First pick
Bois de La Prairie
Wood or forest
396 ha2.9 km of path
40 minto walk all 2.9 km of path
4.0 km north-eastfrom the centre
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: P199 · CC BY-SA 4.04.2%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Philippe · parks, protected land & trails
The nearest provincial park to Saint-Philippe is Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), 20 km away
Biggest among them: Bassin de la Prairie (Grand Herbier) Water Fowl Gathering Area, 903 ha, 4.4 km off. Count 17 protected areas within 10 km of town. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.
Protected land
4.2%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
17
within 10 km, 11 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest provincial park
20 km
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec)
Beaches
1
within 5 km (OpenStreetMap)
Against other towns
How Saint-Philippe 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km4.2%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
Beaches1Beaches 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-Philippe has the 13th most protected land nearby of 40 towns its size
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (8,492 to 8,847 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-Philippe4.2%
Towns its size2.3%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Philippe11
Towns its size6
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Philippe0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Against towns its size, Saint-Philippe does best for public protected areas: 12 of the other 39 have more.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hunt Club Park ON | 13% | 0% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | West Centretown ON | 11% | 0% | 36 | 5 | 5 |
| 3 | Nicolet QC | 11% | 8.5% | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Craig Henry - Manordale ON | 10% | 0% | 24 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Pictou County, Subdivision C NS | 10% | 2.2% | 218 | 7 | 16 |
| 6 | Stone Mills ON | 10% | 11% | 58 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | Carleton Heights-Courtland Park ON | 10% | 8.3% | 37 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Wildfield ON | 9.1% | 14% | 23 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Delson QC | 6.1% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Iqaluit NU | 6.1% | 11% | 2 | 0 | 12 |
| 11 | Lac la Biche County AB | 5.8% | 5.7% | 16 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Drummond/North Elmsley ON | 4.9% | 5.4% | 22 | 4 | 5 |
| 13 | Saint-Philippe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Buckingham Heights BC | 4.2% | 1.4% | 34 | 3 | 8 |
| 15 | Heart Lake North ON | 3.9% | 43% | 8 | 1 | 1 |
| 16 | Trail BC | 3.5% | 0% | 6 | 0 | 2 |
| 17 | Manotick ON | 2.9% | 6.1% | 18 | 0 | 3 |
| 18 | Pioneer Park ON | 2.5% | 0.4% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Stanley Park ON | 2.5% | 5.9% | 22 | 1 | 0 |
| 20 | Electoral Area F, Nanaimo BC | 2.3% | 3.7% | 36 | 1 | 15 |
| 21 | Prairie View SK | 2.3% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 22 | Puslinch ON | 2.2% | 1.1% | 29 | 18 | 5 |
| 23 | Renfrew ON | 1.9% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Uplands ON | 1.5% | 0% | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 25 | Crestview MB | 1% | 0% | 9 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | St. John's MB | 0.9% | 0% | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Lac-Beauport QC | 0.4% | 0.1% | 10 | 4 | 2 |
| 28 | Edson AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Canterbury Park MB | 0.3% | 0% | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Strathcona Park AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 31 | Tavistock ON | 0.2% | 0% | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| 32 | St. Adolphe MB | 0.2% | 0.2% | 16 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Wild Rose AB | 0.2% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 34 | Hanover ON | 0.1% | 1.1% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Innisfail AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 10 |
| 36 | Nolan Hill AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 37 | Garneau AB | 0.1% | 0% | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 38 | Kapuskasing ON | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Dauphin MB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Dalhousie AB | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
The map
The green map of Saint-Philippe
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
6 named parks and woods to walk in near Saint-Philippe
Largest first: Bois de La Prairie leads with 396 ha. Numbers match the map.
6 named parks and woods, 467 ha in all
Parks & gardens 6.5 haWoods 460 ha
Bois de La Prairie and Boisé de La Prairie together hold 99% of it.
Boisé de La Prairie
Wood or forest
65 ha5.6 km of path
1 h 15 minto walk all 5.6 km of path
3.8 km northfrom the centre
Sentier Multifonctionnel (Piste de ski de fond) (2)
Directionsto a point inside
Parc Gérard-Laframboise
Park or garden
4.9 ha
Centralin the middle of Saint-Philippe
Directionsto a point inside
Parc de l'Arrondissement
Park or garden · 310 m outside town
1.0 ha0.3 km of path
4.0 km northfrom the centre
Sentier Multifonctionnel (Piste de ski de fond) (2)
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
A park is within a short walk for 5 in 10 in Saint-Philippe
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 (51%)Further (50%)
Saint-Philippe51%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
For about 4,300 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away. The usual figure for a Canadian town is 83%, above this.
