First pick
Parc du Boisé de la Volière
Park or garden
23 ha1.7 km of path
25 minto walk all 1.7 km of path
4.4 km southfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.01.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Colomban · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Saint-Colomban is Voyageur Provincial Park, 18 km away
Count 16 protected areas within 10 km of town. 2 beaches are mapped within 5 km, the nearest Beach. National parks are all over 100 km off.
Protected land
1.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
16
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
18 km
Voyageur Provincial Park
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Saint-Colomban 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 graded in Canada. The page compares each figure with other towns and leaves it there.
Protected within 10 km1.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.1%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
Beaches2Beaches 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-Colomban has the 7th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (18,501 to 19,702 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-Colomban1.1%
Towns its size2.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Colomban0
Towns its size6
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Colomban0
Towns its size1
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Saint-Colomban trails its peers is walking routes; 20 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Beaconsfield QC | 45% | 3.2% | 47 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Kirkland QC | 41% | 0.2% | 50 | 0 | 6 |
| 3 | L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève QC | 29% | 40% | 48 | 0 | 13 |
| 4 | Summerside PE | 25% | 0.5% | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| 5 | Deux-Montagnes QC | 14% | 2.1% | 33 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 | Esquimalt BC | 12% | 1% | 31 | 4 | 19 |
| 7 | Desmarchais-Crawford QC | 8.8% | 1.4% | 21 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | Vinegar Hill ON | 8.7% | 0% | 14 | 1 | 1 |
| 9 | Greensborough ON | 8.5% | 23% | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| 10 | Tétreaultville QC | 8% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Louis-Riel QC | 6.1% | 0% | 24 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Bracebridge ON | 5.4% | 3.4% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Oak Bay BC | 5.4% | 3.4% | 17 | 2 | 26 |
| 14 | Woodbridge ON | 5.1% | 0.5% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Granville Entertainment District BC | 5% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 70 |
| 16 | Dewdney East SK | 4.5% | 0% | 5 | 2 | 1 |
| 17 | Heart Lake South ON | 4.3% | 4.2% | 9 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Midland ON | 3.4% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 5 |
| 19 | Miramichi NB | 3.2% | 0.1% | 19 | 0 | 7 |
| 20 | Mont-Saint-Hilaire QC | 3% | 24% | 37 | 0 | 3 |
| 21 | Bendale-Glen Andrew ON | 2.8% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Westmount ON | 2.5% | 0% | 17 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | Père-Marquette QC | 2.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 1 |
| 24 | North St.James Town ON | 2.4% | 0% | 10 | 8 | 16 |
| 25 | O'Connor-Parkview ON | 2.3% | 19% | 13 | 1 | 14 |
| 26 | Medway ON | 2.3% | 4.4% | 16 | 2 | 0 |
| 27 | Kensington-Chinatown ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 8 | 29 |
| 28 | Fletchers West ON | 2.2% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 29 | Petawawa ON | 1.9% | 1.2% | 9 | 0 | 15 |
| 30 | Central London ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| 31 | Port Alberni BC | 1.8% | 2.8% | 11 | 31 | 4 |
| 32 | Saint-Sulpice QC | 1.5% | 2.1% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Nicolas-Viel QC | 1.3% | 0% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Saint-Colomban QC | 1.1% | 1.1% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 35 | Sainte-Sophie QC | 1% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Stony Plain AB | 0.7% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 37 | Eringate-Centennial-West Deane ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 38 | Weston ON | 0.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Walkerville ON | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Wîhkwêntôwin AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Saint-Colomban
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
Walk in Saint-Colomban: 10 named parks and woods
Parc du Boisé de la Volière is the largest, at 23 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
10 named parks and woods, 45 ha in all
Parks & gardens 45 ha
Parc du Boisé de la Volière and Parc du Sommet together hold 68% of it.
