First pick
Parc des Loisirs
Park or garden
2.2 ha0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Veillg1 · CC BY-SA 4.03.6%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil · parks, protected land & trails
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec) is 2.4 km from Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
The 10 km around town hold 26 protected areas. National parks are all over 100 km off. Within 10 km of the town, 3.6% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town.
Protected land
3.6%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
26
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
2.4 km
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
How Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 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. 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 town0.1%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas1Areas 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil ranks 16th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,954 to 3,040 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-Mathieu-de-Beloeil3.6%
Towns its size2.5%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil1
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil does best for protected land nearby: 14 of the other 39 have more. On public protected areas it is behind: 31 of 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cocagne NB | 39% | 4.3% | 6 | 0 | 8 |
| 2 | Electoral Area C, Strathcona BC | 12% | 8.1% | 61 | 0 | 170 |
| 3 | Elkford BC | 12% | 16% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Vanscoy No. 345 SK | 11% | 4.2% | 25 | 0 | 3 |
| 5 | Saint-Marc-des-Carrières QC | 10% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| 6 | McDougall ON | 10% | 4.1% | 16 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Lac-des-Écorces QC | 8.8% | 4.5% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Roch-de-Richelieu QC | 8.6% | 0.1% | 29 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Riverside Park South - Revelstoke ON | 8.3% | 6.2% | 33 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Gilkson ON | 7.1% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Kirkendall South ON | 6.9% | 0.9% | 23 | 2 | 3 |
| 12 | Buchanan ON | 6.3% | 0% | 22 | 1 | 3 |
| 13 | Saint-Anaclet-de-Lessard QC | 4.9% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Bainbridge BC | 4% | 0% | 23 | 3 | 26 |
| 15 | North Shore PE | 3.6% | 7.3% | 19 | 11 | 18 |
| 16 | Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil QC | 3.6% | 0.1% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Grenville-sur-la-Rouge QC | 3.2% | 3.7% | 23 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Dewdney Place SK | 3.1% | 90% | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 19 | Huntingdon QC | 3% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Granville AB | 2.5% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Lesser Slave River No. 124 AB | 2.4% | 2.2% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Holliston SK | 1.8% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 23 | Poplar Park ON | 1.6% | 0% | 15 | 1 | 7 |
| 24 | Albany AB | 1.6% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | South Portage MB | 1.5% | 0% | 20 | 4 | 0 |
| 26 | Trillium ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 5 |
| 27 | East Garafraxa ON | 1.1% | 0.6% | 16 | 4 | 0 |
| 28 | Varsity View MB | 1.1% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | Hillcrest Management Area SK | 0.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Wallace-Woodworth MB | 0.8% | 0.1% | 32 | 0 | 1 |
| 31 | Lorne MB | 0.7% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Sunnyside AB | 0.4% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | Stanstead QC | 0.3% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Kernohan AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 35 | Lauderdale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 36 | Skyrattler AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Markstay-Warren ON | 0.2% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Avonmore AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 39 | Division No. 1, Subdivision E NL | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| 40 | Lago Lindo AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
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
2 named parks and woods to walk in near Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Parc des Loisirs is the largest, at 2.2 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
2 in 10 people in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil 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 (24%)Further (76%)
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil24%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For comparison, the typical Canadian town has 83%. Around 2,300 residents are further than 400 m from a park.
Protected areas
Around Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, protected areas make up 3.6%
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil0.1%
Within 10 km3.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
1 of the 26 are on public land. 25 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)Québec national park (provincial) · 884 ha · 2.4 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
2.4 km to Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
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-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
2.4 km south-west8.8 km²since 1985
Canada’s national parks are all more than 100 km from Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil, so the parks here are provincial. 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
Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil has 6 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
6.0 km
in and around the town (75.6 km²)
Woodland
19%
about 14.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-Mathieu-de-BeloeilTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-Mathieu-de-BeloeilTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland19%
0%50%100%
89% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km². It is more wooded than 66% 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 named walking route passes Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil on the map
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
Nothing near the town is mapped as a named walking route, which often means the trails just haven’t been entered 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
Walking season in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil: May to July and September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Fleury (30 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) | 9.1 | 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 |
The wettest month, August, brings 114 mm, against 61 mm in February. In July the typical high is 27 °C; in January, -6 °C. A typical year sees 202 cm of snow. The climate in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil →
Things to do
41 things to do outdoors near Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 39 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 39
Plus 39 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Parc canin de Sainte-Julie0.7 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 1
Camping Bellevue1.7 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
BeloeilMcMastervilleMont-Saint-HilaireSaint-AmableSaint-Charles-sur-RichelieuSainte-JulieSaint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil | 3.6% | 26 | 0 | 0 |
| Beloeil 3.7 km | 3.6% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| McMasterville 5.3 km | 5.5% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| Mont-Saint-Hilaire 5.8 km | 3% | 37 | 0 | 3 |
| Saint-Amable 6.6 km | 4.3% | 32 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu 6.9 km | 1.9% | 16 | 0 | 1 |
| Sainte-Julie 6.9 km | 5.8% | 45 | 0 | 0 |
No place nearby has double Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil’s share of protected land.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Private land. Private conservation land is in the totals, not the lists. Many such areas are easements on working farms or woodlots.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
May to July and September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Is there a provincial park near Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), 2.4 km away.
Which is the biggest protected area near Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), a québec national park (provincial) of 884 ha.
Are there protected areas near Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil?
Protected areas cover 3.6% of the land within 10 km.
Is Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil near a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil.
Sources
Where Saint-Mathieu-de-Beloeil’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).