First pick
Parc Ernest-Ouellet
Park or garden
2.4 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Pascal
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Nicogag · CC BY-SA 3.017%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Pascal · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land around Saint-Pascal beats 9 in 10 Canadian towns
The largest is Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes: 174,227 ha, 6.8 km from the edge of town. 11 km from town is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, the nearest provincial park. Count 22 protected areas within 10 km of town.
Protected land
17%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
22
within 10 km, 14 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
11 km
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
Beaches
2
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
Saint-Pascal against 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km17%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 areas14Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes0Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
Beaches2Beaches mapped on OpenStreetMap within 5 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Saint-Pascal comes 4th of 40 towns its size for protected land around it
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,453 to 3,581 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-Pascal17%
Towns its size1.8%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Pascal14
Towns its size4
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Pascal0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Saint-Pascal beats most towns its size for protected land nearby; 3 of 39 do better.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wellington NB | 32% | 2.4% | 5 | 0 | 16 |
| 2 | Shuniah ON | 19% | 1.4% | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Electoral Area D (Rural Grand Forks), Kootenay Boundary BC | 17% | 21% | 13 | 0 | 39 |
| 4 | Saint-Pascal QC | 17% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 5 | Lawrencetown NS | 8.5% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 6 | Bridgeview BC | 8.3% | 1.1% | 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 7 | Fessenden ON | 7.3% | 0% | 16 | 1 | 0 |
| 8 | Malartic QC | 6.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Guybourg QC | 6.4% | 0% | 27 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 6.2% | 7.6% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 11 | Edwards - Carlsbad Springs ON | 5.6% | 5.6% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Saint-Thomas QC | 5.1% | 0.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Bifrost-Riverton MB | 5% | 0.7% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 14 | Burkholme ON | 4.4% | 0% | 19 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Des Vallées QC | 3.9% | 0% | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola BC | 3.8% | 4.8% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Hampton Heights ON | 3.7% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 18 | Horton ON | 2.1% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 4 |
| 19 | Buckland No. 491 SK | 2% | 2.2% | 24 | 0 | 8 |
| 20 | Victoria Park ON | 1.8% | 0% | 21 | 0 | 0 |
| 21 | Kingston NB | 1.7% | 0.8% | 31 | 3 | 52 |
| 22 | Thorncliff AB | 1.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 23 | McMillan MB | 1.5% | 0% | 24 | 3 | 0 |
| 24 | Brevoort Park SK | 1.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 25 | Fairfield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Melancthon ON | 1.3% | 0% | 21 | 2 | 2 |
| 27 | Saint-Alphonse-de-Granby QC | 1.2% | 0% | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Buchanan MB | 1.2% | 0.1% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 29 | Niakwa Place MB | 0.8% | 4.3% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Downtown East Village AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Daly Grove AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Sakaw AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Richfield AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 34 | Saint-Isidore QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Saint-Gilles QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Morris MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Carman MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Beausejour MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 39 | Three Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Delwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Where the green is in Saint-Pascal
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Saint-Pascal
The biggest is Parc Ernest-Ouellet, 2.4 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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in Saint-Pascal
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 (46%)Further (54%)
Saint-Pascal46%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 1,900 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The typical Canadian town reaches 83%.
Protected areas
22 protected areas around Saint-Pascal
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Pascal0%
Within 10 km17%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 14 of the 22. Biggest of the named areas: Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, 174,227 ha. 8 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Berceau de Kamouraska Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 729 ha · 2.9 km from the edge of town
Sector of Kamouraska Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 35,698 ha · 3.0 km from the edge of town
Île Dumais Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 2,519 ha · 3.3 km from the edge of town
Baie de Kamouraska Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,290 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Kamouraska Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 538 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Cap-Taché Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 214 ha · 4.5 km from the edge of town
Île Kamouraska Centre Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 379 ha · 6.1 km from the edge of town
Estuary Islands National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 404 ha · 6.5 km from the edge of town
Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposesNature reserve · 174,227 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Île Brûlée, Kamouraska Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 15 ha · 7.4 km from the edge of town
4 more named areas within 10 km are in the 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
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park is 11 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
Provincial park
Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park
11 km north1,246 km²since 1998
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Pascal; the provincial parks are the big protected land within reach. The province names its big parks parcs nationaux, though they are provincial.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Saint-Pascal has 5 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
5.0 km
in and around the town (98.6 km²)
Woodland
30%
about 29.7 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-PascalTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.1
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-PascalTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland30%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 92% of Canadian towns. Woods cover more of it than in 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-Pascal
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
No named walking or hiking route is mapped near the town; local paths may simply not be on OpenStreetMap 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
The best months for walking in Saint-Pascal: May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from La Pocatiere (26 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) | 8.8 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 13.6 | 15.1 | 15.9 | 15.6 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.7 | 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 |
October is the wettest month (99 mm) and February the driest (61 mm). Summer highs reach 24 °C in July; in January they stay near -7 °C. The climate in Saint-Pascal →
Beaches
2 beaches within 5 km of Saint-Pascal, none named
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-Pascal has 5 waterfalls within 2 km
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Montagne à Plourde tops the hills nearby, 170 m. Hills and peaks lead the count with 6.
Every named place, with directions
Hills and peaks 6
La Grande Montagnein town
DirectionsMontagne à Cotonin town
DirectionsRocher des Soeursin town
DirectionsMontagne à Plourde170 m · 0.0 km from town
DirectionsMontagne de l'Embarras60 m · 1.1 km from town
DirectionsLe Pain de Sucre1.4 km from town
DirectionsWaterfalls 5
Plus 5 waterfalls without a name on the map.
Picnic sites 3
Plus 3 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Pascal
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Mont-CarmelRivière-OuelleSaint-PacômeSaint-Pascal
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Pascal | 17% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| Mont-Carmel 13 km | 7.7% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Rivière-Ouelle 17 km | 45% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Pacôme 17 km | 20% | 11 | 0 | 0 |
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
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Beaches. A beach counts when its centre point lies within 5 km of the town’s outline. Names come from the map.
- Private land. Land owned by individuals, companies or conservation groups counts toward the figures but is never named: a person’s land isn’t a place to visit.
- 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. The share is of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s outline, from CPCAD’s mapped areas; marine areas count, so a coastal town can score high on water.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Pascal
Which is the biggest protected area near Saint-Pascal?
Sector of central estuary Territorial reserve for protected area purposes, a nature reserve of 174,227 ha.
Is there protected land near Saint-Pascal?
Yes: 17% of the land within 10 km is protected.
Is Saint-Pascal near a national park?
None within 100 km of Saint-Pascal.
Is there a beach near Saint-Pascal?
There are beaches within 5 km, none of them named.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Pascal?
The closest is Saguenay-St. Lawrence Marine Park, at 11 km.
What is the best season to get outdoors in Saint-Pascal?
May to September, on the 1991–2020 normals and the daylight: long days, highs of 15 °C or more, light rain for the place.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Pascal’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).