First pick
Parc Céline Gaudet
Park or garden
4.4 ha
1.2 km northfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Picturelover · CC BY-SA 4.03.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Calixte · parks, protected land & trails
Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity Reserve begins at the edge of Saint-Calixte
5 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. For a national park, La Mauricie National Park is 96 km away. Protected areas cover 3.6% of the land within 10 km; for the typical Canadian town it is 2.3%.
Protected land
3.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 3 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
96 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
38 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Beaches
5
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Saint-Calixte 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km3.6%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.4%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas3Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches5Beaches 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-Calixte has the 11th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (7,476 to 7,774 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-Calixte3.6%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Calixte3
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Calixte0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Saint-Calixte sits near the top of its size group: 10 of 39 have more. It trails them for public protected areas, where 22 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Digby NS | 27% | 33% | 43 | 3 | 15 |
| 2 | Blackburn Hamlet ON | 15% | 0% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Beacon Hill South - Cardinal Heights ON | 13% | 0% | 37 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Baie-Saint-Paul QC | 11% | 0.1% | 18 | 11 | 8 |
| 5 | Parry Sound ON | 7.1% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Mountview ON | 7% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 7 | Louiseville QC | 6.9% | 0.9% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | N-Section (bramalea) ON | 5.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Landsdale ON | 4.7% | 0% | 23 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Gibson ON | 4.6% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Saint-Calixte QC | 3.6% | 0.4% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Campbellton NB | 3.5% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Shefford QC | 3.1% | 1.6% | 34 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Lakeview SK | 2.8% | 0.1% | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| 15 | Westlock County AB | 2.6% | 3.4% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Blake-Jones ON | 2.3% | 0% | 12 | 4 | 32 |
| 17 | Playter Estates-Danforth ON | 2.3% | 1.5% | 11 | 5 | 18 |
| 18 | University ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 9 | 20 |
| 19 | Altadore AB | 2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Stoneybrook ON | 1.8% | 21% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 21 | Eastview SK | 1.7% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Pulberry MB | 1.5% | 7.7% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Bostwick ON | 1.3% | 0.1% | 23 | 1 | 0 |
| 24 | Central St. Boniface MB | 1.3% | 2.9% | 22 | 4 | 0 |
| 25 | Kentville NS | 1.1% | 17% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Brazeau County AB | 1% | 1.2% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Ambleside AB | 1% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Fruitland ON | 0.9% | 4.9% | 25 | 5 | 9 |
| 29 | Augusta ON | 0.8% | 0% | 11 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Betsworth MB | 0.8% | 1.5% | 12 | 1 | 37 |
| 31 | Chatsworth ON | 0.6% | 0.7% | 45 | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | Chesley ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 33 | Fort Frances ON | 0.3% | 0.3% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Forest Lawn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 35 | Ermineskin AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | River East MB | 0.2% | 5.2% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Fairview ON | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Port Credit ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| 39 | Saint-Lambert-de-Lauzon QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Saint-Félix-de-Valois QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Saint-Calixte
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-Calixte: 2 named parks and woods
Parc Céline Gaudet is the largest, at 4.4 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
In Saint-Calixte, parks are rarely a short walk away
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-Calixte0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 7,600 residents are further than 400 m from a park. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
3.6% of the land around Saint-Calixte 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-Calixte0.4%
Within 10 km3.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
3 of the 11 are on public land. The largest named one is Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity Reserve, at 2,963 ha. The figures include 8 private conservation areas, left unnamed.
Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity ReserveNature reserve · 2,963 ha · reaches Saint-Calixte
Station-de-Biologie-des-Laurentides Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 89 ha · reaches Saint-Calixte
Albert, lac HeronryProtected area · 66 ha · 1.5 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
La Mauricie National Park, 96 km off
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)
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
38 km north-west1,510 km²since 1981
National park
La Mauricie National Park
96 km north-east536 km²since 1970
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), a provincial park, is nearer at 38 km. Québec’s parcs nationaux are provincial parks, run by Sépaq; Parks Canada’s national parks are separate.
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: 5 km in and around Saint-Calixte
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
4.7 km
in and around the town (204.8 km²)
Woodland
90%
about 183.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-CalixteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-CalixteTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland90%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 99% of Canadian towns. 96% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
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 mapped walking route near Saint-Calixte
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
Saint-Calixte is best on foot in May to August
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Lachute (50 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 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -6 | -4 | 2 | 11 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
Expect around 218 cm of snow over a winter. Precipitation runs from 72 mm in February to 120 mm in October. July is the warmest month, with highs around 27 °C; January the coldest, at -6 °C. The climate in Saint-Calixte →
Beaches
5 beaches within 5 km of Saint-Calixte, none named
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
No open data on beach water quality covers every province, so check with public health before a swim.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Saint-Calixte has 1 viewpoints and 2 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Top of the list: playgrounds, 7 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Grand marais1.6 km from town
DirectionsHills and peaks 1
Mont des Valléesin town
DirectionsWaterfalls 2
Plus 2 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Parc régional de Kilkennyin town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 7
Plus 7 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Atlantide camping familialin town
Directionscamping les cascades0.4 km from town
DirectionsCamping Morin0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Slipways 1
Plus 1 slipway without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Calixte
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Sainte-JulienneSaint-HippolyteSaint-Lin--LaurentidesChertseySaint-EspritSainte-SophieSaint-Calixte
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Calixte | 3.6% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Sainte-Julienne 12 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| Saint-Hippolyte 13 km | 4.2% | 21 | 2 | 5 |
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides 14 km | 0.3% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Chertsey 15 km | 6.5% | 16 | 0 | 7 |
| Saint-Esprit 15 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Sophie 15 km | 1% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
Next door, protected shares stay within twice Saint-Calixte’s. More routes are mapped around Saint-Hippolyte (2).
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. Beaches are OpenStreetMap’s, named or not; in the north many are unnamed shoreline imports.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Calixte
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Calixte?
May to August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Saint-Calixte?
Proposed Station-de-biologie-des-Laurentides Biodiversity Reserve, a nature reserve of 2,963 ha.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Calixte?
It is Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 38 km away.
How much land around Saint-Calixte is protected?
Protected areas cover 3.6% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Saint-Calixte from a national park?
It is La Mauricie National Park, 96 km off.
Is there a beach near Saint-Calixte?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Sources
Sources for this page on Saint-Calixte
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).