First pick
Terrain des loisirs
Park or garden
6.4 ha1.1 km of path
15 minto walk all 1.1 km of path
Centralin the middle of Saint-Thomas
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Roncanada · CC BY 4.05.1%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Saint-Thomas · parks, protected land & trails
Protected land at Saint-Thomas’ edge: Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological Reserve
Biggest among them: zone 5, Ouest du lac Saint-Pierre Water Fowl Gathering Area, 2,049 ha, 5.1 km off. Out to 10 km from the town’s edge, 5.1% of the land is protected; 2.3% is typical for a Canadian town. A drive of 68 km reaches La Mauricie National Park, the nearest national park.
Protected land
5.1%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
27
within 10 km, 10 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
68 km
La Mauricie National Park
Nearest provincial park
35 km
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec)
Against other towns
Each figure for Saint-Thomas, 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. Canada’s grades don’t include the outdoors, so this page compares the figures rather than grading them.
Protected within 10 km5.1%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town0.5%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas10Areas 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-Thomas ranks 14th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (3,412 to 3,543 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-Thomas5.1%
Towns its size1.9%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Saint-Thomas10
Towns its size3
Towns in Quebec10
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Saint-Thomas0
Towns its size0
Towns in Quebec0
Typical Canadian town0
Among its peers, Saint-Thomas’ strong point is public protected areas, where 15 of 39 top it.
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 | Saint-Pascal QC | 17% | 0% | 22 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Meaghers Grant NS | 15% | 32% | 103 | 4 | 28 |
| 5 | Sables-Spanish Rivers ON | 14% | 9.7% | 10 | 0 | 2 |
| 6 | Lawrencetown NS | 8.5% | 11% | 14 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Bridgeview BC | 8.3% | 1.1% | 116 | 4 | 9 |
| 8 | Thurso QC | 8% | 14% | 30 | 0 | 0 |
| 9 | Mackenzie BC | 7.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | Malartic QC | 6.6% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 11 | Electoral Area F, Columbia-Shuswap BC | 6.2% | 7.6% | 18 | 0 | 5 |
| 12 | Edwards - Carlsbad Springs ON | 5.6% | 5.6% | 39 | 0 | 3 |
| 13 | Port Hawkesbury NS | 5.1% | 0% | 36 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Saint-Thomas QC | 5.1% | 0.5% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Bifrost-Riverton MB | 5% | 0.7% | 7 | 0 | 7 |
| 16 | Electoral Area L (Grasslands), Thompson-Nicola BC | 3.8% | 4.8% | 25 | 0 | 0 |
| 17 | Electoral Area B, North Okanagan BC | 3.7% | 4% | 17 | 0 | 30 |
| 18 | Hampton Heights ON | 3.7% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 19 | Trillium Industrial Park ON | 2.2% | 6.2% | 23 | 2 | 0 |
| 20 | Glenview West ON | 1.9% | 0% | 13 | 1 | 6 |
| 21 | West Jasper Place AB | 1.8% | 0% | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | Riverdale East ON | 1.6% | 0% | 14 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | Brevoort Park SK | 1.5% | 0% | 17 | 0 | 2 |
| 24 | Fairfield ON | 1.4% | 0% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Buchanan MB | 1.2% | 0.1% | 11 | 1 | 37 |
| 26 | Niakwa Place MB | 0.8% | 4.3% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | Richmond QC | 0.7% | 0% | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| 28 | Richmond County, Subdivision C NS | 0.6% | 1.8% | 27 | 0 | 31 |
| 29 | Lynnwood AB | 0.4% | 0% | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| 30 | Downtown East Village AB | 0.3% | 0% | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | Daly Grove AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 32 | Ramsay Heights AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 33 | Sakaw AB | 0.2% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 34 | Saint-Côme--Linière QC | 0.1% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Richfield AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 36 | Saint-Gilles QC | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Sainte-Mélanie QC | 0% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Three Hills AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Delwood AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Virginia Park AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 2 | 1 |
The map
Saint-Thomas on the map: green space, protected land and paths
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
One park or wood to walk in, in or near Saint-Thomas
The biggest is Terrain des loisirs, 6.4 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
About 1 in 10 of Saint-Thomas’ residents are 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 (14%)Further (86%)
Saint-Thomas14%
Towns in Quebec52%
Typical Canadian town83%
A median Canadian town manages 83%. For about 3,000 people, the nearest park is over 400 m away.
