First pick
Parc Donat-Gadoury
Park or garden
3.7 ha
2.1 km south-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Gene.arboit · CC BY-SA 3.00.7%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Jean-de-Matha · parks, protected land & trails
A national park 53 km from Saint-Jean-de-Matha: La Mauricie National Park
Basilières-Kaël Land set aside (2,857 ha) is the biggest, 8.9 km from town. A provincial park, Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), lies 24 km away. Within 10 km of the town, 0.7% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
0.7%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 2 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
53 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
24 km
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
How Saint-Jean-de-Matha 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 km0.7%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas2Areas 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-Jean-de-Matha has the 17th least protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (5,333 to 5,502 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-Jean-de-Matha0.7%
Towns its size1.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Jean-de-Matha2
Towns its size2
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Jean-de-Matha0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Saint-Jean-de-Matha is weakest for protected land nearby: 23 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue QC | 43% | 33% | 45 | 0 | 10 |
| 2 | Inverness County, Subdivision A NS | 29% | 40% | 156 | 2 | 35 |
| 3 | Electoral Area H, Central Kootenay BC | 25% | 28% | 28 | 1 | 4 |
| 4 | Juan de Fuca (Part 1) BC | 14% | 50% | 64 | 12 | 71 |
| 5 | Island Park-Wellington Village ON | 12% | 2.9% | 35 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Billings Bridge - Heron Park ON | 11% | 2.4% | 35 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Burton NB | 9.5% | 2% | 36 | 0 | 7 |
| 8 | Electoral Area L, Cariboo BC | 9.1% | 9.1% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Central Frontenac ON | 8.2% | 8.2% | 39 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | The Ravines of Rainbow Creek ON | 6.9% | 8.2% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Garner ON | 6.5% | 0% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| 12 | Carillon / Saint-Pie-X QC | 5.4% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 13 | Woodlands AB | 3.9% | 9.6% | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Saint-Boniface QC | 3.1% | 0% | 13 | 5 | 4 |
| 15 | West Meadowlark Park AB | 2.5% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | New Glasgow PE | 2.2% | 3% | 20 | 12 | 17 |
| 17 | North Gower - Kars ON | 2% | 3% | 22 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Carlton AB | 2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | Metcalfe ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 0 | 3 |
| 20 | Stirling ON | 1.3% | 1.5% | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 21 | Windsor QC | 1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Headingley MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 1 | 37 |
| 23 | Westdale MB | 1% | 1% | 10 | 0 | 37 |
| 24 | Saint-Jean-de-Matha QC | 0.7% | 0.1% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Cookshire-Eaton QC | 0.4% | 0.7% | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| 26 | Mandalay West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Riverbend MB | 0.3% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Belgravia AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 29 | Hillview AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 30 | Larkspur AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Southwold ON | 0.1% | 0.1% | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| 32 | Grand Falls / Grand-Sault NB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 33 | Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Chisasibi QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Wingham ON | 0% | 0.2% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 36 | Stonewall MB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Westlock AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Belvedere AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Kilkenny AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Riverdale AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 2 | 1 |
The map
The green map of Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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
A named park or wood to walk in near Saint-Jean-de-Matha
Parc Donat-Gadoury is the largest, at 3.7 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
Few people in Saint-Jean-de-Matha 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Saint-Jean-de-Matha0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 5,400 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. That is below the typical Canadian town (83%).
Protected areas
Saint-Jean-de-Matha has 6 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-Jean-de-Matha0.1%
Within 10 km0.7%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 2 of the 6; land trusts and private owners hold the others. The largest named one is Basilières-Kaël Land set aside, at 2,857 ha. Another 4 are privately owned conservation land; they count in the figures but aren’t named, as private land isn’t a place to visit.
Sainte-Émilie-de-l'Énergie White-Tailed Deer YardProtected area · 432 ha · 3.5 km from the edge of town
Basilières-Kaël Land set asideProtected area · 2,857 ha · 8.9 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 parks within reach of Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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)
24 km west1,510 km²since 1981
National park
La Mauricie National Park
53 km north-east536 km²since 1970
A provincial park is closer: Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), at 24 km. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
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: 40 km in and around Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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
40 km
in and around the town (168.7 km²)
Woodland
66%
about 111.9 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-Jean-de-MathaTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Jean-de-MathaTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland66%
0%50%100%
For woods, it beats 90% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 75% 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 mapped walking route near Saint-Jean-de-Matha
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
Saint-Jean-de-Matha is best on foot in May to July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fleury (65 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 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.4 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| 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 |
Precipitation runs from 61 mm in February to 114 mm in August. From -6 °C in January to 27 °C in July: that is the range of daytime highs. The climate in Saint-Jean-de-Matha →
Things to do
Viewpoints and waterfalls near Saint-Jean-de-Matha: 7 and 1
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The highest named peak nearby is Mont Saint-Louis, at 402 m. There are 7 viewpoints, more than of anything else.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 7
Plus 7 viewpoints without a name on the map.
Hills and peaks 5
Le Pain de Sucrein town
DirectionsMont Royin town
DirectionsMontagne Coupée300 m · in town
DirectionsMontagne Vertein town
DirectionsMont Saint-Louis402 m · 1.4 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 1
Chute Monte-à-Peine0.0 km from town
DirectionsNature reserves 1
Parc régional des Chutes-Monte-à-Peine-et-des-Dalles0.5 km from town
DirectionsPlaygrounds 6
Plus 6 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
Camping Le Havre-de-la-Belle Montagnein town
DirectionsCamping Aux Bouleaux0.2 km from town
DirectionsCamping Globe Trotter0.6 km from town
DirectionsCamping Beau-Bassin1.0 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Jean-de-Matha
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Sainte-BéatrixSainte-Émélie-de-l'ÉnergieSaint-DamienSaint-Félix-de-ValoisSainte-MélanieSainte-Marcelline-de-KildareSaint-Jean-de-Matha
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 0.7% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Béatrix 8.4 km | 1.3% | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie 9.7 km | 6.3% | 22 | 1 | 2 |
| Saint-Damien 11 km | 4% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| Saint-Félix-de-Valois 12 km | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Mélanie 13 km | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Marcelline-de-Kildare 14 km | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
For protected land, Sainte-Émélie-de-l'Énergie and Saint-Damien have twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Protected land. Measured on CPCAD’s outlines: the part of a 10 km band around the town that lies in a protected or conserved area, water included.
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
- Walking routes. Routes are what OpenStreetMap’s volunteers have mapped as named walking or hiking routes; many good trails aren’t mapped that way.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Jean-de-Matha
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
Mont-Tremblant National Park (Québec), 24 km away.
How much land around Saint-Jean-de-Matha is protected?
Yes: 0.7% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Which is the biggest protected area near Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
Basilières-Kaël Land set aside, a protected area of 2,857 ha.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Saint-Jean-de-Matha?
May to July and September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Saint-Jean-de-Matha from a national park?
La Mauricie National Park, 53 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Where Saint-Jean-de-Matha’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).