First pick
Parc de Partenariat
Park or garden
1.7 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Pacôme
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Guillaumelandry · CC BY-SA 4.020%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Pacôme · parks, protected land & trails
More of the land around Saint-Pacôme is protected than around 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The largest named area nearby is Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, 174,227 ha, 7.3 km away. 23 km from town is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, the nearest provincial park. 11 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land
20%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
11
within 10 km, 11 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
23 km
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
Against other towns
Saint-Pacôme 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. This page carries no grade, because Canada’s grading doesn’t cover the outdoors; the comparisons are the point.
Protected within 10 km20%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 areas11Areas 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-Pacôme ranks 2nd for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (1,540 to 2,587 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-Pacôme20%
Towns its size1.6%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Pacôme11
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Pacôme0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
For protected land nearby, Saint-Pacôme sits near the top of its size group: 1 of 39 has more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Pacôme QC | 20% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 5 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 6 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 7 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 10 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 11 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 15 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 17 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 18 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 19 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Saint-Pacôme
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
2 parks and woods to walk in, in or near Saint-Pacôme
The biggest is Parc de Partenariat, 1.7 ha. Biggest first, 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
Most of Saint-Pacôme is more than 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 (0%)Further (100%)
Saint-Pacôme0%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
About 1,500 residents live further than 400 m from one. In the typical Canadian town the share is 83%, higher than here.
Protected areas
11 protected areas around Saint-Pacôme
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Pacôme0%
Within 10 km20%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Each of the 11 is held by a public body. Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes is the biggest, 174,227 ha.
Sector of Kamouraska Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 35,698 ha · 3.2 km from the edge of town
Rivière Ouelle Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 909 ha · 3.7 km from the edge of town
Pocatière Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,602 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
Pointe Iroquois Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 641 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
Pointe Rivière Ouelle Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 904 ha · 4.3 km from the edge of town
Anse Saint-Denis Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 677 ha · 5.4 km from the edge of town
Pointe aux Orignaux Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 375 ha · 6.0 km from the edge of town
Saint-Denis-sur-Mer Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 666 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 174,227 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Anse Ste-Anne Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,714 ha · 8.1 km from the edge of town
1 more named area within 10 km is in the comparison figures.
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
23 km to Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine 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
Provincial park
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
23 km north1,246 km²since 1998
For a national park, people in Saint-Pacôme travel more than 100 km. Sépaq runs Québec’s parcs nationaux, which are provincial parks under another name.
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: 11 km in and around Saint-Pacôme
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
11 km
in and around the town (62.7 km²)
Woodland
39%
about 24.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-PacômeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.2
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-PacômeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland39%
0%50%100%
For path density, 79% of Canadian towns do better. More of it is wooded than in 78% 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-Pacôme
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
There is no mapped walking route within 2 km of the town; a local trail club’s maps may show more.
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-Pacôme: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from La Pocatiere (8.6 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) | 8.9 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.2 | 8.5 |
| High (°C) | -7 | -5 | 0 | 8 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 11 | 4 | -3 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 70 | 61 | 62 | 69 | 74 | 85 | 81 | 82 | 78 | 99 | 72 | 74 |
Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -7 °C in January. Most rain and snow falls in October, 99 mm; February sees 61 mm. The climate in Saint-Pacôme →
Things to do
A viewpoint near Saint-Pacôme
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Most numerous: playgrounds (3).
Every named place, with directions
Viewpoints 1
belvedere de la croixin town
DirectionsHills and peaks 2
Montagne Thiboutot0.6 km from town
DirectionsMontagne Pelée0.8 km from town
DirectionsCampsites 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-Pacôme
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Rivière-OuelleSainte-Anne-de-la-PocatièreLa PocatièreMont-CarmelSaint-PascalSaint-Pacôme
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pacôme | 20% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
| Rivière-Ouelle 6.6 km | 45% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pocatière 7.0 km | 24% | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| La Pocatière 7.7 km | 35% | 11 | 1 | 0 |
| Mont-Carmel 8.9 km | 7.7% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Pascal 17 km | 17% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
For protected land, Rivière-Ouelle has twice as much or more.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- 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. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Pacôme
How far is Saint-Pacôme from a national park?
None within 100 km of Saint-Pacôme.
When is the best time for walking in Saint-Pacôme?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
What is the biggest park or reserve near Saint-Pacôme?
Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes: 174,227 ha, a nature reserve.
How much land around Saint-Pacôme is protected?
Yes: 20% of the land within 10 km is protected.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Pacôme?
It is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, 23 km away.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Pacôme’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).