Parc du Sommet
Park or garden · 80 m outside town
7.3 ha0.2 km of path
3.5 km eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de la Volière
Park or garden · 270 m outside town
2.2 ha
5.5 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Victor-:Lapointe
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
1.9 ha
2.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Parc du Harfang
Park or garden · 370 m outside town
0.8 ha0.1 km of path
2.8 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
All 10 named parks and green spaces
Parc du Boisé de la VolièrePark or garden · 23 ha · 1.7 km of path
DirectionsParc du SommetPark or garden · 7.3 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc PhelanPark or garden · 5.3 ha · 0.2 km of path
DirectionsParc Gaffney-KennedyPark or garden · 2.5 ha
DirectionsParc de la VolièrePark or garden · 2.2 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc Victor-:LapointePark or garden · 1.9 ha · just outside town
DirectionsParc Rita-AudetPark or garden · 1.1 ha
DirectionsParc du HarfangPark or garden · 0.8 ha · 0.1 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc du MicaPark or garden · 0.5 ha · 0.2 km of path · just outside town
DirectionsParc Jean-Paul-MayerPark or garden · 0.4 ha · just outside town
DirectionsSource: 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
1 in 10 people in Saint-Colomban live near 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 (14%)Further (86%)
Saint-Colomban14%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 16,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town does better, at 83%.
Protected areas
Around Saint-Colomban, protected areas make up 1.1%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Colomban1.1%
Within 10 km1.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Every one is privately held, and none is named: private land isn’t a place to visit.
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: Voyageur Provincial Park, 18 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
Provincial park
Voyageur Provincial Park
18 km south-west15 km²since 1966
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Colomban; 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: 63 km in and around Saint-Colomban
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
63 km
in and around the town (148.3 km²)
Woodland
64%
about 94.3 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-ColombanTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.4
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-ColombanTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland64%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 68% of Canadian towns. For woods, it beats 89% 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-Colomban
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
Get out in Saint-Colomban in May to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Lachute, 21 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) | 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 | 25 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 97 | 72 | 74 | 100 | 89 | 111 | 112 | 104 | 114 | 120 | 93 | 94 |
January brings highs of -6 °C, July highs of 27 °C. Expect 120 mm in October, the wettest month, and 72 mm in February. About 218 cm of snow falls in a year. The climate in Saint-Colomban →
Beaches
The beach near Saint-Colomban: Beach, 4.4 km away
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Beach4.4 km from town
DirectionsAnother beach has no name on the map. 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
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Saint-Colomban: 1 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
There are 31 playgrounds, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Belvédèrein town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Nature reserves 1
Parc naturel des Fagnes1.5 km from town
DirectionsPicnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Campsites 3
Camping Plage des Trembles0.1 km from town
DirectionsCamping Lac Lafontaine1.2 km from town
DirectionsPlus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Colomban
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-JérômeSainte-Anne-des-LacsGorePrévostMille-IslesMirabelSaint-Colomban
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Colomban | 1.1% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Saint-Jérôme 8.3 km | 1% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs 13 km | 2% | 19 | 2 | 2 |
| Gore 13 km | 1.6% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| Prévost 13 km | 2.1% | 18 | 2 | 2 |
| Mille-Isles 14 km | 1.9% | 19 | 0 | 4 |
| Mirabel 15 km | 5.9% | 76 | 1 | 2 |
For walking routes, Sainte-Anne-des-Lacs leads the area with 2. For protected land, Mirabel has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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. A park at 0 km touches or overlaps the town’s outline; directions point from the town’s centre.
- 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. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Colomban
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Colomban?
Voyageur Provincial Park, 18 km away.
Is there protected land near Saint-Colomban?
Protected areas cover 1.1% of the land within 10 km.
Is there a beach near Saint-Colomban?
Try Beach, 4.4 km from town, first of several.
What is the nearest national park to Saint-Colomban?
None within 100 km of Saint-Colomban.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Saint-Colomban?
May to August, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Colomban’s outdoors figures
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).