °C in July. The wettest month is the warmest, July (112 mm); February has 45 mm. Snowfall averages 271 cm a year. The climate in Saint-Bruno →
Beaches
A beach within 5 km of Saint-Bruno
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach water tests aren’t published as open data across Canada, so swimming advisories come from the local health unit.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Near Saint-Bruno: 2 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
Playgrounds 2
Plus 2 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Bruno
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Hébertville-StationSaint-GédéonAlmaHébertvilleLaroucheSaint-NazaireSaint-Bruno
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Bruno | 0.6% | 5 | 0 | 1 |
| Hébertville-Station 3.1 km | 0.7% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Gédéon 7.5 km | 0.6% | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| Alma 9.2 km | 0.8% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| Hébertville 9.5 km | 1.6% | 12 | 0 | 4 |
| Larouche 10 km | 0.8% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Nazaire 13 km | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Around Hébertville the protected share is at least double.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- Protected land. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Bruno
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Bruno?
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), 5.3 km away.
Are there protected areas near Saint-Bruno?
Yes: 0.6% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Where can you swim near Saint-Bruno?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
Is Saint-Bruno near a national park?
None within 100 km of Saint-Bruno.
When should you visit Saint-Bruno for the outdoors?
May, 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-Bruno?
Pointe-Taillon National Park (Québec), a québec national park (provincial) of 9,750 ha.
Sources
Where Saint-Bruno’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).