Protected areas
4.2% of the land around Saint-Philippe is protected
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Philippe0%
Within 10 km4.2%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public ownership covers 11 of the 17. Bassin de la Prairie (Grand Herbier) Water Fowl Gathering Area leads for size with 903 ha. 6 more areas are private land or have no recorded public owner: counted, not named.
Canal de la Rive Sud (Rivière de la Tortue) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 26 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (Grand Herbier) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 903 ha · 4.4 km from the edge of town
Rapides de Lachine (Cote Ste-Catherine) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 260 ha · 6.8 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (Verdun) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 424 ha · 7.0 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (Île des Soeurs) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 389 ha · 7.0 km from the edge of town
Rapides de Lachine (Île aux Hérons) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 190 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
Île-Rock Habitat of A Threatened Or Vulnerable Plant SpeciesWildlife area · 1.1 ha · 8.1 km from the edge of town
Rapides de Lachine (Lasalle) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 264 ha · 8.2 km from the edge of town
Couvée Islands Bird SanctuaryWildlife area · 15 ha · 8.5 km from the edge of town
Bassin de la Prairie (Ese Lasalle) Island Or Peninsula Inhabited By A Colony of BirdsWildlife area · 0.9 ha · 9.0 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
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), 20 km off
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)
20 km north-east8.8 km²since 1985
No national park lies within 100 km of Saint-Philippe; 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-Philippe has 30 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
30 km
in and around the town (104.5 km²)
Woodland
7.2%
about 7.5 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-PhilippeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.3
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-PhilippeTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland7.2%
0%50%100%
Paths are thinner on the ground than in 73% of Canadian towns. For woods, 54% of Canadian towns have more.
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-Philippe
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
Saint-Philippe is best on foot in May to September
Environment and Climate Change Canada’s 1991–2020 normals from Montreal Trudeau (Airport) (25 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 | 15.6 | 15.3 | 14.1 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.4 | 8.7 |
| High (°C) | -4 | -3 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 21 | 14 | 6 | -1 |
| 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, -4 °C. Rain and snow peak in October (103 mm) and ease in February (66 mm). The climate in Saint-Philippe →
Beaches
One unnamed beach near Saint-Philippe
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
52 things to do outdoors near Saint-Philippe
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The map shows 43 playgrounds, ahead of the rest.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 2
Plus 2 picnic sites without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 43
Plus 43 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Dog parks 1
Plus 1 dog park without a name on the map.
Campsites 6
Camping Amerique Montrealin town
DirectionsCamping Bon Airin town
DirectionsCamping KOA Montreal Sudin town
DirectionsCamping La Clé des Champs - Complexe VRin town
DirectionsCamping Saint-Andréin town
DirectionsCamping du Lac Mineur1.8 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Philippe
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
CandiacSaint-MathieuLa PrairieDelsonSainte-CatherineSaint-ConstantSaint-Philippe
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Philippe | 4.2% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Candiac 4.2 km | 5.8% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Mathieu 5.8 km | 2.4% | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| La Prairie 6.0 km | 4.6% | 19 | 0 | 2 |
| Delson 6.4 km | 6.1% | 17 | 0 | 1 |
| Sainte-Catherine 8.1 km | 7.9% | 23 | 0 | 1 |
| Saint-Constant 8.7 km | 5.8% | 25 | 0 | 1 |
For protected land, no neighbour of Saint-Philippe doubles its share.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- National and provincial parks. The nearest national park and the nearest provincial park are always shown when they are within 100 km.
- Beaches. The count includes unnamed stretches mapped as beach, which can make a lakeside town’s figure large.
- 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.
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- 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.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Philippe
What is the nearest beach to Saint-Philippe?
There is an unnamed beach within 5 km.
What is the nearest provincial park to Saint-Philippe?
Mont-Saint-Bruno National Park (Québec), 20 km away.
Is there protected land near Saint-Philippe?
Protected areas cover 4.2% of the land within 10 km.
How far is Saint-Philippe from a national park?
The nearest national park is more than 100 km from Saint-Philippe.
When should you visit Saint-Philippe for the outdoors?
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 largest protected area near Saint-Philippe?
It is Bassin de la Prairie (Grand Herbier) Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area covering 903 ha.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Philippe’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).