First pick
Parc de la rue du Parc
Park or garden · 110 m outside town
0.6 ha
7.7 km north-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Geai bleu · CC BY 3.00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Jacques · parks, protected land & trails
From Saint-Jacques, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is the nearest provincial park (27 km)
3 areas within 10 km are protected for nature. 0.3% of the land and water within 10 km is protected (the typical Canadian town: 2.3%). La Mauricie National Park is the closest national park, 85 km from town.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
3
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
85 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
27 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Saint-Jacques 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. There is no Outdoors grade for Canadian towns; the figures stand beside the country’s towns of 2,500+ without a letter.
Protected within 10 km0.3%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 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
Among 40 towns its size, Saint-Jacques is 12th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (4,732 to 4,938 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-Jacques0.3%
Towns its size1.7%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Jacques0
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Jacques0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Where Saint-Jacques trails its peers is public protected areas; 33 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dundas NB | 29% | 1.3% | 12 | 0 | 6 |
| 2 | Rivière-Rouge QC | 17% | 6.6% | 36 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | Bathurst NB | 13% | 9.9% | 42 | 1 | 23 |
| 4 | Château-Richer QC | 12% | 0.3% | 38 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Central Okanagan BC | 11% | 13% | 52 | 1 | 25 |
| 6 | Greenboro East ON | 11% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Qualicum - Redwood ON | 11% | 0% | 25 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | Cardston County AB | 8.8% | 7.6% | 73 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Westdale South ON | 7.1% | 28% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 10 | Sutton QC | 6.6% | 12% | 47 | 14 | 0 |
| 11 | York Road ON | 6.1% | 41% | 27 | 3 | 3 |
| 12 | Rosenthal AB | 6.1% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Marmora ON | 5.5% | 8.7% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | North End East ON | 4.8% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Electoral Area H, Nanaimo BC | 3.3% | 1.2% | 56 | 11 | 6 |
| 16 | Roxton Pond QC | 2.6% | 7.3% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 17 | Glenwood AB | 2.6% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Amaranth ON | 2.3% | 0.2% | 27 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | Canora AB | 2.3% | 0% | 6 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Woodlands County AB | 1.8% | 1.4% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Maybank MB | 1.5% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Lakewood Urban Centre SK | 1.5% | 0% | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | Edenwold No. 158 SK | 1.4% | 2% | 12 | 13 | 0 |
| 24 | Electoral Area D, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 1.4% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 25 | Electoral Area D, Fraser-Fort George BC | 0.9% | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 12 |
| 26 | Hampton NB | 0.8% | 0.9% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | St. Stephen NB | 0.7% | 0.2% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Richmond AB | 0.7% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| 29 | Saint-Jacques QC | 0.3% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Rossmere-B MB | 0.3% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Highland Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 32 | Baturyn AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Empire Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Grand Valley ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Kindersley SK | 0.1% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | South Common ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Saint-Agapit QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 38 | Flin Flon (Part) MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Barrhead AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Central McDougall AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 3 | 1 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Saint-Jacques
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Saint-Jacques
Largest first: Parc de la rue du Parc leads with 0.6 ha. Numbers match 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 3 in 10 of Saint-Jacques’ 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 (27%)Further (73%)
Saint-Jacques27%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 3,500 residents are further than 400 m from a park. For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%.
Protected areas
3 protected areas lie within 10 km of Saint-Jacques
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Jacques0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
All of them are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups, so they are counted here but not named.
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
85 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)
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
27 km south8.1 km²since 1984
National park
La Mauricie National Park
85 km north-east536 km²since 1970
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), a provincial park, is nearer at 27 km. Québec’s “national” parks are the province’s own, managed by Sépaq.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Saint-Jacques and its edge hold 1 km of footpath
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
0.6 km
in and around the town (126 km²)
Woodland
30%
about 37.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-JacquesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-JacquesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland30%
0%50%100%
99% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². For woods, it beats 74% 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-Jacques
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-Jacques: May to July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Fleury, 47 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 | 26 | 21 | 13 | 5 | -2 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 81 | 61 | 71 | 96 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 114 | 97 | 108 | 90 | 85 |
Highs peak near 27 °C in July and fall to -6 °C in January. The wettest month, August, brings 114 mm, against 61 mm in February. Snow totals about 202 cm a year. The climate in Saint-Jacques →
Things to do
Outdoors around Saint-Jacques: 5 places to go
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, 4 of them.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Plus 1 campsite without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Jacques
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-LiguoriSaint-AlexisSainte-Marie-SaloméCrabtreeSaint-EspritSainte-JulienneSaint-Jacques
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jacques | 0.3% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Liguori 5.0 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Alexis 5.8 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marie-Salomé 6.9 km | 0.1% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Crabtree 7.4 km | 0.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Esprit 9.7 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Julienne 10 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
No place nearby has double Saint-Jacques’ share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Jacques
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Jacques?
May to July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
What is the nearest national park to Saint-Jacques?
It is La Mauricie National Park, 85 km off.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Jacques?
It is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 27 km away.
Are there protected areas near Saint-Jacques?
Yes: 0.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Sources
Sources for this page on Saint-Jacques
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).