First pick
Parc récréotouristique de Saint-Lin-Laurentides
Park or garden
51 ha3.5 km of path
45 minto walk all 3.5 km of path
2.9 km south-westfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Guerinf · CC00.3%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Lin--Laurentides · parks, protected land & trails
Little of the land around Saint-Lin--Laurentides is protected: 0.3% within 10 km
The 10 km around town hold 6 protected areas. OpenStreetMap shows 3 unnamed beaches within 5 km. 26 km from town is Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), the nearest provincial park.
Protected land
0.3%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
6
within 10 km, 0 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
26 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Beaches
3
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Each figure for Saint-Lin--Laurentides, set against 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. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
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
Beaches3Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 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-Lin--Laurentides is 6th from the bottom for protected land
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (25,494 to 27,843 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-Lin--Laurentides0.3%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Lin--Laurentides0
Towns its size5
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Lin--Laurentides0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Saint-Lin--Laurentides lags towns its size: 38 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loyola QC | 14% | 0% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | Kitsilano BC | 10% | 0% | 11 | 3 | 68 |
| 3 | Box Grove ON | 10% | 18% | 15 | 2 | 1 |
| 4 | Foothills County AB | 7.8% | 7.5% | 29 | 1 | 11 |
| 5 | Ebenezer East ON | 7.5% | 6.6% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Bridlewood - Emerald Meadows ON | 6.3% | 4.2% | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| 7 | Parc-Kent QC | 5.4% | 0% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Laurendeau QC | 4.9% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | La Prairie QC | 4.6% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Enfield NS | 4.4% | 5.2% | 184 | 13 | 6 |
| 11 | Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville QC | 4.4% | 20% | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| 12 | Angus ON | 4.3% | 0.2% | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| 13 | Sandalwood West (sunny Meadow) ON | 4.1% | 4.4% | 8 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Duberger—Les Saules QC | 3.7% | 0% | 29 | 1 | 4 |
| 15 | Malvern East ON | 3.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Agincourt North ON | 3.3% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Woburn North ON | 3.2% | 5.1% | 18 | 0 | 2 |
| 18 | Clairlea-Birchmount ON | 2.7% | 2.4% | 15 | 0 | 12 |
| 19 | Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn ON | 2.7% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 4 |
| 20 | Thetford Mines QC | 2.4% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 21 | Tam O'Shanter-Sullivan ON | 2.2% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Wellington Place ON | 2.2% | 0% | 12 | 7 | 34 |
| 23 | Lunenburg NS | 2.1% | 1.7% | 140 | 5 | 33 |
| 24 | Don Valley Village ON | 1.8% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Westminster-Branson ON | 1.7% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Banbury-Don Mills ON | 1.6% | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 1 |
| 27 | Picton ON | 1.5% | 3.6% | 31 | 1 | 13 |
| 28 | Auteuil QC | 1.4% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Sainte-Thérèse QC | 1% | 0% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 30 | Paradise NL | 0.8% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| 31 | Grande Prairie County No. 1 AB | 0.6% | 0.7% | 33 | 1 | 56 |
| 32 | Beltline AB | 0.5% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| 33 | Strathroy ON | 0.4% | 0.4% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| 34 | Rathwood ON | 0.4% | 0% | 7 | 1 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Lin--Laurentides QC | 0.3% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| 36 | Stonegate-Queensway ON | 0.3% | 0.6% | 6 | 3 | 20 |
| 37 | Amherstburg ON | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 38 | Tecumseh ON | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 39 | Beaumont AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 40 | Panorama Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Saint-Lin--Laurentides
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
5 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Saint-Lin--Laurentides
Parc récréotouristique de Saint-Lin-Laurentides is the largest, at 51 ha; the rest follow by size, numbered as on the map.
5 named parks and woods, 63 ha in all
Parks & gardens 63 ha
Between them, Parc récréotouristique de Saint-Lin-Laurentides and Parc Ovila-Bernier cover 98%.
Parc Ovila-Bernier
Park or garden
11 ha0.4 km of path
0.7 km northfrom the centre
Rue Saint-Isidore
Directionsto a point inside
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
5 in 10 people in Saint-Lin--Laurentides 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 (49%)Further (51%)
Saint-Lin--Laurentides49%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
Around 14,000 residents are further than 400 m from a park. A median Canadian town manages 83%.
Protected areas
Saint-Lin--Laurentides 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-Lin--Laurentides0%
Within 10 km0.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
They belong to private owners or land trusts, so the page leaves their names out.
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: Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 26 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)
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
26 km south-east8.1 km²since 1984
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Saint-Lin--Laurentides, so the parks here are provincial. 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-Lin--Laurentides has 15 km of footpaths in and around it
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
15 km
in and around the town (178.7 km²)
Woodland
38%
about 68.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-Lin--LaurentidesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Lin--LaurentidesTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland38%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 78% of Canadian towns. 88% 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
OpenStreetMap shows no walking route near Saint-Lin--Laurentides
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
OpenStreetMap lists no walking route near the town, though paths on the ground may well exist.
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-Lin--Laurentides in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Montreal Trudeau (Airport) (41 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) | 86 | 66 | 77 | 90 | 86 | 84 | 91 | 94 | 89 | 103 | 84 | 92 |
A typical year sees 217 cm of snow. In July the typical high is 27 °C; in January, -6 °C. For dry weather, February is best (66 mm); October gets 103 mm. The climate in Saint-Lin--Laurentides →
Beaches
3 unnamed beaches near Saint-Lin--Laurentides
Beaches on OpenStreetMap within 5 km of the town’s edge, nearest first, with directions.
Canada publishes no open register of beach water tests; the local public health unit posts swimming advisories.
Source: OpenStreetMap (natural=beach), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Things to do
Saint-Lin--Laurentides has 1 viewpoints and 1 waterfalls nearby
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Count 26 playgrounds, the biggest group.
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
Plus 1 viewpoint without a name on the map.
Waterfalls 1
Plus 1 waterfall without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 26
Plus 26 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 4
camping les cascadesin town
DirectionsCamping Morinin town
DirectionsCentre Naturiste L'Oasis1.5 km from town
DirectionsCamping Lac-des-Plaines1.9 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Lin--Laurentides
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Saint-EspritSainte-Anne-des-PlainesSaint-Roch-de-l'AchiganSaint-CalixteSainte-SophieSainte-JulienneSaint-Lin--Laurentides
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Lin--Laurentides | 0.3% | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint-Esprit 9.4 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines 9.8 km | 0.7% | 7 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan 12 km | 0.3% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Calixte 14 km | 3.6% | 11 | 0 | 5 |
| Sainte-Sophie 14 km | 1% | 16 | 0 | 2 |
| Sainte-Julienne 15 km | 0.2% | 3 | 0 | 4 |
Saint-Calixte and Sainte-Sophie have at least twice the protected share around them.
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 10 km band starts at the town’s outline, not its centre, so a large municipality reaches further than a small town.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- Walking routes. A route counts when 300 m or more of it lies within 2 km of the town. Coverage of trails on OpenStreetMap varies by region.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Lin--Laurentides
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
May to September: long days, mild highs and little rain.
How far is Saint-Lin--Laurentides from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-Lin--Laurentides.
Is there protected land near Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
Yes: 0.3% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Where can you swim near Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
Is there a provincial park near Saint-Lin--Laurentides?
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 26 km from the edge of town.
Sources
Where Saint-Lin--Laurentides’ 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).