Protected areas
Within 10 km of Saint-Thomas, 5.1% is protected land
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Saint-Thomas0.5%
Within 10 km5.1%
Towns in Quebec4.9%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public bodies own 10 of the 27; land trusts and private owners hold the others. zone 5, Ouest du lac Saint-Pierre Water Fowl Gathering Area is the biggest, 2,049 ha. 17 areas belong to private owners or land trusts and aren’t named here.
Tourbières-de-Lanoraie Ecological ReserveNature reserve · 415 ha · reaches Saint-Thomas
Île du Milieu - Île de la Commune Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 377 ha · 4.1 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent, Lanoraie, Île aux Foins Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 746 ha · 4.5 km from the edge of town
zone 5, Ouest du lac Saint-Pierre Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 2,049 ha · 5.1 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent, Lanoraie, Lavaltrie Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 1,525 ha · 7.3 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Saint-Ours) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 445 ha · 8.9 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent (Île Saint-Ours) Muskrat HabitatWildlife area · 57 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
Îles de Contrecoeur National Wildlife AreaWildlife area · 298 ha · 9.0 km from the edge of town
Îles de Contrecoeur (Suite de 0178) Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 578 ha · 9.2 km from the edge of town
fleuve Saint-Laurent - Lavaltrie Water Fowl Gathering AreaWildlife area · 550 ha · 9.2 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
The nearest big park: La Mauricie National Park, 68 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)
35 km south8.1 km²since 1984
National park
La Mauricie National Park
68 km north536 km²since 1970
Closer to home, Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec) is 35 km away. In Québec, a parc national is a provincial park (Sépaq), not one of Parks Canada’s.
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Saint-Thomas and its edge hold 3 km of footpath
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
2.7 km
in and around the town (160 km²)
Woodland
30%
about 48.1 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
Saint-ThomasTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
Saint-ThomasTowns in QuebecTypical Canadian town
Woodland30%
0%50%100%
It is more wooded than 74% of Canadian towns. Paths are thinner on the ground than in 97% 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 mapped walking route near Saint-Thomas
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
The map shows no named route near the town. That says more about OpenStreetMap’s coverage than about the paths on the ground.
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-Thomas in May to July and September
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (Fleury, 36 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light 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) | 81 | 61 | 71 | 96 | 98 | 102 | 106 | 114 | 97 | 108 | 90 | 85 |
Daytime highs run from -6 °C in January up to 27 °C in July. For dry weather, February is best (61 mm); August gets 114 mm. Snowfall averages 202 cm a year. The climate in Saint-Thomas →
Things to do
5 things to do outdoors near Saint-Thomas
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
The most common are playgrounds: 4 on the map.
Every named place, with directions
Playgrounds 4
Plus 4 playgrounds without a name on the map.
Campsites 1
Camping Au soleil St-Paul De Joliette1.6 km from town
DirectionsSource: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Saint-Thomas
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
JolietteSaint-PaulNotre-Dame-des-PrairiesSaint-Charles-BorroméeSainte-ÉlisabethLanoraieSaint-Thomas
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Thomas | 5.1% | 27 | 0 | 0 |
| Joliette 7.2 km | 1.2% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Paul 7.3 km | 2.4% | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| Notre-Dame-des-Prairies 7.9 km | 1.2% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée 9.8 km | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sainte-Élisabeth 11 km | 2% | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Lanoraie 11 km | 9% | 35 | 0 | 1 |
Saint-Thomas is not outdone two to one on protected land by any neighbour.
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.
- Private land. Areas held by land trusts or private owners stay unnamed here, though they count in the shares.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
Questions about the outdoors in Saint-Thomas
What is the biggest park or reserve near Saint-Thomas?
zone 5, Ouest du lac Saint-Pierre Water Fowl Gathering Area, a wildlife area of 2,049 ha.
How far is Saint-Thomas from a national park?
La Mauricie National Park is closest, at 68 km.
How much land around Saint-Thomas is protected?
Protected areas cover 5.1% of the land within 10 km.
When should you visit Saint-Thomas for the outdoors?
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.
How far is the nearest provincial park from Saint-Thomas?
Îles-de-Boucherville National Park (Québec), 35 km from the edge of town.
Sources
The sources behind Saint-Thomas’ 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).